How many books has David Housewright written?

David Housewright has written 191 books across 6 series. Their published works span from 1995 to 2026.

What is the first book in each David Housewright series?

Here are the first books in David Housewright's series: Akashic Noir: San Francisco Noir; Anthologies: Resort to Murder; Grifter's Song: Come the Apocalypse(By: Frank Zafiro); Holland Taylor: Penance; Mac McKenzie: A Hard Ticket Home.

What order should I read David Housewright's books?

We recommend reading David Housewright's series in publication order. Each series can be read independently.

Is David Housewright still writing new books?

Yes, David Housewright has 4 ongoing series: Akashic Noir, Grifter's Song, Holland Taylor, Mac McKenzie.

David Housewright Reading Order

6 series · 191 books · Born 1955

Mystery & Thriller

David Housewright is a Minnesota-based crime writer whose detective novels, particularly the Holland Taylor and Rushmore McKenzie series, have established him as a leading voice in Midwest noir fiction. An Edgar Award winner and former president of the Private Eye Writers of America, Housewright brings authenticity and regional depth to his mysteries, earning multiple Minnesota Book Awards throughout his prolific career spanning three decades. His work combines hard-boiled investigative fiction with a deep knowledge of the Twin Cities landscape and culture.

Akashic Noir Series

Ongoing

121 books (2002–2025)

Start with San Francisco Noir, the first of 121 books in the Akashic Noir series.

Start this series with San Francisco Noir

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#	Title
1	San Francisco Noir 2002Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Bronx Noir 2003Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	Seattle Noir 2003Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	Brooklyn Noir 2004Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
5	Hasidic Noir 2004Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
6	Brooklyn Noir 2 2005Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
7	Chicago Noir 2005Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
8	Dublin Noir 2005Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
9	Baltimore Noir 2006Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
10	D.C. Noir 2006Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
11	London Noir 2006Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
12	Manhattan Noir 2006Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
13	Miami Noir 2006Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
14	Twin Cities Noir 2006Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
15	Detroit Noir 2007Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
16	Havana Noir 2007Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
17	Los Angeles Noir 2007Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
18	New Orleans Noir 2007Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
19	Wall Street Noir 2007Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
20	Brooklyn Noir 3: Nothing But the Truth 2008Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
21	D.C. Noir 2 2008Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
22	Istanbul Noir 2008Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
23	Las Vegas Noir 2008Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
24	Manhattan Noir 2 2008Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
25	Paris Noir 2008Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
26	Queens Noir 2008Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
27	Toronto Noir 2008Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
28	Trinidad Noir 2008Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
29	Boston Noir 2009Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
30	Delhi Noir 2009Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
31	Phoenix Noir 2009Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
32	Portland Noir 2009Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
33	Rome Noir 2009Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
34	San Francisco Noir 2 2009Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
35	Copenhagen Noir 2010Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
36	Haiti Noir 2010Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
37	Indian Country Noir 2010Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
38	Lone Star Noir 2010Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
39	Los Angeles Noir 2 2010Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
40	Mexico City Noir 2010Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
41	Moscow Noir 2010Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
42	Orange County Noir 2010Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
43	Philadelphia Noir 2010Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
44	Richmond Noir 2010Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
45	Barcelona Noir 2011Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
46	Cape Cod Noir 2011Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
47	New Jersey Noir 2011Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
48	Pittsburgh Noir 2011Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
49	San Diego Noir 2011Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
50	Boston Noir 2 2012Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
51	Kansas City Noir 2012Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
52	Kingston Noir 2012Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
53	Long Island Noir 2012Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
54	Mumbai Noir 2012Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
55	St. Petersburg Noir 2012Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
56	Staten Island Noir 2012Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
57	Venice Noir 2012Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
58	Buffalo Noir 2013Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
59	Dallas Noir 2013Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
60	Haiti Noir 2 2013Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
61	Manila Noir 2013Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
62	USA Noir 2013Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
63	Belfast Noir 2014Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
64	Helsinki Noir 2014Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
65	Prison Noir 2014Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
66	Rio Noir 2014Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
67	Singapore Noir 2014Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
68	Tehran Noir 2014Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
69	Tel Aviv Noir 2014Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
70	Beirut Noir 2015Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
71	Chicago Noir: The Classics 2015Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
72	Marseille Noir 2015Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
73	Memphis Noir 2015Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
74	Providence Noir 2015Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
75	Zagreb Noir 2015Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
76	Brussels Noir 2016Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
77	Mississippi Noir 2016Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
78	New Orleans Noir: The Classics 2016Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
79	Prague Noir 2016Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
80	San Juan Noir 2016Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
81	St. Louis Noir 2016Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
82	Stockholm Noir 2016Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
83	Atlanta Noir 2017Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
84	Buenos Aires Noir 2017Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
85	Montana Noir 2017Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
86	Montreal Noir 2017Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
87	New Haven Noir 2017Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
88	Oakland Noir 2017Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
89	Trinidad Noir: The Classics 2017Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
90	Baghdad Noir 2018Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
91	Berlin Noir 2018Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
92	Hong Kong Noir 2018Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
93	Lagos Noir 2018Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
94	Marrakech Noir 2018Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
95	Santa Cruz Noir 2018Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
96	Sydney Noir 2018Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
97	São Paulo Noir 2018Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
98	Vancouver Noir 2018Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
99	Amsterdam Noir 2019Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
100	Houston Noir 2019Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
101	Milwaukee Noir 2019Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
102	Accra Noir 2020Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
103	Addis Ababa Noir 2020Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
104	Alabama Noir 2020Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
105	Belgrade Noir 2020Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
106	Berkeley Noir 2020Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
107	Columbus Noir 2020Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
108	Miami Noir: The Classics 2020Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
109	Nairobi Noir 2020Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
110	Santa Fe Noir 2020Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
111	Tampa Bay Noir 2020Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
112	Palm Springs Noir 2021Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
113	Denver Noir 2022Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
114	Paris Noir: The Suburbs 2022Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
115	South Central Noir 2022Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
116	Cleveland Noir 2023Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
117	East Jerusalem Noir 2023Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
118	West Jerusalem Noir 2023Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
119	Honolulu Noir 2024Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
120	Hamburg Noir 2025Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
121	Sacramento Noir 2025Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

Anthologies Series

Complete

5 books (2007–2014)

Start with Resort to Murder, the first of 4 books in the Anthologies series.

Start this series with Resort to Murder

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#	Title
1	Resort to Murder 2007Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Once Upon a Crime: An Anthology of Murder, Mayhem and Suspense 2009Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	Deadly Treats 2011Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	Writes of Spring 2012Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
5	Down, Out and Dead 2014Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

Grifter's Song Series

Ongoing

34 books (2019–2026)

Start with Come the Apocalypse(By: Frank Zafiro), the first of 34 books in the Grifter's Song series.

Start this series with Come the Apocalypse(By: Frank Zafiro)

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#	Title
1	Come the Apocalypse(By: Frank Zafiro) 2019Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Losing Streak(By: Jim Wilsky) 2019Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	Lost in Middle America(By: Colin Conway) 2019Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	People Like Us(By: J.D. Rhoades) 2019Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
5	The Concrete Smile(By: Frank Zafiro) 2019Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
6	The Movie Makers(By: Gary Phillips) 2019Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
7	The Whale(By: Lawrence Kelter) 2019Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
8	Down Comes the Night(By: Frank Zafiro) 2020Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
9	Gone Dead on You(By: Eryk Pruitt) 2020Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
10	Still Life with Suitcase(By: Scott Eubanks) 2020Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
11	The Money Block(By: Holly West) 2020Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
12	The Sound of Breaking Bones(By: Eric Beetner) 2020Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
13	Upgrade(By: Asa Maria Bradley) 2020Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
14	Dracula Wine 2021Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
15	Open Up Your Heart(By: Carmen Jaramillo) 2021Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
16	Ride Like Hell(By: S.A. Cosby) 2021Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
17	Rocky Mountain Lie(By: Michael Pool) 2021Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
18	The Alpha Whisperer(By: Frank Zafiro) 2021Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
19	The Down and Out(By: Lawrence Maddox) 2021Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
20	The Reckoner(By: Frank Zafiro) 2021Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
21	The Rule of Thirds(By: Matt Phillips) 2021Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
22	Travel Money(By: Jonathan J. Brown) 2021Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
23	Concrete and Cocaine(By: Vincent Zandri) 2022Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
24	Dangerous to Know(By: Hilary Davidson) 2022Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
25	Diamond Dogs(By: Gabriel Valjan) 2022Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
26	Dusty and Bent(By: Trey R. Barker) 2022Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
27	The Low White Plain(By: Paul J. Garth) 2022Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
28	Good For It(By: T.G. Wolff) 2023Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
29	Into the Dying Sun(By: Frank Zafiro) 2023Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
30	Madam Tomahawk(By: Nick Kolakowski) 2023Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
31	Outfoxed(By: Jeffery Hess) 2023Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
32	Somewhere Outside Salvation(By: James D.F. Hannah) 2023Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
33	Ghost Image(By: Kat Richardson) 2026Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
34	Stealing Paradise(By: Curtis Ippolito) 2026Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

Holland Taylor Series

Ongoing

6 books (1995–2025)

Start with Penance, the first of 6 books in the Holland Taylor series.

Start this series with Penance

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#	Title
1	Penance 1995Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Practice to Deceive 1997Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	Dearly Departed 1999Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	Darkness, Sing Me a Song 2018Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
5	First, Kill the Lawyers 2019Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
6	Girl in a Dumpster 2025Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

Mac McKenzie Series

Ongoing

23 books (2004–2026)

Start with A Hard Ticket Home, the first of 22 books in the Mac McKenzie series.

Start this series with A Hard Ticket Home

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#	Title
1	A Hard Ticket Home 2004Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Tin City 2005Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	Pretty Girl Gone 2006Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	Dead Boyfriends 2007Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
5	Madman on a Drum 2008Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
6	Jelly's Gold 2009Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
7	The Taking of Libbie, SD 2010Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
8	Highway 61 2011Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
9	Curse of the Jade Lily 2012Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
10	The Last Kind Word 2013Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
11	The Devil May Care 2014Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
12	Unidentified Woman #15 2015Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
13	Stealing the Countess 2016Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
14	What the Dead Leave Behind 2017Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
15	Like to Die 2018Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
16	Dead Man's Mistress 2019Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
17	From the Grave 2020Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
18	What Doesn't Kill Us 2021Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
19	Something Wicked 2022Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
20	In a Hard Wind 2023Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
21	Man in the Water 2024Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
22	Them Bones 2025Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
23	Fear the Reaper 2026Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

Standalone Novels Series

Complete

2 books (2012–2012)

Start with Finders Keepers and read in order.

Start this series with Finders Keepers

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#	Title
1	Finders Keepers 2012Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	The Devil and the Diva 2012Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

Frequently Asked Questions

How many books has David Housewright written?: David Housewright has written 191 books across 6 series. Their published works span from 1995 to 2026.
What is the first book in each David Housewright series?: Here are the first books in David Housewright's series: Akashic Noir: San Francisco Noir; Anthologies: Resort to Murder; Grifter's Song: Come the Apocalypse(By: Frank Zafiro); Holland Taylor: Penance; Mac McKenzie: A Hard Ticket Home.
What order should I read David Housewright's books?: We recommend reading David Housewright's series in publication order. Each series can be read independently.
Is David Housewright still writing new books?: Yes, David Housewright has 4 ongoing series: Akashic Noir, Grifter's Song, Holland Taylor, Mac McKenzie.

David Housewright Reading Order

Akashic Noir Series

Anthologies Series

Grifter's Song Series

Holland Taylor Series

Mac McKenzie Series

Standalone Novels Series

Frequently Asked Questions

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