Mike Befeler Books in Order
Mike Befeler has written 22 books, published between 2007 and 2024. The first book is Retirement Homes are Murder (2007) and the newest is A Mystery Yarn (2024). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 22
- Published
- 2007–2024
- Pages on record
- 4,384 in 15 of 22 books
- Reading time
- 73–110 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 4,384 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 15 of 22 titles with a page count on record.
Mike Befeler writes humorous mysteries, many involving retirees and retirement communities. The catalogue holds 22 books from 2007 to 2024, opening with Retirement Homes are Murder. Senior Moments Are Murder and Nursing Homes Are Murder follow the same title pattern. Mike Befeler series include Paul Jacobson Geezer-Lit Mystery, Platform Tennis Mystery, Millicent Hargrove Mystery, Gabe Tremont and Mark Yeager Sports Mystery. A Mystery Yarn is the newest title.
How many Mike Befeler books are there?
Mike Befeler has 22 books, released between 2007 and 2024. They include 7 series and 7 titles listed outside any series.
Mike Befeler Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 22 Mike Befeler 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.
- 120072741/4
- 220092441/4
- 320113891/4
- 4Cruising in Your Eighties is MurderPaul Jacobson Geezer-Lit Mystery #42012 · 383 pages · confirmed 1/420123831/4
- 52013–1/4
- 6The V V Agency2013 · 230 pages · confirmed 1/420132301/4
- 720133851/4
- 820143811/4
- 9For Liberty2015 · 266 pages · confirmed 1/420152661/4
- 1020153831/4
- 11Murder on the Switzerland Trail2015 · 263 pages · confirmed 1/420152631/4
- 1220162651/4
- 13The Best Chicken Thief in All of Europe2016 · 220 pages · confirmed 1/420162201/4
- 14The Tesla Legacy2017 · confirmed 1/42017–1/4
- 15Death of a Scam Artist2017 · confirmed 1/42017–1/4
- 1620182481/4
- 1720192231/4
- 1820192301/4
- 202022–1/4
- 212023–1/4
- 222024–1/4
Mike Befeler 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.
Paul Jacobson Geezer-Lit Mystery in order
6 booksAn Omnipodge Mystery in order
3 booksWing in order
2 booksGabe Tremont in order
1 bookPlatform Tennis Mystery in order
1 bookMillicent Hargrove Mystery in order
1 bookMark Yeager Sports Mystery in order
1 bookStandalone books
7 books7 Mike Befeler titles here are not listed as part of any series.
Do you have to read Mike Befeler books in order?
You only need to read Mike Befeler books in order within each series: the books listed here span 7 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.
Where to start with Mike Befeler
Start with Retirement Homes are Murder (2007), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Mike Befeler book?
A Mystery Yarn (2024) is the newest Mike Befeler book released so far.
Is there a new Mike Befeler book coming?
No next Mike Befeler book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Mike Befeler at a glance
- Still publishing
- Mike Befeler published a book as recently as 2024.
- Release pace
- Mike Befeler books have appeared about one a year on average.
- Length
- 4,384 pages across the 15 of 22 books with a recorded length, a median of 265 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Mike Befeler books, 16 of 22, were published in the 2010s.
What the Mike Befeler books are about
14 of the 22 Mike Befeler 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 12 of 14. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Mystery & detective 12 of 14 books
- Investigation 9 of 14 books
- Murder 9 of 14 books
- Retirees 6 of 14 books
- Memory disorders in old age 4 of 14 books
- Retirement communities 4 of 14 books
- Crime 3 of 14 books
- Humor 2 of 14 books