Tom Mason and Scott Carpenter Books in Order
Tom Mason and Scott Carpenter by Mark Richard Zubro contains 14 books, published between 1988 and 2014. The first book is A Simple Suburban Murder (1988) and the newest is A Conspiracy of Fear (2014). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 14
- Published
- 1988–2014
- Pages on record
- 3,053 in 13 of 14 books
- Reading time
- 51–76 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 3,053 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 13 of 14 titles with a page count on record.
Mark Richard Zubro's Tom Mason and Scott Carpenter mysteries number 14 books, from A Simple Suburban Murder (1988) to A Conspiracy of Fear (2014). Subject headings identify Tom Mason and Scott Carpenter as fictitious characters and include gay men, gay teachers, high school teachers and baseball players. Why Isn't Becky Twitchell Dead? (1990), Rust on the Razor (1996) and One Dead Drag Queen (2000) are part of the run.
How many Tom Mason and Scott Carpenter books are there?
Tom Mason and Scott Carpenter has 14 books, released between 1988 and 2014.
Tom Mason and Scott Carpenter Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 14 Tom Mason and Scott Carpenter 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.
- 1A Simple Suburban Murder1988 · 224 pages · confirmed 1/419882241/4
- 2Why Isn't Becky Twitchell Dead?1990 · 189 pages · confirmed 1/419901891/4
- 3The Only Good Priest1991 · 192 pages · confirmed 1/419911921/4
- 4The Principal Cause of Death1992 · 182 pages · confirmed 1/419921821/4
- 5An Echo of Death1994 · 194 pages · confirmed 1/419941941/4
- 6Rust on the Razor1996 · 224 pages · confirmed 1/419962241/4
- 7Are You Nuts?1998 · 243 pages · confirmed 1/419982431/4
- 8One Dead Drag Queen2000 · 246 pages · confirmed 1/420002461/4
- 9Here Comes the Corpse2002 · 273 pages · confirmed 1/420022731/4
- 10File Under Dead2004 · 264 pages · confirmed 1/420042641/4
- 11Everyone's Dead But Us2006 · 277 pages · confirmed 1/420062771/4
- 12Schooled in Murder2008 · 294 pages · confirmed 1/420082941/4
- 13Another Dead Republican2012 · confirmed 1/42012–1/4
- 14A Conspiracy of Fear2014 · 251 pages · confirmed 1/420142511/4
Is there a chronological order for Tom Mason and Scott Carpenter?
No separate chronological order is on record for Tom Mason and Scott Carpenter, 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 Tom Mason and Scott Carpenter books in order?
You should read the Tom Mason and Scott Carpenter books in publication order, the order of the numbered table above. The catalogue does not record whether each Tom Mason and Scott Carpenter book also stands alone.
Where to start with Tom Mason and Scott Carpenter
Start with A Simple Suburban Murder (1988), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Tom Mason and Scott Carpenter book?
A Conspiracy of Fear (2014) is the newest Tom Mason and Scott Carpenter book released so far.
Is there a new Tom Mason and Scott Carpenter book coming?
No next Tom Mason and Scott Carpenter book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Tom Mason and Scott Carpenter at a glance
- No recent titles
- The newest Tom Mason and Scott Carpenter title on record dates from 2014, 12 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
- Release pace
- Tom Mason and Scott Carpenter books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
- Length
- 3,053 pages across the 13 of 14 books with a recorded length, a median of 243 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Tom Mason and Scott Carpenter books, 6 of 14, were published in the 1990s.
What the Tom Mason and Scott Carpenter books are about
All 14 Tom Mason and Scott Carpenter books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: scott carpenter (fictitious character) is tagged on 13 of 14. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Scott Carpenter (Fictitious character) 13 of 14 books
- Tom Mason (Fictitious character) 13 of 14 books
- Gay men 12 of 14 books
- Baseball players 10 of 14 books
- High school teachers 10 of 14 books
- Carpenter, scott (fictitious character) 7 of 14 books
- Mystery & detective 5 of 14 books
- Mason, tom (fictitious character) 3 of 14 books
- Gay teachers 2 of 14 books
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