Oscar Ortiz books in order

Q: "How many books has Oscar Ortiz written?"

"Oscar Ortiz has written six books across two series."

Q: "What was Oscar Ortiz's first book?"

"Oscar Ortiz's first book is The Quadrille, published in 2023."

Q: "What is Oscar Ortiz's background?"

"Ortiz was born in Matanzas, Cuba in 1959 and raised in the United States. His literary influences include Arthur Conan Doyle, Eric Ambler, Ian Fleming, Donald Hamilton, Dashiell Hammett, Raymond Chandler, and Mickey Spillane — the lineage of classic crime and espionage fiction. He won the Sole Second Prize in the 2006 Enrique Labrador Ruiz International Storywriting Award and published a crime story in the Havana Noir anthology (Akashic Books, 2007) before launching the Code Name Delta series in 2023."

Code Name Delta Reading Order

Title	Published	Buy on Amazon
The Quadrille	2023	Buy
Red Goliath	2024	Buy
One Deadly Souk	2024	Buy
The Caribbean Sedition	2024	Buy
The Magdalena Gambit	2025	Buy

Saving the World

Title	Published	Buy on Amazon
A Dangerous Trade	2025	Buy

Oscar Ortiz came to novel-length spy fiction from a background in short crime writing, winning an international storywriting award in 2006 and contributing to Akashic Books’ Havana Noir anthology in 2007 before launching the Code Name Delta series with The Quadrille in 2023. The influence of Ian Fleming and Donald Hamilton is direct and acknowledged — Code Name Delta operates in the tradition of the gentleman spy and the professional assassin rather than the grittier post-Cold War thriller mode.

The series has moved quickly, with five books across 2023 to 2025. The Code Name Delta books are plotted as standalone missions — each centered on a specific target or threat — while maintaining the character of Patrick Coonan and the Quadrille organization across the run. His Saving the World series, beginning with A Dangerous Trade (2025), introduces a second protagonist in Alec Wars and suggests Ortiz is building a broader fiction catalog alongside the Code Name Delta run.

Frequently Asked Questions

How many books has Oscar Ortiz written?

Oscar Ortiz has written six books across two series.

What was Oscar Ortiz's first book?

Oscar Ortiz’s first book is The Quadrille, published in 2023.

What is Oscar Ortiz's background?

Ortiz was born in Matanzas, Cuba in 1959 and raised in the United States. His literary influences include Arthur Conan Doyle, Eric Ambler, Ian Fleming, Donald Hamilton, Dashiell Hammett, Raymond Chandler, and Mickey Spillane — the lineage of classic crime and espionage fiction. He won the Sole Second Prize in the 2006 Enrique Labrador Ruiz International Storywriting Award and published a crime story in the Havana Noir anthology (Akashic Books, 2007) before launching the Code Name Delta series in 2023.

Code Name Delta Reading Order#

Saving the World#

Frequently Asked Questions

Code Name Delta Reading Order

Saving the World