Nathan Walpow Books in Order
Nathan Walpow has written 8 books, published between 1999 and 2017. The first book is The Cactus Club Killings (1999) and the newest is The Logan Triad (2017). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 8
- Published
- 1999–2017
- Pages on record
- 1,047 in 4 of 8 books
- Reading time
- 17–26 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 1,047 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 4 of 8 titles with a page count on record.
Nathan Walpow is the author behind the Joe Portugal Mystery series, and Joe Portugal is listed among the catalogue's fictional characters. Eight Walpow books run from The Cactus Club Killings (1999) to The Logan Triad (2017). Death of an Orchid Lover (2000), One Last Hit (2003) and The Manipulated (2005) come early; Logan's Young Guns (2014), Daughters (2015) and Push Comes to Shove (2016) come late. Subjects record hard-boiled mystery and detective fiction, murder, investigation, suspense and California.
How many Nathan Walpow books are there?
Nathan Walpow has 8 books, released between 1999 and 2017. They include 2 series and 2 titles listed outside any series.
Nathan Walpow Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 8 Nathan Walpow 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.
- 119992881/4
- 220003081/4
- 32003–1/4
- 420053311/4
- 520141201/4
- 6Daughters2015 · confirmed 1/42015–1/4
- 7Push Comes to Shove2016 · confirmed 1/42016–1/4
- 82017–1/4
Nathan Walpow 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.
Joe Portugal Mystery in order
4 booksLogan in order
2 booksStandalone books
2 books2 Nathan Walpow titles here are not listed as part of any series.
Do you have to read Nathan Walpow books in order?
You only need to read Nathan Walpow books in order within each series: the books listed here span 2 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.
Where to start with Nathan Walpow
Start with The Cactus Club Killings (1999), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Nathan Walpow book?
The Logan Triad (2017) is the newest Nathan Walpow book released so far.
Is there a new Nathan Walpow book coming?
No next Nathan Walpow book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Nathan Walpow at a glance
- No recent titles
- The newest Nathan Walpow title on record dates from 2017, 9 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
- Release pace
- Nathan Walpow books have appeared about one every 3 years on average.
- Length
- 1,047 pages across the 4 of 8 books with a recorded length, a median of 298 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Nathan Walpow books, 4 of 8, were published in the 2010s.
What the Nathan Walpow books are about
3 of the 8 Nathan Walpow books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: joe portugal (fictitious character) is tagged on 2 of 3. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Joe Portugal (Fictitious character) 2 of 3 books
- California 1 of 3 books
- Investigation 1 of 3 books
- Murder 1 of 3 books
- Mystery & detective 1 of 3 books
- Mystery & detective, hard-boiled 1 of 3 books
- Portugal, joe (fictitious character) 1 of 3 books
- Thrillers 1 of 3 books