David Mapstone Books in Order
Jon Talton has written 9 books featuring David Mapstone, published between 2001 and 2018. The first book is Concrete Desert (2001) and the newest is The Bomb Shelter (2018). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 9
- Published
- 2001–2018
- Total pages
- 2,589 across 9 books
- Reading time
- 43–65 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 2,589 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute.
David Mapstone is the investigator in a mystery series by Jon Talton, set in Phoenix, Arizona. Catalogue subjects name David Mapstone as a fictitious character and record history teachers, sheriffs, private investigators and forensic scientists alongside murder and investigation. Nine books run from Concrete Desert (2001) to The Bomb Shelter (2018), taking in Dry Heat (2004), Cactus Heart (2007), South Phoenix Rules (2010) and High Country Nocturne (2015). Talton is credited on all nine, each with a recorded length, median 226 pages.
How many David Mapstone books are there?
David Mapstone appears in 9 books, released between 2001 and 2018.
David Mapstone Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 9 David Mapstone 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.
- 120012022/4
- 220032242/4
- 320042392/4
- 420062162/4
- 520072272/4
- 620102152/4
- 720132262/4
- 820154962/4
- 920185442/4
Do you have to read David Mapstone books in order?
You should read the David Mapstone books in publication order, the order of the numbered table above. The catalogue does not record whether each David Mapstone book also stands alone.
Where to start with David Mapstone
Start with Concrete Desert (2001), the earliest published title.
What is the newest David Mapstone book?
The Bomb Shelter (2018) is the newest David Mapstone book released so far.
Is there a new David Mapstone book coming?
No next David Mapstone book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
David Mapstone at a glance
- No recent titles
- The newest David Mapstone title on record dates from 2018, 8 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
- Release pace
- David Mapstone books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
- Length
- 2,589 pages across all 9 books with a recorded length, a median of 226 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most David Mapstone books, 5 of 9, were published in the 2000s.
What the David Mapstone books are about
All 9 David Mapstone books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: mystery & detective is tagged on 6 of 9. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Mystery & detective 6 of 9 books
- Phoenix (ariz.) 6 of 9 books
- Crimes against 3 of 9 books
- Investigation 3 of 9 books
- Mapstone, david (fictitious character) 3 of 9 books
- Murder 3 of 9 books
- Crime 2 of 9 books
- Forensic scientists 2 of 9 books
- Government investigators 2 of 9 books
- Historians 2 of 9 books
- History teachers 2 of 9 books
- Private investigators 2 of 9 books
More books by Jon Talton
The author page linked below lists every book in publication order.
- Jon Talton books in order 15 books