Susan Dunlap Reading Order

121 books (2002–2025)

The Akashic Noir series comprises 121 mystery and thriller anthologies published from 2002 to 2025, with new volumes continuing to release. Each book features noir stories set in a specific city or region, beginning with San Francisco Noir and expanding to locations worldwide including Brooklyn, Chicago, Dublin, London, and Miami. The series should be read in publication order, as it has grown into an extensive ongoing collection. These standalone story collections showcase noir fiction across diverse urban and geographic settings.

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

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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

9 books (1990–2001)

This complete anthology series edited by Susan Dunlap spans nine volumes published between 1990 and 2001, featuring mystery and thriller stories from various authors. Read in publication order, beginning with Sisters in Crime 2 and concluding with Malice Domestic 10. The collection includes themed anthologies focused on female sleuths, partnerships in crime fiction, and holiday-themed mysteries, making it ideal for readers seeking diverse short mystery fiction from that era.

Start with Sisters in Crime 2, the first of 9 books in the Anthologies series.

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1	Sisters in Crime 2 1990Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Deadly Allies 1992Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	Female Sleuths 1993Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	Great Mystery Series: Top Female Sleuths 1993Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
5	Deadly Allies II 1994Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
6	Partners in Crime 1994Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
7	More Malice Domestic 1997Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
8	Mom, Apple Pie and Murder 1999Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
9	Malice Domestic 10 2001Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

7 books (2006–2016)

Susan Dunlap's Darcy Lott mystery series comprises seven books published between 2006 and 2016, now complete. Follow the detective through her cases in publication order, beginning with A Single Eye and concluding with Out of Nowhere. The series also includes Hungry Ghosts, Civil Twilight, Power Slide, No Footprints, and Switchback.

Start with A Single Eye, the first of 7 books in the Darcy Lott series.

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1	A Single Eye 2006Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Hungry Ghosts 2008Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	Civil Twilight 2009Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	Power Slide 2010Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
5	No Footprints 2012Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
6	Switchback 2015Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
7	Out of Nowhere 2016Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

10 books (1981–1997)

The Jill Smith series comprises ten mystery novels by Susan Dunlap, published between 1981 and 1997. The complete series follows publication order, beginning with Karma and concluding with Cop Out. This finished collection features a protagonist navigating cases across the span of nearly two decades in detective fiction.

Start with Karma, the first of 10 books in the Jill Smith series.

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1	Karma 1981Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	As a Favor 1984Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	Not Exactly a Brahmin 1985Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	A Dinner to Die For 1987Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
5	Too Close to the Edge 1987Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
6	Diamond in the Buff 1990Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
7	Death and Taxes 1992Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
8	Time Expired 1993Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
9	Sudden Exposure 1996Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
10	Cop Out 1997Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

4 books (1989–1998)

Susan Dunlap's Kiernan O'Shaughnessy series consists of four mystery novels published between 1989 and 1998. The complete series should be read in publication order, beginning with Pious Deception and continuing through Rogue Wave, High Fall, and concluding with No Immunity. This finished series follows the investigations of its titular protagonist across nearly a decade of mysteries and thrillers.

Start with Pious Deception, the first of 4 books in the Kiernan O'Shaughnessy series.

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1	Pious Deception 1989Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Rogue Wave 1991Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	High Fall 1994Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	No Immunity 1998Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

4 books (1989–2001)

This complete collection of mystery and thriller short stories and novellas by Susan Dunlap comprises four volumes published between 1989 and 2001. The series should be read in publication order, beginning with No Safety and continuing through Checkout, A Contest Fit for a Queen, and concluding with The Celestial Buffet. Each installment features Dunlap's standalone tales that showcase the author's skill within the short fiction format.

Start with No Safety, the first of 4 books in the Short Stories/Novellas series.

#	Title
1	No Safety 1989Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Checkout 1993Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	A Contest Fit for a Queen 1995Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	The Celestial Buffet 2001Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

3 books (1995–2014)

Susan Dunlap's three mystery short story collections span nearly two decades, beginning with No Safety and Other Short Stories in 1995 and concluding with Karma and Other Stories in 2014. Each collection stands alone, but reading them in publication order allows you to experience how Dunlap's craft evolved across the series. The complete collection includes No Safety and Other Short Stories, The Celestial Buffet and Other Morsels of Murder, and Karma and Other Stories.

Start with No Safety and Other Short Stories and read in order.

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1	No Safety and Other Short Stories 1995Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	The Celestial Buffet and Other Morsels of Murder 2001Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	Karma and Other Stories 2014Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

1 book (2004–2004)

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1	Fast Friends 2004Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

3 books (1984–1986)

Susan Dunlap's Vejay Haskell mystery series consists of three complete novels published between 1984 and 1986. The books should be read in publication order, beginning with An Equal Opportunity Death, followed by The Bohemian Connection, and concluding with The Last Annual Slugfest. This compact series is ideal for readers seeking a finished mystery sequence with no ongoing storylines.

Start with An Equal Opportunity Death and read in order.

#	Title
1	An Equal Opportunity Death 1984Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	The Bohemian Connection 1985Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	The Last Annual Slugfest 1986Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible