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Leo Waterman Books in Order

Leo Waterman by G.M. Ford contains 12 books, published between 1995 and 2019. The first book is Who In Hell Is Wanda Fuca? (1995) and the newest is Heavy on the Dead (2019). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
12
Published
1995–2019
Pages on record
3,026 in 11 of 12 books
Reading time
50–76 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 3,026 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 11 of 12 titles with a page count on record.

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Leo Waterman is a private investigator working Seattle in G.M. Ford's hard-boiled mysteries. The series opens with Who In Hell Is Wanda Fuca? (1995), runs to The Deader The Better (2000), then resumes after a gap with Thicker than Water (2012) and continues to Heavy on the Dead (2019). Twelve books are catalogued, set in Seattle and elsewhere in Washington state, with a median length of 260 pages.

How many Leo Waterman books are there?

Leo Waterman has 12 books, released between 1995 and 2019.

Leo Waterman Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 12 Leo Waterman 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 Who In Hell Is Wanda Fuca? by G.M. Ford, book 1 of the Leo Waterman series (1995)
  2. Cover of Cast In Stone by G.M. Ford, book 2 of the Leo Waterman series (1996)
  3. Cover of The Bum's Rush by G.M. Ford, book 3 of the Leo Waterman series (1997)
  4. Cover of The Deader The Better by G.M. Ford, book 6 of the Leo Waterman series (2000)
  5. Cover of Thicker than Water by G.M. Ford, book 7 of the Leo Waterman series (2012)
  6. Cover of Chump Change by G.M. Ford, book 8 of the Leo Waterman series (2014)
  7. Cover of Salvation Lake by G.M. Ford, book 9 of the Leo Waterman series (2016)
  8. Cover of Family Values by G.M. Ford, book 10 of the Leo Waterman series (2017)
  1. 1
    Who In Hell Is Wanda Fuca?1995 · confirmed 2/4
    1995–
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  2. 2
    Cast In Stone1996 · 304 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1996304
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  3. 3
    The Bum's Rush1997 · 320 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1997320
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  4. 4
    Slow Burn1998 · 324 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1998324
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  5. 5
    Last Ditch1999 · 280 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1999280
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  6. 6
    The Deader The Better2000 · 352 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2000352
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  7. 7
    Thicker than Water2012 · 260 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2012260
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  8. 8
    Chump Change2014 · 244 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2014244
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  9. 9
    Salvation Lake2016 · 224 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2016224
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  10. 10
    Family Values2017 · 240 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2017240
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  11. 11
    Soul Survivor2018 · 224 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2018224
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  12. 12
    Heavy on the Dead2019 · 254 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2019254
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Is there a chronological order for Leo Waterman?

No separate chronological order is on record for Leo Waterman, 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 Leo Waterman books in order?

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

Where to start with Leo Waterman

Start with Who In Hell Is Wanda Fuca? (1995), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Leo Waterman book?

Heavy on the Dead (2019) is the newest Leo Waterman book released so far.

Is there a new Leo Waterman book coming?

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

Leo Waterman at a glance

No recent titles
The newest Leo Waterman title on record dates from 2019, 7 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
Release pace
Leo Waterman books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
Length
3,026 pages across the 11 of 12 books with a recorded length, a median of 260 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Leo Waterman books, 6 of 12, were published in the 2010s.

What the Leo Waterman books are about

11 of the 12 Leo Waterman 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 10 of 11. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.

More books by G.M. Ford

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

Characters in the Leo Waterman books

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