The Family Business Books in Order
Part ofCarl Weber Books in OrderThe Family Business series by Carl Weber is a gritty crime saga about the Duncans, a family running a car dealership by day and a criminal empire by night.
Last updated: December 18, 2025
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Publication Order
13 books
The Family Business 7
by Carl Weber
2024
In the ongoing saga, the Duncans take their business to New Orleans, encountering new rivals and mystic dangers. The family must adapt to a new city's rules while protecting their own interests.
The Family Business 6
by Carl Weber
2023
The drama intensifies for the Duncans as they face threats that could dismantle their entire operation. With internal strife weakening their defenses, they must band together to fight a war on multiple fronts.
The Education of Nevada Duncan
by Carl Weber
2021
This spinoff novel focuses on Nevada Duncan, exploring his rise within the family hierarchy. It details the lessons he learns about power, loyalty, and violence as he comes of age in the criminal underworld.
The Family Business 5
by Carl Weber
2020
The Duncan saga continues as new alliances are forged and old enemies return. With the stakes higher than ever, the family must decide who can be trusted and who needs to be eliminated to ensure their survival.
Trouble in Rio
by Carl Weber
2019
Rio Duncan takes center stage as he tries to manage the family's interests while dealing with his own volatile personal life. When trouble follows him, the entire Duncan clan is pulled into the fray.
The Family Business 4
by Carl Weber
2018
The Duncans are back and facing their biggest challenge yet as a new adversary threatens to expose their darkest secrets. With the family hierarchy in flux, every member must fight to keep their legacy alive.
Grand Opening 2
by Carl Weber
2017
Continuing the Duncan family prequel, LC moves his family to Atlanta to open his first dealership. But as they expand their territory, they face violent opposition and a kidnapping that threatens the foundation of their new empire.
No More Mr. Nice Guy
by Carl Weber
2016
This origin story follows Niles Monroe, a Special Forces sniper who returns home only to be recruited by a secret hit squad. Before he becomes the man Paris Duncan loves, Niles must survive a deadly game of betrayal.
Grand Opening
by Carl Weber
2015
This prequel to *The Family Business* takes readers back to 1978 to show how the Duncan brothers—LC, Lou, and Larry—started their empire. It reveals the origins of their car dealership and the dangerous deals that built their fortune.
The Family Business 3
by Carl Weber
2014
The Duncan family is under siege, and Vegas Duncan is the only one who can save them. As enemies close in from all sides, the family must unite to protect their empire, even if it means breaking their own rules.
To Paris with Love
by Carl Weber
2013
Paris Duncan, the wild child of the family, meets her match in Niles Monroe, a man with a dangerous secret. As their romance heats up, Paris must decide if she can trust a man who might be more lethal than she is.
The Family Business 2
by Carl Weber
2013
With the family divided, the Duncans face threats from a new enemy that knows their every move. Orlando tries to lead the business legitimately, but the pull of the streets—and the wrath of his own mother—makes peace impossible.
The Family Business
by Carl Weber
2012
L.C. Duncan prepares to retire from the family's car dealership, which doubles as a front for their criminal activities. The decision sparks a power struggle among his children, while rival families circle like sharks.
Series background & context
The Duncan family name carries a lot of weight in Jamaica, Queens. To the average neighbor or customer, they are the picture of the American Dream. They run Duncan Motors, a high-end exotic car dealership that serves the city’s elite, and they carry themselves with the sort of poise and money that commands respect. They are local royalty, admired for their business acumen and their seemingly perfect lives.
But appearances can be deceiving.
Behind the polished showroom floors and the custom suits, the Duncans operate a sophisticated criminal empire that controls much of the local underworld. This isn’t just a side hustle; it is a legacy built on power, secrecy, and ruthless efficiency. At the head of the table sits L.C. Duncan, the patriarch who built this dual-faced kingdom from the ground up. He runs his family and his business with an iron fist, blending old-school values with street-level brutality when the situation calls for it.
The trouble starts when L.C. decides it is finally time to retire.
Walking away from a criminal enterprise is never as simple as handing over a set of keys. L.C. needs a successor, and that decision sparks a firestorm among his children. There is Orlando, the handsome and polished CEO who handles the legitimate side of the business with ease. He seems like the natural choice to the outside world, but the streets require a different kind of leadership.
Then there is Paris, perhaps the most fascinating piece on the board. She might love high fashion and luxury, but she is arguably the most dangerous Duncan of them all. Paris is a skilled markswoman and a ruthless enforcer who commands just as much fear as she does admiration. While Orlando handles the paperwork, Paris often handles the "problems" that can’t be solved in a boardroom.
The family dynamic gets even more complicated with London, the beautiful but troubled daughter whose personal demons and conniving nature often threaten to topple the family's carefully constructed house of cards. Rounding out the clan are the twins, Rio and Vegas, wildcards who bring their own brand of chaotic energy to the mix.
As the Duncans fight for position, they aren’t just battling each other.
The transition of power opens the door for rival cartels, corrupt politicians, and old enemies to strike. The family is forced to navigate betrayal from within and siege from without. Through it all, they cling to the motto that L.C. instilled in them: the family that grinds together, shines together. It’s a mix of The Godfather intensity and modern urban flair, proving that for the Duncans, blood really is thicker than water—and much harder to wash off.
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