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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.

See all 12 books in order Printable Crossword Mystery checklist

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.

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 September 2026.

  1. Cover of The Crossword Murder by Nero Blanc, book 1 of the Crossword Mysteries series (1999)
  2. Cover of Two Down by Nero Blanc, book 2 of the Crossword Mysteries series (2000)
  3. Cover of The Crossword Connection by Nero Blanc, book 3 of the Crossword Mysteries series (2001)
  4. Cover of A Crossword To Die For by Nero Blanc, book 4 of the Crossword Mysteries series (2002)
  5. Cover of Corpus de Crossword by Nero Blanc, book 6 of the Crossword Mysteries series (2003)
  6. Cover of A Crossworder's Gift by Nero Blanc, book 7 of the Crossword Mysteries series (2003)
  7. Cover of Anatomy Of A Crossword by Nero Blanc, book 8 of the Crossword Mysteries series (2004)
  8. Cover of Wrapped Up In Crosswords by Nero Blanc, book 9 of the Crossword Mysteries series (2004)
  9. Cover of Another Word For Murder by Nero Blanc, book 10 of the Crossword Mysteries series (2005)
  10. Cover of Death On The Diagonal by Nero Blanc, book 12 of the Crossword Mysteries series (2006)
  1. 1
    The Crossword MurderCrossword Mysteries #11999 · 306 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1999306
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  2. 2
    Two DownCrossword Mysteries #22000 · 304 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2000304
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  3. 3
    The Crossword ConnectionCrossword Mysteries #32001 · 248 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2001248
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  4. 4
    A Crossword To Die ForCrossword Mysteries #42002 · 293 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2002293
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  5. 5
    A Crossworder's HolidayCrossword Mysteries #52002 · 193 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2002193
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  6. 6
    Corpus de CrosswordCrossword Mysteries #62003 · 320 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2003320
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  7. 7
    A Crossworder's GiftCrossword Mysteries #72003 · 197 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2003197
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  8. 8
    Anatomy Of A CrosswordCrossword Mysteries #82004 · 336 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2004336
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  9. 9
    Wrapped Up In CrosswordsCrossword Mysteries #92004 · 129 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2004129
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  10. 10
    Another Word For MurderCrossword Mysteries #102005 · 307 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2005307
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  11. 11
    A Crossworder's DelightCrossword Mysteries #112005 · 192 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2005192
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  12. 12
    Death On The DiagonalCrossword Mysteries #122006 · 288 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2006288
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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.

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

More books by Nero Blanc

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

Series that include Crossword Mystery books

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