Crossword Mystery Books in Order
Crossword Mystery by Nero Blanc contains 12 books, published between 1999 and 2006. The first book is The Crossword Murder (1999) and the newest is Death On The Diagonal (2006). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 12
- Published
- 1999–2006
- Total pages
- 3,113 across 12 books
- Reading time
- 52–78 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 3,113 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute.
Crossword Mystery covers 12 books by Nero Blanc, catalogued under the Crossword Mysteries series and published between 1999 and 2006. The Crossword Murder (1999) is the first title, followed by Two Down (2000) and The Crossword Connection (2001). Subject headings name Rosco Polycrates and Belle Graham as fictitious characters and list crossword puzzle makers, private investigators, married people, Massachusetts and Nantucket Island. Death On The Diagonal (2006) closes the listed run.
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How many Crossword Mystery books are there?
Crossword Mystery has 12 books, released between 1999 and 2006.
Crossword Mystery Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 12 Crossword Mystery 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 November 2026.
- 119993062/4
- 220003042/4
- 320012482/4
- 420022932/4
- 520021932/4
- 620033202/4
- 720031972/4
- 820043362/4
- 920041292/4
- 1020053072/4
- 1120051922/4
- 1220062882/4
Do you have to read Crossword Mystery books in order?
You should read the Crossword Mystery books in publication order, the order of the numbered table above. The catalogue does not record whether each Crossword Mystery book also stands alone.
Where to start with Crossword Mystery
Start with The Crossword Murder (1999), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Crossword Mystery book?
Death On The Diagonal (2006) is the newest Crossword Mystery book released so far.
Is there a new Crossword Mystery book coming?
No next Crossword Mystery book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Crossword Mystery at a glance
- No recent titles
- The newest Crossword Mystery title on record dates from 2006, 20 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
- Release pace
- Crossword Mystery books have appeared more than one a year on average.
- Length
- 3,113 pages across all 12 books with a recorded length, a median of 290 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Crossword Mystery books, 11 of 12, were published in the 2000s.
When Crossword Mystery books were published
Publication distribution by decade, showing when Crossword Mystery titles appeared. 2000s was the most productive decade with 11 titles.
12 books total across 2 decades. Decade reflects the year each title was first catalogued.
What the Crossword Mystery books are about
All 12 Crossword Mystery books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: crossword puzzle makers is tagged on 10 of 12. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Crossword puzzle makers 10 of 12 books
- Crossword puzzles 10 of 12 books
- Mystery & detective 9 of 12 books
- Belle Graham (Fictitious character) 8 of 12 books
- Rosco Polycrates (Fictitious character) 8 of 12 books
- Private investigators 5 of 12 books
- Massachusetts 4 of 12 books
- Polycrates, rosco (fictitious character) 3 of 12 books
- Marriage 2 of 12 books
- Nantucket island (mass.) 2 of 12 books