Al Pennyback Mystery Books in Order
Al Pennyback Mystery by Charles Ray contains 34 books, published between 2012 and 2020. The first book is Color Me Dead (2012) and the newest is Return to Dead Man's Cove (2020). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 34
- Published
- 2012–2020
- Pages on record
- 844 in 4 of 34 books
Al Pennyback Mystery is a detective series by Charles Ray, set in Washington, D.C. 34 books run from Color Me Dead in 2012 to Return to Dead Man's Cove in 2020, and 2012 alone brought ten of them. Death supplies most of the titles: Death by Design, A Good Day to Die, Die, Sinner, Dead, White, and Blue, Deadline. The books run to a median of 214 pages and the series is likely complete.
How many Al Pennyback Mystery books are there?
Al Pennyback Mystery has 34 books, released between 2012 and 2020.
Al Pennyback Mystery Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 34 Al Pennyback Mystery 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.
- 1Color Me Dead2012 · 172 pages · confirmed 1/420121721/4
- 2Death by Design2012 · confirmed 1/42012–1/4
- 3A Good Day to Die2012 · confirmed 1/42012–1/4
- 4If I Should Die Before I Wake2012 · confirmed 1/42012–1/4
- 5Die, Sinner2012 · confirmed 1/42012–1/4
- 6Dead, White, and Blue2012 · confirmed 1/42012–1/4
- 7The Day the Music Died2012 · confirmed 1/42012–1/4
- 8Deadly Intentions2012 · confirmed 1/42012–1/4
- 9Till Death do Us Part2012 · confirmed 1/42012–1/4
- 10Deadline2012 · 244 pages · confirmed 1/420122441/4
- 11Memorial to the Dead2012 · 198 pages · confirmed 1/420121981/4
- 12Deadly Dose2012 · confirmed 1/42012–1/4
- 13Dead Man's Cove2012 · confirmed 1/42012–1/4
- 14Dead Men Don't Answer2012 · confirmed 1/42012–1/4
- 15Death From Unnatural Causes2013 · confirmed 1/42013–1/4
- 16Deadly Paradise2013 · confirmed 1/42013–1/4
- 17Kiss of Death2013 · confirmed 1/42013–1/4
- 18Death in White Satin2013 · confirmed 1/42013–1/4
- 19Death and Taxis2014 · confirmed 1/42014–1/4
- 20Drop Dead, Gorgeous2014 · confirmed 1/42014–1/4
- 21Deadbeat2014 · confirmed 1/42014–1/4
- 22A Deadly Wind Blows2014 · confirmed 1/42014–1/4
- 23Death Wish2015 · 230 pages · confirmed 1/420152301/4
- 24Deadly Vendetta2015 · confirmed 1/42015–1/4
- 25A Time to Kill, A Time to Die2015 · confirmed 1/42015–1/4
- 26Dead Ringer2015 · confirmed 1/42015–1/4
- 27Death of Innocence2016 · confirmed 1/42016–1/4
- 28Dead Reckoning2016 · confirmed 1/42016–1/4
- 30Over My Dead Body2017 · confirmed 1/42017–1/4
- 31Bad Girls Don't Die2017 · confirmed 1/42017–1/4
- 32A Deal to Die For2018 · confirmed 1/42018–1/4
- 33The Dead Blonde in the Red Bikini2019 · confirmed 1/42019–1/4
- 34Return to Dead Man's Cove2020 · confirmed 1/42020–1/4
Is there a chronological order for Al Pennyback Mystery?
No separate chronological order is on record for Al Pennyback Mystery, because none of the book listings this catalogue draws on publishes one; the publication order above is the only order given.
Do you have to read Al Pennyback Mystery books in order?
You should read the Al Pennyback Mystery books in publication order, the order of the numbered table above. The catalogue does not record whether each Al Pennyback Mystery book also stands alone.
Where to start with Al Pennyback Mystery
Start with Color Me Dead (2012), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Al Pennyback Mystery book?
Return to Dead Man's Cove (2020) is the newest Al Pennyback Mystery book released so far.
Is there a new Al Pennyback Mystery book coming?
No next Al Pennyback Mystery book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Al Pennyback Mystery at a glance
- No recent titles
- The newest Al Pennyback Mystery title on record dates from 2020, 6 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
- Release pace
- Al Pennyback Mystery books have appeared more than one a year on average.
- Length
- 844 pages across the 4 of 34 books with a recorded length, a median of 214 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Al Pennyback Mystery books, 33 of 34, were published in the 2010s.
What the Al Pennyback Mystery books are about
1 of the 34 Al Pennyback Mystery books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. No subject is tagged on more than one of them, so each one below describes a single book. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Mystery & detective 1 of 1 books
- Washington (D.C.) 1 of 1 books
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