Matthew Legare Books in Order
Matthew Legare has written 8 books, published between 2018 and 2025. The first book is Shadows of Tokyo (2018) and the newest is Poison Across Tokyo (2025). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 8
- Published
- 2018–2025
Matthew Legare sets much of a catalogue of eight books in Tokyo. Shadows of Tokyo (2018) is the earliest title, followed by Smoke Over Tokyo (2018), Shanghai Twilight (2019), Treason in Tokyo (2020), An American Putsch (2021), Reds and Whites (2022) and Secrets Beneath Tokyo (2024); Poison Across Tokyo (2025) is the most recent. Reiko Watanabe and Inspector Aizawa recur as characters, and four series stand under the Legare name: Reiko Watanabe & Inspector Aizawa, Tom Lai, Max Dietrich, and the Inspector Aizawa Crime Novellas.
How many Matthew Legare books are there?
Matthew Legare has 8 books, released between 2018 and 2025. They include 3 separate series.
Matthew Legare Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 8 Matthew Legare books in the order they were published, with the release year and how many independent book listings confirm each title. Catalogue data as of September 2026.
- 12018–2/4
- 22018–2/4
- 32019–2/4
- 42020–2/4
- 52021–2/4
- 62022–2/4
- 72024–2/4
- 82025–2/4
Matthew Legare 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.
Reiko Watanabe & Inspector Aizawa in order
4 booksTom Lai in order
2 booksMax Dietrich in order
1 bookInspector Aizawa Crime Novellas
1 book1 title published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.
Do you have to read Matthew Legare books in order?
You only need to read Matthew Legare books in order within each series: the books listed here span 3 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.
Where to start with Matthew Legare
Start with Shadows of Tokyo (2018), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Matthew Legare book?
Poison Across Tokyo (2025) is the newest Matthew Legare book released so far.
Is there a new Matthew Legare book coming?
No next Matthew Legare book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Matthew Legare at a glance
- Still publishing
- Matthew Legare published a book as recently as 2025.
- Release pace
- Matthew Legare books have appeared about one a year on average.
- Busiest decade
- Most Matthew Legare books, 5 of 8, were published in the 2020s.