Ed Gorman Books In Order
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New, Improved Murder | (1985) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Murder Straight Up | (1986) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Rough Cut | (1986) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Murder in the Wings | (1986) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Autumn Dead | (1987) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
A Cry of Shadows | (1990) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Reason Why | (1992) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of Tobin Books
Murder on the Aisle | (1987) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Several Deaths Later | (2001) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of Leo Guild Books
Guild | (1987) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Death Ground | (1988) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Blood Game | (1989) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Dark Trail | (1991) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of Jack Walsh Books
Publication Order of Robert Payne Books
Blood Moon / Dead Cold | (1991) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Hawk Moon | (1995) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Harlot's Moon | (1997) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Voodoo Moon | (2000) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of Sam McCain Books
The Day The Music Died | (1998) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Wake Up Little Susie | (1999) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow? | (2000) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Save the Last Dance for Me | (2002) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Everybody's Somebody's Fool | (2003) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Breaking Up Is Hard to Do | (2004) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Fools Rush In | (2007) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Ticket to Ride | (2009) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Bad Moon Rising | (2011) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Riders on the Storm | (2014) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of Cavalry Man Books
The Killing Machine | (2005) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Powder Keg | (2006) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Doom Weapon | (2007) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of Dean Koontz's Frankenstein Books
Prodigal Son | (2005) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
City of Night | (2005) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Dead and Alive | (2009) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Lost Souls | (2009) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Dead Town | (2011) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of Dev Mallory Books
Publication Order of Dev Conrad Books
Sleeping Dogs | (2008) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Stranglehold | (2010) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Blindside | (2011) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Flashpoint | (2013) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Elimination | (2015) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of Standalone Novels
Daddy's Little Girl | (1985) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Night Caller | (1985) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Toys in the Attic | (1986) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Forsaken | (1988) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Graves' Retreat | (1989) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Babysitter | (1989) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
What The Dead Men Say | (1990) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Night of Shadows | (1990) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Poker Club | (1990) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Nightmare Child | (1990) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Night Kills | (1990) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Prodigal Gun | (1992) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Cage of Night | (1992) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Long Midnight | (1992) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Serpent's Kiss | (1992) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Robin In I, Werewolf | (1992) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Wolf Moon | (1993) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Sharpshooter | (1993) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Shadow Games | (1994) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Moonchasers | (1995) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Blood Red Moon | (1995) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Fugitive Stars | (1995) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Black River Falls | (1996) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Night Screams | (1996) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The First Lady | (1996) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Zone Soldiers | (1996) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Silver Scream | (1997) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Gundown | (1997) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Senatorial Privilege | (1997) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Runner in the Dark | (1997) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Cold Blue Midnight | (1998) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Trouble Man | (1998) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Daughter of Darkness | (1998) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Ride Into Yesterday | (1999) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
I Know What the Night Knows | (1999) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Serpent's Kiss | (1999) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Storm Riders | (1999) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Dark Moon | (2000) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Dark Fantastic | (2001) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Blackmail & Lace | (2001) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Ghost Town | (2001) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Vendetta | (2002) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Rituals | (2002) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Relentless | (2003) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Lynched | (2003) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Gun Truth | (2003) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Branded | (2004) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
An American Education | (2004) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Two Guns to Yuma | (2005) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Shoot First | (2006) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
A Knock at the Door | (2007) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Midnight Room | (2009) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Marilyn Tapes | (2010) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Showdown | (2012) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Girl in the Attic | (2012) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Hell-For-Leather Rider / The Man from Nightshade Valley | (2012) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Now You See Her | (2014) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Backshot | (2015) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Run to Midnight | (2016) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of Short Stories/Novellas
Turn Away | (1987) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Face | (1992) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
One of Those Days, One of Those Nights | (1994) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Out There in the Darkness | (1995) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Dirty Coppers | (1997) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Eye of the Beholder | (1997) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Lawless | (2000) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Cast in Dark Waters | (2002) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Cages | (2009) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The End of it All | (2009) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Survival | (2012) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Yesterday and the Day Before | (2012) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Cemetery Dance Select | (2016) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of Short Story Collections
Westeryear | (1988) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Dark Whispers and Other Stories | (1993) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Out There in the Darkness, Volume 1 | (1995) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Moonchasers and Other Stories | (1995) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Eye of the Beholder and Other Stories | (1998) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Famous Blue Raincoat | (1999) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Such a Good Girl and Other Crime Stories | (2001) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Prisoners & Other Stories | (2003) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Crooks, Crimes and Christmas | (2003) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Long Ride Back | (2004) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Different Kinds of Dead and Other Tales | (2005) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Phantom Chronicles 2 | (2009) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The End Of It All And Other Stories | (2009) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Noir 13 | (2010) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Dead Man's Gun and Other Western Stories | (2013) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
A Disgrace to the Badge | (2013) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Enemies and Other Western Stories | (2013) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Scream Queen and Other Tales of Menace | (2014) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Long Ride Back and Other Western Stories | (2015) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Shadow Games and Other Sinister Stories of Show Business | (2016) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Trace Elements | (2019) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of Graphic Novels
Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books
They're Here... Invasion of the Body Snatchers | (1999) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Invasion of the Body Snatchers | (2006) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Death of a Translator | (2017) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of Murder Most Books
Murder Most Sacred | (1989) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Murder Most Medieval | (1993) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Murder Most Delicious | (1995) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Murder Most Medical | (1995) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Murder Most Irish | (1996) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Murder Most Delectable | (2000) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Murder Most Divine | (2000) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Murder Most Romantic | (2001) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Murder Most Postal | (2001) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Murder Most Feline | (2001) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Murder Most Confederate | (2003) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Murder Most Celtic | (2003) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of Anthologies
The Fine Art of Murder | (1872) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Black Lizard Anthology of Crime Fiction | (1987) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Second Black Lizard Anthology of Crime Fiction | (1988) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Stalkers | (1989) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Black Moon | (1989) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Borderlands 1 | (1990) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Under the Gun | (1990) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
100 Great Detectives, Or, the Detective Directory | (1991) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Cold Blood | (1991) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Solved | (1991) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Cat Crimes I | (1991) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Obsessions | (1991) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Invitation to Murder | (1991) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Borderlands 3 | (1991) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Cat Crimes III | (1992) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Stalkers - 19 Original Tales By the Masters of Terror | (1992) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Cat Crimes II | (1992) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Best Western Stories of Ed Gorman | (1992) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Monsters in Our Midst | (1993) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Predators | (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 |
The Fine Art of Murder: The Mystery Reader's Indispensable Companion | (1993) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Danger in D.C. | (1993) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Blue Motel | (1994) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Feline and Famous | (1994) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
A Modern Treasury of Great Detective and Murder Mysteries | (1994) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Partners in Crime | (1994) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Cat Crimes Takes a Vacation | (1995) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Woman On The Beat | (1995) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Guilty as Charged | (1996) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Hollywood Fantasies: Ten Surreal Visions of Tinsel Town | (1997) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Once Upon a Crime | (1998) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The UFO Files | (1998) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Year's 25 Finest Crime and Mystery Stories | (1998) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Mom, Apple Pie and Murder | (1999) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Future Crimes | (1999) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Cat Crimes Through Time | (1999) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Pure Pulp | (1999) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Best of the American West II | (1999) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Best American Mystery Stories 1999 | (1999) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
October Dreams | (2000) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The World's Finest Mystery and Crime Stories 1 | (2000) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The World's Finest Mystery and Crime Stories 2 | (2000) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Pulp Masters | (2001) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Murder Most Feline | (2001) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Blue and the Gray Undercover | (2001) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Guns of the West | (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: 3: Third Annual Collection | (2002) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The World's Finest Mystery and Crime Stories: 4: Fourth Annual Collection | (2003) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The World's Finest Mystery and Crime Stories 4 | (2003) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Stagecoach | (2003) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Mr. President, Private Eye | (2004) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The World's Finest Mystery and Crime Stories 5 | (2004) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
These Guns for Hire | (2006) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Dark Passions | (2007) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Best of Cemetery Dance II | (2008) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Between the Dark and the Daylight | (2009) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
By Hook or By Crook and 27 More of the Best Crime and Mystery Stories of the Year | (2010) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
By Hook or By Crook and 30 More of the Best Crime and Mystery Stories of the Year | (2010) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Shamus Winners | (2010) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Commutability | (2010) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Beat to a Pulp: Round 1 | (2010) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Discount Noir | (2010) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Best American Mystery Stories 2011 | (2011) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
In Pursuit of Spenser | (2012) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
A Feast of Frights from The Horror Zine | (2012) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Beat to a Pulp: Round 2 | (2012) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Writing Crime Fiction | (2012) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Interrogator and Other Criminally Good Fiction | (2012) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Turn Down the Lights | (2013) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Passages of the Macabre | (2016) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Adventure of the Missing Detective | (2020) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Ed Gorman was one of the noteworthy authors from America, who was famous for writing books based on the mystery, western fiction, crime fiction, thriller, and horror fiction genres. He was also a renowned anthologist of short stories. As a writer, Gorman wrote and published his stories in almost all the genres. The nonfiction works written by him have appeared in places like Redbook and The New York Times. Author Gorman has contributed to a number of literary magazines and publications such as Mystery Scene, Xero, Cemetery Dance, Black Lizard, and Tales of Zorro anthology. He was born on November 2, 1941 in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, The United States, and died on October 14, 2016. Gorman lived for most of his time in his place of birth, Cedar Rapids. For several extended periods, he even stayed in Minneapolis, Chicago, Des Moines, and Minnesota. Author Gorman had married two times. He was married for the first time for 7 years to Catherine Stevens. Later, he married the award winning writer of young adult and children’s books, named Carol Maxwell. Carol and Gorman remained married for 34 years until the death of Gorman in 2016. Prior to the start of his writing career, author Gorman was involved in public relations and advertising. He spent 23 years in these fields, producing some industrial films and writing a few political speeches. He went on to write his first book in the year 1984, which was titled as Rough Cut. Following the tremendous success of this novel, author Gorman decided to quit his job. He dedicated himself towards writing for full time. The other reason behind him being able to focus on his writing career on a full time basis is the full time teaching profession of his wife, Carol. Author Gorman contributed with stories in different fields, however, he thought of himself as a genre writer. During the 1970s, he had won a short story competition, which was sponsored by the Charles Scribner and Sons. One of the editors from this company suggested Gorman to expand the winning story into a full length novel. He started doing it, but got bored after writing for 6 months.
Most of the stories and novels of author Gorman are set in the small towns of the Midwestern regions. For writing his popular Dev Conrad series, he got the inspiration from his years working as an operative in the political field. In addition to writing, Gorman also co-founded the Mystery Scene literary magazine. He served as an editor cum publisher until the year 2002. Even today, the Gormania column appears in the pages of the magazine regularly. Author Gorman was regarded as one of the original writers of crime fiction by the Kirkus Reviews. Likewise, many other critics labeled him as a top class writer in his genre. For most parts of writing career, he was known as a prolific writer, but his graph began to go down after he suffered from multiple myeloma in the year 2002. He had won the Spur Award in the category of the Best Short Fiction for one of his short stories in 1992. Gorman was even nominated for the prestigious Bram Stoker Award in 1995 for his collection of fiction stories called Cages. In 1994, Gorman won the Anthony Award and went on to get nominated for this award for multiple times in the next years. The PEWA has awarded him with a Lifetime Achievement Award. The other prestigious nomination for him include the Edgar Award. One of the novels written by author Gorman, The Poker, was made into a movie in 2008 under the direction of Timm McCann. Several of his short stories have also been adapted into short films. Author Gorman used to write under a different set of pen names in addition to his original name including, Daniel Ransom, Robert David Chase, Richard Driscoll, E.J. Gorman, etc.
A popular novel series written by Ed Gorman is called as Sam McCain series. It is comprised of a total of 10 books, which were released between the years 1998 and 2014. Its debut book is titled as ‘The Day the Music Died’. Author Gorman has set the plot of this novel at the time of the year 1958, in Black River Falls. At the beginning of the book, it is shown that at the barber shop of Bill Malley, a lot of talks are going on about communism, marches of civil rights, Martin Luther King, Kennedy, fluoride, etc. In the middle of this setup, Sam McCain is introduced as a 26 year old private investigator and law degree holder. He drives in Ford for 4 hours to attend a performance by his favorite idol of rock and roll music, Buddy Holly. In the next morning, Sam McCain hears the sad news of Holly’s plane crash. Later, Sam comes across Susan Whitney’s dead body in her living room. When he goes upstairs in the huge mansion, he finds Susan’ bullying husband named Richie holding a rifle in his hand and confessing about killing Susan. In his guilt, he kills himself. Sam McCain’s instincts make him feel that Richie did not murder his wife. Before the end of the day, he finds one more corpse in a frozen pond. This time, it is a pregnant teenager.
Another well known book written in the series is entitled ‘Breaking Up is Hard To Do’. It was published in 2004. In the starting sequence, author Gorman has shown that the whole of America lives in fear because of the crisis of the Cuban Missiles. But, the citizens try to get their lives going and hope for the crisis to end soon. A beautiful woman named Karen Hastings is found dead due to strangulation in the shelter of the gubernatorial candidate named Ross Murdoch. In order to look into the matter, Ross hires Sam McCain. He wants Sam to find out the real killer and help him get his named cleared in the murder. The task seems pretty much impossible for Sam McCain. He finds out that Karen knew very much about the powerful Ross Murdoch as well as the community’s 3 other pillars, who shared her as their mistress. And with the information, Karen Hastings was blackmailing all 4 of them. The case keeps getting dirtier with the uncovering of new secrets. And when the killer takes the life of another victim, Sam thinks that it is high time now to catch him. He wonders whether the 4 men who had sexual relationship with Karen were involved in her murder too or there is someone else who is playing with the lives of these men. The book turned out to be one of the finest by author Gorman as it helped him to achieve more success as a writer of mystery books.
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