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Peter Blauner Books in Order

Peter Blauner has written 10 books, published between 1991 and 2023. The first book is Slow Motion Riot (1991) and the newest is Picture in the Sand (2023). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
10
Published
1991–2023
Confirmed
1 of 10 titles
Pages on record
2,710 in 6 of 10 books
Reading time
45–68 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 2,710 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 6 of 10 titles with a page count on record.

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Slow Motion Riot (1991), the first novel by Peter Blauner, won the 1992 Edgar Award for Best First Novel and was named an International Book of the Year by The Times Literary Supplement. Blauner, born October 29, 1959, is an American author, journalist and television producer. The catalogue holds 10 books through Picture in the Sand (2023), including Casino Moon (1994), The Intruder (1996) and Sunrise Highway (2018), plus the Lourdes Robles series. Subjects include New York, police procedurals, women detectives and probation officers.

How many Peter Blauner books are there?

Peter Blauner has 10 books, released between 1991 and 2023. 2 of them belong to the Lourdes Robles series.

Peter Blauner Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 10 Peter Blauner 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 Slow Motion Riot by Peter Blauner (1991)
  2. Cover of Man of the Hour by Peter Blauner (1999)
  3. Cover of The Last Good Day by Peter Blauner (2003)
  4. Cover of Slipping Into Darkness by Peter Blauner (2006)
  5. Cover of Picture in the Sand by Peter Blauner (2023)
  1. 1
    Slow Motion Riot1991 · confirmed 2/4
    1991–
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  2. 2
    Casino Moon1994 · confirmed 2/4
    1994–
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  3. 3
    The Intruder1996 · 449 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1996449
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  4. 4
    Man of the Hour1999 · 478 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1999478
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  5. 5
    The Last Good Day2003 · 581 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2003581
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  6. 6
    Slipping Into Darkness2006 · 496 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2006496
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  7. 7
    The Final TestamentBibliomysteries #72013 · confirmed 3/4
    2013–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  8. 8
    Proving GroundLourdes Robles #12017 · 368 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2017368
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  9. 9
    Sunrise HighwayLourdes Robles #22018 · 338 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2018338
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  10. 10
    Picture in the Sand2023 · confirmed 2/4
    2023–
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Peter Blauner 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.

Lourdes Robles in order

2 books
  1. 1. Proving Ground
  2. 2. Sunrise Highway

Bibliomysteries in order

1 book
  1. 7. The Final Testament

Standalone books

7 books

7 Peter Blauner titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Peter Blauner books in order?

You only need to read Peter Blauner books in order within the Lourdes Robles series, which holds 2 of the 10 Peter Blauner books listed here. The numbered table above gives every book in publication order.

Where to start with Peter Blauner

Start with Slow Motion Riot (1991), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Peter Blauner book?

Picture in the Sand (2023) is the newest Peter Blauner book released so far.

Is there a new Peter Blauner book coming?

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

Peter Blauner at a glance

Paused
No new Peter Blauner title has appeared for 3 years. The last was published in 2023.
Release pace
Peter Blauner books have appeared about one every 4 years on average.
Length
2,710 pages across the 6 of 10 books with a recorded length, a median of 464 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Peter Blauner books, 4 of 10, were published in the 1990s.

What the Peter Blauner books are about

7 of the 10 Peter Blauner books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: new york (n.y.) is tagged on 4 of 7. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.