Dennis Carstens Books in Order
Dennis Carstens has written 23 books, published between 2013 and 2025. The first book is The IRS Gets An A** Kicking (2013) and the newest is Reprieved Justice (2025). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 23
- Published
- 2013–2025
- Pages on record
- 2,980 in 9 of 23 books
Dennis Carstens writes the Marc Kadella legal mysteries, a Minnesota courtroom series in which most titles pair a modifier with the word justice: Desperate Justice (2013), The Key to Justice (2013), Media Justice (2014), Certain Justice (2015), Delayed Justice (2016), Personal Justice (2016) and Political Justice (2017). Twenty-three books reach Reprieved Justice (2025).
How many Dennis Carstens books are there?
Dennis Carstens has 23 books, released between 2013 and 2025. 19 of them belong to the Marc Kadella Legal Mystery series.
Dennis Carstens Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 23 Dennis Carstens 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.
- 1The IRS Gets An A** Kicking2013 · 64 pages · confirmed 1/42013641/4
- 220133751/4
- 32013–1/4
- 420143941/4
- 52015–1/4
- 620163411/4
- 720163901/4
- 820173541/4
- 920183501/4
- 1020183781/4
- 1120193341/4
- 12Swingate2020 · confirmed 1/42020–1/4
- 13A Basket of Deplorables: What I Saw Inside the Clinton White House2020 · confirmed 1/42020–1/4
- 142020–1/4
- 152021–1/4
- 162022–1/4
- 17Red Star Rising2023 · confirmed 1/42023–1/4
- 182023–1/4
- 192023–1/4
- 202024–1/4
- 212024–1/4
- 222025–1/4
- 232025–1/4
Dennis Carstens 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.
Marc Kadella Legal Mystery in order
19 books- 1. The Key to Justice
- 2. Desperate Justice
- 3. Media Justice
- 4. Certain Justice
- 5. Personal Justice
- 6. Delayed Justice
- 7. Political Justice
- 8. Insider Justice
- 9. Exquisite Justice
- 10. Cult Justice
- 11. Maddy's Justice
- 12. Twisted Justice
- and 7 more in the table above
Standalone books
4 books4 Dennis Carstens titles here are not listed as part of any series.
Do you have to read Dennis Carstens books in order?
You only need to read Dennis Carstens books in order within the Marc Kadella Legal Mystery series, which holds 19 of the 23 Dennis Carstens books listed here. The numbered table above gives every book in publication order.
Where to start with Dennis Carstens
Start with The IRS Gets An A** Kicking (2013), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Dennis Carstens book?
Reprieved Justice (2025) is the newest Dennis Carstens book released so far.
Is there a new Dennis Carstens book coming?
No next Dennis Carstens book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Dennis Carstens at a glance
- Still publishing
- Dennis Carstens published a book as recently as 2025.
- Release pace
- Dennis Carstens books have appeared more than one a year on average.
- Length
- 2,980 pages across the 9 of 23 books with a recorded length, a median of 354 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Dennis Carstens books, 12 of 23, were published in the 2020s.