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Explore Dustin Stevens books in order, with series guides for Reed & Billie, Hawk Tate, Ham, and more, plus short summaries and tips on where to start.

Last updated: June 7, 2026

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Number Four

by Dustin Stevens

2010

Known only as Number Four, a professional operator lives by four absolute rules. The story follows what happens when a man built on control is forced out of it.

21 Hours

by Dustin Stevens

2012

Ex-con Felix O'Connor returns from Wyoming to Ohio when his niece vanishes. He has just 21 hours to find her before she is lost to a brutal underworld.

Just a Game

by Dustin Stevens

2012

In a small town where football heroes sit at the top of the social order, the game never feels like only a game. The pressure follows people long after Friday night.

The Zoo Crew

by Dustin Stevens

2012

Back in Montana after a legal internship, Drake Bell is drawn into a frightening surrogacy case that may expose powerful people in Missoula. He has only his friends to rely on.

Zombie Kill

by Dustin Stevens

2012

A horror-leaning thriller that turns the question around fast, who is predator and who is prey? Survival matters more than bravado once the killing starts.

Catastrophic

by Dustin Stevens

2013

A gifted football player from a rough stretch of Wyoming rises to stardom at Ohio Tech. Success comes fast, but so do the pressures and costs around it.

Dead Peasants

by Dustin Stevens

2013

A grieving widow learns her late husband carried a secret insurance policy she knew nothing about. Drake Bell and the Zoo Crew uncover more deaths and a disturbing financial pattern.

Liberation Day

by Dustin Stevens

2013

Thorn has little to work with beyond instinct and a few uncertain allies. He has to decide who to trust before the truth closes in on him.

Ohana

by Dustin Stevens

2013

A graduate student from Montana finds himself in a story shaped by Hawaii, belonging, and the idea of family by blood and by choice.

Scars and Stars

by Dustin Stevens

2013

An album and a handful of ordinary objects become the way Cat tells young Austin the story of the brothers Roberts. It is a quieter novel about memory and meaning.

Tracer

by Dustin Stevens

2013

With a wounded veteran about to be blamed for a shooting, Drake Bell is asked to help before it is too late. The truth turns out to be much closer to home.

Twelve

by Dustin Stevens

2013

Over just two days, the lives of three strangers crash together in ways none of them could have predicted. It is a compact suspense setup with big consequences.

Be My Eyes

by Dustin Stevens

2014

A quiet drama about young lives that still believe there is endless time ahead. Then reality interrupts, and everything starts to look different.

Cold Fire

by Dustin Stevens

2014

Former DEA agent Hawk Tate is living quietly as a Montana guide when a missing-person job pulls him back toward old enemies, lethal drugs, and the revenge he never expected to get.

Krokodil

by Dustin Stevens

2014

A former DEA agent living quietly in Montana is pulled back into the world he tried to escape. This earlier edition became the revised novel later published as *Cold Fire*.

Motive

by Dustin Stevens

2014

A murder staged inside Hawaii's capitol threatens a governor's reelection campaign and ignites a politically charged investigation into power, image, and motive.

Quarterback

by Dustin Stevens

2014

Kris Hopkins is pointed toward football almost from birth. The novel follows the promise, pressure, and weight that come with being shaped into a star.

Cover Fire

by Dustin Stevens

2015

A young photographer witnesses something she was never meant to see in the desert. Hawk Tate is called in to keep her alive long enough for the truth to surface.

Going Viral

by Dustin Stevens

2015

A twenty-eight-year-old fast-food manager is content with a small life until sudden attention changes everything. The title says it plainly, his world is about to go viral.

The Boat Man

by Dustin Stevens

2015

Grieving detective Reed Mattox retreats into K-9 work and the night shift, until grisly murders in Columbus force him back into a case tied to buried city secrets.

The Glue Guy

by Dustin Stevens

2015

As Drake Bell nears the bar exam, a strange arson case lands in front of the Zoo Crew. The deeper they dig, the more the fire points to older, uglier disputes.

Fire and Ice

by Dustin Stevens

2016

Hawk Tate forms an uneasy alliance to investigate an abduction that is much bigger than it first appears. The search keeps widening, and so do the stakes.

Moonblink

by Dustin Stevens

2016

Now practicing law, Drake Bell takes on the defense of a young woman tied to a serious cycling accident. What looks straightforward quickly turns more tangled.

The Debt

by Dustin Stevens

2016

Special Forces soldier Laredo Wynn survived what should have killed him. He comes back scarred, focused, and determined to settle the debt left by the past.

The Good Son

by Dustin Stevens

2016

A steamy Columbus summer turns deadly when Reed and Billie find themselves chasing a possible serial killer with no obvious pattern. They have to find the link before the body count grows.

The Kid

by Dustin Stevens

2016

When two fellow officers are brutally attacked, Reed and Billie are pulled into a case that feels immediate, violent, and painfully close to home.

Justice

by Dustin Stevens

2017

A nun and a disgraced former politician are found murdered in the same apartment building. Reed and Billie are forced into an uneasy partnership to bring the killer down.

One Last Day

by Dustin Stevens

2017

A grieving father confronts the politician who voted to send troops into Afghanistan, including his son. What follows is a tense, intimate thriller built around one reckoning-filled day.

Peeping Thoms

by Dustin Stevens

2017

A terrified man arrives at Peeping Thoms Investigations begging for help. Private investigator Kerrin Thoms takes the case and finds fear is only the beginning.

The Partnership

by Dustin Stevens

2017

An unidentified young woman turns up mutilated in the river, and Reed and Billie start pulling at threads that lead into a growing North End empire and darker crimes beneath it.

The Ring

by Dustin Stevens

2017

A bomb tears through the federal courthouse in Missoula and leaves almost nothing behind except a pair of fingerprints. The investigation starts from that single clue.

The Subway

by Dustin Stevens

2017

Forced to abandon the life he built elsewhere, Scarberry returns to his roots and lands in a far more dangerous situation than he expected. The deeper he goes, the worse it gets.

Danny the Daydreamer... Goes to the Grammy's!

by Dustin Stevens

2018

Danny Morelli's imagination takes him somewhere huge and loud, straight to the Grammy's. It is a playful adventure built on music, big dreams, and kid-sized wonder.

Danny the Daydreamer... Visits the Old West!

by Dustin Stevens

2018

Danny the Daydreamer is back for a bigger and louder adventure, this time in the Old West. His imagination turns an ordinary day into cowboy-sized fun.

Fair Trade

by Dustin Stevens

2018

Kyle Clady is shattered, his wife dead and his brother-in-law barely alive. Still, he keeps moving, chasing the people behind the attack before they disappear for good.

Hellfire

by Dustin Stevens

2018

When a flight is forced down in Caracas, Hawk Tate is dropped into an international crisis he never planned to touch. Getting out will take nerve, speed, and old skills.

Home Fire

by Dustin Stevens

2018

Six years after the tragedy that destroyed his family and ended his DEA career, Hawk Tate still cannot outrun the past. This case pushes him back toward it.

Office Visit

by Dustin Stevens

2018

As the people behind the hit regroup and press forward, Kyle Clady keeps hunting. Grief, retaliation, and cold business logic collide in the next stage of the My Mira saga.

Spare Change

by Dustin Stevens

2018

What should have been a celebration after ten hard years turns catastrophic for former SEAL Kyle Clady. The loss that follows becomes the spark for a long revenge hunt.

The Exchange

by Dustin Stevens

2018

Reporter Erika Wernick returns to Big Bear Lake after a horrific car accident, hoping to recover. Instead, she finds a local mystery waiting to pull her back into the work.

The Scorekeeper

by Dustin Stevens

2018

A terrified young woman calls from inside a coffin with her oxygen running out. Reed and Billie have only hours to find her before the case turns into a burial.

Even

by Dustin Stevens

2019

A jailed insider offers everything he knows about a violent operation, if his family can be protected. The deal drags Ham into a dangerous new front in the fight.

Ham

by Dustin Stevens

2019

Three years into a quiet exile in northern Mexico, Ham is forced back into action. The past she tried to bury is not finished with her, or with the people she left behind.

Ships Passing

by Dustin Stevens

2019

Only days earlier, Kyle Clady's life still made sense. Now grief and vengeance are driving him deeper into the people and systems behind Mira's death.

The Bear

by Dustin Stevens

2019

A visit to Oklahoma turns deadly when Reed and Billie hear a scream and intervene. Their instincts pull them into a long-running nightmare of missing young women.

Wild Fire

by Dustin Stevens

2019

What should have been a celebration after a successful season turns into another violent turn for Hawk Tate. The wilderness is never as quiet as it looks.

Battle Cry

by Dustin Stevens

2020

A nighttime crime scene draws Detective Malcolm Marsh into the widening fallout around Kyle Clady's war. The search for answers keeps pulling more people into the blast radius.

Decisions

by Dustin Stevens

2020

A man named Wirth sees a sudden opening into national politics and decides to take it. Ambition, timing, and pressure turn that choice into a dark suspense story.

The Driver

by Dustin Stevens

2020

A late-night call offers Reed Mattox his first real lead in the old murder of his former partner. What follows is deeply personal, dangerous, and impossible to ignore.

The Shuffle

by Dustin Stevens

2020

A birthday weekend should be easy fun for Drake Bell and the Zoo Crew. Instead, the celebration becomes the opening move in another messy local case.

Warning Shot

by Dustin Stevens

2020

After his latest clash with the Wolves, Kyle Clady changes tactics. Revenge is still in play, but now he is aiming higher and moving faster.

Friendly Fire

by Dustin Stevens

2021

When a young woman disappears in Los Angeles, Hawk Tate returns to help people he cannot refuse. The search drops him into influencer culture, nightlife, and a much larger web of danger.

Hunter

by Dustin Stevens

2021

A well-known Seattle detective with a carefully ordered life finds that work and family are about to collide. Her son, her ex-husband, and her case all matter at once.

Into the Jungle

by Dustin Stevens

2021

Kari Ma takes on a job that looks simple on the surface. It does not stay simple for long once the mission pushes deep into hostile terrain.

Iron Men

by Dustin Stevens

2021

Kyle Clady moves closer to the people and motives behind his wife's death. The deeper he goes, the clearer it becomes that grief, revenge, and conspiracy are all tangled together.

Mike's Place

by Dustin Stevens

2021

A tense accusation at Mike's Place opens the first Bulletproof novel. Hidden identities, bad timing, and sudden danger send the story moving fast from the start.

Rules

by Dustin Stevens

2021

A name from decades earlier resurfaces and drags old violence back into the light. Ham is forced into a case tied to the past, unfinished grudges, and rules people thought no longer mattered.

Shoot to Wound

by Dustin Stevens

2021

Years after a disastrous military operation in Syria, Remy Bomar suspects a string of shootings across sacred lands is tied to something much closer to home.

Steel Trap

by Dustin Stevens

2021

After a major clash leaves San Diego reeling, Kyle Clady keeps pushing toward the people behind Mira's murder. Every answer comes with fresh danger and another trap waiting to close.

The Promisor

by Dustin Stevens

2021

A supposed hunting accident turns out to be a deliberate sniper execution. Reed and Billie race across Ohio to stop a killer whose motives reach back years.

The Translator

by Dustin Stevens

2021

The first Translator novel turns ordinary language into something dangerous. Small details, hidden meaning, and what people choose to say drive the suspense.

Until Death

by Dustin Stevens

2021

Two weeks into his relentless hunt, Kyle Clady is still chasing the truth behind Mira's murder. The end is in sight, but so is the cost of seeing it through.

Catching Fire

by Dustin Stevens

2022

A risky trip into Yellowstone's Zone of Death becomes the start of another brutal Hawk Tate mission. Remote country and hidden danger make a bad combination.

Home

by Dustin Stevens

2022

Ham is pulled into chaos after a last-resort self-destruct is triggered. What starts as crisis response quickly becomes another brutal test of loyalty, survival, and who she can still trust.

Moonshine Creek

by Dustin Stevens

2022

A dying phone call insists a fatal crash was no accident. That warning pulls the story into a rural mystery full of buried motives, danger, and unfinished business.

Out To Sea

by Dustin Stevens

2022

The calm surface hides far more than it should in this second Jumper novel. Kari Ma heads into another assignment that quickly turns dangerous and unstable.

Street Divorce

by Dustin Stevens

2022

The second Hunter novel tightens the strain around a detective already balancing personal upheaval and dangerous work. The street keeps intruding on whatever peace is left.

The Confession

by Dustin Stevens

2022

A parent asks for help proving a son's confession was false. The investigation that follows is built on words, pressure, and the damage a lie can do.

The Ghost

by Dustin Stevens

2022

A baffling death and a suspect who seems to vanish without a trace send Reed Mattox and Billie into a hunt for a killer who leaves almost nothing behind.

Badger Games

by Dustin Stevens

2023

Back in Big Bear Lake and still recovering, Erika Wernick starts settling into home again. Then a new mystery exposes manipulation, local secrets, and fresh danger.

Gone

by Dustin Stevens

2023

Ham is pushed out of hiding when a disappearance turns personal. To help anyone else, she has to become the person she was trying not to be anymore.

Overlook

by Dustin Stevens

2023

A childhood code word suddenly matters again, and someone knows it is the signal that something is terribly wrong. The result is a tight, dark suspense novel.

The Cat

by Dustin Stevens

2023

A murdered young woman in The Bottoms becomes the start of a serial spree targeting vulnerable victims. Reed and Billie soon realize the killer is making them part of the design.

The Family

by Dustin Stevens

2023

A summons to the governor's home leads Reed and Billie into a bizarre case of victims marked with the seven deadly sins. Someone wants the past remembered in blood.

Deal

by Dustin Stevens

2024

A message from Talia and a Riverside address drag Ham into a new storm of violence and corruption. The old life still knows how to find her.

Forest Fire

by Dustin Stevens

2024

After a plane crashes in remote Yellowstone carrying something powerful people want back, Hawk Tate is forced into a race through winter wilderness with kidnappers at his side.

Signal Fire

by Dustin Stevens

2024

An imprisoned cartel enforcer offers information in exchange for help, pulling Hawk Tate back toward his DEA past. The deal opens onto a much larger power struggle.

Swatted

by Dustin Stevens

2024

A terrifying tactical raid out of nowhere kicks off the latest Zoo Crew novel. Drake and his friends are left trying to figure out who set it in motion, and why.

The Shadow

by Dustin Stevens

2024

A holiday break ends when Reed and Billie are called back to Ohio for a grotesque murder. A judge left posed like a snowman is only the beginning.

Blaze

by Dustin Stevens

2025

A threatening note and a vanished guard put rising musician Blaze in real danger on a stadium tour. Ham is called in to protect her before the next move lands.

Breathing Fire

by Dustin Stevens

2025

A wolf with human remains in its stomach and a brutal blizzard send Hawk Tate into one of his bleakest hunts yet. Missing children raise the stakes even higher.

The Influencer

by Dustin Stevens

2025

A gunman opens fire in a popular Columbus restaurant, leaving four dead and the city in shock. Reed and Billie must sort through politics, panic, and motive fast.

The Key

by Dustin Stevens

2025

A chain of meticulously staged murders reveals piece after piece of a larger design. Solving the case means seeing the pattern before it is finished.

The Leader

by Dustin Stevens

2025

A grotesquely staged murder of a business figure becomes the first act in a widening rampage. Reed and Billie race across central Ohio before the killer reaches the intended finale.

New

Buried Confession

by Dustin Stevens

2026

The first City of Sin thriller turns on a confession that refuses to stay buried. Old secrets resurface, and someone is going to pay for what comes back up.

New

Immune

by Dustin Stevens

2026

Ham is asked to go to Colombia and deliver justice in a situation that edges toward political assassination. The mission is as dangerous as it sounds.

New

The Transfer

by Dustin Stevens

2026

A young Amish woman is found dead without an easy identification, and Reed and Billie are brought in. The case promises a very different kind of mystery for the duo.

Where should I start?

If you want police procedurals: The Boat ManThe Good SonThe Kid
If you want action in big outdoor settings: Cold FireCover FireFire and Ice
If you want a revenge-driven thriller arc: Spare ChangeOffice VisitFair Trade
If you want a fast standalone: 21 HoursThe Debt
If you want a younger read first: Danny the Daydreamer... Visits the Old West!Danny the Daydreamer... Goes to the Grammy's!

Author bio

Dustin Stevens grew up in the Midwest, in farm country, and he has said that he still thinks of that landscape, along with West Tennessee, as home. That mix shows up all through his work. His books often carry a small-town memory, a Southern streak, and a feel for people who know hard work, loyalty, and trouble when they see it.

He did not stay in one place for long.

After leaving the Midwest, Stevens went to college in New England, then to graduate school in the Rockies. He has also said that he lived in more than a dozen cities along the way, from Washington, D.C., to Honolulu. He studied at Harvard University and the Montana School of Law, and that mix of legal training, travel, and constant observation feeds directly into his fiction.

A lot of readers first meet him through the Reed and Billie novels, starting with The Boat Man. Those books pair Detective Reed Mattox with his K-9 partner Billie and blend police work, fast-moving cases, and a strong emotional center. The Boat Man won the 2016 Next Generation Indie Book Award for e-book fiction, and it is still one of the clearest entry points into his work.

If you come to Stevens for action, Cold Fire is another strong place to begin. That book introduced Hawk Tate, a former DEA agent turned Montana guide, and it set the tone for one of his best-known thriller series. Readers who like outdoor settings, old grudges, and danger that feels close at hand tend to find a lot to like there. The Ham books hit a similar nerve, but with an even harder edge and a fierce female lead.

He also writes beyond straight suspense. The Zoo Crew books lean more toward community mystery and legal tension, while titles like Quarterback, Be My Eyes, Ohana, and Scars and Stars show his interest in sports, family, grief, memory, and the way ordinary lives can turn on one bad moment. There is range in the bibliography, but the connecting thread is easy to spot: Stevens likes capable people under pressure.

That carries over into his screenwriting too.

Alongside his novels, Stevens is an award-winning screenwriter. He has placed or been recognized in competitions connected to Harvardwood, Emerging Screenwriters, the Nashville International Film Festival, the Honolulu Film Awards, and the Big Bear Lake International Film Festival. He is also a member of Mystery Writers of America and International Thriller Writers.

He has also published thrillers under the name T.R. Kohler, using that line for more suspense work and additional series. It makes sense when you look at how much he writes. Even across different names and subgenres, his books tend to move quickly, stay close to character, and keep one foot planted in the real world.

These days he lives in Honolulu. He has written about loving football, sweet tea, travel, new food, and the kinds of small details that most people miss. That curiosity matters. It is one of the reasons his books, whether they are about detectives, former agents, lawyers, or dreamers, usually feel lived in from the first page.

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