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Donis Casey Books in Order

Donis Casey has written 12 books, published between 2005 and 2021. The first book is The Old Buzzard Had It Coming (2005) and the newest is Valentino Will Die / The Death of Valentino (2021). Publication order is the reading order below. 10 of the 12 books listed here are in the Alafair Tucker series, which has its own page: Alafair Tucker books in order.

Books
12
Published
2005–2021
Pages on record
1,902 in 8 of 12 books
Reading time
32–48 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 1,902 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 8 of 12 titles with a page count on record.

See all 12 books in order Printable Donis Casey checklist

Donis Casey is the author of the Alafair Tucker and Adventures of Bianca Dangereuse series, with 12 catalogued books from 2005 to 2021. The Old Buzzard Had It Coming (2005) is first, and The Death of Valentino (2021) is the latest. Subject tags name the fictitious character Alafair Tucker and list Oklahoma, country life, the 1910s, historical mystery and women sleuths. Hornswoggled, The Drop Edge of Yonder, Crying Blood, Hell with the Lid Blown Off and Forty Dead Men are among the titles.

How many Donis Casey books are there?

Donis Casey has 12 books, released between 2005 and 2021. They include 2 separate series.

Donis Casey Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 12 Donis Casey 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 Hornswoggled by Donis Casey, book 2 of the Alafair Tucker series (2006)
  2. Cover of The Drop Edge of Yonder by Donis Casey, book 3 of the Alafair Tucker series (2007)
  3. Cover of The Sky Took Him by Donis Casey, book 4 of the Alafair Tucker series (2008)
  4. Cover of Crying Blood by Donis Casey, book 5 of the Alafair Tucker series (2011)
  5. Cover of Wrong Hill to Die On by Donis Casey, book 6 of the Alafair Tucker series (2012)
  6. Cover of Hell with the Lid Blown Off by Donis Casey, book 7 of the Alafair Tucker series (2014)
  7. Cover of All Men Fear Me by Donis Casey, book 8 of the Alafair Tucker series (2015)
  8. Cover of The Return of the Raven Mocker by Donis Casey, book 9 of the Alafair Tucker series (2017)
  1. 1
    The Old Buzzard Had It ComingAlafair Tucker #12005 · 216 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2005216
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  2. 2
    HornswoggledAlafair Tucker #22006 · 240 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2006240
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  3. 3
    The Drop Edge of YonderAlafair Tucker #32007 · 226 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2007226
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  4. 4
    The Sky Took HimAlafair Tucker #42008 · confirmed 2/4
    2008–
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  5. 5
    Crying BloodAlafair Tucker #52011 · confirmed 2/4
    2011–
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  6. 6
    Wrong Hill to Die OnAlafair Tucker #62012 · confirmed 2/4
    2012–
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  7. 7
    Hell with the Lid Blown OffAlafair Tucker #72014 · 228 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2014228
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  8. 8
    All Men Fear MeAlafair Tucker #82015 · 312 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2015312
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  9. 9
    The Return of the Raven MockerAlafair Tucker #92017 · 218 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2017218
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  10. 10
    Forty Dead MenAlafair Tucker #102018 · 206 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2018206
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  11. 11
    The Wrong GirlAdventures of Bianca Dangereuse #12019 · 256 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2019256
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  12. 12
    Valentino Will Die / The Death of ValentinoAdventures of Bianca Dangereuse #22021 · confirmed 2/4
    2021–
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Donis Casey series and characters in order

Each link below opens a reading-order page with every book in publication order.

Donis Casey 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.

Adventures of Bianca Dangereuse in order

2 books
  1. 1. The Wrong Girl
  2. 2. Valentino Will Die / The Death of Valentino

Do you have to read Donis Casey books in order?

You only need to read Donis Casey 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 Donis Casey

Start with the first book of the Donis Casey series you want to read: Alafair Tucker starts with The Old Buzzard Had It Coming (2005) and Alafair Tucker Mysteries starts with The Old Buzzard Had It Coming (2005). The earliest catalogued title overall is The Old Buzzard Had It Coming (2005).

What is the newest Donis Casey book?

Valentino Will Die / The Death of Valentino (2021) is the newest Donis Casey book released so far.

Is there a new Donis Casey book coming?

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

Donis Casey at a glance

Paused
No new Donis Casey title has appeared for 5 years. The last was published in 2021.
Release pace
Donis Casey books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
Length
1,902 pages across the 8 of 12 books with a recorded length, a median of 227 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Donis Casey books, 7 of 12, were published in the 2010s.

What the Donis Casey books are about

10 of the 12 Donis Casey books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: murder is tagged on 7 of 10. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.