Steven F. Havill Books in Order
Steven F. Havill has written 34 books, published between 1981 and 2026. The first book is The Killer (1981) and the newest is Reverse (2026). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 34
- Published
- 1981–2026
- Confirmed
- 34 of 34 titles
- Pages on record
- 6,898 in 26 of 34 books
- Reading time
- 115–172 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 6,898 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 26 of 34 titles with a page count on record.
Steven F. Havill writes police procedurals set in New Mexico. Sheriff Bill Gastner is the recurring investigator, alongside the policewoman Estelle Reyes-Guzman. Havill has 34 catalogued books published between 1981 and 2026, from The Killer (1981) to Reverse (2026), sorted into the Posadas County Mysteries, the Bill Gastner Mysteries, the Dr. Thomas Parks books and a set of standalone novels. Westerns sit in the catalogue beside the mysteries, and Havill remains actively publishing.
How many Steven F. Havill books are there?
Steven F. Havill has 34 books, released between 1981 and 2026. They include 3 separate series.
Steven F. Havill Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 34 Steven F. Havill 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.
- 119811783/4
- 219841773/4
- 319852303/4
- 419851803/4
- 519912093/4
- 619921923/4
- 719941933/4
- 819962183/4
- 919972593/4
- 1019982403/4
- 1119992943/4
- 1220002563/4
- 1320012563/4
- 1420022903/4
- 1520032933/4
- 162004–3/4
- 172006–3/4
- 1820072753/4
- 1920083113/4
- 2020093593/4
- 2120092753/4
- 222010–3/4
- 2320103063/4
- 242011–3/4
- 2520133013/4
- 2620152983/4
- 2720162983/4
- 2820172503/4
- 2920184563/4
- 3020203043/4
- 312022–3/4
- 322024–3/4
- 332025–3/4
- 342026–3/4
Steven F. Havill characters in order
Each character linked below has its own reading-order page.
Steven F. Havill 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.
Posadas County Mystery in order
17 books- 1. Scavengers
- 2. A Discount for Death
- 3. Convenient Disposal
- 4. Statute of Limitations
- 5. Final Payment
- 6. The Fourth Time Is Murder
- 7. Red, Green, or Murder
- 8. Double Prey
- 9. NightZone
- 10. Blood Sweep
- 11. Come Dark
- 12. Lies Come Easy
- and 5 more in the table above
Bill Gastner Mystery in order
11 booksSteven F. Havill Standalone Novels
4 books4 titles published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.
Dr. Thomas Parks in order
2 booksDo you have to read Steven F. Havill books in order?
You only need to read Steven F. Havill 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 Steven F. Havill
Start with the first book of the Steven F. Havill series you want to read: Posadas County Mysteries starts with Heartshot (1991) and Sheriff Bill Gastner starts with Heartshot (1991). The earliest catalogued title overall is The Killer (1981).
What is the newest Steven F. Havill book?
Reverse (2026) is the newest Steven F. Havill book released so far.
Is there a new Steven F. Havill book coming?
No next Steven F. Havill book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Steven F. Havill at a glance
- Still publishing
- Steven F. Havill published a book as recently as 2026.
- Release pace
- Steven F. Havill books have appeared about one a year on average.
- Length
- 6,898 pages across the 26 of 34 books with a recorded length, a median of 267 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Steven F. Havill books, 10 of 34, were published in the 2000s.
What the Steven F. Havill books are about
30 of the 34 Steven F. Havill books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: bill gastner (fictitious character) is tagged on 14 of 30. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Bill Gastner (Fictitious character) 14 of 30 books
- New Mexico 13 of 30 books
- Sheriffs 13 of 30 books
- Mystery & detective 12 of 30 books
- Gastner, bill (fictitious character) 9 of 30 books
- Estelle Reyes-Guzman (Fictitious character) 8 of 30 books
- Policewomen 8 of 30 books
- Mystery & detective, police procedural 7 of 30 books
- Investigation 5 of 30 books
- Murder 5 of 30 books
- American literature 4 of 30 books
- Westerns 4 of 30 books