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Thomas H. Cook Books in Order

Thomas H. Cook has written 34 books, published between 1980 and 2018. The first book is Blood Innocents (1980) and the newest is Even Darkness Sings (2018). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
34
Published
1980–2018
Pages on record
9,673 in 30 of 34 books
Reading time
161–242 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 9,673 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 30 of 34 titles with a page count on record.

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Thomas H. Cook, born in 1947, is an American author of crime and psychological suspense whose 1996 novel The Chatham School Affair took an Edgar award from the Mystery Writers of America. Thirty-four titles are catalogued, from Blood Innocents (1980) to Even Darkness Sings (2018), with the Frank Clemons books forming his one series. Missing persons, murderers, private investigators and New York recur as subjects.

How many Thomas H. Cook books are there?

Thomas H. Cook has 34 books, released between 1980 and 2018. 3 of them belong to the Frank Clemons series.

Thomas H. Cook Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 34 Thomas H. Cook 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 Blood Innocents by Thomas H. Cook (1980)
  2. Cover of The Orchids by Thomas H. Cook (1982)
  3. Cover of Tabernacle by Thomas H. Cook (1983)
  4. Cover of Elena by Thomas H. Cook (1986)
  5. Cover of Sacrificial Ground by Thomas H. Cook, book 1 of the Frank Clemons series (1988)
  6. Cover of Flesh and Blood by Thomas H. Cook, book 2 of the Frank Clemons series (1989)
  7. Cover of Early Graves by Thomas H. Cook (1990)
  8. Cover of Night Secrets by Thomas H. Cook, book 3 of the Frank Clemons series (1990)
  9. Cover of Evidence of Blood by Thomas H. Cook (1991)
  10. Cover of The City When It Rains by Thomas H. Cook (1991)
  11. Cover of Blood Echoes by Thomas H. Cook (1992)
  12. Cover of Mortal Memory by Thomas H. Cook (1993)
  13. Cover of Breakheart Hill by Thomas H. Cook (1995)
  14. Cover of The Chatham School Affair by Thomas H. Cook (1996)
  15. Cover of Instruments of Night by Thomas H. Cook (1998)
  16. Cover of Taken by Thomas H. Cook (2002)
  17. Cover of Moon Over Manhattan by Thomas H. Cook (2003)
  18. Cover of Into the Web by Thomas H. Cook (2004)
  19. Cover of Red Leaves by Thomas H. Cook (2005)
  20. Cover of The Cloud of Unknowing / The Murmur of Stones by Thomas H. Cook (2006)
  21. Cover of The Fate of Katherine Carr by Thomas H. Cook (2009)
  22. Cover of The Quest for Anna Klein by Thomas H. Cook (2011)
  23. Cover of The Crime of Julian Wells by Thomas H. Cook (2012)
  24. Cover of Fatherhood and Other Stories by Thomas H. Cook (2013)
  1. 1
    Blood Innocents1980 · confirmed 2/4
    1980–
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  2. 2
    The Orchids1982 · 252 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1982252
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  3. 3
    Tabernacle1983 · confirmed 2/4
    1983–
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  4. 4
    Elena1986 · 435 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1986435
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  5. 5
    Sacrificial GroundFrank Clemons #11988 · 287 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1988287
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  6. 6
    Flesh and BloodFrank Clemons #21989 · 302 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1989302
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  7. 7
    Streets of Fire1989 · 343 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1989343
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  8. 8
    Early Graves1990 · 336 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1990336
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  9. 9
    Night SecretsFrank Clemons #31990 · 301 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1990301
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  10. 10
    Evidence of Blood1991 · 400 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1991400
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  11. 11
    The City When It Rains1991 · 268 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1991268
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  12. 12
    Blood Echoes1992 · 245 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1992245
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  13. 13
    Mortal Memory1993 · 393 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1993393
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  14. 14
    Breakheart Hill1995 · 320 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1995320
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  15. 15
    The Chatham School Affair1996 · 303 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1996303
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  16. 16
    Instruments of Night1998 · 320 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1998320
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  17. 17
    The Interrogation1998 · 320 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1998320
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  18. 18
    Places in the Dark2000 · 304 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2000304
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  19. 19
    Taken2002 · 355 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2002355
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  20. 20
    Moon Over Manhattan2003 · 275 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2003275
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  21. 21
    Into the Web2004 · 251 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2004251
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  22. 22
    Peril2004 · 336 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2004336
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  23. 23
    Red Leaves2005 · 300 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2005300
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  24. 24
    The Cloud of Unknowing / The Murmur of Stones2006 · 320 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2006320
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  25. 25
    Master of the Delta2008 · 384 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2008384
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  26. 26
    The Fate of Katherine Carr2009 · 288 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2009288
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  27. 27
    The Last Talk with Lola Faye2010 · 288 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2010288
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  28. 28
    The Quest for Anna Klein2011 · 346 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2011346
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  29. 29
    The Crime of Julian Wells2012 · confirmed 2/4
    2012–
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  30. 31
    Sandrine's Case / Sandrine2013 · 341 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2013341
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  31. 32
    A Dancer in the Dust2014 · 308 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2014308
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  32. 33
    Tragic Shores2017 · 376 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2017376
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  33. 34
    Even Darkness Sings2018 · 376 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2018376
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Thomas H. Cook 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.

Frank Clemons in order

3 books
  1. 1. Sacrificial Ground
  2. 2. Flesh and Blood
  3. 3. Night Secrets

Standalone books

31 books

31 Thomas H. Cook titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Thomas H. Cook books in order?

You only need to read Thomas H. Cook books in order within the Frank Clemons series, which holds 3 of the 34 Thomas H. Cook books listed here. The numbered table above gives every book in publication order.

Where to start with Thomas H. Cook

Start with Blood Innocents (1980), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Thomas H. Cook book?

Even Darkness Sings (2018) is the newest Thomas H. Cook book released so far.

Is there a new Thomas H. Cook book coming?

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

Thomas H. Cook at a glance

No recent titles
The newest Thomas H. Cook title on record dates from 2018, 8 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
Release pace
Thomas H. Cook books have appeared about one a year on average.
Length
9,673 pages across the 30 of 34 books with a recorded length, a median of 320 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Thomas H. Cook books, 10 of 34, were published in the 1990s.

What the Thomas H. Cook books are about

32 of the 34 Thomas H. Cook books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: mystery & detective is tagged on 13 of 32. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.