Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Killing Suki Flood | 1991 | Rob Leininger | Buy |
| 2 | Black Sun | 1991 | Rob Leininger | Buy |
| 3 | The Willow Creek War | 2010 | Rob Leininger | Buy |
| 4 | Olongapo Liberty | 2014 | Rob Leininger | Buy |
| 5 | Richter Ten | 2014 | Rob Leininger | Buy |
| 6 | The Tenderfoot | 2014 | Rob Leininger | Buy |
| 7 | Liar-in-Chief | 2014 | Rob Leininger | Buy |
| 8 | Sunspot | 2014 | Rob Leininger | Buy |
| 9 | Maxwell’s Demon | 2015 | Rob Leininger | Buy |
| 10 | No Shortage of Weasels | 2015 | Rob Leininger | Buy |
| 11 | A Confederacy of Snakes | 2015 | Rob Leininger | Buy |
| 12 | Nicholas Phree and the Emerald of Bool | 2015 | Rob Leininger | Buy |
Rob Leininger’s twelve standalone novels cover much more ground than his mystery series. His earliest books, Killing Suki Flood and Black Sun (both 1991), are dark thrillers. The later standalones from 2014 and 2015 branch into political satire, science fiction, and even young adult fantasy with Nicholas Phree and the Emerald of Bool.
The standalones give readers a sense of Leininger’s range as a writer. Titles like Liar-in-Chief and No Shortage of Weasels suggest the same comic sensibility that runs through his Gumshoe series, while Olongapo Liberty and The Tenderfoot go in entirely different directions.