Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Past Aghast / Death Target | 2012 | Edwin Dasso | Buy |
| 2 | Death Management | 2013 | Edwin Dasso | Buy |
| 3 | In the Line of Ire | 2014 | Edwin Dasso | Buy |
| 4 | Don’t Worry, You’ll be Safe | 2015 | Edwin Dasso | Buy |
| 5 | Do I Know You? | 2017 | Edwin Dasso | Buy |
| 6 | Empty Promises | 2018 | Edwin Dasso | Buy |
| 7 | Death Hub | 2019 | Edwin Dasso | Buy |
| 8 | Covert Covid | 2023 | Edwin Dasso | Buy |
The Jack Bass Black Cloud Chronicles is Edwin Dasso’s eight-book detective series. Starting with Past Aghast / Death Target (2012), the series follows Jack Bass through cases including Death Management (2013), In the Line of Ire (2014), and Covert Covid (2023). The series spans over a decade of storytelling.
The early books came out at a regular pace, with one per year from 2012 to 2015. Don’t Worry, You’ll be Safe (2015) kept the momentum, and the series continued with Do I Know You? (2017), Empty Promises (2018), and Death Hub (2019). The most recent entry, Covert Covid (2023), brings the detective into pandemic-era territory, making the series unusually responsive to current events.
Dasso writes procedural crime fiction with recurring characters who develop across the series. The “Black Cloud” of the title follows Bass through his career, hinting at the dark circumstances that surround his cases. Readers who start with the first book will get the most from the character arcs, though each mystery stands on its own.