CW Sughrue Books in Order
Find the CW Sughrue books by James Crumley in order, with quick summaries, series background, reading-order notes, and where to begin.
Last updated: June 7, 2026
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Publication Order
4 books
The Last Good Kiss
by James Crumley
1978
Montana investigator C.W. Sughrue is hired to find drunken novelist Abraham Trahearne, then stumbles into the decade-old disappearance of a young woman from Haight-Ashbury. The case becomes a bruising trip through America’s bars, highways, and secrets.
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The Mexican Tree Duck
by James Crumley
1993
Needing cash after a jukebox disaster, retired Sughrue takes a small case about stolen fish. The trail widens to a kidnapped politician’s wife, rare pottery, and a gun-toting mother with her own agenda.
Bordersnakes
by James Crumley
1996
Gut-shot Sughrue and cheated Milo Milodragovitch are both looking for payback when their trails cross near the Mexican border. Their uneasy partnership turns a hunt for stolen money into a violent road trip through outlaw country.
The Right Madness
by James Crumley
2005
Sughrue is pulled out of shaky domestic calm when a psychiatrist friend asks him to recover stolen patient files. What starts as a private favor turns deadly as suspects vanish, die, or drag him deeper into Missoula trouble.
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