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Gregor Demarkian Books in Order

Gregor Demarkian by Jane Haddam contains 30 books, published between 1990 and 2020. The first book is Not a Creature was Stirring (1990) and the newest is One of Our Own (2020). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
30
Published
1990–2020
Pages on record
7,839 in 22 of 30 books
Reading time
131–196 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 7,839 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 22 of 30 titles with a page count on record.

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Gregor Demarkian is Jane Haddam's mystery series, built on an Armenian American investigator living in Philadelphia. Thirty books run from Not a Creature was Stirring (1990) to One of Our Own (2020), many titled for a feast or a holiday, Precious Blood, Feast of Murder, A Stillness in Bethlehem, Festival of Deaths. Bennis Hannaford, a writer, recurs alongside Demarkian. Median length is 352 pages.

How many Gregor Demarkian books are there?

Gregor Demarkian has 30 books, released between 1990 and 2020.

Gregor Demarkian Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 30 Gregor Demarkian 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 Not a Creature was Stirring by Jane Haddam, book 1 of the Gregor Demarkian series (1990)
  2. Cover of Act of Darkness by Jane Haddam, book 3 of the Gregor Demarkian series (1991)
  3. Cover of Quoth the Raven by Jane Haddam, book 4 of the Gregor Demarkian series (1991)
  4. Cover of A Great Day for the Deadly by Jane Haddam, book 5 of the Gregor Demarkian series (1992)
  5. Cover of A Stillness in Bethlehem by Jane Haddam, book 7 of the Gregor Demarkian series (1992)
  6. Cover of Murder Superior by Jane Haddam, book 8 of the Gregor Demarkian series (1993)
  7. Cover of Festival of Deaths by Jane Haddam, book 10 of the Gregor Demarkian series (1994)
  8. Cover of Bleeding Hearts by Jane Haddam, book 11 of the Gregor Demarkian series (1994)
  9. Cover of Fountain of Death by Jane Haddam, book 12 of the Gregor Demarkian series (1995)
  10. Cover of And One to Die On by Jane Haddam, book 13 of the Gregor Demarkian series (1996)
  11. Cover of Baptism in Blood by Jane Haddam, book 14 of the Gregor Demarkian series (1996)
  12. Cover of Deadly Beloved by Jane Haddam, book 15 of the Gregor Demarkian series (1997)
  13. Cover of Skeleton Key by Jane Haddam, book 16 of the Gregor Demarkian series (2000)
  14. Cover of True Believers by Jane Haddam, book 17 of the Gregor Demarkian series (2001)
  15. Cover of Somebody Else's Music by Jane Haddam, book 18 of the Gregor Demarkian series (2002)
  16. Cover of Conspiracy Theory by Jane Haddam, book 19 of the Gregor Demarkian series (2003)
  17. Cover of The Headmaster's Wife by Jane Haddam, book 20 of the Gregor Demarkian series (2005)
  18. Cover of Hardscrabble Road by Jane Haddam, book 21 of the Gregor Demarkian series (2006)
  19. Cover of Glass Houses by Jane Haddam, book 22 of the Gregor Demarkian series (2007)
  20. Cover of Cheating at Solitaire by Jane Haddam, book 23 of the Gregor Demarkian series (2008)
  21. Cover of Living Witness by Jane Haddam, book 24 of the Gregor Demarkian series (2009)
  22. Cover of Wanting Sheila Dead by Jane Haddam, book 25 of the Gregor Demarkian series (2010)
  23. Cover of Flowering Judas by Jane Haddam, book 26 of the Gregor Demarkian series (2011)
  24. Cover of Blood in the Water by Jane Haddam, book 27 of the Gregor Demarkian series (2012)
  1. 1
    Not a Creature was Stirring1990 · 320 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1990320
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  2. 2
    Precious Blood1991 · 312 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1991312
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  3. 3
    Act of Darkness1991 · 262 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1991262
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  4. 4
    Quoth the Raven1991 · confirmed 2/4
    1991–
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  5. 5
    A Great Day for the Deadly1992 · confirmed 2/4
    1992–
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  6. 6
    Feast of Murder1992 · 306 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1992306
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  7. 7
    A Stillness in Bethlehem1992 · 368 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1992368
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  8. 8
    Murder Superior1993 · confirmed 2/4
    1993–
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  9. 9
    Dear Old Dead1994 · confirmed 2/4
    1994–
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  10. 10
    Festival of Deaths1994 · 371 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1994371
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  11. 11
    Bleeding Hearts1994 · confirmed 2/4
    1994–
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  12. 12
    Fountain of Death1995 · 352 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1995352
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  13. 13
    And One to Die On1996 · 272 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1996272
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  14. 14
    Baptism in Blood1996 · 371 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1996371
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  15. 15
    Deadly Beloved1997 · confirmed 2/4
    1997–
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  16. 16
    Skeleton Key2000 · 352 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2000352
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  17. 17
    True Believers2001 · 432 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2001432
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  18. 18
    Somebody Else's Music2002 · 496 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2002496
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  19. 19
    Conspiracy Theory2003 · 418 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2003418
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  20. 20
    The Headmaster's Wife2005 · 480 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2005480
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  21. 21
    Hardscrabble Road2006 · 432 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2006432
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  22. 22
    Glass Houses2007 · 293 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2007293
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  23. 23
    Cheating at Solitaire2008 · 384 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2008384
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  24. 24
    Living Witness2009 · 391 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2009391
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  25. 25
    Wanting Sheila Dead2010 · 340 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2010340
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  26. 26
    Flowering Judas2011 · confirmed 2/4
    2011–
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  27. 27
    Blood in the Water2012 · confirmed 2/4
    2012–
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  28. 28
    Hearts of Sand2013 · 304 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2013304
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  29. 29
    Fighting Chance2014 · 311 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2014311
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  30. 30
    One of Our Own2020 · 272 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2020272
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Is there a chronological order for Gregor Demarkian?

No separate chronological order is on record for Gregor Demarkian, 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 Gregor Demarkian books in order?

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

Where to start with Gregor Demarkian

Start with Not a Creature was Stirring (1990), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Gregor Demarkian book?

One of Our Own (2020) is the newest Gregor Demarkian book released so far.

Is there a new Gregor Demarkian book coming?

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

Gregor Demarkian at a glance

No recent titles
The newest Gregor Demarkian title on record dates from 2020, 6 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
Release pace
Gregor Demarkian books have appeared about one a year on average.
Length
7,839 pages across the 22 of 30 books with a recorded length, a median of 352 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Gregor Demarkian books, 15 of 30, were published in the 1990s.

What the Gregor Demarkian books are about

29 of the 30 Gregor Demarkian books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: demarkian, gregor (fictitious character) is tagged on 20 of 29. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.

More books by Jane Haddam

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