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Sam Reaves

4 Series • 14 Books

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🎯 Where Should I Start?

Best Starting Point
Publication Order of Cooper MacLeish Books
Start with: A Long Cold Fall (1991)
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Publication Order of Pascual Rose Books
Start with: Lying, Crying, Dying (1999)
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Publication Order of The Pascual Books
Start with: Kill Chain (2020)

ⓘ About Sam Reaves

Sam Reaves is a bestselling mystery author who also goes by the pseudonym Dominic Martell. The author grew up in several small towns in the midwest but from his early adulthood years, he has been living in Chicago and surrounding suburbs. He has also lived or traveled through Europe, the Middle East and Latin America spending several months and even years in places. As such, he is a fluent speaker of more than five languages. With his knowledge of several languages, he found a job as a freelance translator working with Arabic, French, German and French. He has asserted that he is a compulsive reader that can always be found reading all manner of nonfiction and fiction works. Besides working as a translator, he has also for a time been a teacher.

All Book Series by Sam Reaves

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A Long Cold Fall

Series opener · book 1 of 4 · published 1991

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1991
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Fear Will Do It

Book 2 of 4 · published 1992

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1992
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Bury it Deep

Book 3 of 4 · published 1993

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1993
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Get What's Coming

Latest in the series · book 4 of 4 · published 1995

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1995
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Lying, Crying, Dying

Series opener · book 1 of 3 · published 1999

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1999
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The Republic of Night

Book 2 of 3 · published 1999

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1999
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Gitana

Latest in the series · book 3 of 3 · published 2001

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2001
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Kill Chain

Series opener · book 1 of 2 · published 2020

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2020
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Blackchain

Latest in the series · book 2 of 2 · published 2021

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2021
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Mean Town Blues of Crime

Series opener · book 1 of 5 · published 1991

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1991
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Dooley's Back

Book 2 of 5 · published 2002

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2002
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Homicide 69

Book 3 of 5 · published 2006

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2006
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Cold Black Earth

Book 4 of 5 · published 2015

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2015
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Running in the Dark

Latest in the series · book 5 of 5 · published 2018

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2018

? Frequently Asked Questions

Who is Sam Reaves?

Sam Reaves is a bestselling mystery author who also goes by the pseudonym Dominic Martell. The author grew up in several small towns in the midwest but from his early adulthood years, he has been living in Chicago and surrounding suburbs. He has also lived or traveled through Europe, the Middle East and Latin America spending several months and even years in places.

Which Sam Reaves series should I start with?

The best place to start is the Cooper MacLeish series, the earliest of Sam Reaves's multi-book series: it opens with A Long Cold Fall (1991) and runs to 4 books across 1991–1995, ending with Get What's Coming (1995). Sam Reaves's other series stand alone, so they can be read in any order.

How many books has Sam Reaves written?

Sam Reaves has 14 books catalogued in this guide, published between 1991 and 2021. 9 of them belong to 3 named series — the largest being the Cooper MacLeish series with 4 books — and 5 are standalone titles, collections or anthologies.

In what order should Sam Reaves's series be read?

Read each series in publication order — the numbered entries in each series follow the year each book first appeared. Sam Reaves's series do not depend on one another, so they can be started in any order; by start date they are Cooper MacLeish (1991–1995, 4 books), Pascual Rose (1999–2001, 3 books) and The Pascual (2020–2021, 2 books).

How are Sam Reaves's books organised into series?

This guide splits Sam Reaves's 14 books into 3 named series and 5 titles that stand alone or appear only in collections: Cooper MacLeish (4 books, 1991–1995); Pascual Rose (3 books, 1999–2001); The Pascual (2 books, 2020–2021).