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John Quincannon Books in Order

John Quincannon appears in 13 books, published between 1985 and 2021. The first book is Quincannon (1985) and the newest is The Paradise Affair (2021). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
13
Published
1985–2021
Confirmed
12 of 13 titles
Pages on record
2,490 in 11 of 13 books
Reading time
42–62 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 2,490 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 11 of 13 titles with a page count on record.

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John Quincannon is a private investigator in historical mysteries by Bill Pronzini and Marcia Muller. Pronzini is credited on 7 of the 13 catalogued books and Muller on 6. Quincannon (1985) is the earliest title and The Paradise Affair (2021) the latest, with The Bughouse Affair (2013), The Body Snatchers Affair (2015) and The Dangerous Ladies Affair (2017) between them. Subject headings set the cases in San Francisco and cover murder, investigation and the secret service, alongside a woman detective.

How many John Quincannon books are there?

John Quincannon appears in 13 books, released between 1985 and 2021.

John Quincannon Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 13 John Quincannon 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 Carpenter & Quincannon, Professional Detective Services by Bill Pronzini (1998)
  2. Cover of Quincannon's Game by Bill Pronzini, book 3 of the Carpenter and Quincannon series (2005)
  3. Cover of The Bughouse Affair by Marcia Muller, book 1 of the Carpenter and Quincannon Mystery series (2013)
  4. Cover of The Spook Lights Affair by Marcia Muller, book 2 of the Carpenter and Quincannon Mystery series (2013)
  5. Cover of The Body Snatchers Affair by Marcia Muller, book 3 of the Carpenter and Quincannon Mystery series (2015)
  6. Cover of The Plague of Thieves Affair by Marcia Muller, book 4 of the Carpenter and Quincannon Mystery series (2016)
  7. Cover of The Dangerous Ladies Affair by Marcia Muller, book 5 of the Carpenter and Quincannon Mystery series (2017)
  8. Cover of The Bags of Tricks Affair by Bill Pronzini, book 6 of the Carpenter and Quincannon Mystery series (2018)
  9. Cover of The Flimflam Affair by Bill Pronzini, book 7 of the Carpenter and Quincannon Mystery series (2019)
  10. Cover of The Stolen Gold Affair by Bill Pronzini, book 8 of the Carpenter and Quincannon Mystery series (2020)
  11. Cover of The Paradise Affair by Bill Pronzini, book 9 of the Carpenter and Quincannon Mystery series (2021)
  1. 1
    QuincannonJohn Quincannon #11985 · 167 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1985167
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  2. 2
    Beyond the GraveJohn Quincannon #21986 · confirmed 3/4
    1986–
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  3. 3
    Carpenter & Quincannon, Professional Detective ServicesCarpenter and Quincannon #11998 · 202 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1998202
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  4. 4
    Quincannon's GameCarpenter and Quincannon #32005 · 224 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2005224
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  5. 5
    The Bughouse AffairCarpenter and Quincannon Mystery #12013 · 269 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2013269
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  6. 6
    The Spook Lights AffairCarpenter and Quincannon Mystery #22013 · 251 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2013251
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  7. 7
    The Body Snatchers AffairCarpenter and Quincannon Mystery #32015 · 219 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2015219
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  8. 8
    The Plague of Thieves AffairCarpenter and Quincannon Mystery #42016 · 252 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2016252
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  9. 9
    The Dangerous Ladies AffairCarpenter and Quincannon Mystery #52017 · 252 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2017252
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  10. 10
    The Bags of Tricks AffairCarpenter and Quincannon Mystery #62018 · 254 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2018254
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  11. 11
    The Flimflam AffairCarpenter and Quincannon Mystery #72019 · 240 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2019240
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  12. 12
    The Stolen Gold AffairCarpenter and Quincannon Mystery #82020 · confirmed 3/4
    2020–
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  13. 13
    The Paradise AffairCarpenter and Quincannon Mystery #92021 · 160 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2021160
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Do you have to read John Quincannon books in order?

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

Where to start with John Quincannon

Start with Quincannon (1985), the earliest published title.

What is the newest John Quincannon book?

The Paradise Affair (2021) is the newest John Quincannon book released so far.

Is there a new John Quincannon book coming?

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

John Quincannon at a glance

Paused
No new John Quincannon title has appeared for 5 years. The last was published in 2021.
Release pace
John Quincannon books have appeared about one every 3 years on average.
Length
2,490 pages across the 11 of 13 books with a recorded length, a median of 240 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most John Quincannon books, 7 of 13, were published in the 2010s.
Attribution
Of the 13 titles, 7 are credited to Bill Pronzini and 6 to Marcia Muller.

What the John Quincannon books are about

12 of the 13 John Quincannon 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 7 of 12. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.