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Patrick Bowers Books in Order

Steven James has written 11 books featuring Patrick Bowers, published between 2007 and 2018. The first book is The Pawn (2007) and the newest is Every Wicked Man (2018). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
11
Published
2007–2018
Confirmed
11 of 11 titles
Pages on record
4,103 in 8 of 11 books
Reading time
68–103 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 4,103 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 8 of 11 titles with a page count on record.

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Patrick Bowers heads Steven James's suspense series, in which the first eight books take their titles from chess: The Pawn (2007), The Rook (2008), The Knight (2009), The Bishop (2010), The Queen (2011), Opening Moves (2012), The King (2013) and Checkmate (2014). Every Crooked Path (2015) and Every Deadly Kiss (2017) open the New York Years. Criminologists, serial murder investigation, arson investigation and terrorists supply the material, written as Christian suspense. Eleven books date from 2007 to 2018, and they are long, at a median 518 pages.

How many Patrick Bowers books are there?

Patrick Bowers appears in 11 books, released between 2007 and 2018.

Patrick Bowers Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 11 Patrick Bowers 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 Pawn by Steven James, book 1 of the Patrick Bowers Files series (2007)
  2. Cover of The Rook by Steven James, book 2 of the Patrick Bowers Files series (2008)
  3. Cover of The Knight by Steven James, book 3 of the Patrick Bowers Files series (2009)
  4. Cover of The Bishop by Steven James, book 4 of the Patrick Bowers Files series (2010)
  5. Cover of The Queen by Steven James, book 5 of the Patrick Bowers Files series (2011)
  6. Cover of Opening Moves by Steven James, book 6 of the Patrick Bowers Files series (2012)
  7. Cover of The King by Steven James, book 7 of the Patrick Bowers Files series (2013)
  1. 1
    The PawnPatrick Bowers Files #12007 · 432 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2007432
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  2. 2
    The RookPatrick Bowers Files #22008 · 432 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2008432
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  3. 3
    The KnightPatrick Bowers Files #32009 · confirmed 3/4
    2009–
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  4. 4
    The BishopPatrick Bowers Files #42010 · 523 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2010523
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  5. 5
    The QueenPatrick Bowers Files #52011 · confirmed 3/4
    2011–
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  6. 6
    Opening MovesPatrick Bowers Files #62012 · confirmed 3/4
    2012–
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  7. 7
    The KingPatrick Bowers Files #72013 · 499 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2013499
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  8. 8
    CheckmatePatrick Bowers Files #82014 · 533 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2014533
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  9. 9
    Every Crooked PathBowers Files: The New York Years #12015 · 596 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2015596
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  10. 10
    Every Deadly KissBowers Files: The New York Years #22017 · 512 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2017512
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  11. 11
    Every Wicked ManPatrick Bowers Files #92018 · 576 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2018576
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Do you have to read Patrick Bowers books in order?

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

Where to start with Patrick Bowers

Start with The Pawn (2007), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Patrick Bowers book?

Every Wicked Man (2018) is the newest Patrick Bowers book released so far.

Is there a new Patrick Bowers book coming?

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

Patrick Bowers at a glance

No recent titles
The newest Patrick Bowers title on record dates from 2018, 8 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
Release pace
Patrick Bowers books have appeared about one a year on average.
Length
4,103 pages across the 8 of 11 books with a recorded length, a median of 518 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Patrick Bowers books, 8 of 11, were published in the 2010s.

What the Patrick Bowers books are about

All 11 Patrick Bowers books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: criminologists is tagged on 8 of 11. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.

More books by Steven James

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