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Mason Cross Books in Order

Mason Cross has written 5 books, published between 2014 and 2018. The first book is The Killing Season (2014) and the newest is Presumed Dead (2018). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
5
Published
2014–2018
Confirmed
5 of 5 titles
Pages on record
1,177 in 3 of 5 books
Reading time
20–29 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 1,177 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 3 of 5 titles with a page count on record.

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Five books by Mason Cross are catalogued, all of them Carter Blake thrillers published between 2014 and 2018. The Killing Season (2014) opens the series, followed by The Samaritan (2015), The Time to Kill (2016), Don't Look For Me (2017) and Presumed Dead (2018). Manhunting is the recurring subject: serial murderers, escaped prisoners, death row inmates, assassins and the business of tracking people down.

How many Mason Cross books are there?

Mason Cross has 5 books, released between 2014 and 2018.

Mason Cross Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 5 Mason Cross 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 Killing Season by Mason Cross, book 1 of the Carter Blake series (2014)
  2. Cover of The Samaritan by Mason Cross, book 2 of the Carter Blake series (2015)
  1. 1
    The Killing SeasonCarter Blake #12014 · 384 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2014384
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  2. 2
    The SamaritanCarter Blake #22015 · 409 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2015409
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  3. 3
    The Time to Kill / WinterlongCarter Blake #32016 · 384 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2016384
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  4. 4
    Don't Look For MeCarter Blake #42017 · confirmed 3/4
    2017–
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  5. 5
    Presumed DeadCarter Blake #52018 · confirmed 3/4
    2018–
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Mason Cross 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.

Carter Blake in order

5 books
  1. 1. The Killing Season
  2. 2. The Samaritan
  3. 3. The Time to Kill / Winterlong
  4. 4. Don't Look For Me
  5. 5. Presumed Dead

Do you have to read Mason Cross books in order?

You only need to read Mason Cross books in order within the Carter Blake series, which holds 5 of the 5 Mason Cross books listed here. The numbered table above gives every book in publication order.

Where to start with Mason Cross

Start with The Killing Season (2014), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Mason Cross book?

Presumed Dead (2018) is the newest Mason Cross book released so far.

Is there a new Mason Cross book coming?

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

Mason Cross at a glance

No recent titles
The newest Mason Cross title on record dates from 2018, 8 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
Release pace
Mason Cross books have appeared about one a year on average.
Length
1,177 pages across the 3 of 5 books with a recorded length, a median of 384 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Mason Cross books, 5 of 5, were published in the 2010s.

What the Mason Cross books are about

All 5 Mason Cross books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: suspense is tagged on 5 of 5. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.