Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | China Basin | 2012 | Edward Cline | Buy |
| 2 | The Head of Athena | 2012 | Edward Cline | Buy |
| 3 | The Daedàlus Conspiracy | 2012 | Edward Cline | Buy |
| 4 | The Chameleon | 2012 | Edward Cline | Buy |
| 5 | A Crimson Overture | 2013 | Edward Cline | Buy |
| 6 | The Black Stone | 2014 | Edward Cline | Buy |
| 7 | The Pickwick Affair | 2014 | Edward Cline | Buy |
| 8 | Silver Screens | 2015 | Edward Cline | Buy |
| 9 | The Circles of Odin | 2015 | Edward Cline | Buy |
| 10 | Sleight of Hand | 2015 | Edward Cline | Buy |
| 11 | Stolen Words | 2015 | Edward Cline | Buy |
| 12 | An August Interlude | 2015 | Edward Cline | Buy |
| 13 | Wintery Discontent | 2015 | Edward Cline | Buy |
| 14 | Manhattan Blues | 2016 | Edward Cline | Buy |
| 15 | The Janus Affair | 2016 | Edward Cline | Buy |
| 16 | First Things | 2016 | Edward Cline | Buy |
| 17 | Civic Affairs | 2016 | Edward Cline | Buy |
| 18 | Exegesis | 2016 | Edward Cline | Buy |
| 19 | Seeing Double | 2016 | Edward Cline | Buy |
| 20 | Trichotomy | 2016 | Edward Cline | Buy |
| 21 | Beginnings | 2016 | Edward Cline | Buy |
| 22 | Reciprocity | 2016 | Edward Cline | Buy |
| 23 | Saving Athena | 2016 | Edward Cline | Buy |
| 24 | Split Infinitives | 2017 | Edward Cline | Buy |
| 25 | Passions | 2017 | Edward Cline | Buy |
| 26 | Celebrity News | 2017 | Edward Cline | Buy |
| 27 | Inquest | 2017 | Edward Cline | Buy |
| 28 | Double Entendre | 2017 | Edward Cline | Buy |
| 29 | Sufferance | 2017 | Edward Cline | Buy |
| 30 | Warlocks | 2017 | Edward Cline | Buy |
| 31 | The Skeen Chronicles | 2017 | Edward Cline | Buy |
| 32 | Reprisals | 2017 | Edward Cline | Buy |
| 33 | The Pendulum | 2017 | Edward Cline | Buy |
| 34 | School Days | 2018 | Edward Cline | Buy |
| 35 | Breakdown | 2018 | Edward Cline | Buy |
| 36 | The Gumshoe Guild | 2018 | Edward Cline | Buy |
| 37 | Serenity | 2018 | Edward Cline | Buy |
| 38 | Chicago Serenade | 2018 | Edward Cline | Buy |
| 39 | Flute | 2018 | Edward Cline | Buy |
| 40 | A Final Canvas | 2018 | Edward Cline | Buy |
| 41 | Gallery | 2019 | Edward Cline | Buy |
The Cyrus Skeen Detective series by Edward Cline is one of the longer mystery runs in the genre, spanning 41 books from China Basin in 2012 through Gallery in 2019. Edward Cline maintained a prolific release pace throughout, with four books arriving in 2012, a handful more through 2014 and 2015, and then a particularly dense stretch in 2016 and 2017 that accounted for more than half the total series output.
The series takes Cyrus Skeen across a wide range of cases — titles like The Daedàlus Conspiracy, The Janus Affair, The Chameleon, and Sleight of Hand point toward the kind of intricate, plot-heavy mysteries that run through the series. The 2017 entry The Skeen Chronicles also appears to collect earlier material. Readers new to the series should begin with China Basin and work forward; at 41 books, the full run rewards readers who stick with Skeen from the start.