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ⓘ About Rick Acker
Rick Acker is a reputed American novelist, who likes to write Christian Legal Thrillers, mystery, suspense, young adult, detective fiction, and crime fiction novels. He is well known for writing the Dead Man’s Rule series and the Davis Detective Mystery series, each of which contains two books so far. In addition to writing novels, Acker works as a Supervising Deputy Attorney General and is employed in the Justice Department of California. It fact, it is his real, full-time job. He takes up writing stories only in his spare time or after the work hours of his regular job. To make judicious use of time in pursuing his interest in writing novels, Acker uses to commute time to and from his job to develop outlines or prepare layouts of the stories that he is working on.
All Book Series by Rick Acker
The Lost Treasure of Fernando Montoya
Latest in the series · book 2 of 2 · published 2003
When Justice Comes
Latest in the series · book 3 of 3 · published 2026 Anthology · Colleen Coble
She Will End This
Latest in the series · book 5 of 5 · published 2026 Co-authored · Colleen Coble
? Frequently Asked Questions
Who is Rick Acker?
Rick Acker is a reputed American novelist, who likes to write Christian Legal Thrillers, mystery, suspense, young adult, detective fiction, and crime fiction novels. He is well known for writing the Dead Man's Rule series and the Davis Detective Mystery series, each of which contains two books so far. In addition to writing novels, Acker works as a Supervising Deputy Attorney General and is employed in the Justice Department of California.
Which Rick Acker series should I start with?
The best place to start is the Tupelo Grove series, the earliest of Rick Acker's multi-book series: it opens with What We Hide (2024) and runs to 3 books across 2024–2026, ending with When Justice Comes (2026).
How many books has Rick Acker written?
Rick Acker has 14 books catalogued in this guide, published between 2003 and 2026. 9 of them belong to 4 named series — the largest being the Tupelo Grove series with 3 books — and 5 are standalone titles, collections or anthologies.
In what order should Rick Acker's series be read?
Read each series in publication order — the numbered entries in each series follow the year each book first appeared. Rick Acker's series do not depend on one another, so they can be started in any order; by start date they are The Davis Detective Mysteries (2003, 2 books), Dead Man's Rule (2005–2008, 2 books) and Leigh Collins (2017, 2 books), plus 1 more.
How are Rick Acker's books organised into series?
This guide splits Rick Acker's 14 books into 4 named series and 5 titles that stand alone or appear only in collections: Tupelo Grove (3 books, 2024–2026); Dead Man's Rule (2 books, 2005–2008); The Davis Detective Mysteries (2 books, 2003); Leigh Collins (2 books, 2017).