Hap and Leonard Books in Order

Hap Collins's former lover returns with a plan to recover a large sum of stolen money. Hap brings his friend Leonard Pine into the scheme, but their uneasy partnership with a group of radicals invites dangerous complications.

While clearing his late uncle Chester's house, Leonard Pine discovers a child's skeleton hidden beneath the floorboards. Rather than trust local police, he and Hap Collins investigate the remains themselves, hoping to clear Chester's name.

Hap and Leonard search for Florida Grange after she disappears in the racist East Texas town of Grovetown. Her investigation into a bluesman's son's jailhouse death leads them toward valuable missing material and hostile local authorities.

Hap hopes to live more quietly after returning from offshore work, until Leonard becomes a murder suspect. The victim stole Leonard's boyfriend, and another death turns Hap's efforts to clear his friend into a dangerous investigation.

When Brett Sawyer's daughter Tillie needs rescuing, Hap and Leonard head toward Oklahoma. Their journey draws them into trouble involving bikers, a formidable preacher, and other unlikely allies while Hap struggles with his own dissatisfaction.

A reward cruise goes wrong when Hap and Leonard are stranded in Playa del Carmen. Encounters with a mobster and dangerous local characters turn their vacation into a violent predicament that follows them back to East Texas.

When Leonard helps rescue a teenage girl from a drug dealer, he and Hap stumble into the Dixie Mafia. What starts as a favor turns into a bloody chase that pits the pair against a legendary hired killer.

Hap and Leonard investigate a cold-case double murder involving potential inheritances and a vampire cult. A red devil painted at the crime scene links the case to other killings, suggesting a more dangerous pattern than expected.

A barroom brawl pulls Hap Collins and Leonard Pine into a new chain of trouble in East Texas. Abduction, robbery, and betrayal complicate matters as their involvement in the dispute escalates toward increasingly dangerous violence.

Hap and Leonard agree to protect a woman from her violent estranged husband. A stakeout ending in gunfire and the discovery of two corpses transform the assignment into an investigation connecting a law firm with organized crime.

After Leonard beats a man abusing a dog, Lilly Buckner uses footage of the incident to demand help finding her granddaughter. Hap and Leonard uncover a used-car dealership's connection to prostitution, blackmail, and murder.

This nonfiction volume gathers essays and memoir pieces on writing, growing up in East Texas, movies, politics, and the small absurdities of everyday life. It is funny, prickly, and more personal than many of Lansdale's story collections.

A brisk Hap and Leonard novella that drops the duo into another East Texas tangle of bad people, old grudges, and sudden violence. It is a quick hit of the series' trademark banter, loyalty, and chaos.

Louise Elton asks Hap and Leonard to investigate her son Jamar's death, which she believes involves police. His efforts to document officers harassing his sister lead the detectives into racial tensions and corruption in their Texas community.

Hap's wedding celebration is interrupted by white supremacists seeking their missing relative, Jackrabbit. Despite misgivings, Hap and Leonard accept the case, which draws them into a revivalist cult, strange beliefs, and a murder investigation.

During severe flooding in East Texas, Hap and Leonard encounter a mutilated woman fleeing armed pursuers. Protecting a survivor of a mob attack tests the partners' resourcefulness and friendship as Hap adjusts to married family life.