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Alex McKnight Books in Order

Alex McKnight by Steve Hamilton contains 13 books, published between 1998 and 2020. The first book is A Cold Day in Paradise (1998) and the newest is Riddle Island (2020). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
13
Published
1998–2020
Confirmed
12 of 13 titles
Pages on record
3,003 in 10 of 13 books
Reading time
50–75 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 3,003 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 10 of 13 titles with a page count on record.

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Alex McKnight is a private investigator in Michigan, and Steve Hamilton built 13 books around him. A Cold Day in Paradise (1998) opens the series, followed by Winter of the Wolf Moon (2000), The Hunting Wind (2001), North of Nowhere (2002), Blood is the Sky (2003) and Ice Run (2004). Murder and missing-person cases carry the run, which closes with Riddle Island in 2020.

How many Alex McKnight books are there?

Alex McKnight has 13 books, released between 1998 and 2020.

Alex McKnight Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 13 Alex McKnight 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 A Cold Day in Paradise by Steve Hamilton, book 1 of the Alex McKnight series (1998)
  2. Cover of Winter of the Wolf Moon by Steve Hamilton, book 2 of the Alex McKnight series (2000)
  3. Cover of The Hunting Wind by Steve Hamilton, book 3 of the Alex McKnight series (2001)
  4. Cover of North of Nowhere by Steve Hamilton, book 4 of the Alex McKnight series (2002)
  5. Cover of Blood is the Sky by Steve Hamilton, book 5 of the Alex McKnight series (2003)
  6. Cover of Ice Run by Steve Hamilton, book 6 of the Alex McKnight series (2004)
  7. Cover of A Stolen Season by Steve Hamilton, book 7 of the Alex McKnight series (2006)
  8. Cover of Misery Bay by Steve Hamilton, book 9 of the Alex McKnight series (2011)
  9. Cover of Let it Burn by Steve Hamilton, book 11 of the Alex McKnight series (2013)
  1. 1
    A Cold Day in Paradise1998 · 288 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1998288
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  2. 2
    Winter of the Wolf Moon2000 · 274 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2000274
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  3. 3
    The Hunting Wind2001 · 352 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2001352
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  4. 4
    North of Nowhere2002 · 259 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2002259
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  5. 5
    Blood is the Sky2003 · 330 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2003330
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  6. 6
    Ice Run2004 · 352 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2004352
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  7. 7
    A Stolen Season2006 · 290 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2006290
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  8. 8
    Beneath the Book Tower2011 · confirmed 3/4
    2011–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  9. 9
    Misery Bay2011 · 294 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2011294
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  10. 10
    Die a Stranger2012 · confirmed 3/4
    2012–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  11. 11
    Let it Burn2013 · 276 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2013276
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  12. 12
    Dead Man Running2018 · 288 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2018288
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  13. 13
    Riddle Island2020 · confirmed 2/4
    2020–
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Is there a chronological order for Alex McKnight?

No separate chronological order is on record for Alex McKnight, 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 Alex McKnight books in order?

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

Where to start with Alex McKnight

Start with A Cold Day in Paradise (1998), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Alex McKnight book?

Riddle Island (2020) is the newest Alex McKnight book released so far.

Is there a new Alex McKnight book coming?

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

Alex McKnight at a glance

No recent titles
The newest Alex McKnight title on record dates from 2020, 6 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
Release pace
Alex McKnight books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
Length
3,003 pages across the 10 of 13 books with a recorded length, a median of 289 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Alex McKnight books, 6 of 13, were published in the 2000s.

What the Alex McKnight books are about

11 of the 13 Alex McKnight 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 11 of 11. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.

More books by Steve Hamilton

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

Other series by Steve Hamilton

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