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David L. Lindsey Books in Order

David L. Lindsey has written 14 books, published between 1983 and 2011. The first book is A Cold Mind (1983) and the newest is Pacific Heights (2011). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
14
Published
1983–2011
Pages on record
5,455 in 13 of 14 books
Reading time
91–136 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 5,455 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 13 of 14 titles with a page count on record.

See all 14 books in order Printable David L. Lindsey checklist

Crime and mystery novels make up the work of David L. Lindsey, an American novelist born in 1944. Lindsey published 14 novels over a 29-year career, and the catalogue matches that count, running from A Cold Mind (1983) to Pacific Heights (2011). The series are Stuart Haydon and Marten Fane. Subject tags include Houston, Texas, hard-boiled detection, serial murders, espionage and thrillers. Other titles include Mercy, Body of Truth and An Absence of Light.

How many David L. Lindsey books are there?

David L. Lindsey has 14 books, released between 1983 and 2011. They include 2 series and 8 titles listed outside any series.

David L. Lindsey Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 14 David L. Lindsey 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 A Cold Mind by David L. Lindsey, book 1 of the Stuart Haydon series (1983)
  2. Cover of Heat from Another Sun by David L. Lindsey, book 2 of the Stuart Haydon series (1984)
  3. Cover of Spiral by David L. Lindsey, book 3 of the Stuart Haydon series (1986)
  4. Cover of Mercy by David L. Lindsey (1990)
  5. Cover of Body of Truth by David L. Lindsey, book 5 of the Stuart Haydon series (1992)
  6. Cover of An Absence of Light by David L. Lindsey (1994)
  7. Cover of Requiem For a Glass Heart by David L. Lindsey (1996)
  8. Cover of The Color of Night by David L. Lindsey (1999)
  9. Cover of Animosity by David L. Lindsey (2001)
  10. Cover of The Rules of Silence by David L. Lindsey (2003)
  11. Cover of The Face of the Assassin by David L. Lindsey (2004)
  12. Cover of Pacific Heights by David L. Lindsey, book 1 of the Marten Fane series (2011)
  1. 1
    A Cold MindStuart Haydon #11983 · 350 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1983350
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  2. 2
    Black Gold, Red Death1983 · 410 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1983410
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  3. 3
    Heat from Another SunStuart Haydon #21984 · 296 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1984296
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  4. 4
    SpiralStuart Haydon #31986 · 368 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1986368
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  5. 5
    In the Lake of the MoonStuart Haydon #41988 · 400 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1988400
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  6. 6
    Mercy1990 · 593 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1990593
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  7. 7
    Body of TruthStuart Haydon #51992 · 465 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1992465
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  8. 8
    An Absence of Light1994 · 561 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1994561
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  9. 9
    Requiem For a Glass Heart1996 · confirmed 2/4
    1996–
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  10. 10
    The Color of Night1999 · 467 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1999467
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  11. 11
    Animosity2001 · 341 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2001341
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  12. 12
    The Rules of Silence2003 · 415 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2003415
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  13. 13
    The Face of the Assassin2004 · 402 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2004402
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  14. 14
    Pacific HeightsMarten Fane #12011 · 387 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2011387
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David L. Lindsey 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.

Stuart Haydon in order

5 books
  1. 1. A Cold Mind
  2. 2. Heat from Another Sun
  3. 3. Spiral
  4. 4. In the Lake of the Moon
  5. 5. Body of Truth

Marten Fane in order

1 book
  1. 1. Pacific Heights

Standalone books

8 books

8 David L. Lindsey titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read David L. Lindsey books in order?

You only need to read David L. Lindsey books in order within each series: the books listed here span 2 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.

Where to start with David L. Lindsey

Start with A Cold Mind (1983), the earliest published title.

What is the newest David L. Lindsey book?

Pacific Heights (2011) is the newest David L. Lindsey book released so far.

Is there a new David L. Lindsey book coming?

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

David L. Lindsey at a glance

No recent titles
The newest David L. Lindsey title on record dates from 2011, 15 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
Release pace
David L. Lindsey books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
Length
5,455 pages across the 13 of 14 books with a recorded length, a median of 402 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most David L. Lindsey books, 5 of 14, were published in the 1990s.

What the David L. Lindsey books are about

All 14 David L. Lindsey books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: houston (tex.) is tagged on 8 of 14. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.