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Tessa Wegert Books in Order

Tessa Wegert has written 8 books, published between 2020 and 2026. The first book is Death in the Family (2020) and the newest is The River Runs Black (2026). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
8
Published
2020–2026
Pages on record
1,184 in 4 of 8 books
Reading time
20–30 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 1,184 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 4 of 8 titles with a page count on record.

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Tessa Wegert's catalogue holds eight crime novels published between 2020 and 2026. Death in the Family (2020) and The Dead Season (2020) open the run, which continues through Dead Wind (2022), The Kind to Kill (2022), Devils at the Door (2023), The Coldest Case (2024) and In the Bones (2025) to The River Runs Black (2026). Two series organise them, Shana Merchant and North Country. Women detectives, serial murderers, missing persons and families are the recurring subjects. Wegert is still publishing.

How many Tessa Wegert books are there?

Tessa Wegert has 8 books, released between 2020 and 2026. They include 2 separate series.

Tessa Wegert Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 8 Tessa Wegert 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 Dead Wind by Tessa Wegert, book 3 of the Shana Merchant series (2022)
  2. Cover of The Kind to Kill by Tessa Wegert, book 4 of the Shana Merchant series (2022)
  3. Cover of Devils at the Door by Tessa Wegert, book 5 of the Shana Merchant series (2023)
  1. 1
    Death in the FamilyShana Merchant #12020 · 320 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2020320
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  2. 2
    The Dead SeasonShana Merchant #22020 · 336 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2020336
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  3. 3
    Dead WindShana Merchant #32022 · confirmed 2/4
    2022–
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  4. 4
    The Kind to KillShana Merchant #42022 · 240 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2022240
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  5. 5
    Devils at the DoorShana Merchant #52023 · confirmed 2/4
    2023–
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  6. 6
    The Coldest CaseShana Merchant #62024 · confirmed 2/4
    2024–
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  7. 7
    In the BonesNorth Country #12025 · 288 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2025288
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  8. 8
    The River Runs BlackNorth Country #22026 · confirmed 2/4
    2026–
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Tessa Wegert 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.

Shana Merchant in order

6 books
  1. 1. Death in the Family
  2. 2. The Dead Season
  3. 3. Dead Wind
  4. 4. The Kind to Kill
  5. 5. Devils at the Door
  6. 6. The Coldest Case

North Country in order

2 books
  1. 1. In the Bones
  2. 2. The River Runs Black

Do you have to read Tessa Wegert books in order?

You only need to read Tessa Wegert 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 Tessa Wegert

Start with Death in the Family (2020), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Tessa Wegert book?

The River Runs Black (2026) is the newest Tessa Wegert book released so far.

Is there a new Tessa Wegert book coming?

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

Tessa Wegert at a glance

Still publishing
Tessa Wegert published a book as recently as 2026.
Release pace
Tessa Wegert books have appeared about one a year on average.
Length
1,184 pages across the 4 of 8 books with a recorded length, a median of 304 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Tessa Wegert books, 8 of 8, were published in the 2020s.

What the Tessa Wegert books are about

4 of the 8 Tessa Wegert books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: american literature is tagged on 3 of 4. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.