Chase Dagger Books in Order
S.D. Tooley has written 8 Chase Dagger books, published between 2000 and 2023: 7 in the Chase Dagger Mysteries series and 1 related title. The first book is The Good Die Twice (2000) and the newest main-line book is Nightfall (2015). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 8
- Published
- 2000–2023
- Pages on record
- 1,040 in 4 of 8 books
- Reading time
- 17–26 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 1,040 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.
Chase Dagger is the private investigator of S.D. Tooley's Chase Dagger Mysteries, catalogued under mystery, detective fiction, thrillers and paranormal fiction, with serial murders among the recorded subjects. Eight books span 2000 to 2023, from The Good Die Twice (2000) to Killer Double (2023), taking in The Unseen (2004), Chasing Ghosts (2008), Fatal Storm (2011), The Vaporizer (2012) and Nightfall (2015). Sam Casey Mystery is the other series filed under Tooley's name.
How many Chase Dagger books are there?
Chase Dagger has 8 books, released between 2000 and 2023. 7 of them belong to the Chase Dagger Mysteries series, and 1 related title sit outside it: other titles.
Chase Dagger Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 8 Chase Dagger 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.
- 120002922/4
- 220002322/4
- 32004–2/4
- 42008–2/4
- 520112402/4
- 620122762/4
- 72015–2/4
- 82023–2/4
Do you have to read Chase Dagger books in order?
You should read the Chase Dagger Mysteries series in publication order, the order of the numbered table above; the 1 related title (other titles) sit outside that sequence. The catalogue does not record whether each Chase Dagger book also stands alone.
Where to start with Chase Dagger
Start with The Good Die Twice (2000), the earliest published book in the Chase Dagger Mysteries series.
What is the newest Chase Dagger book?
Nightfall (2015) is the newest book in the Chase Dagger Mysteries series. The newest related title is Killer Double (2023).
Is there a new Chase Dagger book coming?
No next Chase Dagger book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Chase Dagger at a glance
- No recent titles
- The newest main-line Chase Dagger title on record is Nightfall (2015), 11 years ago. Related titles have appeared since.
- Release pace
- Chase Dagger books have appeared about one every 3 years on average.
- Length
- 1,040 pages across the 4 of 8 books with a recorded length, a median of 258 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Chase Dagger books, 4 of 8, were published in the 2000s.
What the Chase Dagger books are about
3 of the 8 Chase Dagger books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: private investigators is tagged on 2 of 3. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Private investigators 2 of 3 books
- Mystery & detective 1 of 3 books
- Paranormal fiction 1 of 3 books
- Serial murders 1 of 3 books
- Thrillers 1 of 3 books
More books by S.D. Tooley
The author page linked below lists every book in publication order.
- S.D. Tooley books in order 17 books
Series that include Chase Dagger books
The series linked below has its own reading-order page.
- Sam Casey Mystery books in order 8 books