Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Old Buzzard Had It Coming | 2005 | Donis Casey | Buy |
| 2 | Hornswoggled | 2006 | Donis Casey | Buy |
| 3 | The Drop Edge of Yonder | 2007 | Donis Casey | Buy |
| 4 | The Sky Took Him | 2008 | Donis Casey | Buy |
| 5 | Crying Blood | 2011 | Donis Casey | Buy |
| 6 | Wrong Hill to Die On | 2012 | Donis Casey | Buy |
| 7 | Hell with the Lid Blown Off | 2014 | Donis Casey | Buy |
| 8 | All Men Fear Me | 2015 | Donis Casey | Buy |
| 9 | The Return of the Raven Mocker | 2017 | Donis Casey | Buy |
| 10 | Forty Dead Men | 2018 | Donis Casey | Buy |
The Alafair Tucker series spans ten books published between 2005 and 2018. Alafair is a farm wife in Boynton, Oklahoma, raising ten children with her husband Shaw. Despite her busy household, she has a habit of noticing things that other people miss, which pulls her into murder investigations that the local law enforcement cannot always solve on their own.
Donis Casey based the series on stories from her own family history, and the Oklahoma setting feels lived-in and specific. The books progress through the early 1900s, covering events like the land rushes, border tensions, and eventually World War I. Each novel works as a standalone mystery, but the family’s story develops across the full series in satisfying ways.