Reading order · 7 books · 2012 to 2021 · Set in Los Angeles
Junior Bender Books in Order
Junior Bender is a career burglar in Los Angeles who works as a private eye for crooks, solving crimes that the police will never hear about. Fast, very funny crime novels.
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Series facts
- Books
- 7
- Published
- 2012 to 2021
- First book
- Crashed
- Latest
- Rock of Ages (2021)
- Setting
- Set in Los Angeles
The reading order
Every Junior Bender book in publication order. Choose a title for its cast and summary.
7 books · Set in Los Angeles
- 1Crashed2012With Junior BenderJunior Bender, a career burglar in Los Angeles, is forced by a crime boss to act as a private eye on a troubled film shoot starring a former child star whose career has hit bottom.Buy on Amazon
- 2Little Elvises2012With Junior BenderA corrupt cop forces Junior Bender to help an ageing record producer, once famous for his teenage Elvis imitators, who is accused of murdering a tabloid journalist.Buy on Amazon
- 3The Fame Thief2013With Junior BenderAn ageing Mob boss hires Junior Bender to find out who ruined the career of a starlet of the 1940s.Buy on Amazon
- 4Herbie's Game2014With Junior BenderJunior Bender’s mentor, the master burglar Herbie Mott, is murdered, and Junior sets out to find out why.Buy on Amazon
- 5King Maybe2016With Junior BenderA stamp burglary goes wrong and Junior is caught in a web of blackmail, and to pay his debts he must break into the home of Hollywood’s most feared studio boss.Buy on Amazon
- 6Nighttown2020With Junior BenderJunior takes a suspiciously well-paid job to steal a doll from the abandoned home of a recently dead recluse, and when a friend is murdered, he goes after the woman hunting it.Buy on Amazon
- 7Rock of Ages2021With Junior BenderGangster Irwin Dressler hires Junior to find out who is skimming money from a nostalgic rock tour, and Junior has one weekend to solve the case.Buy on Amazon
Do you need to read them in order?
Read in order, starting with Crashed.
Who appears in which book
The series’ main characters, book by book. Lead means the book is told around them; minor covers cameos.
| Book | Junior Bender | Rina Bender | Ronnie Bender |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Crashed | LLead | ·Minor | |
| 2 Little Elvises | LLead | ·Minor | ·Minor |
| 3 The Fame Thief | LLead | ·Minor | ·Minor |
| 4 Herbie's Game | LLead | ·Minor | ·Minor |
| 5 King Maybe | LLead | ·Minor | ·Minor |
| 6 Nighttown | LLead | ·Minor | ·Minor |
| 7 Rock of Ages | LLead | ·Minor | ·Minor |
Characters in the Junior Bender books
3 characters from Timothy Hallinan’s chart, with the number of Junior Bender books each appears in.
| Character | Books | First in this series |
|---|---|---|
| Junior BenderBurglar and private eye for crooks | 7 | Crashed 2012 |
| Rina BenderJunior's teenage daughter | 7 | Crashed 2012 |
| Ronnie BenderJunior's girlfriend | 6 | Little Elvises 2012 |