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Adam Plantinga

2 Series • 6 Books

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🎯 Where Should I Start?

Best Starting Point
Publication Order of Kurt Argento Books
Start with: The Ascent (2024)
Popular Choice
Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books
Start with: 400 Things Cops Know (2014)

ⓘ About Adam Plantinga

Adam Plantinga is an American author and police sergeant. He is married and lives with his wife and their daughters as well as their dog Ziggy somewhere in the San Francisco Bay Area. He has served in law enforcement for over two decades, including seven years served with the Milwaukee Police Department and over fifteen with the San Francisco Police Department. These years of experience have helped him to write his nonfiction books all about law enforcement, 400 Things Cops Know and the book Police Craft: What Cops Know About Crime, Community, and Violence. His fictional novel The Ascent became available to readers in 2024 for the first time. The book did very well and was a bestseller on the USA Today book charts. It was optioned for television by Universal.

All Book Series by Adam Plantinga

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The Ascent

Series opener · book 1 of 3 · published 2024

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2024
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Hard Town

Book 2 of 3 · published 2025

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2025
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Dark Country

Latest in the series · book 3 of 3 · published 2026

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2026
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400 Things Cops Know

Series opener · book 1 of 3 · published 2014

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2014
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Ask/Tell/Order/Make

Book 2 of 3 · published 2018

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2018
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Police Craft

Latest in the series · book 3 of 3 · published 2019

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2019

? Frequently Asked Questions

Who is Adam Plantinga?

Adam Plantinga is an American author and police sergeant. He is married and lives with his wife and their daughters as well as their dog Ziggy somewhere in the San Francisco Bay Area. He has served in law enforcement for over two decades, including seven years served with the Milwaukee Police Department and over fifteen with the San Francisco Police Department.

Which Adam Plantinga series should I start with?

The best place to start is the Kurt Argento series, the earliest of Adam Plantinga's multi-book series: it opens with The Ascent (2024) and runs to 3 books across 2024–2026, ending with Dark Country (2026).

How many books has Adam Plantinga written?

Adam Plantinga has 6 books catalogued in this guide, published between 2014 and 2026. 3 of them belong to 1 named series — the largest being the Kurt Argento series with 3 books — and 3 are standalone titles, collections or anthologies.

In what order should Adam Plantinga's series be read?

Read each series in publication order — the numbered entries in each series follow the year each book first appeared. Adam Plantinga's series do not depend on one another, so they can be started in any order; by start date they are Kurt Argento (2024–2026, 3 books).

How are Adam Plantinga's books organised into series?

This guide splits Adam Plantinga's 6 books into 1 named series and 3 titles that stand alone or appear only in collections: Kurt Argento (3 books, 2024–2026).