Dick Moonlight Books in Order
Part ofVincent Zandri Books in OrderThis page lists the Dick Moonlight books by Vincent Zandri in order, with short summaries, series background, and a quick guide to where to start.
Last updated: July 9, 2026
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Publication Order
13 books
Moonlight Falls
by Vincent Zandri
2009
Former Albany detective Dick Moonlight thinks he may have killed his lover, the wife of his old boss. With a bullet fragment in his brain and gaps in his memory, he has to solve the crime before it destroys him.
Moonlight Rises
by Vincent Zandri
2011
Beaten nearly to death in an Albany alley, Dick Moonlight wakes with more questions than memories. Somewhere in his fractured mind is the key to a top-secret box, and several killers want it first.
Blue Moonlight
by Vincent Zandri
2012
After a rough patch that includes booze, heartbreak, and a near plane crash, Dick Moonlight is dragged into a case involving the Russian mob and stolen government secrets. The trail leads from Albany to Florence, and Lola is right in the middle of it.
Murder by Moonlight
by Vincent Zandri
2012
Dick Moonlight is forced to prove that an apparently solved murder case is anything but finished. The deeper he pushes, the more dangerous the truth becomes.
Full Moonlight
by Vincent Zandri
2013
When Dick Moonlight investigates mutilated carcasses near Albany Rural Cemetery, the job turns eerie fast. Soon he is facing a nightmare that feels less like crime and more like legend come alive.
Moonlight Sonata
by Vincent Zandri
2013
Dick Moonlight gets tangled in a case tied to writers, secrets, and bad intentions. What starts as a strange assignment turns into another hard-boiled spiral of obsession and danger.
Moonlight Breaks Bad
by Vincent Zandri
2014
Trying to outrun his past, Dick Moonlight takes a job in Rome as a hotel detective. Instead, he gets pulled into sex, smuggling, and a brutal criminal scheme that proves geography cannot save him.
Moonlight Weeps
by Vincent Zandri
2014
A prominent surgeon hires Dick Moonlight to protect his son from a rape conviction. But the deeper Moonlight digs, the murkier the truth becomes, and somebody wants the whole thing buried for good.
Dog Day Moonlight
by Vincent Zandri
2016
Dick Moonlight takes on another sweaty, ill-tempered Albany case where everyone seems to want something from him. The heat rises fast, and so does the danger.
Moonlight Gets Served
by Vincent Zandri
2017
A new case hits Dick Moonlight from more than one direction, personal, legal, and deadly. What looks manageable at first quickly turns into another Albany mess he may not survive cleanly.
Moonlight Goes Viral
by Vincent Zandri
2021
Dick Moonlight collides with a more modern kind of disaster when attention spreads faster than the facts. The jokes are sharper, but the danger is still very real.
Moonlight Kills
by Vincent Zandri
2022
Dick Moonlight is back in Albany, bruised, half-lucky, and walking straight into another case soaked in violence. As the bodies and lies pile up, his damaged memory may be the most dangerous thing in the room.
Terminal Moonlight
by Vincent Zandri
2025
Moonlight stumbles into another life-or-death case where his bad luck and battered brain are tested to the limit. The title promises final stops and hard landings, and the story delivers both.
Series background & context
Dick Moonlight is one of Vincent Zandri's messiest, most entertaining lead characters. He used to be an Albany cop. Now he works as a private investigator and massage therapist, which already tells you this is not a tidy detective series built around a polished hero with a perfect office and a clean conscience.
Moonlight is damaged from the start. He has a bullet fragment lodged in his brain after a failed suicide attempt, and that injury leaves him vulnerable to blackouts, seizures, and memory problems. That means every case comes with an extra layer of instability. He is trying to solve crimes while never being completely sure his own mind can be trusted.
That is the hook.
The books are set mainly in and around Albany, and the city matters. Zandri uses local neighborhoods, bars, back alleys, construction sites, cemeteries, and cheap apartments to give the series a rough, lived-in feel. This is capital-city noir, full of cops, crooks, old lovers, dirty deals, and the kind of people who know exactly where to bury a mistake.
Across the series, Moonlight keeps getting pulled into cases that should be simple and never are. A missing item turns into a government secret. A murder points back toward a lover or a boss. A routine investigation drops him into mob business, political rot, or something even stranger. The tone stays hard-boiled, but Zandri is happy to push into dark humor, pulp, and occasional horror as well.
Moonlight himself is the reason readers stick around. He drinks too much, makes bad decisions, falls for the wrong women, and tends to walk straight into danger with half a plan and a headache. But he also keeps going. He is stubborn, wounded, funny in a dry way, and just self-aware enough to know he is often his own worst problem.
If you like private-eye fiction with a cracked-up narrator, strong place writing, and plots that mix street crime with personal ruin, this series is a good bet. Start with Moonlight Falls and watch the wreckage spread from there.
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