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Publication Order of Sheriff Dan Rhodes Books

Too Late to Die(1986)Description / Buy at Amazon
Shotgun Saturday Night(1987)Description / Buy at Amazon
Cursed to Death(1988)Description / Buy at Amazon
Death on the Move(1989)Description / Buy at Amazon
Evil at the Root(1990)Description / Buy at Amazon
Booked for a Hanging(1992)Description / Buy at Amazon
Murder Most Fowl(1994)Description / Buy at Amazon
Winning Can Be Murder(1996)Description / Buy at Amazon
Death by Accident(1998)Description / Buy at Amazon
A Ghost of a Chance(2000)Description / Buy at Amazon
A Romantic Way to Die(2001)Description / Buy at Amazon
Red, White, and Blue Murder(2003)Description / Buy at Amazon
A Mammoth Murder(2006)Description / Buy at Amazon
Murder Among the OWLS(2007)Description / Buy at Amazon
Of All Sad Words(2008)Description / Buy at Amazon
Murder in Four Parts(2009)Description / Buy at Amazon
Murder in the Air(2010)Description / Buy at Amazon
The Wild Hog Murders(2011)Description / Buy at Amazon
Murder of a Beauty Shop Queen(2012)Description / Buy at Amazon
Compound Murder(2013)Description / Buy at Amazon
Half in Love with Artful Death(2014)Description / Buy at Amazon
Between the Living and the Dead(2015)Description / Buy at Amazon
Survivors Will Be Shot Again(2016)Description / Buy at Amazon
Dead, to Begin With(2017)Description / Buy at Amazon
That Old Scoundrel Death(2019)Description / Buy at Amazon

Publication Order of Sheriff Dan Rhodes Collections

with Judy Crider
The Blacklin County Files (With: Judy Crider)(2012)Description / Buy at Amazon

Publication Order of Carl Burns Books

Publication Order of Truman Smith Private Eye Books

Dead on the Island(1991)Description / Buy at Amazon
Gator Kill(1992)Description / Buy at Amazon
When Old Men Die(1994)Description / Buy at Amazon
The Prairie Chicken Kill(1996)Description / Buy at Amazon
Murder Takes a Break(1997)Description / Buy at Amazon

Publication Order of Mike Gonzo Books

Mike Gonzo and the Almost Invisible Man(1996)Description / Buy at Amazon
Mike Gonzo and the Sewer Monster(1996)Description / Buy at Amazon
Mike Gonzo and the UFO Terror(1997)Description / Buy at Amazon

Publication Order of Stanley Waters Books

with Willard Scott
Murder Under Blue Skies(1998)Description / Buy at Amazon
Murder in the Mist(1999)Description / Buy at Amazon

Publication Order of Professor Sally Good Books

Murder is an Art(1999)Description / Buy at Amazon
A Knife In The Back(2002)Description / Buy at Amazon
A Bond with Death(2004)Description / Buy at Amazon

Publication Order of Humphrey Bogart Books

We'll Always Have Murder(2003)Description / Buy at Amazon

Publication Order of Ted Stephens Books

Houston Homicide(2007)Description / Buy at Amazon
Mississippi Vivian(2010)Description / Buy at Amazon

Publication Order of Ellie Taine Books

Outrage at Blanco(1998)Description / Buy at Amazon
Texas Vigilante(1999)Description / Buy at Amazon

Publication Order of Standalone Novels

Ryan Rides Back(1988)Description / Buy at Amazon
Keepers of the Beast(1988)Description / Buy at Amazon
Galveston Gunman(1988)Description / Buy at Amazon
Goodnight Moom(1989)Description / Buy at Amazon
Blood Dreams(1989)Description / Buy at Amazon
A Time for Hanging(1989)Description / Buy at Amazon
Rest in Peace(1990)Description / Buy at Amazon
Medicine Show(1990)Description / Buy at Amazon
A Vampire Named Fred(1990)Description / Buy at Amazon
Just Before Dark(1990)Description / Buy at Amazon
Blood Marks(1991)Description / Buy at Amazon
The Texas Capitol Murders(1992)Description / Buy at Amazon
The Girl Who Wanted to Be Sherlock Holmes(2011)Description / Buy at Amazon

Publication Order of Short Stories/Novellas

My Heart Cries For You(1992)Description / Buy at Amazon
How I Found a Cat, Lost True Love, and Broke the Bank at Monte Carlo(1995)Description / Buy at Amazon
At the Hop (With: Judy Crider)(1999)Description / Buy at Amazon
Chocolate Moose (With: Judy Crider)(2001)Description / Buy at Amazon
Death's Brother(2011)Description / Buy at Amazon
What a Croc!(2011)Description / Buy at Amazon
A Werewolf Named Wayne(2011)Description / Buy at Amazon
Cranked(2012)Description / Buy at Amazon

Publication Order of Short Story Collections

The Nighttime is the Right Time(1991)Description / Buy at Amazon
Raining Willie & Cranked(2012)Description / Buy at Amazon
I am a Roving Gambler(2012)Description / Buy at Amazon
Eight Adventures of Sherlock Holmes(2017)Description / Buy at Amazon

Publication Order of Adventures of Wishbone Books

The Prince and the Pooch (By: Brad Strickland,Caroline Leavitt)(1997)Description / Buy at Amazon
Hunchdog of Notre Dame (By: Michael Jan Friedman,Rick Duffield)(1997)Description / Buy at Amazon
The Mutt in the Iron Muzzle (By: Michael Jan Friedman)(1997)Description / Buy at Amazon
Salty Dog (By: Brad Strickland)(1997)Description / Buy at Amazon
Be a Wolf! (By: Brad Strickland)(1997)Description / Buy at Amazon
Digging Up the Past (By: Vivian Sathre)(1997)Description / Buy at Amazon
Robinhound Crusoe (By: Caroline Leavitt)(1997)Description / Buy at Amazon
Digging Up the Past (By: Vivian Sathre)(1997)Description / Buy at Amazon
Muttketeer!(1997)Description / Buy at Amazon
The Pawlioned Paper (By: Olga Litowinsky)(1998)Description / Buy at Amazon
A Tale of Two Sitters (By: Joanne Barkan)(1998)Description / Buy at Amazon
Dog Overboard! (By: Rick Duffield,Vivian Sathre)(1998)Description / Buy at Amazon
A Pup in King Arthur's Court (By: Joanne Barkan)(1998)Description / Buy at Amazon
Moby Dog (By: Rick Duffield,Alexander Steele)(1998)Description / Buy at Amazon
Homer Sweet Homer (By: Carla Jablonski)(1998)Description / Buy at Amazon
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Dog (By: Carla Jablonski,Nancy Butcher)(1998)Description / Buy at Amazon
The Last of the Breed (By: Rick Duffield,Alexander Steele)(1999)Description / Buy at Amazon
Digging to the Center of the Earth (By: Rick Duffield,Michael Anthony Steele)(1999)Description / Buy at Amazon
Terrier of the Lost Mines (By: Brad Strickland)(1999)Description / Buy at Amazon
Gullifur's Travels (By: Brad Strickland)(1999)Description / Buy at Amazon
Ivanhound (By: Nancy Holder)(2000)Description / Buy at Amazon
Huckleberry Dog (By: Alexander Steele)(2000)Description / Buy at Amazon
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Publication Order of The Dead Man Books

Face of Evil (By: Lee Goldberg,William Rabkin)(2011)Description / Buy at Amazon
Ring of Knives (By: James Daniels,Lee Goldberg,William Rabkin)(2011)Description / Buy at Amazon
Hell In Heaven (By: Lee Goldberg,William Rabkin)(2011)Description / Buy at Amazon
The Dead Woman (By: David McAfee,Lee Goldberg,William Rabkin)(2011)Description / Buy at Amazon
The Blood Mesa (By: James Reasoner,Lee Goldberg,William Rabkin)(2011)Description / Buy at Amazon
Kill Them All (By: Lee Goldberg,William Rabkin,Harry Shannon)(2011)Description / Buy at Amazon
The Beast Within (By: James Daniels,Lee Goldberg,William Rabkin)(2011)Description / Buy at Amazon
Fire and Ice (By: Lee Goldberg,William Rabkin,Jude Hardin)(2012)Description / Buy at Amazon
Carnival of Death (With: Lee Goldberg,William Rabkin)(2012)Description / Buy at Amazon
Freaks Must Die (By: Lee Goldberg,William Rabkin,Joel Goldman)(2012)Description / Buy at Amazon
Slaves to Evil (By: Lee Goldberg,William Rabkin,Lisa Klink)(2012)Description / Buy at Amazon
Midnight Special (By: Phoef Sutton,Lee Goldberg,William Rabkin)(2012)Description / Buy at Amazon
The Death Match (By: Christa Faust,Lee Goldberg,William Rabkin)(2012)Description / Buy at Amazon
The Black Death (By: Lee Goldberg,William Rabkin,Aric Davis)(2012)Description / Buy at Amazon
The Killing Floor (By: Lee Goldberg,William Rabkin,David Tully)(2012)Description / Buy at Amazon
Colder than Hell (By: Anthony Neil Smith,Lee Goldberg,William Rabkin)(2013)Description / Buy at Amazon
Evil to Burn (By: Lee Goldberg,William Rabkin,Lisa Klink)(2013)Description / Buy at Amazon
Streets of Blood (By: Lee Goldberg,William Rabkin,Barry Napier)(2013)Description / Buy at Amazon
Crucible of Fire (By: Lee Goldberg,William Rabkin,Mel Odom)(2013)Description / Buy at Amazon
The Dark Need (By: Lee Goldberg,William Rabkin,Stant Litore)(2013)Description / Buy at Amazon
The Rising Dead (By: Lee Goldberg,William Rabkin,Stella Green)(2013)Description / Buy at Amazon
Reborn (By: Phoef Sutton,Lee Goldberg,William Rabkin,Lisa Klink,Kate Danley)(2014)Description / Buy at Amazon
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Publication Order of MX New Sherlock Holmes Stories Books

Part I: 1881 to 1889 (By: Craig Janacek,Denis O. Smith,David Marcum,Daniel McGachey,Derrick Belanger,Martin Rosenstock,Will Thomas,John Hall,Mark Mower,Daniel D. Victor,Hugh Ashton,Jayantika Ganguly,Shane Simmons,Adrian Middleton,John Heywood,Deanna Baran,Amy Thomas,Stephen Wade)(2015)Description / Buy at Amazon
Part II: 1890 to 1895 (With: Lyndsay Faye,Christopher Redmond,Bert Coules,J.R. Campbell,William Patrick Maynard,Sam Wiebe,Marcia Wilson,David Marcum,Matthew Booth,Jack Grochot,Ann Margaret Lewis,Mike Hogan,Jeremy Branton Holstein,Dick Gillman,Mike Hogan)(2015)Description / Buy at Amazon
Part III: 1896 to 1929 (By: Lyn McConchie,James Lovegrove,Matthew J. Elliott,Bob Byrne,Stuart Douglas,David Marcum,Larry Millett,Paul D. Gilbert,Geri Schear,Mark Alberstat,Tim Symonds)(2015)Description / Buy at Amazon
Part IV: 2016 Annual (By: David Stuart Davies,Nicholas Utechin,Andy Lane,Richard Doyle,J.R. Campbell,Craig Janacek,Roger Johnson,Bob Byrne,Denis O. Smith,Marcia Wilson,David Marcum,Daniel McGachey,Derrick Belanger,Matthew Booth,Bonnie MacBird,Mark Mower,Daniel D. Victor,Hugh Ashton,Jayantika Ganguly,Steve Emecz,Deanna Baran,Arthur Hall,Vincent W. Wright,Jeremy Holstein,Andrea Mantin Levy,Steven Rothman,Melissa Farnham)(2016)Description / Buy at Amazon
Part V (By: James Lovegrove,Nicholas Utechin,Jan Edwards,Matthew J. Elliott,Bert Coules,William Patrick Maynard,Bob Byrne,Denis O. Smith,Marcia Wilson,David Marcum,Derrick Belanger,Narrelle M. Harris,Mike Chinn,John Hall,Paul D. Gilbert,Mark Mower,Jan Edwards,Hugh Ashton,N. John Hall,Julie McKuras,Tracy J. Revels,Roger Riccard,Amy Thomas,Julie McKuras,Arthur Hall)(2016)Description / Buy at Amazon
Part VI (By: David Timson,Nicholas Utechin,Carla Coupe,Jan Edwards,Craig Janacek,Roger Johnson,Bob Byrne,Marcia Wilson,David Marcum,Derrick Belanger,Mark Mower,Thomas A. Turley,Robert Perret,Jan Edwards,Daniel D. Victor,Hugh Ashton,Geri Schear,Shane Simmons,Julie McKuras,Keith Hann,Steve Emecz,Steve Emecz,Thomas A. Turley,Roger Riccard,Deanna Baran,Thomas A. Turley,Julie McKuras,Tim Symonds,Arthur Hall)(2017)Description / Buy at Amazon
Part VII (By: Lee Child,James Lovegrove,Jan Edwards,Rand Lee,John Linwood Grant,Michael Cox,Steven Philip Jones,David Marcum,Mike Chinn,John Hall,Mark Mower,Thomas A. Turley,Jan Edwards,Daniel D. Victor,James Moffett,Hugh Ashton,Geri Schear,Jayantika Ganguly,Shane Simmons,Anna Elliott,Charles Veley,N. John Hall,Adrian Middleton,Mike Hogan,Thomas A. Turley,Mike Hogan)(2017)Description / Buy at Amazon
Part VIII: Eliminate The Impossible: 1892-1905 (By: Will Murray,William Meikle,Craig Janacek,Marcia Wilson,David Marcum,Daniel McGachey,Michael Mallory,Derrick Belanger,Aaron Smith,Paul D. Gilbert,Robert Perret,Jeremy Branton Holstein,Roger Riccard,Tim Symonds,Arthur Hall)(2017)Description / Buy at Amazon
Part IX: 2018 Annual (By: Leslie Charteris,Marcia Wilson,David Marcum,Denis Green,Mark Mower,James Moffett,Geri Schear,Shane Simmons,Robert Stapleton,Roger Riccard,Deanna Baran,Kevin Thornton)(2018)Description / Buy at Amazon
Part X: 2018 Annual (By: Will Murray,Kelvin Jones,David Marcum,Martin Rosenstock,Greg Hatcher,Robert Perret,Daniel D. Victor,Hugh Ashton,Jayantika Ganguly,Peter Coe Verbica,Mike Hogan,Dick Gillman,Tim Symonds,Arthur Hall)(2018)Description / Buy at Amazon
Part XI: Some Untold Cases (By: Craig Stephen Copland,Will Murray,Leslie Charteris,Stephen Herczeg,Richard Dean Starr,David Marcum,Denis Green,Robert Perret,Hugh Ashton,Jayantika Ganguly,Kevin P. Thornton,Roger Riccard,Deanna Baran,Mike Hogan)(2018)Description / Buy at Amazon
Part XII: Some Untold Cases (By: Craig Janacek,John Linwood Grant,David Marcum,Derrick Belanger,Nik Morton,Paul D. Gilbert,Mark Mower,Daniel D. Victor,Robert Stapleton,Mike Hogan,Jane Rubino,Arthur Hall)(2018)Description / Buy at Amazon
Part XIII: 2019 Annual 1881-1890 (By: Roger Johnson,Mark Wardecker,David Marcum,Derrick Belanger,Will Thomas,Mark Mower,Hugh Ashton,Shane Simmons,Tim Gambrell,Steve Emecz,Paul Hiscock,Andrew Bryant,Arthur Hall,Brenda Seabrook,Robert Stapleton,S.F. Bennett,Edwin A. Enstrom,M.J.H. Simmonds,Tracy Revels,Sean M. Wright,Marino C. Álvarez,Kevin P. Thornton,Stephen Seitz,Jim French,David Friend,Peter Coe Verbica,Jacquelynn Morris,Melissa Grigsby)(2019)Description / Buy at Amazon
Part XV: 2019 Annual (By: Will Murray,Leslie Charteris,Kelvin Jones,David Marcum,Jack Grochot,Denis Green,Mark Mower,Robert Perret,Robert Stapleton,Peter Coe Verbica,Mike Hogan,Tracy J. Revels,Roger Riccard,Dick Gillman,Tim Symonds,Arthur Hall,Robert Stapleton,Peter Coe Verbica)(2019)Description / Buy at Amazon
Part XIV: 2019 Annual (By: Stephen Herczeg,Marcia Wilson,David Marcum,Matthew Booth,I.A. Watson,Geri Schear,Jayantika Ganguly,Anna Elliott,Charles Veley,Liz Hedgecock,Harry DeMaio,Tracy J. Revels,Roger Riccard,Thomas A. Burns, Jr.,Arthur Hall,Edwin A. Enstrom)(2019)Description / Buy at Amazon
Part XVII: Whatever Remains . . . Must Be the Truth (By: Will Murray,David Marcum,Michael Mallory,Anna Elliott,Charles Veley,Jane Rubino,Chris Chan,Arthur Hall)(2019)Description / Buy at Amazon
Part XVIII: Whatever Remains . . . Must Be the Truth 1899-1925 (By: Matthew J. Elliott,Craig Janacek,Gareth Tilley,Kelvin I. Jones,Roger Johnson,David Marcum,Roger Silverwood,Kareem Abdul-Jabbar,Christopher James,Steve Emecz,Harry DeMaio,Matthew White,Paul Hiscock,Arthur Hall,S.F. Bennett,Thomas A. Burns Jr.,Roger Stapleton,Tom Turley,Tracey J. Revels,Nick Cardillo)(2019)Description / Buy at Amazon
Part XVI: Whatever Remains . . . Must Be the Truth (By: Josh Pachter,Victoria Watson,David Marcum,Kevin Jones,Mark Mower,Jayantika Ganguly,Shane Simmons,Tim Gambrell,Elizabeth Sophia Watson,Brenda Seabrooke,Andrew Bryant,Kevin Thornton,Arthur Hall,Tracy Revels,David Friend)(2019)Description / Buy at Amazon
Part XX: 2020 Annual (By: Will Murray,Matthew J. Elliott,Steven Philip Jones,David Marcum,I.A. Watson,Mark Mower,Robert Perret,Anna Elliott,Charles Veley,Sonia Fetherston,Harry DeMaio,Harry DeMaio,Deanna Baran,Susan Knight,Kevin Thornton,Arthur Hall,Tracy Revels,Thomas A. Burns Jr.)(2020)Description / Buy at Amazon
Part XXI: 2020 Annual (By: John Lawrence,Leslie Charteris,Bob Byrne,David Marcum,Stephen Mason Merrill,Michael Mallory,Derrick Belanger,Denis Green,Mark Mower,Hugh Ashton,Geri Schear,Jayantika Ganguly,John Lawrence Toole,Peter Coe Verbica,Dick Gillman,Paula Hammond,Jane Rubino,Arthur Hall,Peter Coe Verbica)(2020)Description / Buy at Amazon
Part XIX: 2020 Annual (By: Craig Stephen Copland,Will Murray,David Marcum,James Moffett,Tim Gambrell,Matthew White,Robert Stapleton,Peter Coe Verbica,Ian Ableson,Kevin P. Thornton,Roger Riccard,Ian Ableson,Matthew White,Thomas A. Turley,Brenda Seabrooke,Dick Gillman,Andrew Bryant,Chris Chan,Arthur Hall,Robert Stapleton,Sean M. Wright,David Friend,Peter Coe Verbica,Nick Cardillo)(2020)Description / Buy at Amazon
Some More Untold Cases Part XXII: 1877-1887 (By: Leslie Charteris,Denis O. Smith,David Marcum,Stephen Mason Merrill,Derrick Belanger,Denis Green,Richard Paolinelli,Mark Mower,Geri Schear,Liese Sherwood-Fabre,Ian Ableson,Kevin P. Thornton,Susan Knight,Tracy J. Revels,Roger Riccard,Chris Chan,Tim Symonds,Robert Stapleton,S.F. Bennett,Kevin P. Thornton)(2020)Description / Buy at Amazon
Part XXIII: 1888-1894 (By: Dacre Stoker,Will Murray,Matthew J. Elliott,Craig Janacek,Steven Philip Jones,Leverett Butts,Marcia Wilson,David Marcum,Mike Chinn,I.A. Watson,Paul D. Gilbert,Hugh Ashton,Shane Simmons,Tim Gambrell,Paul Hiscock,Margaret Walsh,Tracy J. Revels,Barry Clay,Margaret Walsh,Jane Rubino,Arthur Hall)(2020)Description / Buy at Amazon
Part XXIV: 1895-1903 (By: Craig Stephen Copland,John Lawrence,John Linwood Grant,Stephen Herczeg,Marcia Wilson,David Marcum,John Davis,Jayantika Ganguly,Kevin P. Thornton,Susan Knight,Harry DeMaio,Tracy J. Revels,Harry DeMaio,Brenda Seabrooke,Dick Gillman,Paula Hammond,Arthur Hall,Kevin P. Thornton,Thomas A. Burns Jr.)(2020)Description / Buy at Amazon
Part XXV: 2021 Annual 1881-1888 (By: Peter Lovesey,Matthew J. Elliott,Craig Janacek,Roger Johnson,Denis O. Smith,Marcia Wilson,David Marcum,Hugh Ashton,Kevin McCann,Steve Emecz,Matthew White,Martin Daley,Paul Hiscock,Jane Rubino,Chris Chan,Robert Stapleton,M.J.H. Simmonds,Brenda Seagrove,Keith Hann,Hal Glatzer,Stephen Gaspar)(2021)Description / Buy at Amazon
Part XXVI (By: Marcia Wilson,David Marcum,I.A. Watson,Frank Schildiner,Mark Mower,James Moffett,Geri Schear,Naching T. Kassa,Adrian Middleton,Peter Coe Verbica,Margaret Walsh,James Gelter,Ian Ableson,Kevin P. Thornton,Harry DeMaio,Anthony Gurney,Ian Ableson,Harry DeMaio,Dick Gillman,Mike Hogan,Susan Knight,Arthur Hall,Kevin P. Thornton,Peter Coe Verbica)(2021)Description / Buy at Amazon
Part XXVII: 2021 Annual 1898-1928 (By: Craig Stephen Copland,Peter Lovesey,Will Murray,John Lawrence,Leslie Charteris,Stephen Herczeg,Roger Johnson,Marcia Wilson,David Marcum,John Davis,Denis Green,Tim Gambrell,Tracy J. Revels,Jeremy Branton Holstein,Thomas A. Turley,S.C. Toft,Roger Riccard,Steve Emecz,Arthur Hall)(2021)Description / Buy at Amazon
Part XXX: More Christmas Adventures 1897-1928 (By: Nancy Holder,Roger Johnson,D.J. Tyrer,David Marcum,Michael Mallory,Geri Schear,Jayantika Ganguly,Shane Simmons,Naching T. Kassa,Tim Gambrell,Steve Emecz,Paul Hiscock,Andrew Bryant,Paula Hammond,Susan Knight,Kevin Thornton,J.S. Rowlinson,Julie McKuras,J. Lawrence Matthews,Jane Rubino,Chris Chan,Arthur Hall)(2021)Description / Buy at Amazon
Part XXIX: More Christmas Adventures 1889-1896 (By: Craig Stephen Copland,Gordon Linzner,Roger Johnson,Marcia Wilson,David Marcum,Derrick Belanger,I.A. Watson,Frank Schildiner,Paul D. Gilbert,Tracy J. Revels,Steve Emecz,Ian Ableson,Wayne Anderson,Barry Clay,Harry DeMaio,Matthew White,Margaret Walsh,Dan Rowley,Arthur Hall)(2021)Description / Buy at Amazon
Part XXVIII: More Christmas Adventures 1869-1888 (By: Nancy Holder,Will Murray,John Lawrence,Stephen Herczeg,Roger Johnson,David Marcum,Mark Mower,Liz Hedgecock,Tim Gambrell,Roger Riccard,Steve Emecz,Deanna Baran,Thomas A. Turley,Brenda Seabrooke,Thomas A. Burns, Jr.,Amy Thomas,Jeffrey A. Lockwood,Martin Daley,Dick Gillman,Paul Hiscock,Mike Hogan)(2021)Description / Buy at Amazon
Part XXVIII: More Christmas Adventures 1869-1888 (By: Nancy Holder,David Marcum)(2021)Description / Buy at Amazon
XXXI: 2022 Annual 1875-1887 (By: John Lawrence,Gordon Linzner,Kelvin I. Jones,Roger Johnson,D.J. Tyrer,David Marcum,I.A. Watson,Geri Schear,Tracy J. Revels,Steve Emecz,Dan Rowley,Susan Knight,Tim Symonds,Arthur Hall,Robert Stapleton,Hal Glatzer,Sean Wright,Jeffrey Hatcher,Terry Golledge,David MacGregor,Emma West,Kevin Patrick McCann,Thomas Burns,Steven Herczeg)(2022)Description / Buy at Amazon
Part XXXII: 2022 Annual 1888-1895 (By: Will Murray,Craig Janacek,David Marcum,Mike Chinn,Paul Hiscock,Hal Glatzer,James Gelter,Ian Ableson,Mike Hogan,Tracy J. Revels,Roger Riccard,Wayne Anderson,Tim Symonds,Arthur Hall,Hal Glatzer,Terry Golledge,Kevin Patrick McCann,Alan Dimes)(2022)Description / Buy at Amazon
Part XIII: 2022 Annual (By: David Marcum)(2022)Description / Buy at Amazon
Part XXXI: 2022 Annual (By: David Marcum)(2022)Description / Buy at Amazon
Part XXXIII: 2022 Annual 1896-1919 (By: Craig Stephen Copland,Roger Johnson,Mark Wardecker,Marcia Wilson,David Marcum,Hugh Ashton,Naching T. Kassa,Tracy J. Revels,Steve Emecz,Dan Rowley,Jeffrey A. Lockwood,Martin Daley,Andrew Bryant,Susan Knight,Tim Symonds,Kevin P. Thornton,Tom Turley,Jeffrey Hatcher,Terry Golledge,Josh Cerefice,David MacGregor,Alisha Shea,Emma West)(2022)Description / Buy at Amazon
Part XXXIV: However Improbable (By: Will Murray,Leslie Charteris,Stephen Herczeg,Gordon Linzner,Marcia Wilson,David Marcum,Denis Green,Paul Hiscock,James Gelter,Tracy J. Revels,Roger Riccard,Dan Rowley,Thomas A. Burns, Jr.,Chris Chan,Arthur Hall,Tim Newton Anderson,DJ Tyrer,John McNabb,Joseph W. Svec III)(2022)Description / Buy at Amazon
Part XXXV: However Improbable (By: David Marcum)(2022)Description / Buy at Amazon
Part XXXVI: However Improbable (By: David Marcum)(2022)Description / Buy at Amazon
Part XXXVII: 2023 Annual (By: David Marcum)(2023)Description / Buy at Amazon
Part XXXVIII: 2023 Annual (By: David Marcum)(2023)Description / Buy at Amazon
Part XXXVIII (By: David Marcum)(2023)Description / Buy at Amazon
Part XXXIX (By: David Marcum)(2023)Description / Buy at Amazon
Part XLII: Further Untold Cases 1894-1922 (By: David Marcum)(2023)Description / Buy at Amazon
Part XLI: Further Untold Cases - 1887-1892 (By: David Marcum)(2023)Description / Buy at Amazon
Part XLIII: 2024 Annual 1874-1888 (By: David Marcum)(2024)Description / Buy at Amazon
Part XLIV: 2024 Annual 1889-1897 (By: David Marcum)(2024)Description / Buy at Amazon
Part XLV: 2024 Annual 1898-1917 (By: David Marcum)(2024)Description / Buy at Amazon
Part XLVI: Occupants of the Canonical Realm 1861-1889 (By: David Marcum)(2024)Description / Buy at Amazon
Part XLVII: Occupants of the Canonical Realm 1890-1898 (By: David Marcum,Chris Chan)(2024)Description / Buy at Amazon
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Bill Crider was one of the best mystery novel authors in America today. His work has won different awards like the Antony award (1987) for the best first novel. He is the author of multiple book series such as The Carl Burns series, Truman Smith series, Stanley Waters Sires, and the sally good sires. His books are filled with neck gripping suspense, something that will keep you craving for more.

Bill passed in February 2018 of cancer.

Early life

Bill Crider was born in Texas, Mexia (1941). He attended the university of Texas at Austin where he attained his undergraduate degree. He later went to the university of North Texas where he received his Masters in Arts Literature. Teaching has been his love. He taught English at the Howard Payne University for 12 years before writing a dissertation on the hard-boiled detective novel that earned him a PHD at the Texas University at Austin. After earning his degree, he moved his family to Alvin in Texas. Here he served as the chair of the Of Division English and fine arts at the AVIN community collage. He retired in 2003 to focus more on his writing career. This led him to establishing himself as a full term writer. He is the author of Professor Sally Good Sires, the Sheriff Dan Rhodes, Truman Smith PI series, books that he wrote under the pen name Jack Buchanan. In this article, I am going to sample some of his characters and books from his series. He has written very many mystery books, it is difficult to write a complete review of all his books so I will choose randomly.

Professor Carl Burns Series.

This series is based on the life of professor Carl Burns, A college tutor at the local Gorman collage. In Bill Crider’s book, “A dangerous thing”, Professor Carl Burns knows that the dean will to going to get worked up when she bought her two goats. This is the least problem in the dean’s mind since the school is being attacked. The attack is from political forces. The dean is new on top of being a hippie. The new dean comes with new policies and ideas, courses have to be rewritten, everyone has to watch their manners, unless they want to step on the dean’s toes, something that will have to be paid for dearly. Every one was expecting Burns to be the next dean since she was the most qualified candidate. The drama thickens as Tom Henderson’s falls through the window and sustained fatal injuries. This was not part of the curriculum and leaves a lot of unanswered questions. Burns takes it upon himself to figure out who did it, as this was far more interesting than grading boring developmental papers for his English class. Through this series, Bill Crider manages to shed some light on the daily life of a collage professor. He manages to show the world that being a professor is more that wearing an oxford sweater, some geeky glasses and spending your entire life in a library. He makes being a proffesor fun!

PI Truman Series.

This series is based on the life and adventures of one Galveston PI Truman Smith. He is a private detective and in the fourth book of the series “When old men die”, he is hired by his old high school class mate, the unpleasant Lance Garrison, to investigate the shooting incident involving a prairie chicken in his federally protected estate. Though Smith is reluctant to accept the assignment, his defenses crumple and he undertakes to uncover the secrets behind the shooting. The main reason why smith accepts the assignment is because his high school lover, Anne Lindeman is now living in Picket Ville. The prime suspect of the shooting is an anti government talk-radio host, Ralph Evans who airs his concerns for endangered species by advertising a spotted Owl in A can. The plot thickens when Smith and Red Lindeman get shot at as they explore the scene of chime. Red is Anne’s father in law. The owner of the radio station where Ralph works, who is Anne’s husband, is shot to death. A local bird watcher, Martin York is charged with the murder by the police chief Ward Peavey. Things begin falling in place when Smith discovers that a number of prisoners have already died in wards cell. He discovers deception, lies and treachery.

For those looking for a good book to read, a book to keep you glued to its pages from beginning to the end, the Crider is the man to read. He manages to weave suspense, reality and irony in his books. His hero’s are as smart and sharp as they come. He will keep you smiling with his Texas talk. Each new Crider book comes out better than the last, the characters more developed, the plot and setting more defined and the scene more realistic. He will give you one mean murder story that will end with the hero walking tall or even sometimes crawling! That is how unpredictable Crider is. His books are faced paced; he manages to leave the reader breathless as he takes you through the daily adventures of his heroes. He also has a very good command of the English language. His sentences are well structured with a musical touch. You will find your self-singing along instead of reading.

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3 Responses to “Bill Crider”

  1. Pat France: 4 years ago

    I just finished my first Bill Crider book “Dead, to begin with”. Sherriff Rhodes mystery. Totally enjoyed and intend to find more of Bill Crider’s books to enjoy!

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    • Angela Crider Neary: 2 years ago

      So glad you enjoyed it, Pat!

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  2. Susan Frank: 6 years ago

    Bill Crider died of cancer in February 2018. His last Sheriff Dan Rhodes book, That Old Scoundrel Death, was published in February 2019.

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