M.W. Gordon Books in Order

M.W. Gordon has written 9 books, published between 2012 and 2017. The first book is Deadly Drifts (2012) and the newest is Toxic Trout (2017). Publication order is the reading order below. All 9 books listed here are in the Macduff Brooks Mysteries series, which has its own page: Macduff Brooks Mysteries books in order.

Books
9
Published
2012–2017
Pages on record
1,577 in 5 of 9 books
Reading time
26–39 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 1,577 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200300 words a minute, covering the 5 of 9 titles with a page count on record.

M.W. Gordon writes mystery and suspense, and the catalogue records drift boats and fly fishing among the subjects alongside detective stories and thrillers. Nine books appeared between 2012 and 2017, all of them grouped as the Macduff Brooks Mysteries. Crosses to Bear and Deadly Drifts both carry a 2012 date, Barracuda Pens and Gill Net Games both 2014, and Toxic Trout (2017) is the last entry. Five books have a recorded length, with a median of 316 pages.

How many M.W. Gordon books are there?

M.W. Gordon has 9 books, released between 2012 and 2017.

M.W. Gordon Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 9 M.W. Gordon 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
    Deadly DriftsMacduff Brooks Mysteries #12012 · 295 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2012295
  2. 2
    Crosses to BearMacduff Brooks Mysteries #22012 · 338 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2012338
  3. 32013
  4. 42014
  5. 52014
  6. 6
    Deadly AirboatsMacduff Brooks Mysteries #62015 · 318 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2015318
  7. 7
    Barbed WiredMacduff Brooks Mysteries #72016 · 316 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2016316
  8. 8
    Black FliesMacduff Brooks Mysteries #82016 · 310 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2016310
  9. 9
    Toxic TroutMacduff Brooks Mysteries #92017 · confirmed 1/4
    2017

M.W. Gordon series in order

The series linked below has its own reading-order page.

Do you have to read M.W. Gordon books in order?

You only need to read M.W. Gordon books in order within the Macduff Brooks Mysteries series, which holds 9 of the 9 M.W. Gordon books listed here. The numbered table above gives every book in publication order.

Where to start with M.W. Gordon

Start with Deadly Drifts (2012), the first Macduff Brooks Mysteries book. It is also the earliest catalogued title.

What is the newest M.W. Gordon book?

Toxic Trout (2017) is the newest M.W. Gordon book released so far.

Is there a new M.W. Gordon book coming?

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

M.W. Gordon at a glance

No recent titles
The newest M.W. Gordon title on record dates from 2017, 9 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
Release pace
M.W. Gordon books have appeared more than one a year on average.
Length
1,577 pages across the 5 of 9 books with a recorded length, a median of 316 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most M.W. Gordon books, 9 of 9, were published in the 2010s.

What the M.W. Gordon books are about

3 of the 9 M.W. Gordon 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 2 of 3. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.