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Bibliomysteries Books in Order

Explore the Bibliomysteries stories by Nelson DeMille in order, with details on his bookshop-centered short fiction, anthology notes, and guidance on where to start reading.

Last updated: June 7, 2026

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36 books

An Acceptable Sacrifice

by Jeffery Deaver

2012

Two federal agents—one American, one Mexican—target a cartel boss nicknamed Cuchillo, the Knife. To stop an attack on a tourist bus, they exploit his one weakness, rare books, and set a trap that forces them to balance lives at risk against the cost of their own deception.

Death Leaves a Bookmark

by Various

2012

Pronghorns of the Third Reich

by Various

2012

The Book Case

by Nelson DeMille

2012

In his early NYPD days, John Corey investigates when a New York bookseller is killed by a falling bookcase. The cluttered shop and its tight circle of employees, authors, and family members hide motives that turn an apparent mishap into a clever murder.

The Book of Virtue

by Ken Bruen

2012

A young man brutalized by his father is left a strange inheritance, a single beautiful book called Virtue. The gift turns into a dark mystery about family damage, secrets, and what a legacy can really mean.

The Book Thing

by Laura Lippman

2012

When expensive children's picture books keep disappearing from a cozy Baltimore shop each Saturday, Tess Monaghan offers her services for free. Tracking the book thief leads her into the odd world of collectors, free book exchanges, and a scheme that says a lot about who thinks they own stories.

Rides a Stranger

by David Bell

2013

After his father's funeral, literature professor Don Kurtwood is approached by a rare book dealer who hints that the man he thought he knew had a secret past. When the dealer is murdered, Don is pulled into a mystery involving a vanished pulp writer and his father's hidden life.

The Book of Ghosts

by Various

2013

The Final Testament

by Various

2013

The Long Sonata of the Dead

by Andrew Taylor

2013

This short return to the world of Roth uses music and memory to reopen an old wound. Brief and unsettling, it adds another eerie note to the trilogy's dark history.

It's in the Book

by Mickey Spillane

2014

In this short Mike Hammer caper, a notorious mob boss dies, leaving behind rumors of a ledger listing every payoff he ever made. Hired to find the book before it ruins politicians and gangsters alike, Hammer rips through the don’s family and enemies, knowing everyone has a price in mind.

Remaindered

by Peter Lovesey

2014

A bookseller dies over a box of valuable Agatha Christie hardcovers, leaving his shop’s future uncertain. His assistant Tanya and the suspicious Friends of England all have reasons to keep secrets.

The Compendium of Srem

by F Paul Wilson

2014

In fifteenth-century Spain, Tomás de Torquemada comes into possession of an ancient book that radiates evil. Destroying it should be simple, until the book starts corrupting everyone who touches it, including him.

The Gospel of Sheba

by Various

2014

The Nature of My Inheritance

by Various

2014

The Scroll

by Various

2014

The Sequel

by Various

2014

What's in a Name?

by Thomas H Cook

2014

On the fiftieth anniversary of the Armistice, rare-books dealer Franklin Altman is handed a manuscript by a mysterious old German who claims it could change history. Cook turns a bookish encounter into an eerie tale about war, identity, and the stories nations tell themselves.

Condor in the Stacks

by James Grady

2015

Every Seven Years

by Denise Mina

2015

After years away, Elsa returns to the isolated Scottish island where school bullies made her life hell. When her old tormentor presses a mysterious book back into her hands, buried cruelties resurface and the line between memory, magic and revenge begins to blur.

From the Queen

by Carolyn Hart

2015

Mystery, Inc.

by Various

2015

The Book of the Lion

by Thomas Perry

2015

Professor Dominic Hallkyn receives a call about a lost Chaucer manuscript and is pulled into a ransom plot. The chase through Boston turns a rare-book dream into a very real threat.

The Little Men

by Megan Abbott

2015

In 1953 Hollywood, Penny rents a cheap bungalow and hears unsettling stories about the bookseller who died there years earlier. Strange noises, nervous neighbors, and a troubling book inscription turn her fresh start into a compact, eerie mystery.

Citadel

by Stephen Hunter

2016

In this Bibliomystery featuring Basil St. Florian, the dashing spy slips across the Channel to find and photograph a mysterious manuscript whose text hides a cipher that could save millions of lives, while German intelligence dogs his every move through occupied France.

Dead Dames Don't Sing

by Various

2016

Reconciliation Day

by Christopher Fowler

2016

Dracula expert Carter has spent his life collecting editions of Stoker’s novel, but one legendary blue‑bound version with a different ending still eludes him. Chasing rumours to Transylvania and forced to work with his rival Mikaela, he enters a dangerous game where literary obsession shades into something far more lethal.

The Haze

by Various

2016

The Travelling Companion

by Various

2016

Hoodoo Harry

by Various

2017

Seven Years

by Various

2018

The Caxton Private Lending Library & Book Depository

by John Connolly

2018

When solitary clerk Mr Berger witnesses what looks like Anna Karenina’s death replayed on a quiet English railway line, he follows the mystery to a hidden library where beloved literary characters live on. The discovery changes his life and blurs the line between reader and story.

The Hemingway Valise

by Various

2018

The Last Honest Horse Thief

by Michael Koryta

2018

Teenage Markus Novak, raised among drifters and grifters, lands with a rancher after a con goes bad. A note hidden in a pawnshop book sends him toward Yellowstone and a choice between the family he misses and the life he might want.

The Pretty Little Box

by Various

2018

The Dark Door

by Lisa Unger

2022

After horror writer Rene Duke dies, his daughter Pip is overwhelmed by voices, guilt, and suspicion. From inside a treatment center, she has to sort inheritance battles and family secrets from the chaos in her own mind.

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