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Cafferty & Quinn
The Cafferty & Quinn series by Heather Graham has 8 books and is best read in publication order, starting with Let the Dead Sleep (2013).
- Books
- 4 novels + 4 novellas
- First published
- 2013
- Status
- hiatus
- Last checked
Start here: Let the Dead Sleep (2013) — then read straight through in publication order.
Reading order
The order the books were released — the default way to read the series.
- Book 1:
Let the Dead Sleep
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Waking the Dead
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Infernal Night
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The Dead Play On
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Blood on the Bayou
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Toys in the Attic
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Big Easy Evil
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Bitter Reckoning
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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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