Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Red Jacket | 2012 | Joseph Heywood | Buy |
| 2 | Mountains of the Misbegotten | 2014 | Joseph Heywood | Buy |
| 3 | Beyond Beyond | 2020 | Joseph Heywood | Buy |
The Lute Bapcat series is Joseph Heywood’s historical counterpart to the modern-day Woods Cop Mysteries, following a game warden in early 20th-century Michigan. The three books are set during the copper mining era, when the Upper Peninsula was being reshaped by industry, immigration, and labor conflict.
Red Jacket, Mountains of the Misbegotten, and Beyond Beyond give Heywood room to explore the same landscape he knows from his contemporary novels, but through the lens of a different era. The historical setting adds layers of social conflict to the wilderness crime formula.