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Monkeewrench Books in Order

Monkeewrench by P.J. Tracy contains 11 books, published between 2003 and 2025. The first book is Monkeewrench / Want to Play? (2003) and the newest is The Deepest Cut (2025). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
11
Published
2003–2025
Confirmed
11 of 11 titles
Pages on record
2,738 in 8 of 11 books
Reading time
46–68 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 2,738 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 8 of 11 titles with a page count on record.

See all 11 books in order Printable Monkeewrench checklist

Monkeewrench is a crime series by P.J. Tracy, named for the software company at its centre. In the 2003 opening book, Grace McBride and her colleagues build a computer game in which the killer is always caught, and then a real killer starts copying the murders in it. Minneapolis police work, serial killings and computer scientists carry through the 11 books, which run from 2003 to The Deepest Cut in 2025.

How many Monkeewrench books are there?

Monkeewrench has 11 books, released between 2003 and 2025.

Monkeewrench Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 11 Monkeewrench 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 Live Bait by P.J. Tracy, book 2 of the Monkeewrench series (2004)
  2. Cover of Dead Run by P.J. Tracy, book 3 of the Monkeewrench series (2005)
  3. Cover of Snow Blind by P.J. Tracy, book 4 of the Monkeewrench series (2006)
  4. Cover of Shoot to Thrill / Play to Kill by P.J. Tracy, book 5 of the Monkeewrench series (2010)
  5. Cover of The Sixth Idea / Cold Kill by P.J. Tracy, book 7 of the Monkeewrench series (2016)
  1. 1
    Monkeewrench / Want to Play?2003 · 421 pages · confirmed 4/4
    2003421
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  2. 2
    Live Bait2004 · 394 pages · confirmed 4/4
    2004394
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  3. 3
    Dead Run2005 · 368 pages · confirmed 4/4
    2005368
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  4. 4
    Snow Blind2006 · 311 pages · confirmed 4/4
    2006311
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  5. 5
    Shoot to Thrill / Play to Kill2010 · confirmed 4/4
    2010–
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  6. 6
    Off the Grid / Two Evils2012 · 305 pages · confirmed 4/4
    2012305
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  7. 7
    The Sixth Idea / Cold Kill2016 · 306 pages · confirmed 4/4
    2016306
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  8. 8
    Nothing Stays Buried2017 · 308 pages · confirmed 4/4
    2017308
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  9. 9
    The Guilty Dead2018 · 325 pages · confirmed 4/4
    2018325
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  10. 10
    Ice Cold Heart2019 · confirmed 4/4
    2019–
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  11. 11
    The Deepest Cut2025 · confirmed 4/4
    2025–
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Is there a chronological order for Monkeewrench?

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

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

Where to start with Monkeewrench

Start with Monkeewrench / Want to Play? (2003), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Monkeewrench book?

The Deepest Cut (2025) is the newest Monkeewrench book released so far.

Is there a new Monkeewrench book coming?

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

Monkeewrench at a glance

Still running
Monkeewrench is still running, with a title published as recently as 2025.
Release pace
Monkeewrench books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
Length
2,738 pages across the 8 of 11 books with a recorded length, a median of 318 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Monkeewrench books, 6 of 11, were published in the 2010s.
Corroboration
11 of the 11 titles appear in all four independent book listings.

What the Monkeewrench books are about

9 of the 11 Monkeewrench books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: police is tagged on 8 of 9. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.

More books by P.J. Tracy

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