Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Favorite Sons | 2011 | Robin Yocum | Buy |
| 2 | A Brilliant Death | 2016 | Robin Yocum | Buy |
| 3 | A Welcome Murder | 2017 | Robin Yocum | Buy |
| 4 | A Perfect Shot | 2018 | Robin Yocum | Buy |
| 5 | The Sacrifice of Lester Yates | 2021 | Robin Yocum | Buy |
| 6 | The Last Hitman | 2025 | Robin Yocum | Buy |
Robin Yocum’s standalone novels share a common thread: they are set in the rural towns and river communities of Ohio, and they focus on regular people dealing with guilt, secrets, and moral choices. Favorite Sons, his breakout book, follows four boys who witness a crime in the late 1960s and carry the secret into adulthood. It became a USA Today bestseller.
A Brilliant Death and A Welcome Murder continued in the same vein, mixing crime with small-town atmosphere. A Perfect Shot centers on a former high school basketball star running a deli in a dying steel town who gets pulled into a dangerous scheme. The Sacrifice of Lester Yates and The Last Hitman, his most recent novels, show Yocum still working the same territory with sharp, no-nonsense prose.