Edward Cline books

Chess Hanrahan Reading Order

Cyrus Skeen Detective Reading Order

Merritt Fury Reading Order

Non-Fiction

Sparrowhawk Reading Order

The War of Ideas Reading Order

Edward Cline writes mystery and non-fiction, with 63 books published between 1988 and 2019 across six series. His largest series by far is Cyrus Skeen Detective, which contains 42 novels published mostly between 2012 and 2019. That series alone makes up the majority of his catalog, and the titles (China Basin, The Head of Athena, A Crimson Overture, Manhattan Blues) suggest hard-boiled detective fiction set in mid-century America.

His earlier work includes the Chess Hanrahan series, which began in 1988 with First Prize but didn’t continue until 2010, eventually reaching four books. The Sparrowhawk series, a six-book run from 2001 to 2006 with titles like Jack Frake, Hugh Kenrick, and Empire, appears to be historical fiction. The Merritt Fury series (three books, 1992-2012) and The War of Ideas series (five non-fiction titles, 2012-2013) round out the catalog. Cline was most prolific between 2012 and 2018, a period when he published the vast majority of the Cyrus Skeen books along with his non-fiction work.