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Alafair Tucker Mysteries Books in Order

Alafair Tucker Mysteries by Donis Casey contains 10 books, published between 2005 and 2018. The first book is The Old Buzzard Had It Coming (2005) and the newest is Forty Dead Men (2018). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
10
Published
2005–2018
Pages on record
1,646 in 7 of 10 books
Reading time
27–41 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 1,646 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 7 of 10 titles with a page count on record.

See all 10 books in order Printable Alafair Tucker Mysteries checklist

Alafair Tucker is the woman sleuth of Donis Casey's historical mysteries, set in Oklahoma country life of the nineteen-tens. All 10 catalogued books are credited to Casey, from The Old Buzzard Had It Coming (2005) to Forty Dead Men (2018). Murder, investigation, crime and the death of a neighbour fill the subject records. Hornswoggled (2006), The Drop Edge of Yonder (2007), Crying Blood (2011) and All Men Fear Me (2015) sit in the run, and the median book runs 226 pages.

How many Alafair Tucker Mysteries books are there?

Alafair Tucker Mysteries has 10 books, released between 2005 and 2018.

Alafair Tucker Mysteries Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 10 Alafair Tucker Mysteries 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 Hornswoggled by Donis Casey, book 2 of the Alafair Tucker series (2006)
  2. Cover of The Drop Edge of Yonder by Donis Casey, book 3 of the Alafair Tucker series (2007)
  3. Cover of The Sky Took Him by Donis Casey, book 4 of the Alafair Tucker series (2008)
  4. Cover of Crying Blood by Donis Casey, book 5 of the Alafair Tucker series (2011)
  5. Cover of Wrong Hill to Die On by Donis Casey, book 6 of the Alafair Tucker series (2012)
  6. Cover of Hell with the Lid Blown Off by Donis Casey, book 7 of the Alafair Tucker series (2014)
  7. Cover of All Men Fear Me by Donis Casey, book 8 of the Alafair Tucker series (2015)
  8. Cover of The Return of the Raven Mocker by Donis Casey, book 9 of the Alafair Tucker series (2017)
  1. 1
    The Old Buzzard Had It ComingAlafair Tucker #12005 · 216 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2005216
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  2. 2
    HornswoggledAlafair Tucker #22006 · 240 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2006240
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  3. 3
    The Drop Edge of YonderAlafair Tucker #32007 · 226 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2007226
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  4. 4
    The Sky Took HimAlafair Tucker #42008 · confirmed 2/4
    2008–
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  5. 5
    Crying BloodAlafair Tucker #52011 · confirmed 2/4
    2011–
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  6. 6
    Wrong Hill to Die OnAlafair Tucker #62012 · confirmed 2/4
    2012–
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  7. 7
    Hell with the Lid Blown OffAlafair Tucker #72014 · 228 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2014228
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  8. 8
    All Men Fear MeAlafair Tucker #82015 · 312 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2015312
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  9. 9
    The Return of the Raven MockerAlafair Tucker #92017 · 218 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2017218
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  10. 10
    Forty Dead MenAlafair Tucker #102018 · 206 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2018206
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Do you have to read Alafair Tucker Mysteries books in order?

You should read the Alafair Tucker Mysteries books in publication order, the order of the numbered table above. The catalogue does not record whether each Alafair Tucker Mysteries book also stands alone.

Where to start with Alafair Tucker Mysteries

Start with The Old Buzzard Had It Coming (2005), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Alafair Tucker Mysteries book?

Forty Dead Men (2018) is the newest Alafair Tucker Mysteries book released so far.

Is there a new Alafair Tucker Mysteries book coming?

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

Alafair Tucker Mysteries at a glance

No recent titles
The newest Alafair Tucker Mysteries title on record dates from 2018, 8 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
Release pace
Alafair Tucker Mysteries books have appeared about one a year on average.
Length
1,646 pages across the 7 of 10 books with a recorded length, a median of 226 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Alafair Tucker Mysteries books, 6 of 10, were published in the 2010s.

What the Alafair Tucker Mysteries books are about

All 10 Alafair Tucker Mysteries books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: murder is tagged on 7 of 10. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.

More books by Donis Casey

The author page linked below lists every book in publication order.

Series that include Alafair Tucker Mysteries books

The series linked below has its own reading-order page.