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Crossword Mysteries Books in Order

Crossword Mysteries by Nero Blanc contains 12 books, published between 1999 and 2006. The first book is The Crossword Murder (1999) and the newest is Death On The Diagonal (2006). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
12
Published
1999–2006
Total pages
3,113 across 12 books
Reading time
52–78 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 3,113 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute.

See all 12 books in order Printable Crossword Mysteries checklist

The Crossword Mysteries are 12 books by Nero Blanc, published between 1999 and 2006. Subject headings name the fictional characters Rosco Polycrates and Belle Graham, and tag the books with crossword puzzles, crossword puzzle makers, private investigators, married people, Massachusetts and Nantucket Island. The Crossword Murder (1999) is the first, followed by Two Down (2000), The Crossword Connection (2001), A Crossword To Die For (2002) and A Crossworder's Holiday (2002). Death On The Diagonal (2006) is the newest title, and the series is marked likely complete.

How many Crossword Mysteries books are there?

Crossword Mysteries has 12 books, released between 1999 and 2006.

Crossword Mysteries Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 12 Crossword 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 The Crossword Murder by Nero Blanc, book 1 of the Crossword Mysteries series (1999)
  2. Cover of Two Down by Nero Blanc, book 2 of the Crossword Mysteries series (2000)
  3. Cover of The Crossword Connection by Nero Blanc, book 3 of the Crossword Mysteries series (2001)
  4. Cover of A Crossword To Die For by Nero Blanc, book 4 of the Crossword Mysteries series (2002)
  5. Cover of Corpus de Crossword by Nero Blanc, book 6 of the Crossword Mysteries series (2003)
  6. Cover of A Crossworder's Gift by Nero Blanc, book 7 of the Crossword Mysteries series (2003)
  7. Cover of Anatomy Of A Crossword by Nero Blanc, book 8 of the Crossword Mysteries series (2004)
  8. Cover of Wrapped Up In Crosswords by Nero Blanc, book 9 of the Crossword Mysteries series (2004)
  9. Cover of Another Word For Murder by Nero Blanc, book 10 of the Crossword Mysteries series (2005)
  10. Cover of Death On The Diagonal by Nero Blanc, book 12 of the Crossword Mysteries series (2006)
  1. 1
    The Crossword Murder1999 · 306 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1999306
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  2. 2
    Two Down2000 · 304 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2000304
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  3. 3
    The Crossword Connection2001 · 248 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2001248
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  4. 4
    A Crossword To Die For2002 · 293 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2002293
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  5. 5
    A Crossworder's Holiday2002 · 193 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2002193
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  6. 6
    Corpus de Crossword2003 · 320 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2003320
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  7. 7
    A Crossworder's Gift2003 · 197 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2003197
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  8. 8
    Anatomy Of A Crossword2004 · 336 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2004336
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  9. 9
    Wrapped Up In Crosswords2004 · 129 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2004129
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  10. 10
    Another Word For Murder2005 · 307 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2005307
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  11. 11
    A Crossworder's Delight2005 · 192 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2005192
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  12. 12
    Death On The Diagonal2006 · 288 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2006288
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Is there a chronological order for Crossword Mysteries?

No separate chronological order is on record for Crossword Mysteries, 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 Crossword Mysteries books in order?

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

Where to start with Crossword Mysteries

Start with The Crossword Murder (1999), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Crossword Mysteries book?

Death On The Diagonal (2006) is the newest Crossword Mysteries book released so far.

Is there a new Crossword Mysteries book coming?

No next Crossword 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.

Crossword Mysteries at a glance

No recent titles
The newest Crossword Mysteries title on record dates from 2006, 20 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
Release pace
Crossword Mysteries books have appeared more than one a year on average.
Length
3,113 pages across all 12 books with a recorded length, a median of 290 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Crossword Mysteries books, 11 of 12, were published in the 2000s.

What the Crossword Mysteries books are about

All 12 Crossword Mysteries books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: crossword puzzle makers is tagged on 10 of 12. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.

  • Crossword puzzle makers 10 of 12 books
  • Crossword puzzles 10 of 12 books
  • Mystery & detective 9 of 12 books
  • Belle Graham (Fictitious character) 8 of 12 books
  • Rosco Polycrates (Fictitious character) 8 of 12 books
  • Private investigators 5 of 12 books
  • Massachusetts 4 of 12 books
  • Polycrates, rosco (fictitious character) 3 of 12 books
  • Marriage 2 of 12 books
  • Nantucket island (mass.) 2 of 12 books

More books by Nero Blanc

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

Characters in the Crossword Mysteries books

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