Captain North Adventure Books in Order

Captain North Adventure by F. Van Wyck Mason contains 24 books, published between 1930 and 1968. The first book is Seeds of Murder (1930) and the newest is The Deadly Orbit Mission (1968). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
24
Published
1930–1968
Pages on record
1,114 in 4 of 24 books

Hugh North, an intelligence officer, is the hero of F. Van Wyck Mason's Captain North Adventure series. Seeds of Murder (1930) starts the 24 books, and nearly every early title ends in Murders: The Vesper Service Murders, The Sulu Sea Murders, Washington Legation Murders. The run lasted nearly four decades. The Deadly Orbit Mission (1968) is the last.

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How many Captain North Adventure books are there?

Captain North Adventure has 24 books, released between 1930 and 1968.

Captain North Adventure Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 24 Captain North Adventure 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 November 2026.

  1. 1
    Seeds of Murder1930 · confirmed 2/4
    1930–
  2. 2
    Fort Terror Murders1931 · confirmed 2/4
    1931–
  3. 3
    The Vesper Service Murders1931 · confirmed 2/4
    1931–
  4. 4
    The Yellow Arrow Murders1932 · confirmed 2/4
    1932–
  5. 5
    The Branded Spy Murders1932 · confirmed 2/4
    1932–
  6. 61933–
  7. 7
    The Sulu Sea Murders1933 · confirmed 2/4
    1933–
  8. 8
    Budapest Parade Murders1935 · confirmed 2/4
    1935–
  9. 9
    Washington Legation Murders1935 · confirmed 2/4
    1935–
  10. 10
    Seven Seas Murders1936 · confirmed 2/4
    1936–
  11. 11
    Hongkong Airbase Murders1937 · confirmed 2/4
    1937–
  12. 12
    The Singapore Exile Murders1939 · confirmed 2/4
    1939–
  13. 13
    The Bucharest Ballerina Murders1940 · confirmed 2/4
    1940–
  14. 14
    The Rio Casino Intrigue1941 · confirmed 2/4
    1941–
  15. 15
    Saigon Singer1946 · 311 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1946311
  16. 16
    Dardanelles Derelict1949 · 294 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1949294
  17. 17
    Himalayan Assignment1952 · confirmed 2/4
    1952–
  18. 18
    Two Tickets for Tangier1955 · 285 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1955285
  19. 19
    The Gracious Lily Affair1957 · confirmed 2/4
    1957–
  20. 20
    The Multimillion-Dollar Murders1960 · confirmed 2/4
    1960–
  21. 21
    Secret Mission to Bangkok1960 · confirmed 2/4
    1960–
  22. 22
    Trouble in Burma1962 · confirmed 2/4
    1962–
  23. 23
    Maracaibo mission1965 · confirmed 2/4
    1965–
  24. 24
    The Deadly Orbit Mission1968 · 224 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1968224

Is there a chronological order for Captain North Adventure?

No separate chronological order is on record for Captain North Adventure, 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 Captain North Adventure books in order?

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

Where to start with Captain North Adventure

Start with Seeds of Murder (1930), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Captain North Adventure book?

The Deadly Orbit Mission (1968) is the newest Captain North Adventure book released so far.

Is there a new Captain North Adventure book coming?

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

Captain North Adventure at a glance

No recent titles
The newest Captain North Adventure title on record dates from 1968, 58 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
Release pace
Captain North Adventure books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
Length
1,114 pages across the 4 of 24 books with a recorded length, a median of 290 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Captain North Adventure books, 12 of 24, were published in the 1930s.

When Captain North Adventure books were published

Publication distribution by decade, showing when Captain North Adventure titles appeared. 1930s was the most productive decade with 12 titles.

1930s
12
1940s
4
1950s
3
1960s
5

24 books total across 4 decades. Decade reflects the year each title was first catalogued.

What the Captain North Adventure books are about

3 of the 24 Captain North Adventure books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: hugh north (fictitious character) is tagged on 3 of 3. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.