Tim Cockey Books in Order
Tim Cockey has written 8 books, published between 1991 and 2007. The first book is Play Book Baseball 2 (1991) and the newest is Cold Day in Hell (2007). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 8
- Published
- 1991–2007
- Pages on record
- 2,155 in 6 of 8 books
- Reading time
- 36–54 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 2,155 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 6 of 8 titles with a page count on record.
Hitchcock Sewell, a Baltimore undertaker, is the recurring figure in Tim Cockey's mysteries: The Hearse You Came in On (2000), Hearse of a Different Color (2001), The Hearse Case Scenario (2002) and Murder in the Hearse Degree (2003). A second series, Fritz Malone, follows with Backstabber (2004), Speak of the Devil (2006) and Cold Day in Hell (2007). Cockey is an American writer and screenwriter, and the earliest catalogued title is a 1991 baseball book, Play Book Baseball 2.
How many Tim Cockey books are there?
Tim Cockey has 8 books, released between 1991 and 2007. They include 2 series and 1 title listed outside any series.
Tim Cockey Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 8 Tim Cockey 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.
- 1Play Book Baseball 21991 · 88 pages · confirmed 1/41991881/4
- 220004341/4
- 320014161/4
- 420024171/4
- 520034321/4
- 620043681/4
- 72006–1/4
- 82007–1/4
Tim Cockey 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.
Hitchcock Sewell in order
5 booksFritz Malone in order
2 booksStandalone books
1 book1 Tim Cockey title here is not listed as part of any series.
Do you have to read Tim Cockey books in order?
You only need to read Tim Cockey 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 Tim Cockey
Start with Play Book Baseball 2 (1991), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Tim Cockey book?
Cold Day in Hell (2007) is the newest Tim Cockey book released so far.
Is there a new Tim Cockey book coming?
No next Tim Cockey book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Tim Cockey at a glance
- No recent titles
- The newest Tim Cockey title on record dates from 2007, 19 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
- Release pace
- Tim Cockey books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
- Length
- 2,155 pages across the 6 of 8 books with a recorded length, a median of 416 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Tim Cockey books, 7 of 8, were published in the 2000s.
What the Tim Cockey books are about
6 of the 8 Tim Cockey books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: undertakers and undertaking is tagged on 4 of 6. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Undertakers and undertaking 4 of 6 books
- Baltimore (md.) 3 of 6 books
- Funeral rites and ceremonies 3 of 6 books
- Hitchcock Sewell (Fictitious character) 3 of 6 books
- Mystery & detective 3 of 6 books
- Sewell, hitchcock (fictitious character) 2 of 6 books