Sheriff Milt Kovak Books in Order
Sheriff Milt Kovak by Susan Rogers Cooper contains 14 books, published between 1988 and 2017. The first book is The Man In the Green Chevy (1988) and the newest is Best Served Cold (2017). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 14
- Published
- 1988–2017
- Pages on record
- 1,708 in 8 of 14 books
- Reading time
- 28–43 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 1,708 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 8 of 14 titles with a page count on record.
Susan Rogers Cooper wrote Sheriff Milt Kovak, a police procedural series of 14 books spanning 1988 to 2017. The Man In the Green Chevy (1988) is the first book and Best Served Cold (2017) the most recent. The run includes Other People's Houses, Dead Moon on the Rise, Doctors and Lawyers and Such and Shotgun Wedding. Subject tags name Milton Kovak as a fictitious character and set the stories in Prophesy County, an imaginary Oklahoma county.
How many Sheriff Milt Kovak books are there?
Sheriff Milt Kovak has 14 books, released between 1988 and 2017.
Sheriff Milt Kovak Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 14 Sheriff Milt Kovak 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.
- 1The Man In the Green Chevy1988 · confirmed 2/41988–2/4
- 2Houston In The Rearview Mirror1990 · confirmed 2/41990–2/4
- 3Other People's Houses1990 · confirmed 2/41990–2/4
- 4Chasing Away the Devil1991 · 183 pages · confirmed 2/419911832/4
- 5Dead Moon on the Rise1994 · 199 pages · confirmed 2/419941992/4
- 6Doctors and Lawyers and Such1995 · 232 pages · confirmed 2/419952322/4
- 7Lying Wonders2003 · 250 pages · confirmed 2/420032502/4
- 8Vegas Nerve2007 · 246 pages · confirmed 2/420072462/4
- 9Shotgun Wedding2009 · confirmed 2/42009–2/4
- 10Rude Awakening2009 · 208 pages · confirmed 2/420092082/4
- 11Husband and Wives2012 · confirmed 2/42012–2/4
- 12Dark Waters2013 · confirmed 2/42013–2/4
- 13Countdown2014 · 202 pages · confirmed 2/420142022/4
- 14Best Served Cold2017 · 188 pages · confirmed 2/420171882/4
Is there a chronological order for Sheriff Milt Kovak?
No separate chronological order is on record for Sheriff Milt Kovak, 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 Sheriff Milt Kovak books in order?
You should read the Sheriff Milt Kovak books in publication order, the order of the numbered table above. The catalogue does not record whether each Sheriff Milt Kovak book also stands alone.
Where to start with Sheriff Milt Kovak
Start with The Man In the Green Chevy (1988), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Sheriff Milt Kovak book?
Best Served Cold (2017) is the newest Sheriff Milt Kovak book released so far.
Is there a new Sheriff Milt Kovak book coming?
No next Sheriff Milt Kovak book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Sheriff Milt Kovak at a glance
- No recent titles
- The newest Sheriff Milt Kovak title on record dates from 2017, 9 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
- Release pace
- Sheriff Milt Kovak books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
- Length
- 1,708 pages across the 8 of 14 books with a recorded length, a median of 205 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Sheriff Milt Kovak books, 5 of 14, were published in the 1990s.
What the Sheriff Milt Kovak books are about
10 of the 14 Sheriff Milt Kovak books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: kovak, milton (fictitious character) is tagged on 9 of 10. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Kovak, milton (fictitious character) 9 of 10 books
- Sheriffs 9 of 10 books
- Milton Kovak (Fictitious character) 8 of 10 books
- Oklahoma 8 of 10 books
- Mystery & detective 6 of 10 books
- Prophesy county (okla. : imaginary place) 4 of 10 books
- Mystery & detective, police procedural 3 of 10 books
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The author page linked below lists every book in publication order.
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The character linked below has its own reading-order page.
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