Hickey Family Mystery Books in Order

Hickey Family Mystery by Ken Kuhlken contains 10 books, published between 1991 and 2018. The first book is The Loud Adios (1991) and the newest is Hickey + McGee (2018). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
10
Published
1991–2018
Pages on record
1,319 in 5 of 10 books
Reading time
22–33 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 1,319 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200300 words a minute, covering the 5 of 10 titles with a page count on record.

Hickey Family Mystery runs to 10 books by Ken Kuhlken, published between 1991 and 2018. Catalogue subjects name Tom Hickey as a fictitious character and record private investigators, crime, California and Los Angeles, the war of 1939 to 1945, missing persons, corruption investigation and music halls, filed under historical mystery and detective fiction. The Loud Adios (1991) opens the sequence and Hickey + McGee (2018) is the newest entry, with The Venus Deal (1993), The Angel Gang (1994), The Do-Re-Mi (2006) and The Biggest Liar in Los Angeles (2010) along the way.

How many Hickey Family Mystery books are there?

Hickey Family Mystery has 10 books, released between 1991 and 2018.

Hickey Family Mystery Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 10 Hickey Family 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.

  1. 1
    The Loud Adios1991 · confirmed 1/4
    1991
  2. 2
    The Venus Deal1993 · confirmed 1/4
    1993
  3. 3
    The Angel Gang1994 · confirmed 1/4
    1994
  4. 4
    The Do-Re-Mi2006 · 228 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2006228
  5. 5
    The Vagabond Virgins2008 · 234 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2008234
  6. 6
    The Biggest Liar in Los Angeles2010 · 250 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2010250
  7. 7
    The Good Know Nothing2014 · 277 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2014277
  8. 8
    The Answer to Everything2018 · confirmed 1/4
    2018
  9. 9
    The Very Least2018 · 330 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2018330
  10. 10
    Hickey + McGee2018 · confirmed 1/4
    2018

Is there a chronological order for Hickey Family Mystery?

No separate chronological order is on record for Hickey Family 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 Hickey Family Mystery books in order?

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

Where to start with Hickey Family Mystery

Start with The Loud Adios (1991), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Hickey Family Mystery book?

Hickey + McGee (2018) is the newest Hickey Family Mystery book released so far.

Is there a new Hickey Family Mystery book coming?

No next Hickey Family 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.

Hickey Family Mystery at a glance

No recent titles
The newest Hickey Family Mystery title on record dates from 2018, 8 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
Release pace
Hickey Family Mystery books have appeared about one every 3 years on average.
Length
1,319 pages across the 5 of 10 books with a recorded length, a median of 250 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Hickey Family Mystery books, 5 of 10, were published in the 2010s.

What the Hickey Family Mystery books are about

7 of the 10 Hickey Family Mystery books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: california is tagged on 3 of 7. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.

More books by Ken Kuhlken

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