NMLP P-026420 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-04

Big Red Tequila (Tres Navarre 1)

Rick Riordan · Bantam Books (New York) · 1997

US Bantam true first, June 2, 1997, published as a paperback original with no preceding hardcover. Series debut that won the Shamus Award for best first PI novel and the Anthony Award for best original paperback; scarcer in true first state than his later children's titles.

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New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-026420 for "Big Red Tequila (Tres Navarre 1)" by Rick Riordan (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-026420, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).