Domenic Stansberry Books in Order

Domenic Stansberry has written 13 books, published between 1987 and 2025. The first book is The Spoiler (1987) and the newest is The Lizard (2025). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
13
Published
1987–2025
Pages on record
2,785 in 11 of 13 books
Reading time
46–70 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 2,785 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200300 words a minute, covering the 11 of 13 titles with a page count on record.

Domenic Stansberry has 13 catalogued books, from The Spoiler (1987) to The Lizard (2025). The North Beach Mystery is Stansberry's series. Subject headings include mystery and detective fiction, private investigators, Italian Americans, investigative reporting and California, and name Dante Mancuso as a fictitious character. Other titles are The Last Days of Il Duce (1998), Manifesto for the Dead (2000), The Confession (2004) and The Ancient Rain (2008).

How many Domenic Stansberry books are there?

Domenic Stansberry has 13 books, released between 1987 and 2025. 4 of them belong to the North Beach Mystery series.

Domenic Stansberry Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 13 Domenic Stansberry 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. 1
    The Spoiler1987 · 278 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1987278
  2. 2
    Exit Paradise: Stories1991 · 146 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1991146
  3. 3
    In the 1st Degree1995 · 272 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1995272
  4. 41997239
  5. 5
    The Last Days of Il Duce1998 · confirmed 1/4
    1998
  6. 6
    Manifesto for the Dead2000 · 192 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2000192
  7. 7
    Chasing the DragonNorth Beach Mystery #12004 · 307 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2004307
  8. 8
    The Confession2004 · 218 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2004218
  9. 9
    The Big BoomNorth Beach Mystery #22006 · 272 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2006272
  10. 10
    The Ancient RainNorth Beach Mystery #32008 · 304 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2008304
  11. 11
    Naked MoonNorth Beach Mystery #42010 · 295 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2010295
  12. 12
    The White Devil2016 · 262 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2016262
  13. 13
    The Lizard2025 · confirmed 1/4
    2025

Domenic Stansberry 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.

North Beach Mystery in order

4 books
  1. 1. Chasing the Dragon
  2. 2. The Big Boom
  3. 3. The Ancient Rain
  4. 4. Naked Moon

Standalone books

9 books

9 Domenic Stansberry titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Domenic Stansberry books in order?

You only need to read Domenic Stansberry books in order within the North Beach Mystery series, which holds 4 of the 13 Domenic Stansberry books listed here. The numbered table above gives every book in publication order.

Where to start with Domenic Stansberry

Start with The Spoiler (1987), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Domenic Stansberry book?

The Lizard (2025) is the newest Domenic Stansberry book released so far.

Is there a new Domenic Stansberry book coming?

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

Domenic Stansberry at a glance

Still publishing
Domenic Stansberry published a book as recently as 2025.
Release pace
Domenic Stansberry books have appeared about one every 3 years on average.
Length
2,785 pages across the 11 of 13 books with a recorded length, a median of 272 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Domenic Stansberry books, 5 of 13, were published in the 2000s.

What the Domenic Stansberry books are about

11 of the 13 Domenic Stansberry 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 5 of 11. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.