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Devlin Quick Mysteries

by Linda Fairstein

The Devlin Quick Mysteries series by Linda Fairstein has 3 known books (3 published) and is best read in publication order, starting with Into the Lion's Den (2016).

Books
3 known books (3 novels)
Published
3
First published
2016
Status
completed
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Start here: Into the Lion's Den (2016) — then read straight through in publication order.

Book one

Cover of Into the Lion's Den

Into the Lion's Den (2016)

Reading order

The date order of published books and any announced future entries — the default way to read the series.

  1. Into the Lion's Den

    Novel

    Into the Lion's Den opens Linda Fairstein's Devlin Quick Mysteries in 2016 at 336 pages, introducing twelve-year-old Dev Quick as she investigates a break-in at the American Museum of Natural History.

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  2. Digging for Trouble

    Novel

    Digging for Trouble followed in 2017, nearly matching the opener at 331 pages, sending twelve-year-old Devlin 'Dev' Quick into a mystery centered on a Manhattan construction site, using the same family-friendly, Nancy Drew-style puzzle-solving Linda Fairstein built the series around.

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  3. Secrets from the Deep

    Novel

    Secrets from the Deep closed the trilogy in 2018, the shortest of the three at 265 pages, with a case set around New York Harbor bringing Dev Quick's middle-grade mystery series -- Linda Fairstein's family-friendly companion to her adult Alexandra Cooper novels -- to its conclusion.

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About the Devlin Quick Mysteries series

After two decades writing the adult Alexandra Cooper legal thrillers, Linda Fairstein turned to a middle-grade audience with the Devlin Quick Mysteries, a three-book series following twelve-year-old Devlin 'Dev' Quick as she investigates crimes across New York City using observation, curiosity and a working knowledge of the city her prosecutor mother and police-commissioner stepfather move through professionally. Into the Lion's Den (2016) opens the series with a break-in at the American Museum of Natural History and introduces Dev alongside her best friends and the family connections that give her unusual access to real investigations. Digging for Trouble (2017) sends her digging -- literally -- into a mystery involving a Manhattan construction site, and Secrets from the Deep (2018) closes the trilogy with a case set around New York Harbor. Fairstein built the series explicitly in the tradition of Nancy Drew: family-friendly mysteries with no violence or vulgarity, aimed at giving younger readers the same puzzle-solving pleasure as her adult novels without any of their adult content. The setting overlaps loosely with Fairstein's Alexandra Cooper books -- both are steeped in New York City institutions and procedure -- but the two series don't share characters or continuity, and neither requires the other.

Frequently asked questions

How many Devlin Quick books are there?

Three: Into the Lion's Den (2016), Digging for Trouble (2017) and Secrets from the Deep (2018).

Is the Devlin Quick series connected to Linda Fairstein's Alexandra Cooper novels?

No -- they share a New York City setting and Fairstein's prosecutorial background, but no characters or continuity.

What age group is the Devlin Quick series for?

Middle-grade readers, roughly ages 8-12 -- Fairstein has described the series as a modern take on Nancy Drew, with no violence or adult content.

Who is Devlin Quick?

An observant, inquisitive twelve-year-old New Yorker whose mother is a prosecutor and stepfather a police commissioner, giving her unusual access to real investigations she isn't supposed to be part of.

Is the Devlin Quick series finished?

It appears to be -- no fourth book has been published or announced since Secrets from the Deep in 2018.

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