Sam Hawken Books in Order

Sam Hawken has written 9 books, published between 2011 and 2018. The first book is The Dead Women of Juárez (2011) and the newest is Make Them Sorry (2018). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
9
Published
2011–2018
Pages on record
2,535 in 8 of 9 books
Reading time
42–63 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 2,535 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200300 words a minute, covering the 8 of 9 titles with a page count on record.

Sam Hawken writes crime thrillers set around the Mexican border and Texas. Nine books are catalogued under the name, from The Dead Women of Juárez (2011) to Make Them Sorry (2018). Camaro Espinoza and the Fight Card MMA Series are grouped here. Tequila Sunset (2012), Juárez Dance (2013), La Frontera (2013), Missing (2014), Rosie the Ripper (2014), The Night Charter (2015) and Walk Away (2017) sit between the endpoints. Catalogue subjects record organized crime, mass murder, missing persons, investigation, Mexico and Texas. Eight volumes have page counts recorded, with a median of 336 pages.

How many Sam Hawken books are there?

Sam Hawken has 9 books, released between 2011 and 2018. They include 2 series and 5 titles listed outside any series.

Sam Hawken Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 9 Sam Hawken 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. 1
    The Dead Women of Juárez2011 · confirmed 1/4
    2011
  2. 2
    Tequila Sunset2012 · 359 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2012359
  3. 3
    Juárez Dance2013 · 350 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2013350
  4. 4
    La Frontera2013 · 377 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2013377
  5. 5
    Rosie the RipperFight Card MMA Series #12014 · 112 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2014112
  6. 6
    Missing2014 · 388 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2014388
  7. 7
    The Night CharterCamaro Espinoza #12015 · 320 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2015320
  8. 8
    Walk AwayCamaro Espinoza #22017 · 323 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2017323
  9. 9
    Make Them SorryCamaro Espinoza #32018 · 306 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2018306

Sam Hawken 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.

Camaro Espinoza in order

3 books
  1. 1. The Night Charter
  2. 2. Walk Away
  3. 3. Make Them Sorry

Fight Card MMA Series in order

1 book
  1. 1. Rosie the Ripper

Standalone books

5 books

5 Sam Hawken titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Sam Hawken books in order?

You only need to read Sam Hawken 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 Sam Hawken

Start with The Dead Women of Juárez (2011), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Sam Hawken book?

Make Them Sorry (2018) is the newest Sam Hawken book released so far.

Is there a new Sam Hawken book coming?

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

Sam Hawken at a glance

No recent titles
The newest Sam Hawken title on record dates from 2018, 8 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
Release pace
Sam Hawken books have appeared about one a year on average.
Length
2,535 pages across the 8 of 9 books with a recorded length, a median of 336 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Sam Hawken books, 9 of 9, were published in the 2010s.

What the Sam Hawken books are about

7 of the 9 Sam Hawken books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: suspense is tagged on 4 of 7. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.