Tex Hunter Books in Order
Part ofPeter O'Mahoney Books in OrderRead the Tex Hunter series by Peter O'Mahoney in order, with book summaries, Chicago series background, and where to begin.
Last updated: June 7, 2026
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Publication Order
10 books
Faith and Justice
by Peter O'Mahoney
2019
Faith healer Amos Anderson is charged with murdering a Baptist minister who publicly opposed him. Tex Hunter's defense becomes a flashpoint for racism, religion, and public anger in a divided Chicago.
Power and Justice
by Peter O'Mahoney
2019
Chicago defense attorney Tex Hunter takes on Robert Sulzberger, a city councilman accused of murder. Politics, corruption, and Tex's own family history collide as he tries to keep an innocent man free.
Corrupt Justice
by Peter O'Mahoney
2020
Tex Hunter defends a homeless teenager accused of killing a retired Chicago police detective. The victim's corrupt past points to old crimes, but the closer Tex gets, the more dangerous the case becomes.
Deadly Justice
by Peter O'Mahoney
2020
Nightclub owner Rick Cowan claims he was framed on felony drug charges, and Tex Hunter takes the case. The investigation exposes a corruption racket with ties to criminals, businesses, police, and Tex's past.
Saving Justice
by Peter O'Mahoney
2020
Tex Hunter defends a divorce attorney accused of murdering a private investigator named Joe Fielding. Fielding's crooked history points toward lawyers, felons, and businessmen who want their secrets kept buried.
Freedom and Justice
by Peter O'Mahoney
2021
After thirty-five years in prison, Alfred Hunter may finally get a chance to clear his name. His son Tex fights for a retrial while powerful people work to keep the truth hidden.
Natural Justice
by Peter O'Mahoney
2021
In a small Illinois town, Tex Hunter defends a young man accused of murder while nearly everyone assumes he is guilty. The case exposes local secrets, corrupt officials, and dangerous pressure to stay silent.
Failing Justice
by Peter O'Mahoney
2022
A five-year-old girl dies in a Chicago drive-by shooting, and Tex Hunter defends the man accused of murder. To find the truth, he must confront gangs, police pressure, and neighborhood silence.
Losing Justice
by Peter O'Mahoney
2022
When prosecutor Michelle Law is accused of murdering a political analyst, her former courtroom rival Tex Hunter becomes her defender. The case leads toward lobbyists, corruption, and Chicago's most powerful players.
Final Justice
by Peter O'Mahoney
2024
When Tex Hunter's older brother is arrested for murder, the case draws national attention and forces Tex back into Chicago's corrupt machinery. Winning may cost him more than any trial before.
Series background & context
The Tex Hunter series is one of Peter O'Mahoney's longer legal thriller arcs. It follows Tex Hunter, a Chicago criminal defense attorney who is drawn to hard cases, especially the ones that make the public angry before the trial has even begun. Tex is tough in court, but the series also gives him a painful private history that shapes almost every major choice he makes.
His father, Alfred Hunter, was convicted as a serial killer. Tex believes there is more to the story.
That family thread gives the series its backbone. The individual books each have their own legal case, but Tex's search for the truth about his father keeps coming back. In Power and Justice, he defends a city councilman accused of murder and gets pulled into political corruption. Faith and Justice brings in a faith healer accused of killing a Baptist minister, with racial tension and public anger building around the case. Corrupt Justice and Deadly Justice push deeper into police misconduct, criminal rackets, and old secrets.
Chicago is a key part of the series. O'Mahoney uses the city as a place where politics, police power, gangs, money, and media all collide. Tex often has to fight more than the charge in front of him. He has to fight the story people have already decided to believe.
The books mix courtroom drama with investigation. Tex interviews witnesses, follows old evidence, clashes with police, and keeps finding links between new cases and old corruption. The danger is personal as well as professional. People who want the truth buried are not shy about threatening a defense lawyer.
Readers who like a long-running character arc should begin with Power and Justice and continue in order. Later books such as Freedom and Justice pay off the family storyline more fully, so the series has more impact if you watch Tex's cases and personal mission build step by step.
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