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Richard "Dick" Moonlight Books in Order

Richard "Dick" Moonlight by Vincent Zandri contains 12 books, published between 2009 and 2025. The first book is Moonlight Falls (2009) and the newest is Terminal Moonlight (2025). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
12
Published
2009–2025
Pages on record
812 in 3 of 12 books
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Richard "Dick" Moonlight is a Vincent Zandri thriller series and Dick Moonlight is the named character. Moonlight Falls (2009) opens the run, and a chronological reading order is also available. Moonlight Rises (2011), Blue Moonlight (2012), Moonlight Sonata (2013) and Moonlight Goes Viral (2021) are among the 12 books. Subject headings cite private investigators, Albany, New York, short-term memory, gangs, organized crime, the FBI and Italy. Terminal Moonlight (2025) is the newest title.

How many Richard "Dick" Moonlight books are there?

Richard "Dick" Moonlight has 12 books, released between 2009 and 2025.

Richard "Dick" Moonlight Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 12 Richard "Dick" Moonlight 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 Moonlight Rises by Vincent Zandri, book 2 of the Richard "Dick" Moonlight series (2011)
  2. Cover of Blue Moonlight by Vincent Zandri, book 3 of the Richard "Dick" Moonlight series (2012)
  3. Cover of Murder by Moonlight by Vincent Zandri, book 4 of the Richard "Dick" Moonlight series (2012)
  1. 1
    Moonlight Falls2009 · confirmed 2/4
    2009–
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  2. 2
    Moonlight Rises2011 · 242 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2011242
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  3. 3
    Blue Moonlight2012 · confirmed 2/4
    2012–
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  4. 4
    Murder by Moonlight2012 · 328 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2012328
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  5. 5
    Moonlight Sonata2013 · 242 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2013242
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  6. 6
    Full Moonlight2013 · confirmed 2/4
    2013–
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  7. 7
    Moonlight Weeps2014 · confirmed 2/4
    2014–
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  8. 9
    Dog Day Moonlight2016 · confirmed 2/4
    2016–
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  9. 10
    Moonlight Gets Served2017 · confirmed 2/4
    2017–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  10. 11
    Moonlight Goes Viral2021 · confirmed 2/4
    2021–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  11. 12
    Moonlight Kills2022 · confirmed 2/4
    2022–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  12. 13
    Terminal Moonlight2025 · confirmed 2/4
    2025–
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Richard "Dick" Moonlight Books in Chronological Order

In story order, Moonlight Falls comes first and Terminal Moonlight comes last. Chronological order follows the events inside the story rather than the release dates. The 12 books below run in that in-universe sequence.

  1. 1
    Moonlight Falls2009 · confirmed 2/4
    2009–
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  2. 2
    Moonlight Rises2011 · 242 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2011242
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  3. 3
    Blue Moonlight2012 · confirmed 2/4
    2012–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  4. 6
    Full Moonlight2013 · confirmed 2/4
    2013–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  5. 4
    Murder by Moonlight2012 · 328 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2012328
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  6. 5
    Moonlight Sonata2013 · 242 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2013242
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  7. 7
    Moonlight Weeps2014 · confirmed 2/4
    2014–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  8. 9
    Dog Day Moonlight2016 · confirmed 2/4
    2016–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  9. 10
    Moonlight Gets Served2017 · confirmed 2/4
    2017–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  10. 11
    Moonlight Goes Viral2021 · confirmed 2/4
    2021–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  11. 12
    Moonlight Kills2022 · confirmed 2/4
    2022–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  12. 13
    Terminal Moonlight2025 · confirmed 2/4
    2025–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK

Do you have to read Richard "Dick" Moonlight books in order?

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

Where to start with Richard "Dick" Moonlight

Start with Moonlight Falls (2009), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Richard "Dick" Moonlight book?

Terminal Moonlight (2025) is the newest Richard "Dick" Moonlight book released so far.

Is there a new Richard "Dick" Moonlight book coming?

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

Richard "Dick" Moonlight at a glance

Still running
Richard "Dick" Moonlight is still running, with a title published as recently as 2025.
Release pace
Richard "Dick" Moonlight books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
Length
812 pages across the 3 of 12 books with a recorded length, a median of 242 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Richard "Dick" Moonlight books, 8 of 12, were published in the 2010s.

What the Richard "Dick" Moonlight books are about

4 of the 12 Richard "Dick" Moonlight 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 3 of 4. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.

More books by Vincent Zandri

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

Characters in the Richard "Dick" Moonlight books

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

Other series by Vincent Zandri

Each series linked below has its own reading-order page.