Order of Cal Murphy Books

Order of Cal Murphy Books


Cal Murphy is the protagonist in a series of thriller novels by American novelist R.J. Patterson. Cal Murphy works as a journalist, starting out in rural Idaho. But his work is far from mundane as you might expect from a smalltown paper, as it soon includes investigating murders…

R.J. Patterson began his Cal Murphy series in 2012 with the novel Dead Shot. The series is currently ongoing. Below is a list of R.J. Patterson’s Cal Murphy books in order of when they were first released (which is the same as their chronological order):

Publication Order of Cal Murphy Books

Dead Shot

(2012)

Dead Line

(2012)

Better off Dead

(2013)

Dead in the Water

(2014)

Dead Man’s Curve

(2014)

Dead and Gone

(2015)

Dead Wrong

(2015)

Dead Man’s Land

(2015)

Dead Drop

(2016)

Dead End

(2016)

Dead to Rights

(2016)

Dead on Arrival

(2018)

Note: The novels were originally written as by Jack Patterson, but future editions will list the author as R.J. Patterson.