Order of Thorn P.I. Books
Thorn P.I. is a series of suspense thrillers by American novelist James W. Hall. Thorn is not a real private investigator, but rather an avenger. Hall based the character on Henry David Thoreau, Travis McGee, Spenser and some of Elmore Leonard‘s protagonists.
The Thorn P.I. series began in 1986 with Under Cover of Daylight. Below is a list of James W. Hall’s Thorn P.I. novels in order of when they were originally published (which is also their chronological order):
Publication Order of Thorn Books
Under Cover of Daylight | (1987) | |
Tropical Freeze | (1989) | |
Mean High Tide | (1994) | |
Gone Wild | (1995) | |
Buzz Cut | (1996) | |
Red Sky at Night | (1997) | |
Blackwater Sound | (2002) | |
Off the Chart | (2003) | |
Magic City | (2007) | |
Hell’s Bay | (2008) | |
Silencer | (2009) | |
Dead Last | (2011) | |
Going Dark | (2013) | |
The Big Finish | (2014) | |
Bad Axe | (2020) | |
Trickster | (2022) | |
Stare Down | (2024) |
Note: Tropical Freeze is alternatively titled Squall Line.