Jon Talton Books in Order
Jon Talton has written 15 books, published between 2001 and 2023. The first book is Concrete Desert (2001) and the newest is The Nurse Murders (2023). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 15
- Published
- 2001–2023
- Pages on record
- 3,222 in 12 of 15 books
- Reading time
- 54–81 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 3,222 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 12 of 15 titles with a page count on record.
Jon Talton writes mysteries set in Phoenix, Arizona, with David Mapstone as the recurring investigator. Talton has 15 catalogued books published between 2001 and 2023, opening with Concrete Desert (2001) and reaching The Nurse Murders (2023) by way of Camelback Falls (2003), Dry Heat (2004), Cactus Heart (2007) and The Night Detectives (2013). Three series are catalogued: the David Mapstone Mysteries, the Cincinnati Casebook and Phoenix Noir. Murder, private investigators, journalists, sheriffs and history teachers recur as subjects. No new title has appeared since 2023.
How many Jon Talton books are there?
Jon Talton has 15 books, released between 2001 and 2023. They include 3 series and 3 titles listed outside any series.
Jon Talton Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 15 Jon Talton 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.
- 120012022/4
- 220032242/4
- 320042392/4
- 420062162/4
- 520072272/4
- 620092502/4
- 7Deadline Man2010 · confirmed 2/42010–2/4
- 820102152/4
- 92012–2/4
- 1020132262/4
- 11A Brief History of Phoenix2015 · 141 pages · confirmed 2/420151412/4
- 1220154962/4
- 1320185442/4
- 14City of Dark Corners2021 · 242 pages · confirmed 2/420212422/4
- 152023–2/4
Jon Talton characters in order
The character linked below has its own reading-order page.
- David Mapstone books in order 9 books
Jon Talton 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.
David Mapstone Mystery in order
9 booksCincinnati Casebook in order
2 booksPhoenix Noir in order
1 bookStandalone books
3 books3 Jon Talton titles here are not listed as part of any series.
Do you have to read Jon Talton books in order?
You only need to read Jon Talton books in order within each series: the books listed here span 3 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.
Where to start with Jon Talton
Start with Concrete Desert (2001), the first David Mapstone book. It is also the earliest catalogued title.
What is the newest Jon Talton book?
The Nurse Murders (2023) is the newest Jon Talton book released so far.
Is there a new Jon Talton book coming?
No next Jon Talton book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Jon Talton at a glance
- Paused
- No new Jon Talton title has appeared for 3 years. The last was published in 2023.
- Release pace
- Jon Talton books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
- Length
- 3,222 pages across the 12 of 15 books with a recorded length, a median of 226 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Jon Talton books, 7 of 15, were published in the 2010s.
What the Jon Talton books are about
14 of the 15 Jon Talton books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: david mapstone (fictitious character) is tagged on 8 of 14. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- David Mapstone (Fictitious character) 8 of 14 books
- Mystery & detective 8 of 14 books
- Phoenix (ariz.) 6 of 14 books
- Murder 5 of 14 books
- Crimes against 4 of 14 books
- Investigation 3 of 14 books
- Mapstone, david (fictitious character) 3 of 14 books
- Crime 2 of 14 books
- Forensic scientists 2 of 14 books
- Government investigators 2 of 14 books
- Historians 2 of 14 books
- History teachers 2 of 14 books