Damien Drake Books in Order
Patrick Logan has written 12 Damien Drake books, published between 2017 and 2022. The first book is Butterfly Kisses (2017) and the newest is Happy Face (2022). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 12
- Published
- 2017–2022
- Confirmed
- 8 of 12 titles
- Pages on record
- 2,006 in 7 of 12 books
- Reading time
- 33–50 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 2,006 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 7 of 12 titles with a page count on record.
Damien Drake is the private investigator at the centre of Patrick Logan's Detective Damien Drake series. His 12 books were published between 2017 and 2022, starting with Butterfly Kisses (2017) and reaching Happy Face (2022). The cases involve murder investigation and serial murders, according to the catalogue subjects. Drug Lord appears as a two-part story, with Part 1 in 2018 and Part 2 in 2019. Other entries include Cause of Death, Skeleton King and Almost Infamous.
How many Damien Drake books are there?
Damien Drake has 12 books, released between 2017 and 2022.
Damien Drake Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 12 Damien Drake 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.
- 120173823/4
- 220172803/4
- 320173043/4
- 420182593/4
- 520182323/4
- 620183103/4
- 72019–3/4
- 820192393/4
- 92020–2/4
- 102020–2/4
- 112020–2/4
- 122022–2/4
Do you have to read Damien Drake books in order?
You should read the Damien Drake books in publication order, the order of the numbered table above. The catalogue does not record whether each Damien Drake book also stands alone.
Where to start with Damien Drake
Start with Butterfly Kisses (2017), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Damien Drake book?
Happy Face (2022) is the newest Damien Drake book released so far.
Is there a new Damien Drake book coming?
No next Damien Drake book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Damien Drake at a glance
- Paused
- No new Damien Drake title has appeared for 4 years. The last was published in 2022.
- Release pace
- Damien Drake books have appeared more than one a year on average.
- Length
- 2,006 pages across the 7 of 12 books with a recorded length, a median of 280 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Damien Drake books, 8 of 12, were published in the 2010s.
What the Damien Drake books are about
1 of the 12 Damien Drake books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. No subject is tagged on more than one of them, so each one below describes a single book. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Détectives -- Romans, nouvelles 1 of 1 books
- Meurtre -- Enquêtes -- Romans, nouvelles 1 of 1 books
- Meurtres en série -- Romans, nouvelles 1 of 1 books
- Murder -- Investigation 1 of 1 books
- Murder -- Investigation -- Fiction 1 of 1 books
- Private investigators -- Fiction 1 of 1 books
- Serial murders -- Fiction 1 of 1 books
More books by Patrick Logan
The author page linked below lists every book in publication order.
- Patrick Logan books in order 92 books