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Sam Acquillo Mysteries Books in Order

Sam Acquillo Mysteries by Chris Knopf contains 10 books, published between 2005 and 2023. The first book is The Last Refuge (2005) and the newest is Blood Bank (2023). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
10
Published
2005–2023
Pages on record
1,684 in 6 of 10 books
Reading time
28–42 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 1,684 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 6 of 10 titles with a page count on record.

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Sam Acquillo is the detective in Chris Knopf's Hamptons mysteries. Ten books run from The Last Refuge and Two Time, both 2005, through Head Wounds (2008), Hard Stop (2009), Black Swan (2011), Cop Job (2015), Back Lash (2016), Tango Down (2017) and Deep Dive (2019), to Blood Bank (2023). Recorded subjects include carpenters, construction workers, middle-aged men, murder, investigation, missing persons, sailing and New York.

How many Sam Acquillo Mysteries books are there?

Sam Acquillo Mysteries has 10 books, released between 2005 and 2023.

Sam Acquillo Mysteries Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 10 Sam Acquillo Mysteries 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 Head Wounds by Chris Knopf, book 3 of the Sam Acquillo Hamptons Mystery series (2008)
  2. Cover of Hard Stop by Chris Knopf, book 4 of the Sam Acquillo Hamptons Mystery series (2009)
  3. Cover of Black Swan by Chris Knopf, book 5 of the Sam Acquillo Hamptons Mystery series (2011)
  4. Cover of Cop Job by Chris Knopf, book 6 of the Sam Acquillo Hamptons Mystery series (2015)
  5. Cover of Back Lash by Chris Knopf, book 7 of the Sam Acquillo Hamptons Mystery series (2016)
  6. Cover of Tango Down by Chris Knopf, book 8 of the Sam Acquillo Hamptons Mystery series (2017)
  1. 1
    The Last RefugeSam Acquillo Hamptons Mystery #12005 · confirmed 2/4
    2005–
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  2. 2
    Two TimeSam Acquillo Hamptons Mystery #22005 · confirmed 2/4
    2005–
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  3. 3
    Head WoundsSam Acquillo Hamptons Mystery #32008 · 272 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2008272
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  4. 4
    Hard StopSam Acquillo Hamptons Mystery #42009 · confirmed 2/4
    2009–
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  5. 5
    Black SwanSam Acquillo Hamptons Mystery #52011 · 304 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2011304
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  6. 6
    Cop JobSam Acquillo Hamptons Mystery #62015 · 287 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2015287
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  7. 7
    Back LashSam Acquillo Hamptons Mystery #72016 · 266 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2016266
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  8. 8
    Tango DownSam Acquillo Hamptons Mystery #82017 · 288 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2017288
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  9. 9
    Deep DiveSam Acquillo Hamptons Mystery #92019 · 267 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2019267
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  10. 10
    Blood BankSam Acquillo Hamptons Mystery #102023 · confirmed 2/4
    2023–
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Do you have to read Sam Acquillo Mysteries books in order?

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

Where to start with Sam Acquillo Mysteries

Start with The Last Refuge (2005), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Sam Acquillo Mysteries book?

Blood Bank (2023) is the newest Sam Acquillo Mysteries book released so far.

Is there a new Sam Acquillo Mysteries book coming?

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

Sam Acquillo Mysteries at a glance

Paused
No new Sam Acquillo Mysteries title has appeared for 3 years. The last was published in 2023.
Release pace
Sam Acquillo Mysteries books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
Length
1,684 pages across the 6 of 10 books with a recorded length, a median of 280 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Sam Acquillo Mysteries books, 5 of 10, were published in the 2010s.

What the Sam Acquillo Mysteries books are about

7 of the 10 Sam Acquillo Mysteries books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: sam acquillo (fictitious character) is tagged on 5 of 7. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.

More books by Chris Knopf

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