Laurence Shames Books in Order
Laurence Shames has written 26 books, published between 1986 and 2024. The first book is The Big Time (1986) and the newest is Sunset Bluff (2024). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 26
- Published
- 1986–2024
- Confirmed
- 26 of 26 titles
- Pages on record
- 5,073 in 18 of 26 books
- Reading time
- 85–127 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 5,073 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 18 of 26 titles with a page count on record.
Laurence Shames has 26 books catalogued from The Big Time (1986) to Sunset Bluff (2024), mixing non-fiction with the Key West Mysteries. Subjects on the non-fiction side include Harvard Business School and its Class of 1949, businesspeople and biography. Key West and the Mafia appear among the fiction subjects. Titles of the 1990s include Florida Straits (1992), Scavenger Reef (1994), Sunburn (1995) and Mangrove Squeeze (1998).
How many Laurence Shames books are there?
Laurence Shames has 26 books, released between 1986 and 2024. 19 of them belong to the Key West Mysteries series.
Laurence Shames Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 26 Laurence Shames 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.
- 119862263/4
- 219892913/4
- 319923683/4
- 419943253/4
- 519953843/4
- 619963563/4
- 719972843/4
- 819983433/4
- 919992563/4
- 1020003043/4
- 1120032243/4
- 122006–3/4
- 1320062963/4
- 1520132203/4
- 1620143203/4
- 172014–3/4
- 1820141863/4
- 1920152343/4
- 2020172323/4
- 2120172243/4
- 222019–3/4
- 232020–3/4
- 242021–3/4
- 252023–3/4
- 262024–3/4
Laurence Shames 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.
Key West Mysteries in order
19 books- 1. Florida Straits
- 2. Scavenger Reef
- 3. Sunburn
- 4. Tropical Depression
- 5. Virgin Heat
- 6. Mangrove Squeeze
- 7. Welcome to Paradise
- 8. The Naked Detective
- 9. Shot on Location
- 10. Chickens
- 11. Tropical Swap
- 12. Key West Luck
- and 7 more in the table above
Laurence Shames Non-Fiction
4 books4 titles published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.
Laurence Shames Standalone Novels
2 books2 titles published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.
Lost in order
1 bookDo you have to read Laurence Shames books in order?
You only need to read Laurence Shames books in order within the Key West Mysteries series, which holds 19 of the 26 Laurence Shames books listed here. The numbered table above gives every book in publication order.
Where to start with Laurence Shames
Start with The Big Time (1986), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Laurence Shames book?
Sunset Bluff (2024) is the newest Laurence Shames book released so far.
Is there a new Laurence Shames book coming?
No next Laurence Shames book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Laurence Shames at a glance
- Still publishing
- Laurence Shames published a book as recently as 2024.
- Release pace
- Laurence Shames books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
- Length
- 5,073 pages across the 18 of 26 books with a recorded length, a median of 288 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Laurence Shames books, 9 of 26, were published in the 2010s.
What the Laurence Shames books are about
13 of the 26 Laurence Shames books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: biography is tagged on 3 of 13. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Biography 3 of 13 books
- Key west (fla.) 3 of 13 books
- Mafia 3 of 13 books
- Health 2 of 13 books
- Mystery & detective 2 of 13 books