K.J.A. Wishnia Books in Order

K.J.A. Wishnia has written 8 books, published between 1998 and 2010. The first book is 23 Shades of Black (1998) and the newest is The Fifth Servant (2010). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
8
Published
1998–2010
Pages on record
1,697 in 6 of 8 books
Reading time
28–42 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 1,697 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200300 words a minute, covering the 6 of 8 titles with a page count on record.

K.J.A. Wishnia has 8 catalogued books published between 1998 and 2010. Filomena Buscarsela is the series recorded against the name, and subjects list women private investigators, Hispanic American women, policewomen, single mothers and New York City. 23 Shades of Black (1998) is the earliest title and The Fifth Servant (2010) the latest. The list also carries Flat Rate and Other Tales of Mystery and Weirdness (1998) and Twentieth Century Ecuadorian Narrative (1999), alongside Soft Money, The Glass Factory, Red House and Blood Lake.

How many K.J.A. Wishnia books are there?

K.J.A. Wishnia has 8 books, released between 1998 and 2010. 5 of them belong to the Filomena Buscarsela series.

K.J.A. Wishnia Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 8 K.J.A. Wishnia 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
    23 Shades of BlackFilomena Buscarsela #11998 · confirmed 2/4
    1998
  2. 21998
  3. 3
    Twentieth Century Ecuadorian Narrative1999 · 202 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1999202
  4. 4
    Soft MoneyFilomena Buscarsela #21999 · 248 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1999248
  5. 5
    The Glass FactoryFilomena Buscarsela #32000 · 256 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2000256
  6. 6
    Red HouseFilomena Buscarsela #42001 · 280 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2001280
  7. 7
    Blood LakeFilomena Buscarsela #52002 · 324 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2002324
  8. 8
    The Fifth Servant2010 · 387 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2010387

K.J.A. Wishnia 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.

Filomena Buscarsela in order

5 books
  1. 1. 23 Shades of Black
  2. 2. Soft Money
  3. 3. The Glass Factory
  4. 4. Red House
  5. 5. Blood Lake

Standalone books

3 books

3 K.J.A. Wishnia titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read K.J.A. Wishnia books in order?

You only need to read K.J.A. Wishnia books in order within the Filomena Buscarsela series, which holds 5 of the 8 K.J.A. Wishnia books listed here. The numbered table above gives every book in publication order.

Where to start with K.J.A. Wishnia

Start with 23 Shades of Black (1998), the earliest published title.

What is the newest K.J.A. Wishnia book?

The Fifth Servant (2010) is the newest K.J.A. Wishnia book released so far.

Is there a new K.J.A. Wishnia book coming?

No next K.J.A. Wishnia book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.

K.J.A. Wishnia at a glance

No recent titles
The newest K.J.A. Wishnia title on record dates from 2010, 16 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
Release pace
K.J.A. Wishnia books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
Length
1,697 pages across the 6 of 8 books with a recorded length, a median of 268 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most K.J.A. Wishnia books, 4 of 8, were published in the 1990s.

What the K.J.A. Wishnia books are about

All 8 K.J.A. Wishnia books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: filomena buscarsela (fictitious character) is tagged on 4 of 8. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.