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Sam Reaves Books in Order

Sam Reaves has written 14 books, published between 1991 and 2021. The first book is A Long Cold Fall (1991) and the newest is Blackchain (2021). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
14
Published
1991–2021
Pages on record
2,621 in 8 of 14 books
Reading time
44–66 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 2,621 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 8 of 14 titles with a page count on record.

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Sam Reaves writes crime and suspense set largely in Chicago. The catalogue lists 14 books from A Long Cold Fall (1991) to Blackchain (2021), and Reaves's series are Cooper MacLeish, Pascual Rose and Pascual. Cooper MacLeish is tagged as a fictitious character, and subjects include organized crime, political corruption, ex-police officers, taxicab drivers and veterans of the Iraq War. Other titles are Fear Will Do It and The Republic of Night.

How many Sam Reaves books are there?

Sam Reaves has 14 books, released between 1991 and 2021. They include 3 series and 5 titles listed outside any series.

Sam Reaves Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 14 Sam Reaves 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 A Long Cold Fall by Sam Reaves, book 1 of the Cooper MacLeish series (1991)
  2. Cover of Mean Town Blues of Crime by Sam Reaves (1991)
  3. Cover of Fear Will Do It by Sam Reaves, book 2 of the Cooper MacLeish series (1992)
  4. Cover of Bury it Deep by Sam Reaves, book 3 of the Cooper MacLeish series (1993)
  5. Cover of Get What's Coming by Sam Reaves, book 4 of the Cooper MacLeish series (1995)
  6. Cover of The Republic of Night by Sam Reaves, book 2 of the Pascual Rose series (1999)
  7. Cover of Gitana by Sam Reaves, book 3 of the Pascual Rose series (2001)
  8. Cover of Dooley's Back by Sam Reaves (2002)
  9. Cover of Homicide 69 by Sam Reaves (2006)
  10. Cover of Running in the Dark by Sam Reaves (2018)
  1. 1
    A Long Cold FallCooper MacLeish #11991 · confirmed 1/4
    1991–
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  2. 2
    Mean Town Blues of Crime1991 · confirmed 1/4
    1991–
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  3. 3
    Fear Will Do ItCooper MacLeish #21992 · 269 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1992269
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  4. 4
    Bury it DeepCooper MacLeish #31993 · 272 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1993272
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  5. 5
    Get What's ComingCooper MacLeish #41995 · 384 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1995384
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  6. 6
    Lying, Crying, DyingPascual Rose #11999 · confirmed 1/4
    1999–
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  7. 7
    The Republic of NightPascual Rose #21999 · 368 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1999368
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  8. 8
    GitanaPascual Rose #32001 · 233 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2001233
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  9. 9
    Dooley's Back2002 · 274 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2002274
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  10. 10
    Homicide 692006 · 569 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2006569
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  11. 11
    Cold Black Earth2015 · confirmed 1/4
    2015–
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  12. 12
    Running in the Dark2018 · 252 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2018252
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  13. 13
    Kill ChainPascual #12020 · confirmed 1/4
    2020–
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  14. 14
    BlackchainPascual #22021 · confirmed 1/4
    2021–
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Sam Reaves 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.

Cooper MacLeish in order

4 books
  1. 1. A Long Cold Fall
  2. 2. Fear Will Do It
  3. 3. Bury it Deep
  4. 4. Get What's Coming

Pascual Rose in order

3 books
  1. 1. Lying, Crying, Dying
  2. 2. The Republic of Night
  3. 3. Gitana

Pascual in order

2 books
  1. 1. Kill Chain
  2. 2. Blackchain

Standalone books

5 books

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

Do you have to read Sam Reaves books in order?

You only need to read Sam Reaves books in order within each series: the books listed here span 3 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.

Where to start with Sam Reaves

Start with A Long Cold Fall (1991), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Sam Reaves book?

Blackchain (2021) is the newest Sam Reaves book released so far.

Is there a new Sam Reaves book coming?

No next Sam Reaves 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 Reaves at a glance

Paused
No new Sam Reaves title has appeared for 5 years. The last was published in 2021.
Release pace
Sam Reaves books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
Length
2,621 pages across the 8 of 14 books with a recorded length, a median of 273 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Sam Reaves books, 7 of 14, were published in the 1990s.

What the Sam Reaves books are about

12 of the 14 Sam Reaves books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: chicago (ill.) is tagged on 3 of 12. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.