Robin Yocum Books in Order
Robin Yocum has written 10 books, published between 1993 and 2025. The first book is Insured for Murder (1993) and the newest is The Last Hitman (2025). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 10
- Published
- 1993–2025
- Pages on record
- 2,258 in 8 of 10 books
- Reading time
- 38–56 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 2,258 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 8 of 10 titles with a page count on record.
Robin Yocum writes crime and suspense set largely in Ohio, with murder investigation and the press as recurring subjects. Ten books span 1993 to 2025, from Insured for Murder (1993) and Dead Before Deadline (2004) to the novels Favorite Sons (2011), A Brilliant Death (2016), A Welcome Murder (2017) and The Sacrifice of Lester Yates (2021). The Last Hitman closed the run in 2025, at a median length of 287 pages.
How many Robin Yocum books are there?
Robin Yocum has 10 books, released between 1993 and 2025.
Robin Yocum Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 10 Robin Yocum 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.
- 1Insured for Murder1993 · 286 pages · confirmed 2/419932862/4
- 2Dead Before Deadline2004 · 290 pages · confirmed 2/420042902/4
- 3Favorite Sons2011 · 288 pages · confirmed 2/420112882/4
- 420122562/4
- 52013–2/4
- 6A Brilliant Death2016 · 272 pages · confirmed 2/420162722/4
- 7A Welcome Murder2017 · 263 pages · confirmed 2/420172632/4
- 8A Perfect Shot2018 · 315 pages · confirmed 2/420183152/4
- 9The Sacrifice of Lester Yates2021 · 288 pages · confirmed 2/420212882/4
- 10The Last Hitman2025 · confirmed 2/42025–2/4
Robin Yocum 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.
Essay in order
2 books- 1. The Essay
- 2. Red Dog Road
Standalone books
8 books8 Robin Yocum titles here are not listed as part of any series.
Do you have to read Robin Yocum books in order?
No. No source lists any of the 10 Robin Yocum books here as part of a series. The numbered table above gives them by publication date.
Where to start with Robin Yocum
Start with Insured for Murder (1993), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Robin Yocum book?
The Last Hitman (2025) is the newest Robin Yocum book released so far.
Is there a new Robin Yocum book coming?
No next Robin Yocum book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Robin Yocum at a glance
- Still publishing
- Robin Yocum published a book as recently as 2025.
- Release pace
- Robin Yocum books have appeared about one every 4 years on average.
- Length
- 2,258 pages across the 8 of 10 books with a recorded length, a median of 287 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Robin Yocum books, 6 of 10, were published in the 2010s.
What the Robin Yocum books are about
8 of the 10 Robin Yocum books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: murder is tagged on 4 of 8. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Murder 4 of 8 books
- Suspense 3 of 8 books
- Case studies 2 of 8 books
- Crime 2 of 8 books
- Investigation 2 of 8 books
- Ohio 2 of 8 books