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Start with Hot Springs and continue through all 4 books in the listed reading order.
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Start with Hot Springs
Book 1 by Stephen Hunter • Published 2000
In postwar 1946, Medal of Honor recipient Earl Swagger is recruited to clean up the mob run gambling and prostitution rackets in Hot Springs, Arkansas, training an elite squad of young cops for raids that quickly turn...
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Earl Swagger reading order
Ends with The Bullet Garden
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Book 1:Hot Springs
Stephen Hunter • 2000
In postwar 1946, Medal of Honor recipient Earl Swagger is recruited to clean up the mob run gambling and prostitution rackets in Hot Springs, Arkansas, training an elite squad of young cops for raids that quickly turn...
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Book 2:Pale Horse Coming
Stephen Hunter • 2001
A worried Sam Vincent goes to investigate a brutal, almost off the map Mississippi prison farm for Black convicts and disappears, forcing Earl Swagger to slip into the swamp country around Thebes, peel back the town's...
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Book 3:Havana
Stephen Hunter • 2003
Sent to Cuba in 1953 as bodyguard to an Arkansas politician, Earl finds himself amid mobbed up casinos, Batista's security forces, and a young firebrand named Fidel Castro, as US intelligence quietly presses him to so...
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Book 4:The Bullet Garden
Stephen Hunter • 2023
Set in 1944, this Earl Swagger prequel sends the battle hardened Marine to Europe to track down an uncanny German sniper who is decimating Allied troops in Normandy's hedgerows, a mission that entangles him with Londo...
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Earl Swagger FAQ
What is the best order to read the Earl Swagger series?
The recommended reading order is the numbered order shown on this page, starting with Hot Springs.
How many books are in the Earl Swagger series?
There are 4 books currently listed in the Earl Swagger series on GurusReads.
Where should I start with the Earl Swagger series?
New readers should start with Hot Springs, the first book in the reading order.
Is the Earl Swagger series complete?
Based on the publication years we have, the series appears likely complete and spans releases from 2000 to 2023.