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Marshall Karp Books in Order

Marshall Karp has written 10 books, published between 2006 and 2025. The first book is The Rabbit Factory (2006) and the newest is NYPD Red 8 (2025). Publication order is the reading order below. 5 of the 10 books listed here are in the Lomax & Biggs series, which has its own page: Lomax & Biggs books in order.

Books
10
Published
2006–2025
Confirmed
9 of 10 titles
Pages on record
1,891 in 5 of 10 books
Reading time
32–47 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 1,891 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 5 of 10 titles with a page count on record.

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Marshall Karp writes police mysteries, and Lomax and Biggs is the recurring detective pair, with Mike Lomax named among the subjects. The Rabbit Factory (2006) is the first title, followed by Bloodthirsty (2007), Flipping Out (2009) and Cut, Paste, Kill (2010). Amusement parks, gangs, the film industry, actors and house flippers are among the subjects. Terminal (2016), Snowstorm in August (2022) and Don't Tell Me How to Die (2025) are later Karp titles, and the listing also carries NYPD Red 7 and NYPD Red 8.

Marshall Karp has a background in television writing, which carries into the dialogue in his novels.

How many Marshall Karp books are there?

Marshall Karp has 10 books, released between 2006 and 2025. 5 of them belong to the Lomax & Biggs series.

Marshall Karp Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 10 Marshall Karp 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 The Rabbit Factory by Marshall Karp, book 1 of the Lomax & Biggs series (2006)
  2. Cover of Bloodthirsty by Marshall Karp, book 2 of the Lomax & Biggs series (2007)
  3. Cover of Flipping Out by Marshall Karp, book 3 of the Lomax & Biggs series (2009)
  4. Cover of Cut, Paste, Kill by Marshall Karp, book 4 of the Lomax & Biggs series (2010)
  5. Cover of Terminal by Marshall Karp, book 5 of the Lomax & Biggs series (2016)
  1. 1
    The Rabbit FactoryLomax & Biggs #12006 · 632 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2006632
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  2. 2
    BloodthirstyLomax & Biggs #22007 · 375 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2007375
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  3. 3
    Flipping OutLomax & Biggs #32009 · 320 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2009320
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  4. 4
    Cut, Paste, KillLomax & Biggs #42010 · 304 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2010304
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  5. 5
    TerminalLomax & Biggs #52016 · 260 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2016260
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  6. 6
    Red Alert2018 · confirmed 1/4
    2018–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  7. 7
    Snowstorm in August2022 · confirmed 3/4
    2022–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  8. 8
    NYPD Red 7NYPD Red #72022 · confirmed 4/4
    2022–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  9. 9
    Don't Tell Me How to Die2025 · confirmed 3/4
    2025–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  10. 10
    NYPD Red 8NYPD Red #82025 · confirmed 4/4
    2025–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK

Marshall Karp characters in order

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

Marshall Karp books grouped by series

Each title below is a row in the publication-order table above. A group whose heading is a link has its own reading-order page; the other groups have no page of their own on this site.

Lomax & Biggs books in order

5 books by Marshall Karp
  1. 1. The Rabbit Factory
  2. 2. Bloodthirsty
  3. 3. Flipping Out
  4. 4. Cut, Paste, Kill
  5. 5. Terminal

NYPD Red in order

2 books
  1. 7. NYPD Red 7
  2. 8. NYPD Red 8

Standalone books

3 books

3 Marshall Karp titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Marshall Karp books in order?

You only need to read Marshall Karp books in order within the Lomax & Biggs series, which holds 5 of the 10 Marshall Karp books listed here. The numbered table above gives every book in publication order.

Where to start with Marshall Karp

Start with The Rabbit Factory (2006), the first Lomax and Biggs book. It is also the earliest catalogued title.

What is the newest Marshall Karp book?

NYPD Red 8 (2025) is the newest Marshall Karp book released so far.

Is there a new Marshall Karp book coming?

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

Marshall Karp at a glance

Still publishing
Marshall Karp published a book as recently as 2025.
Release pace
Marshall Karp books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
Length
1,891 pages across the 5 of 10 books with a recorded length, a median of 320 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Marshall Karp books, 4 of 10, were published in the 2020s.
Corroboration
2 of the 10 titles appear in all four independent book listings, and 9 in at least three.

What the Marshall Karp books are about

4 of the 10 Marshall Karp books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: detectives is tagged on 3 of 4. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.