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Cafferty & Quinn
The Cafferty & Quinn series by Heather Graham has 8 known books (8 published) and is best read in publication order, starting with Let the Dead Sleep (2013).
- Books
- 8 known books (4 novels + 4 novellas)
- Published
- 8
- First published
- 2013
- Status
- hiatus
- Shelved under
- Mystery & Crime, Fantasy
- Last checked
Start here: Let the Dead Sleep (2013) — then read straight through in publication order.
Reading order
The date order of published books and any announced future entries — the default way to read the series.
- Book 1:
Let the Dead Sleep
Let the Dead Sleep opens Heather Graham's Cafferty & Quinn series in 2013 at 336 pages, introducing Danni Cafferty, who inherits her father's haunted-object-stocked antiques shop on New Orleans's Royal Street, and Michael Quinn, the former cop who becomes her partner investigating the shop's supernatural-tinged crimes.
Alternative text for cover: Cover of Let the Dead Sleep - Book 2:
Waking the Dead
Waking the Dead is by Heather Graham, the second novel in the Cafferty & Quinn series, published in 2014. In the reading order it follows Let the Dead Sleep and precedes Infernal Night.
Alternative text for cover: Cover of Waking the Dead - Book 3:
Infernal Night
Infernal Night is by Heather Graham, a novella in the Cafferty & Quinn series, published in 2014, at 32 pages. In the reading order it follows Waking the Dead and precedes The Dead Play On.
Alternative text for cover: Cover of Infernal Night - Book 4:
The Dead Play On
The Dead Play On is the third book in Cafferty & Quinn, by Heather Graham, published in 2015. It sits between Infernal Night and Blood on the Bayou in the reading order.
Alternative text for cover: Cover of The Dead Play On - Book 5:
Blood on the Bayou
Blood on the Bayou is by Heather Graham, a novella in the Cafferty & Quinn series, published in 2016. In the reading order it follows The Dead Play On and precedes Toys in the Attic.
Alternative text for cover: Cover of Blood on the Bayou - Book 6:
Toys in the Attic
Toys in the Attic is by Heather Graham, a novella in the Cafferty & Quinn series, published in 2017, at 102 pages. In the reading order it follows Blood on the Bayou and precedes Big Easy Evil.
Alternative text for cover: Cover of Toys in the Attic - Book 7:
Big Easy Evil
Big Easy Evil is by Heather Graham, a novella in the Cafferty & Quinn series, published in 2017. It sits between Toys in the Attic and Bitter Reckoning in the reading order.
Alternative text for cover: Cover of Big Easy Evil - Book 8:
Bitter Reckoning
Bitter Reckoning is by Heather Graham, the fourth novel in the Cafferty & Quinn series, published in 2018. It follows Big Easy Evil as the most recent entry in the series so far.
Alternative text for cover: Cover of Bitter Reckoning
About the Cafferty & Quinn series
Cafferty & Quinn follows Danni Cafferty, who inherits her father's antiques shop on New Orleans's Royal Street along with its habit of stocking objects that turn out to be genuinely, dangerously haunted, and Michael Quinn, a former cop turned private investigator who becomes her partner in solving the supernatural-tinged crimes the shop's inventory keeps attracting. Heather Graham built the series across four full-length novels -- Let the Dead Sleep (2013), Waking the Dead (2014), The Dead Play On (2015) and Bitter Reckoning (2018) -- interspersed with four shorter e-novella entries that fill in the gaps between the main books: Infernal Night (2014), Blood on the Bayou (2016), Toys in the Attic and Big Easy Evil (both 2017). Like much of Graham's other work, the series blends a police-procedural investigative structure with paranormal elements treated as straightforwardly real rather than explained away, set against a strongly evoked French Quarter backdrop of antique shops, voodoo history and old New Orleans families. Danni and Quinn's relationship, both professional and romantic, develops across the series alongside the case-of-the-book plotting.
Frequently asked questions
How many books are in the Cafferty & Quinn series?
Eight entries total: four full novels (Let the Dead Sleep, Waking the Dead, The Dead Play On, Bitter Reckoning) and four shorter e-novellas published between them.
Do I need to read the Cafferty & Quinn novellas?
No -- they add incidental world-building but aren't required to follow the four main novels.
What order should I read Cafferty & Quinn in?
Publication order, starting with Let the Dead Sleep (2013).
Is Cafferty & Quinn connected to Heather Graham's other series?
It stands on its own, set in New Orleans with its own cast, distinct from Graham's larger Krewe of Hunters series, though it shares her recurring blend of procedural mystery and real supernatural elements.
Is the Cafferty & Quinn series finished?
No further entry has been published since Bitter Reckoning (2018), though no formal ending has been announced.
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