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Dick Lochte Books in Order

Dick Lochte has written 17 books, published between 1985 and 2025. The first book is Sleeping Dog (1985) and the newest is Rockets’ Red Glare (2025). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
17
Published
1985–2025
Pages on record
3,860 in 11 of 17 books
Reading time
64–97 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 3,860 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 11 of 17 titles with a page count on record.

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Dick Lochte, full name Richard Samuel Lochte, is an American crime novelist born on 19 October 1944. The debut, Sleeping Dog (1985), won the Nero Award in 1985 and earned an Edgar Allan Poe Award nomination for Best First Novel in 1986. Lochte's 17 catalogued books reach Rockets' Red Glare (2025). The series listed are Leo Bloodworth And Serendipity Dahlquist, Nikki Hill, Terry Manion and Sage Mendiluze, and subjects include Los Angeles, private investigators and African American women lawyers.

How many Dick Lochte books are there?

Dick Lochte has 17 books, released between 1985 and 2025. They include 4 series and 4 titles listed outside any series.

Dick Lochte Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 17 Dick Lochte 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 Sleeping Dog by Dick Lochte, book 1 of the Leo Bloodworth And Serendipity Dahlquist series (1985)
  2. Cover of Laughing Dog by Dick Lochte, book 2 of the Leo Bloodworth And Serendipity Dahlquist series (1988)
  3. Cover of The Trials of Nikki Hill by Dick Lochte, book 1 of the Nikki Hill series (1999)
  4. Cover of Lucky Dog, And Other Tales Of Murder by Dick Lochte (2000)
  5. Cover of L.A. Justice by Dick Lochte, book 2 of the Nikki Hill series (2001)
  6. Cover of Lawless by Dick Lochte, book 4 of the Nikki Hill series (2004)
  7. Cover of Croaked! by Dick Lochte (2007)
  8. Cover of Blues in The Night by Dick Lochte (2012)
  1. 1
    Sleeping DogLeo Bloodworth And Serendipity Dahlquist #11985 · 331 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1985331
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  2. 2
    Laughing DogLeo Bloodworth And Serendipity Dahlquist #21988 · 395 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1988395
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  3. 3
    Blue BayouTerry Manion #11992 · 311 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1992311
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  4. 4
    Neon SmileTerry Manion #21995 · 325 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1995325
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  5. 5
    The Trials of Nikki HillNikki Hill #11999 · 481 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1999481
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  6. 6
    Lucky Dog, And Other Tales Of Murder2000 · 207 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2000207
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  7. 7
    L.A. JusticeNikki Hill #22001 · 454 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2001454
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  8. 8
    The Last DefenseNikki Hill #32002 · 400 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2002400
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  9. 9
    LawlessNikki Hill #42004 · 353 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2004353
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  10. 10
    Croaked!2007 · 385 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2007385
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  11. 11
    Blues in The Night2012 · 218 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2012218
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  12. 12
    Rappin' DogLeo Bloodworth And Serendipity Dahlquist #32014 · confirmed 1/4
    2014–
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  13. 13
    Diamond DogLeo Bloodworth And Serendipity Dahlquist #42014 · confirmed 1/4
    2014–
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  14. 14
    Devil DogLeo Bloodworth And Serendipity Dahlquist #52017 · confirmed 1/4
    2017–
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  15. 15
    Mad DogLeo Bloodworth And Serendipity Dahlquist #62017 · confirmed 1/4
    2017–
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  16. 16
    The Body in the Back Seat2021 · confirmed 1/4
    2021–
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  17. 17
    Rockets’ Red GlareSage Mendiluze #12025 · confirmed 1/4
    2025–
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Dick Lochte 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.

Leo Bloodworth And Serendipity Dahlquist in order

6 books
  1. 1. Sleeping Dog
  2. 2. Laughing Dog
  3. 3. Rappin' Dog
  4. 4. Diamond Dog
  5. 5. Devil Dog
  6. 6. Mad Dog

Nikki Hill in order

4 books
  1. 1. The Trials of Nikki Hill
  2. 2. L.A. Justice
  3. 3. The Last Defense
  4. 4. Lawless

Terry Manion in order

2 books
  1. 1. Blue Bayou
  2. 2. Neon Smile

Sage Mendiluze in order

1 book
  1. 1. Rockets’ Red Glare

Standalone books

4 books

4 Dick Lochte titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Dick Lochte books in order?

You only need to read Dick Lochte books in order within each series: the books listed here span 4 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.

Where to start with Dick Lochte

Start with Sleeping Dog (1985), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Dick Lochte book?

Rockets’ Red Glare (2025) is the newest Dick Lochte book released so far.

Is there a new Dick Lochte book coming?

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

Dick Lochte at a glance

Still publishing
Dick Lochte published a book as recently as 2025.
Release pace
Dick Lochte books have appeared about one every 3 years on average.
Length
3,860 pages across the 11 of 17 books with a recorded length, a median of 353 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Dick Lochte books, 5 of 17, were published in the 2010s.

What the Dick Lochte books are about

12 of the 17 Dick Lochte books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: los angeles (calif.) is tagged on 6 of 12. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.