Robin Light Books in Order
See the Robin Light mysteries by Barbara Block, the earlier pen name of Isis Crawford, with reading order, summaries, and series background.
Last updated: July 1, 2026
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Publication Order
10 books
Chutes and Adders
by Isis Crawford
1994
Recently widowed Robin Light is trying to keep her Syracuse pet store afloat when an employee dies from a poisonous snake hidden in an unmarked package. With suspicion circling close, she has to find out who set the trap.
Twister
by Isis Crawford
1995
Robin Light's second case sends the Syracuse pet-store owner into another fast, rough investigation where a small favor turns dangerous. The deeper she digs, the more the city's hard edges close in around her.
In Plain Sight
by Isis Crawford
1996
A woman caught in a vicious divorce wants Robin's help protecting the two shih tzus her husband despises. Before Robin can act, the woman is killed, and the pet-store owner is back on a murder trail.
The Scent of Murder
by Isis Crawford
1997
A frightened street girl bursts into Robin's pet store with a ferret and a message from Robin's dead husband. When the girl's legal father is found murdered, Robin has to untangle a family history full of lies.
Vanishing Act
by Isis Crawford
1998
A missing college student draws Robin into a case that starts with worry and turns darker as secrets surface. Following the trail through Syracuse, she finds that disappearing is easier than coming home alive.
Endangered Species
by Isis Crawford
1999
When Manuel and his cousin tell Robin about a suitcase full of smuggled Cuban cigars, the story sounds half ridiculous and half profitable. Her curiosity opens the door to a much uglier crime and puts her in real danger.
Blowing Smoke
by Isis Crawford
2001
Robin is chasing three threads at once, a runaway teen, a suspicious pet psychic, and the identity of a woman in a dead migrant worker's photo. The deeper she digs, the faster the bodies pile up.
Rubbed Out
by Isis Crawford
2002
Robin takes what should be a simple missing-wife job and ends up between a dead lawyer and the Russian mob. To survive, she has to find the missing woman and the money before everyone around her pays.
Salt City Blues
by Isis Crawford
2005
Robin Light's pet store is struggling, so she takes shifts at a rough Syracuse bar and hopes for quieter days. Then a petty thief linked to her life is shot, and the case proves a lot murkier than gang trouble.
No Good Deed
by Isis Crawford
2007
A trip to confront a possible cheater leads Robin Light straight into a killing, then into the fallout from a friend's shocking suicide. Her search for answers pulls her through old loyalties, corruption, and danger in Syracuse.
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