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Chris Knopf Books in Order

Chris Knopf has written 18 books, published between 2005 and 2023. The first book is The Last Refuge (2005) and the newest is Blood Bank (2023). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
18
Published
2005–2023
Pages on record
3,089 in 11 of 18 books
Reading time
51–77 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 3,089 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 11 of 18 titles with a page count on record.

See all 18 books in order Printable Chris Knopf checklist

Chris Knopf has 18 books in the catalogue, from The Last Refuge (2005) to Blood Bank (2023). Sam Acquillo is the recurring figure of the Sam Acquillo Hamptons Mystery series, and Knopf also writes the Jackie Swaitkowski and Arthur Cathcart series. Titles include Two Time (2005), Head Wounds (2008), Hard Stop (2009), Short Squeeze (2010), Black Swan (2011) and Dead Anyway (2012). Subjects include murder investigation, missing persons, carpenters, construction workers, women lawyers, middle-aged men and barrier islands.

How many Chris Knopf books are there?

Chris Knopf has 18 books, released between 2005 and 2023. They include 3 series and 2 titles listed outside any series.

Chris Knopf Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 18 Chris Knopf books in the order they were published, with the release year, the page count where one is on record, and how many independent book listings confirm each title. Catalogue data as of September 2026.

  1. Cover of Head Wounds by Chris Knopf, book 3 of the Sam Acquillo Hamptons Mystery series (2008)
  2. Cover of Hard Stop by Chris Knopf, book 4 of the Sam Acquillo Hamptons Mystery series (2009)
  3. Cover of Short Squeeze by Chris Knopf, book 1 of the Jackie Swaitkowski series (2010)
  4. Cover of Bad Bird by Chris Knopf, book 2 of the Jackie Swaitkowski series (2011)
  5. Cover of Black Swan by Chris Knopf, book 5 of the Sam Acquillo Hamptons Mystery series (2011)
  6. Cover of Dead Anyway by Chris Knopf, book 1 of the Arthur Cathcart series (2012)
  7. Cover of Ice Cap by Chris Knopf, book 3 of the Jackie Swaitkowski series (2012)
  8. Cover of Cries of the Lost by Chris Knopf, book 2 of the Arthur Cathcart series (2013)
  9. Cover of A Billion Ways to Die by Chris Knopf, book 3 of the Arthur Cathcart series (2014)
  10. Cover of Cop Job by Chris Knopf, book 6 of the Sam Acquillo Hamptons Mystery series (2015)
  11. Cover of Back Lash by Chris Knopf, book 7 of the Sam Acquillo Hamptons Mystery series (2016)
  12. Cover of Tango Down by Chris Knopf, book 8 of the Sam Acquillo Hamptons Mystery series (2017)
  1. 1
    The Last RefugeSam Acquillo Hamptons Mystery #12005 · confirmed 2/4
    2005–
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  2. 2
    Two TimeSam Acquillo Hamptons Mystery #22005 · confirmed 2/4
    2005–
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  3. 3
    Head WoundsSam Acquillo Hamptons Mystery #32008 · 272 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2008272
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  4. 4
    Hard StopSam Acquillo Hamptons Mystery #42009 · confirmed 2/4
    2009–
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  5. 5
    Elysiana2010 · confirmed 2/4
    2010–
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  6. 6
    Short SqueezeJackie Swaitkowski #12010 · 274 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2010274
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  7. 7
    Bad BirdJackie Swaitkowski #22011 · 296 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2011296
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  8. 8
    Black SwanSam Acquillo Hamptons Mystery #52011 · 304 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2011304
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  9. 9
    Dead AnywayArthur Cathcart #12012 · confirmed 2/4
    2012–
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  10. 10
    Ice CapJackie Swaitkowski #32012 · 293 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2012293
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  11. 11
    Cries of the LostArthur Cathcart #22013 · 271 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2013271
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  12. 12
    A Billion Ways to DieArthur Cathcart #32014 · 271 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2014271
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  13. 13
    Cop JobSam Acquillo Hamptons Mystery #62015 · 287 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2015287
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  14. 14
    Back LashSam Acquillo Hamptons Mystery #72016 · 266 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2016266
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  15. 15
    Tango DownSam Acquillo Hamptons Mystery #82017 · 288 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2017288
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  16. 16
    You're Dead2018 · confirmed 2/4
    2018–
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  17. 17
    Deep DiveSam Acquillo Hamptons Mystery #92019 · 267 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2019267
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  18. 18
    Blood BankSam Acquillo Hamptons Mystery #102023 · confirmed 2/4
    2023–
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Chris Knopf characters in order

Each character linked below has its own reading-order page.

Chris Knopf books grouped by series

Each title below is a row in the publication-order table above. None of these groups has a reading-order page of its own on this site.

Sam Acquillo Hamptons Mystery in order

10 books
  1. 1. The Last Refuge
  2. 2. Two Time
  3. 3. Head Wounds
  4. 4. Hard Stop
  5. 5. Black Swan
  6. 6. Cop Job
  7. 7. Back Lash
  8. 8. Tango Down
  9. 9. Deep Dive
  10. 10. Blood Bank

Jackie Swaitkowski in order

3 books
  1. 1. Short Squeeze
  2. 2. Bad Bird
  3. 3. Ice Cap

Arthur Cathcart in order

3 books
  1. 1. Dead Anyway
  2. 2. Cries of the Lost
  3. 3. A Billion Ways to Die

Standalone books

2 books

2 Chris Knopf titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Chris Knopf books in order?

You only need to read Chris Knopf books in order within each series: the books listed here span 3 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.

Where to start with Chris Knopf

Start with the first book of the Chris Knopf series you want to read: Sam Acquillo starts with The Last Refuge (2005) and Sam Acquillo Mysteries starts with The Last Refuge (2005). The earliest catalogued title overall is The Last Refuge (2005).

What is the newest Chris Knopf book?

Blood Bank (2023) is the newest Chris Knopf book released so far.

Is there a new Chris Knopf book coming?

No next Chris Knopf book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.

Chris Knopf at a glance

Paused
No new Chris Knopf title has appeared for 3 years. The last was published in 2023.
Release pace
Chris Knopf books have appeared about one a year on average.
Length
3,089 pages across the 11 of 18 books with a recorded length, a median of 274 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Chris Knopf books, 13 of 18, were published in the 2010s.

What the Chris Knopf books are about

14 of the 18 Chris Knopf books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: mystery & detective is tagged on 7 of 14. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.