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  • Bibliography:
    8 Books (1 Series)
  • First Book:
    July 2010
  • Latest Book:
    July 2023
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Full Series List in Order

Dave Gurney

1 - Think of a Number (Jul-2010)
2 - Shut Your Eyes Tight (Jul-2011)
3 - Let the Devil Sleep (Jul-2012)
4 - Peter Pan Must Die (Jul-2014)
5 - Wolf Lake (Jul-2016)
6 - White River Burning (Jul-2018)
7 - On Harrow Hill (Mar-2021)

Book List in Order: 8 titles



  • An extraordinary fiction debut, Think of a Number is an exquisitely plotted novel of suspense that grows relentlessly darker and more frightening as its pace accelerates, forcing its deeply troubled characters to moments of startling self-revelation....



  • When he was the NYPD's top homicide investigator, Dave Gurney was never comfortable with the label the press gave him: super detective. He was simply a man who, when faced with a puzzle, wanted to know. He was called to the investigative hunt by the ...



  • In this latest novel from bestselling author John Verdon, ingenious puzzle solver Dave Gurney puts under the magnifying glass a notorious serial murder case -- one whose motives have been enshrined as law-enforcement dogma - and discovers that everyo...



  • In John Verdon’s most sensationally twisty novel yet, ingenious puzzle solver Dave Gurney brings his analytical brilliance to a shocking murder that couldn’t have been committed the way the police say it was. The daunting task that confronts G...



  • The fifth thriller in this bestselling series offers a “complex, engrossing mystery” that “will challenge what you believe . . . about the banality of evil” (Tod Goldberg, author of Gangsterland). Retired homicide detective Dave Gurney visi...



  • "John Verdon writes grown"up detective novels, by which I mean stories with intelligent plots, well"developed characters and crimes that have social consequences. White River Burning, featuring the author's brainy gumshoe"for"hire, Dave Gurne...



  • When an old colleague comes to him for help solving the mysterious death of his town's most prominent resident, retired NYPD detective Dave Gurney must use all of his analytical skills to hunt a murderer who just might be killing from beyond the ...



  • Pushed to his breaking point and accused of murder, retired NYPD detective Dave Gurney must face his greatest adversary yet to solve a mystery that is quickly tearing his world apartTennis bad boy Ziko Slade is serving twenty years for the grisly mur...




Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

John Verdon has published 8 books.

John Verdon does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, The Viper, was published in July 2023.

The first book by John Verdon, Think of a Number, was published in July 2010.

Yes. John Verdon has 1 series.