Rick Riordan · novel-series
Tres Navarre books in order
An adult mystery series following Jackson “Tres” Navarre, an English Ph.D. and private investigator in San Antonio, Texas.
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Publication order
- 1 Big Red Tequila
Book 1 · novel · 1997
Tres (pronounced “trace”) Navarre is an unlicensed private eye, a tequila drinker, tai chi master and outcast from Academia with a PhD in medieval studies and more than a few degrees from the street. After ten years in San Francisco, Tres…
- 2 The Widower's Two-Step
Book 2 · novel · 1998
An old friend recruits Tres Navarre to protect the career of a rising country music singer. With a million dollar record deal on the table, Miranda Daniels has everything to gain and everything to lose. Then her half-finished demo is…
- 3 The Last King of Texas
Book 3 · novel · 2000
When a controversial English professor is found shot to death, Tres Navarre, P.I. and Ph.D., is the only local academic crazy enough to accept the emergency opening at the University of Texas at San Antonio. Police assure him they already…
- 4 The Devil Went Down to Austin
Book 4 · novel · 2001
Tres Navarre, private eye and sometimes English professor, is hoping for a laid back working vacation when he accepts a summer teaching gig at the University of Texas at Austin, even if it means shacking up for six weeks with his big…
- 5 Southtown
Book 5 · novel · 2004
For Tres (pronounced “trace”) Navarre, English professor turned private investigator, business has lately taken a drastic turn south. But if chasing down bail jumpers, adulterous spouses, and workmen’s comp cases seemed like the dregs of…
- 6 Mission Road
Book 6 · novel · 2005
San Antonio private investigator Tres Navarre is used to working on the edge—a razor-sharp line between legal and life sentence. But this time he’s stepped straight into no-man’s land. When an old friend appears at his door, spattered…
- 7 Rebel Island
Book 7 · novel · 2007
Tres Navarre had given up private investigation—and with it a violent past that had buried too many friends. Newly married, with a baby on the way, it was time to find a safer line of work. He and Maia had come to Rebel Island to…
