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G.M. Ford Books in Order

G.M. Ford has written 12 G.M. Ford books, published between 1995 and 2019. The first book is Who In Hell Is Wanda Fuca? (1995) and the newest is Heavy on the Dead (2019). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
12
Published
1995–2019
Pages on record
3,026 in 11 of 12 books
Reading time
50–76 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 3,026 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 11 of 12 titles with a page count on record.

See all 12 books in order Printable G.M. Ford checklist

G.M. Ford appears as a character entry, but the name is the author's own; the entry's character list also names Leo Waterman. The entry holds 12 books from 1995 to 2019, beginning with Who In Hell Is Wanda Fuca? (1995). Cast In Stone, The Bum's Rush, Slow Burn and Last Ditch followed, and later titles include Thicker than Water, Chump Change and Salvation Lake. Heavy on the Dead (2019) is the newest. Subject tags include Leo Waterman, private investigators, hard-boiled mystery, Seattle and Washington State.

How many G.M. Ford books are there?

G.M. Ford has 12 books, released between 1995 and 2019.

G.M. Ford Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 12 G.M. Ford 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 Who In Hell Is Wanda Fuca? by G.M. Ford, book 1 of the Leo Waterman series (1995)
  2. Cover of Cast In Stone by G.M. Ford, book 2 of the Leo Waterman series (1996)
  3. Cover of The Bum's Rush by G.M. Ford, book 3 of the Leo Waterman series (1997)
  4. Cover of The Deader The Better by G.M. Ford, book 6 of the Leo Waterman series (2000)
  5. Cover of Thicker than Water by G.M. Ford, book 7 of the Leo Waterman series (2012)
  6. Cover of Chump Change by G.M. Ford, book 8 of the Leo Waterman series (2014)
  7. Cover of Salvation Lake by G.M. Ford, book 9 of the Leo Waterman series (2016)
  8. Cover of Family Values by G.M. Ford, book 10 of the Leo Waterman series (2017)
  1. 1
    Who In Hell Is Wanda Fuca?Leo Waterman #11995 · confirmed 2/4
    1995–
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  2. 2
    Cast In StoneLeo Waterman #21996 · 304 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1996304
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  3. 3
    The Bum's RushLeo Waterman #31997 · 320 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1997320
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  4. 4
    Slow BurnLeo Waterman #41998 · 324 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1998324
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  5. 5
    Last DitchLeo Waterman #51999 · 280 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1999280
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  6. 6
    The Deader The BetterLeo Waterman #62000 · 352 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2000352
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  7. 7
    Thicker than WaterLeo Waterman #72012 · 260 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2012260
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  8. 8
    Chump ChangeLeo Waterman #82014 · 244 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2014244
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  9. 9
    Salvation LakeLeo Waterman #92016 · 224 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2016224
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  10. 10
    Family ValuesLeo Waterman #102017 · 240 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2017240
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  11. 11
    Soul SurvivorLeo Waterman #112018 · 224 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2018224
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  12. 12
    Heavy on the DeadLeo Waterman #122019 · 254 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2019254
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Do you have to read G.M. Ford books in order?

You should read the G.M. Ford books in publication order, the order of the numbered table above. The catalogue does not record whether each G.M. Ford book also stands alone.

Where to start with G.M. Ford

Start with Who In Hell Is Wanda Fuca? (1995), the earliest published title.

What is the newest G.M. Ford book?

Heavy on the Dead (2019) is the newest G.M. Ford book released so far.

Is there a new G.M. Ford book coming?

No next G.M. Ford book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.

G.M. Ford at a glance

No recent titles
The newest G.M. Ford title on record dates from 2019, 7 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
Release pace
G.M. Ford books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
Length
3,026 pages across the 11 of 12 books with a recorded length, a median of 260 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most G.M. Ford books, 6 of 12, were published in the 2010s.

What the G.M. Ford books are about

11 of the 12 G.M. Ford 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 10 of 11. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.

More books by G.M. Ford

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

Series that include G.M. Ford books

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