Bill Pronzini Books In Order
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Publication Order of Nameless Detective Short Stories/Novellas
Booktaker | (2011) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Kinsmen | (2012) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Femme | (2012) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of Nameless Detective Collections
Casefile | (1983) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Spadework | (1994) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Scenarios | (2003) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of John Quincannon Books
Quincannon | (1985) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Beyond the Grave | (1986) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Quincannon's Game | (2005) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of Carpenter and Quincannon Mystery Books
The Bughouse Affair | (2013) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Spook Lights Affair | (2013) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Body Snatchers Affair | (2015) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Plague of Thieves Affair | (2016) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Dangerous Ladies Affair | (2017) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Bags of Tricks Affair | (2018) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Flimflam Affair | (2019) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Stolen Gold Affair | (2020) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Paradise Affair | (2021) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of Carpenter and Quincannon Collections
Carpenter & Quincannon, Professional Detective Services | (1998) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Quincannon's Game | (2005) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of Charlie Chan Books
Publication Order of Academy Mystery Books
Police Procedurals | (1985) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Locked Room Puzzles | (1986) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of Oxman and Tobin Mysteries Books
Publication Order of Standalone Novels
The Stalker | (1971) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Panic! | (1972) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Jade Figurine | (1972) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Snowbound / Games | (1974) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Dead Run | (1975) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Games | (1976) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Running of Beasts | (1976) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Freebooty | (1976) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Acts of Mercy | (1977) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Wildfire | (1978) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
A killing in Xanadu | (1980) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Prose Bowl | (1980) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Duel at Gold Buttes | (1981) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Cambodia File | (1981) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Masques | (1981) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Border Fever | (1983) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Day of the Moon | (1983) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Gallows Land | (1983) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Starvation Camp | (1985) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Lighthouse | (1986) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Last Days of Horse-Shy Halloran | (1987) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Firewind | (1989) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Hangings | (1989) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Carmody's Run | (1993) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
With an Extreme Burning | (1994) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Blue Lonesome | (1995) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
A Wasteland of Strangers | (1997) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Nothing But the Night | (1999) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
All the Long Years | (2001) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
In an Evil Time | (2001) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Step to the Graveyard Easy | (2002) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Alias Man | (2004) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Crimes of Jordan Wise | (2006) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Other Side of Silence | (2008) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Hidden | (2010) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Violated | (2017) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Give-A-Damn Jones | (2018) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Peaceful Valley Crime Wave | (2019) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of Short Stories/Novellas
Cat’s Paw | (1983) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Incident in a Neighborhood Tavern | (1988) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Here Comes Santa Claus | (1989) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Home Is The Place Where | (1995) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Big Bite | (2000) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Devil's Brew | (2006) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Pumpkin | (2012) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of Short Story Collections
The Best Western Stories of Steve Frazee | (1984) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Graveyard Plots | (1985) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Small Felonies | (1988) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Best Western Stories of Frank Bonham | (1989) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Best Western Stories of Bill Pronzini | (1990) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Stacked Deck | (1991) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Best Western Stories of Les Savage, Jr. | (1991) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Sleuths | (1999) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Problems Solved | (2003) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Burgade's Crossing | (2003) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
On Account of Darkness and Other Stories | (2004) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Coyote and Quarter-Moon | (2006) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Crucifixion River | (2007) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Dago Red | (2008) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Small Felonies 2 | (2022) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of New Frontiers Collection Books
New Frontiers, Vol. 1 | (1990) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
New Frontiers, Vol. 2 | (1990) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books
Gun in Cheek | (1982) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
San Francisco | (1985) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
1001 Midnights | (1986) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Son of Gun in Cheek | (1987) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Six Gun In Cheek | (1997) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of Anthologies
Science Fiction Adventure from Way Out | (1973) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Wondermakers 2 | (1974) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Future Corruption | (1975) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Alfred Hitchcock Presents: Stories to Be Read With the Door Locked - Book 2 | (1975) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Arena: Sports Science Fiction | (1976) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Mystery Writers' Choice 1977 | (1976) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Midnight Specials | (1977) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Dark Sins, Dark Dreams | (1979) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Werewolf! | (1979) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The End of Summer | (1979) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Night Screams | (1979) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Shared Tomorrows | (1979) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Chrysalis 5 | (1979) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Chrysalis 6 | (1980) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Voodoo | (1980) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Mummy! | (1980) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Edgar Winners | (1980) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Other Worlds Volume 2 | (1980) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
100 Malicious Little Mysteries | (1981) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Arbor House Treasury of Horror and the Supernatural | (1981) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Great Tales of Mystery and Suspense | (1981) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Classic Tales of Horror and the Supernatural | (1981) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Arbor House Necropolis | (1981) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Giant Book Of Horror Stories | (1981) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Arbor House Treasury of Mystery and Suspense | (1982) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Alfred Hitchcock's Borrowers of the Night | (1983) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Web She Weaves | (1983) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Arbor House Treasury of Detective and Mystery Stories from the Great Pulps | (1983) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Baker's Dozen | (1984) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Western Hall of Fame | (1984) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Child's Ploy | (1984) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Outlaws | (1984) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Reel West | (1984) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Witches' Brew | (1984) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
13 Short Mystery Novels | (1984) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Eyes Have It | (1984) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Mystery Hall of Fame | (1984) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Chapter and Hearse | (1985) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Cowboys | (1985) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Arbor House Treasury of Great Western Stories | (1985) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Dark Lessons | (1985) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
She Won the West | (1985) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Warriors | (1985) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Deadly Arts | (1985) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Second Reel West | (1985) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Murder in the First Reel | (1985) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Wickedest Show on Earth | (1985) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Shadows 8 | (1985) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Police Procedurals | (1985) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Ethnic Detectives | (1985) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Halloween Horrors | (1986) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Tales of Mystery | (1986) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Mammoth Book of Short Crime Novels | (1986) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Tales of the Dead | (1986) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Cattlemen | (1986) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Railroaders | (1986) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Mean Streets | (1986) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Steamboaters | (1986) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Great Modern Police Stories | (1986) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Third Reel West | (1986) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Mystery in the Mainstream | (1986) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
101 Mystery Stories | (1986) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Wild Westerns | (1986) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Prime Suspects | (1987) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Horse Soldiers | (1987) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Uncollected Crimes | (1987) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Suspicious Characters | (1987) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Manhattan Mysteries | (1987) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
13 Short Detective Novels | (1987) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Gunfighters | (1987) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Death Locked In | (1987) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Lady on the Case | (1988) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Cloak and Dagger | (1988) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Texans | (1988) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Best of the West | (1988) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Mammoth Book of Private Eye Stories | (1988) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Homicidal Acts | (1988) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Criminal Elements | (1988) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Second Black Lizard Anthology of Crime Fiction | (1988) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Mammoth Book of World War II Stories | (1989) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Kill or Cure | (1989) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Californians | (1989) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Felonious Assaults | (1989) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Arizonans | (1989) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
More Wild Westerns | (1989) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Deadly Doings | (1989) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Mistletoe Mysteries | (1989) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Northwesterners | (1990) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Crime and Crime Again | (1990) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Northerners | (1990) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Best of the West 2 | (1990) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Best of the West III | (1990) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Christmas Out West | (1990) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
100 Great Detectives, Or, the Detective Directory | (1991) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
A Treasury of World War II Stories | (1991) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
A Treasury of Civil War Stories | (1991) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Montanans | (1991) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Combat! | (1992) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Best Western Stories of Ed Gorman | (1992) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Year's 25 Finest Crime and Mystery Stories 1992 | (1993) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
100 Dastardly Little Detective Stories | (1993) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
100 Hair-Raising Little Horror Stories | (1993) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Dark Crimes 2 | (1993) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Criminal Intent | (1993) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Great Tales of the West | (1994) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Great Tales of Horror and the Supernatural | (1994) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Year's 25 Finest Crime and Mystery Stories 1993 | (1994) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Hardboiled | (1995) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Torture Trek and Eleven Other Action-Packed Stories of the Wild West | (1995) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
100 Astounding Little Alien Stories | (1996) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
First Cases, Volume 1 | (1996) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Mammoth Book of Short Spy Novels | (1996) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Gunfight! | (1996) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Year's 25 Finest Crime and Mystery Stories 1995 | (1996) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
A Century of Mystery | (1997) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Giant Book of War Stories | (1997) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Giant Book of Short Crime Stories | (1997) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Detective Duos | (1997) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Giant Book of Private Eye Stories | (1997) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Year's 25 Finest Crime and Mystery Stories 1997 | (1998) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Pure Pulp | (1999) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Best of the American West II | (1999) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Irreconcilable Differences | (1999) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Crafty Cat Crimes | (2000) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The World's Finest Mystery and Crime Stories 1 | (2000) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Oddments | (2000) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The World's Finest Mystery and Crime Stories 2 | (2000) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
A Century of Great Suspense Stories | (2001) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
More Oddments | (2001) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Most Wanted | (2002) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The World's Finest Mystery and Crime Stories 3 | (2002) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The World's Finest Mystery and Crime Stories 4 | (2003) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
San Francisco Noir 2 | (2009) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Masters of Horror and the Supernatural | (2010) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Beat to a Pulp: Round 2 | (2012) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Interrogator and Other Criminally Good Fiction | (2012) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Coast to Coast: Murder from Sea to Shining Sea | (2015) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Deadly Anniversaries | (2020) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Bullets and Other Hurting Things: A Tribute to Bill Crider | (2021) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Bill Pronzini is a well known American author who likes to write his novels based on the Mystery and Thriller genres. He was born on April 13, 1943 in Petaluma, California in the United States. He was an avid reader right from his childhood days and was fascinated by his grandfather’s mystery and science fiction digest at the age of 12. After that he used to frequently purchase second hand pulp magazines from the bookstores in San Francisco and seemed intrigued by their stories. In a few years, Bill was able to collect around 3000 pulp magazines. When he completed his studies at the junior college, Bill began working as a newsstand clerk, sports reporter, car-park attendant, plumbing supply salesman, office typist, and a warehouseman. Bill also served as a part time civilian guard for transporting prisoners, for a U.S. Marshall. Apart from the mystery and thriller novels, Bill also likes to write novels on the Science Fiction, Literature and Fantasy themes. Bill is particularly famous for his works in detective fiction and is famous for writing down the Nameless Detective series of novels. Other than being a novelist, he is also an anthologist and has compiled over 100 collections, many of which are based on the western, science fiction and mystery stories.
Throughout his writing career, Bill has used a number of pseudonyms for writing different categories of novels. Some of his pen names include Jack Foxx, Alex Saxon, William Hart Davis, Brett Halliday, Romer Zane Grey and William Jeffrey. Bill was born as William John Pronzini. He has married 3 times in his life, firstly with Laura Patricia in the year 1965, whom he divorced after one year. Second time Bill married Brunhilde Schier in the year 1972. The two got separated in the year 1985 and eventually got divorced. In the end, Bill married Marcia Muller for the final time in his life, who herself is a mystery writer. Their marriage took place in the year 1992 and the two of them are still living together happily. Bill has collaborated with Marcia on 4 novels from 1984 to 2015 as well as on a number of anthologies. Author Bill Pronzini began his writing career in the year 1971 with his first novel, The Stalker. During the same Bill began writing his most famous work, the Nameless Detective series. Since then, Bill has written and published around 42 books in the series as well as several short stories. The unique feature of the series is that although it depicts the typical criminal mysteries, the amount of violence depicted in the novels of the series is quite less. As the short stories are concerned, Bill has written more than 300 of the. Many of his published short stories have featured in Argosy and Adventure magazines, which are considered as the first pulp magazines of America. The prosperous career of Bill Pronzini as an author has allowed him to receive many prestigious awards and nominations for his achievements in the mystery genre. His first novel was nominated for the Edgar Award in the year 1972 for being the Best First Mystery Novel. In the year 1982, he won the first Shamus Award in the Best Private Eye Novel category. Then he was also nominated for the Edgar Award in the following year in the category of Best Biographical or Critical listings. During the next year, Bill won the Shamus Award for his short story Cat’s Paw in the category of Best Private Eye Short Story, and another short story called Bones was also nominated for the same award in the year 1986. In the year 1987, Bill won the Lifetime Achievement Shamus Award called The Eye in the mystery genre. This is considered to be the highest accolade to be awarded in the mystery genre. In the same year, Bill and Marcia together won their first Macavity Award in the Critical Work category for their collaboration novel 1001 Midnights. They also won the same award in the same category for their other novel Son of Gun in Cheek in the year 1988.
Bill won the Anthony Award and a nomination for the Shamus Award in the year 1989. He was also awarded the Grand Prix de Literature Award in the same year. These were followed by a number of other nominations and awards such as the Anthony Award, the Edgar Award and the Shamus Award in the following years up to 2010. Because of his unique style of writing mysteries, Bill was considered as a master of the genre. He seems to have touched every form of mystery in his writings, including the locked-room mysteries, noirish thrillers, adventure novels, historicals, men’s action and spy capers. Other than his wife Marcia, Bill has also collaborated with a few of his fellow authors such as Barry Walhberg, John Lutz and Colin Wilcox. Bill’s non-fiction works are also quite effective to earn him a place in the Hall of Fame of the Private Investigator genre. The novels written by Bill have been translated into a number of languages and have been published in more than 30 countries all over the world. Apart from being an expert mystery writer, Bill Pronzini is also an avid reader and editor. He has edited around 80 short stories in his 20 year career. He was hoping to end his famous Nameless Detective series after the 26th novel was published, as he felt that he had written enough novels for the series. However, he received an exciting offer from a publisher and he could not refuse it. Hence, he continued with the series. In the early 1970s, Bill used to travel to Europe and has resided in West Germany and Majorca or a short while. As of today, Bill lives happily in San Francisco along with his wife Marcia Muller.
One of the novel series written by Bill is the John Quincannon series, which consists of 3 novels published between the year 1985 and 2005. The series deals with the 19th century private eye named John Quincannon from San Francisco, California. The first novel of the series was published in the year 1985 by the Ballantine Books publishing house and was titled ‘Quincannon’. The opening plot of the novel shows Secret Service agent John Quincannon as trying to recover from his grief in which he had killed a young woman and her unborn child with his stray bullet. However, he seems to have found some joy in his life. He is asked to go on a mission to destroy a counterfeiting ring which was responsible for the killing one of his colleagues. He has tried hard to come out of his grief and stay sober for the mission. However, he is required to deal with another woman who reminds him of his last victim. The second novel of the series was titled ‘Beyond the Grave’. It was published in the year 1986 by the Carroll & Graf publishing house. The plot of the novel deals with the investigations of detective John Quincannon and the Chicana sleuth named Elena Oliverez, who seems to an amateur in the profession. The novel shows the mystery of San Francisco, which is prevailing from 1894 up to 1986. The novel is very well written by the collaborative effort of Bill Pronzini and Marcia Muller.
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