2026 Reading Challenge

Nick Hoffman Series

10 primary works • 10 total works
Who says academia isn't the real world? It's got the vanity of professional sports; the hypocrisy of politics; the cruelty of big business; and the inhumanity of organized crime. A perfect setting for murder and satire!

That's why I started the Nick Hoffman series, set at the fictional State University of Michigan at Michiganapolis. Nick is a compos…

Book 1

Let's Get Criminal
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3.79 · 196 Ratings · 35 Reviews · published 1996 · 9 editions
When Perry Cross, an outsider, is hired to fill a …

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    Book 2

    The Edith Wharton Murders
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    3.59     · 181 Ratings · 26 Reviews · published 1997 · 11 editions
    Chaos hits the State University of Michigan when t…

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    Book 3

    The Death of a Constant Lover
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    3.99     · 101 Ratings · 12 Reviews · published 1999 · 7 editions
    Nick Hoffman's been warned by his chair at the Sta…

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    Book 4

    Little Miss Evil
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    3.83     · 75 Ratings · 9 Reviews · published 2000 · 6 editions
    It appears that Nick Hoffman's career is finally m…

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    Book 5

    Burning Down the House
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    3.88     · 50 Ratings · 2 Reviews · published 2001 · 5 editions
    Nick Hoffman's State University of Michigan is a p…

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    Book 6

    Tropic of Murder
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    3.65     · 51 Ratings · 3 Reviews · published 2004 · 7 editions
    There's gold in them thar hills again, but only tr…

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    Book 7

    Hot Rocks
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    3.56     · 61 Ratings · 8 Reviews · published 2011 · 6 editions
    "Raphael's series hero, Nick Hoffman, is in midlif…

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    Book 8

    Assault with a Deadly Lie
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    4.03     · 63 Ratings · 16 Reviews · published 2014 · 4 editions
    Successful professor Nick Hoffman finds his secure…

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    Book 9

    State University of Murder
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    4.13     · 15 Ratings · 5 Reviews · 2 editions
    Still reeling from having escaped a mass shooting …

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    Book 10

    Department of Death: A Nick Hoffman Mystery
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    3.29     · 14 Ratings · 7 Reviews · 1 edition
    Years ago Nick Hoffman was given a position in the…

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