Peter Bragg Books in Order
Part ofJack Lynch Books in OrderSee the Peter Bragg books in order by Jack Lynch, with quick summaries, reissue notes, series background, and help choosing the best place to start.
Last updated: July 13, 2026
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Peter Bragg books in publication order
14 books
Braggs Hunch
by Jack Lynch
1982
In Bragg's first case, a retired mobster hires him to investigate threats against his family. The job sends Bragg into a desert town where old violence is ready to start again.
Pieces of Death
by Jack Lynch
1982
Bragg goes to the airport to guard a man carrying something valuable and walks into a gun battle instead. Soon he is chasing smugglers, assassins, and a fortune in gem-encrusted chess pieces.
The Dead Never Forget
by Jack Lynch
1982
Peter Bragg is hired to protect a retired mobster and his young stepdaughter after death threats turn gruesomely real. The trail leads to a bleak California desert town and a violent past that refuses to stay buried.
San Quentin
by Jack Lynch
1984
A deadly stand-off inside San Quentin leaves hostages trapped and Peter Bragg under pressure to solve a murder. The prison crisis gives him almost no time and no room for mistakes.
Sausalito
by Jack Lynch
1984
A blackmail job drags Peter Bragg into Sausalito real estate warfare, where money and bay views are worth killing for. What starts as a local case quickly turns brutal and personal.
Speak for the Dead
by Jack Lynch
1984
After a failed escape at San Quentin erupts into a hostage crisis, the convicts want Bragg to clear one man's teenage brother of murder. To stop a massacre, he has to solve a case far beyond the prison walls.
Wake Up and Die
by Jack Lynch
1984
A blackmail case pulls Bragg across the Golden Gate to Sausalito, where developers are fighting dirty over waterfront land. Arson, torture, and murder turn a local feud into a deadly war.
Monterey
by Jack Lynch
1985
At a Central California gathering, Peter Bragg reconnects with an old lover and soon finds her accused of murder. His search for the truth uncovers blackmail, extortion, and a secret worth killing to keep buried.
Seattle
by Jack Lynch
1985
When a Seattle writer starts getting threats that turn violent, Peter Bragg heads home to protect him. The case forces Bragg to deal with old wounds as the attacks keep escalating.
Truth or Die
by Jack Lynch
1985
When Bragg runs into an old lover and she is soon accused of killing her husband, he steps in to help. The case leads to blackmail, extortion, and a buried secret someone still wants to protect with murder.
Yesterday is Dead
by Jack Lynch
1985
Threats and gunfire drive Seattle freelancer Benny Bartlett to call Peter Bragg for help. Back in his hometown, Bragg faces both hired killers and the painful return of his own past.
Wolf House
by Jack Lynch
2002
Peter Bragg is drawn into a case by a psychic's visions of bodies in the woods near Jack London's ruined Wolf House. As fresh corpses appear, Bragg races to find the killer before the visions catch up with him.
The Missing and The Dead
by Jack Lynch
2014
Peter Bragg's search for a missing insurance investigator opens into stolen art, vanished money, and a killer obsessed with death itself. The deeper he digs, the more personal the danger becomes.
Die for Me
by Jack Lynch
2015
A psychic Peter Bragg once saved from suicide now foresees her own murder. Bragg has to sort intuition from evidence before a serial killer turns a warning into a body count.
Peter Bragg books in chronological order

The Dead Never Forget
by Jack Lynch
1982Peter Bragg, Book 1
Braggs Hunch
by Jack Lynch
1982Peter Bragg, Book 2
Pieces of Death
by Jack Lynch
1982Peter Bragg, Book 3
Wake Up and Die
by Jack Lynch
1984Peter Bragg, Book 4
Sausalito
by Jack Lynch
1984Peter Bragg, Book 5
Speak for the Dead
by Jack Lynch
1984Peter Bragg, Book 6
San Quentin
by Jack Lynch
1984Peter Bragg, Book 7
Truth or Die
by Jack Lynch
1985Peter Bragg, Book 8
Monterey
by Jack Lynch
1985Peter Bragg, Book 9
Yesterday is Dead
by Jack Lynch
1985Peter Bragg, Book 10
Seattle
by Jack Lynch
1985Peter Bragg, Book 11
Wolf House
by Jack Lynch
2002Peter Bragg, Book 12
The Missing and The Dead
by Jack Lynch
2014Peter Bragg, Book 13
Die for Me
by Jack Lynch
2015Peter Bragg, Book 14
Series background & context
Peter Bragg is a San Francisco private eye with a reporter's instincts and a veteran's nerves. Before he was taking cases for himself, he worked in newspapers, and that old life never really leaves him. He still notices details, still chases what does not add up, and still has a habit of stepping into other people's messes because he cannot quite let them go.
The Bay Area is a huge part of the appeal. These books move through San Francisco, Sausalito, Monterey, San Quentin, and eventually Seattle, and the settings matter. They are not just postcards in the background. Lynch uses each place to shape the pressure of the story, whether that means waterfront money, prison violence, newsroom memory, or the uneasy mix of glamour and rot that hangs over so much California crime fiction.
Bragg is hard-boiled, but he is not hard to spend time with.
The tone sits in a sweet spot between tough and humane. There are shootings, blackmail schemes, mob ties, prison stand-offs, and more than a few bodies, but there is also dry humor and a steady moral pulse. Bragg is not a genius sleuth dropped in from above. He feels like a working investigator, stubborn, observant, a little worn down, and always aware that every case costs somebody something.
Most of the novels work well on their own. The Missing and the Dead starts with a missing insurance investigator and widens into stolen art, vanished money, and a killer with a chilling fixation. Speak for the Dead traps Bragg in the aftermath of a prison escape gone wrong. Truth or Die turns an old romantic connection into a murder case. Wolf House adds a slightly uncanny edge when visions point Bragg toward bodies buried near the ruins of Jack London's burned mansion. Even when the plots are self-contained, there is a subtle personal arc underneath, especially in Bragg's relationships and in the way his past keeps catching up with him.
Readers should also know that several books were later reissued under new titles. Bragg's Hunch became The Dead Never Forget, Sausalito became Wake Up and Die, San Quentin became Speak for the Dead, Monterey became Truth or Die, and Seattle became Yesterday is Dead. The retitling can make the run look more complicated than it is, but it is really one connected eight-book series built around the same investigator.
What holds it all together is Bragg himself. He moves through violent situations with enough empathy to get in trouble and enough grit to keep going when common sense says stop. If you like private-eye fiction with strong place, fast cases, and a lead who feels lived in rather than polished, this series makes a very easy next read.
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