Nero Blanc Books in Order
Nero Blanc has written 12 books, published between 1999 and 2006. The first book is The Crossword Murder (1999) and the newest is Death On The Diagonal (2006). Publication order is the reading order below. All 12 books listed here are in the Crossword Mysteries series, which has its own page: Crossword Mysteries books in order.
- Books
- 12
- Published
- 1999–2006
- Total pages
- 3,113 across 12 books
- Reading time
- 52–78 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 3,113 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute.
Nero Blanc is the author of the Crossword Mysteries, with 12 books catalogued from 1999 to 2006. The Crossword Murder (1999) is the first, followed by Two Down and The Crossword Connection. Subject tags name the characters Rosco Polycrates and Belle Graham, and also list private investigators, crossword puzzle makers, Massachusetts and Nantucket Island. Later titles include A Crossword To Die For, Corpus de Crossword and Anatomy Of A Crossword. Death On The Diagonal (2006) is the last.
How many Nero Blanc books are there?
Nero Blanc has 12 books, released between 1999 and 2006.
Nero Blanc Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 12 Nero Blanc 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.
- 119993062/4
- 220003042/4
- 320012482/4
- 420022932/4
- 520021932/4
- 620033202/4
- 720031972/4
- 820043362/4
- 920041292/4
- 1020053072/4
- 1120051922/4
- 1220062882/4
Nero Blanc series and characters in order
Each link below opens a reading-order page with every book in publication order.
- Crossword Mysteries books in order 12 books
- Crossword Mystery books in order 12 books
Do you have to read Nero Blanc books in order?
You only need to read Nero Blanc books in order within the Crossword Mysteries series, which holds 12 of the 12 Nero Blanc books listed here. The numbered table above gives every book in publication order.
Where to start with Nero Blanc
Start with the first book of the Nero Blanc series you want to read: Crossword Mysteries starts with The Crossword Murder (1999) and Crossword Mystery starts with The Crossword Murder (1999). The earliest catalogued title overall is The Crossword Murder (1999).
What is the newest Nero Blanc book?
Death On The Diagonal (2006) is the newest Nero Blanc book released so far.
Is there a new Nero Blanc book coming?
No next Nero Blanc book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Nero Blanc at a glance
- No recent titles
- The newest Nero Blanc title on record dates from 2006, 20 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
- Release pace
- Nero Blanc books have appeared more than one a year on average.
- Length
- 3,113 pages across all 12 books with a recorded length, a median of 290 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Nero Blanc books, 11 of 12, were published in the 2000s.
What the Nero Blanc books are about
All 12 Nero Blanc books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: crossword puzzle makers is tagged on 10 of 12. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Crossword puzzle makers 10 of 12 books
- Crossword puzzles 10 of 12 books
- Mystery & detective 9 of 12 books
- Belle Graham (Fictitious character) 8 of 12 books
- Rosco Polycrates (Fictitious character) 8 of 12 books
- Private investigators 5 of 12 books
- Massachusetts 4 of 12 books
- Polycrates, rosco (fictitious character) 3 of 12 books
- Marriage 2 of 12 books
- Nantucket island (mass.) 2 of 12 books