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Publication Order of Condor Books

Six Days of the Condor (1974)Description / Buy at Amazon
Three Days of the Condor (1974)Description / Buy at Amazon
Shadow of the Condor (1975)Description / Buy at Amazon
condor.net (2011)Description / Buy at Amazon
Last Days of the Condor (2014)Description / Buy at Amazon
Condor in the Stacks (2015)Description / Buy at Amazon
Next Day of the Condor (2015)Description / Buy at Amazon

Publication Order of Condor Collections

Condor: The Short Takes (2019)Description / Buy at Amazon

Publication Order of John Rankin Books

Runner in the Street (1984)Description / Buy at Amazon
Hard Bargains (1985)Description / Buy at Amazon

Publication Order of Devlin Rourke Books

Publication Order of Standalone Novels

The Great Pebble Affair (1976)Description / Buy at Amazon
Catch the Wind (1980)Description / Buy at Amazon
Steeltown (1988)Description / Buy at Amazon
White Flame (1990)Description / Buy at Amazon
River of Darkness / The Nature of the Game (1991)Description / Buy at Amazon
Thunder (1994)Description / Buy at Amazon
City of Shadows (As: James Dalton) (2000)Description / Buy at Amazon
Mad Dogs (2006)Description / Buy at Amazon
This Train (2022)Description / Buy at Amazon
The Smoke in Our Eyes (2024)Description / Buy at Amazon

Publication Order of Short Stories/Novellas

This Given Sky (2011)Description / Buy at Amazon

Publication Order of Harold Middleton Books

The Chopin Manuscript (2007)Description / Buy at Amazon
The Copper Bracelet (2009)Description / Buy at Amazon
The Starling Project: An Audible Drama (2014)Description / Buy at Amazon
The Harold Middleton books are serial thrillers which are compiled by various authors.

Publication Order of Bibliomysteries Books

The Book of Virtue (By: Ken Bruen) (2012)Description / Buy at Amazon
Pronghorns of the Third Reich (By: C.J. Box) (2012)Description / Buy at Amazon
The Book Thing (By: Laura Lippman) (2012)Description / Buy at Amazon
The Book Case (By: Nelson DeMille) (2012)Description / Buy at Amazon
An Acceptable Sacrifice (By: Jeffery Deaver) (2012)Description / Buy at Amazon
Death Leaves a Bookmark (By: William Link) (2012)Description / Buy at Amazon
The Final Testament (By: Peter Blauner) (2013)Description / Buy at Amazon
Rides a Stranger (By: David Bell) (2013)Description / Buy at Amazon
The Long Sonata of the Dead (By: Andrew Taylor) (2013)Description / Buy at Amazon
The Book of Ghosts (By: Reed Farrel Coleman) (2013)Description / Buy at Amazon
The Compendium of Srem (By: F. Paul Wilson) (2014)Description / Buy at Amazon
What's in a Name? (By: Thomas H. Cook) (2014)Description / Buy at Amazon
Remaindered (By: Peter Lovesey) (2014)Description / Buy at Amazon
The Sequel (By: R.L. Stine) (2014)Description / Buy at Amazon
The Gospel of Sheba (By: Lyndsay Faye) (2014)Description / Buy at Amazon
Book Club (By: Loren D. Estleman) (2014)Description / Buy at Amazon
The Nature of My Inheritance (By: Bradford Morrow) (2014)Description / Buy at Amazon
It's in the Book (By: Mickey Spillane) (2014)Description / Buy at Amazon
The Scroll (By: Anne Perry) (2014)Description / Buy at Amazon
The Book of the Lion (By: Thomas Perry) (2015)Description / Buy at Amazon
The Little Men (By: Megan Abbott) (2015)Description / Buy at Amazon
Condor in the Stacks (2015)Description / Buy at Amazon
Mystery, Inc. (By: Joyce Carol Oates) (2015)Description / Buy at Amazon
Every Seven Years (By: Denise Mina) (2015)Description / Buy at Amazon
From the Queen (By: Carolyn Hart) (2015)Description / Buy at Amazon
From the Queen (By: Carolyn Hart) (2015)Description / Buy at Amazon
The Travelling Companion (By: Ian Rankin) (2016)Description / Buy at Amazon
Citadel (By: Stephen Hunter) (2016)Description / Buy at Amazon
Reconciliation Day (By: Christopher Fowler) (2016)Description / Buy at Amazon
Dead Dames Don't Sing (By: John Harvey) (2016)Description / Buy at Amazon
The Haze (By: James W. Hall) (2016)Description / Buy at Amazon
Hoodoo Harry (By: Joe R. Lansdale) (2017)Description / Buy at Amazon
The Pretty Little Box (By: Charles Todd) (2018)Description / Buy at Amazon
Seven Years (By: Peter Robinson) (2018)Description / Buy at Amazon
The Hemingway Valise (By: Robert Olen Butler) (2018)Description / Buy at Amazon
The Last Honest Horse Thief (By: Michael Koryta) (2018)Description / Buy at Amazon
The Caxton Private Lending Library & Book Depository (By: John Connolly) (2018)Description / Buy at Amazon
The Girl Who Did Say No (By: David Handler) (2020)Description / Buy at Amazon
The Traitor (By: Martin Edwards) (2022)Description / Buy at Amazon
The Dark Door (By: Lisa Unger) (2022)Description / Buy at Amazon
The Honeymoon Trap (By: Peter Swanson) (2022)Description / Buy at Amazon

Chronological Order of Bibliomysteries Books

The Book of Virtue (By: Ken Bruen)(2012)Description / Buy at Amazon
The Scroll (By: Anne Perry)(2014)Description / Buy at Amazon
Pronghorns of the Third Reich (By: C.J. Box)(2012)Description / Buy at Amazon
An Acceptable Sacrifice (By: Jeffery Deaver)(2012)Description / Buy at Amazon
Death Leaves a Bookmark (By: William Link)(2012)Description / Buy at Amazon
Seven Years (By: Peter Robinson)(2018)Description / Buy at Amazon
The Book Thing (By: Laura Lippman)(2012)Description / Buy at Amazon
The Book of Ghosts (By: Reed Farrel Coleman)(2013)Description / Buy at Amazon
Book Club (By: Loren D. Estleman)(2014)Description / Buy at Amazon
The Long Sonata of the Dead (By: Andrew Taylor)(2013)Description / Buy at Amazon
The Final Testament (By: Peter Blauner)(2013)Description / Buy at Amazon
Rides a Stranger (By: David Bell)(2013)Description / Buy at Amazon
What's in a Name? (By: Thomas H. Cook)(2014)Description / Buy at Amazon
It's in the Book (By: Mickey Spillane)(2014)Description / Buy at Amazon
The Nature of My Inheritance (By: Bradford Morrow)(2014)Description / Buy at Amazon
Remaindered (By: Peter Lovesey)(2014)Description / Buy at Amazon
The Compendium of Srem (By: F. Paul Wilson)(2014)Description / Buy at Amazon
The Gospel of Sheba (By: Lyndsay Faye)(2014)Description / Buy at Amazon
The Sequel (By: R.L. Stine)(2014)Description / Buy at Amazon
The Book of the Lion (By: Thomas Perry)(2015)Description / Buy at Amazon
The Little Men (By: Megan Abbott)(2015)Description / Buy at Amazon
From the Queen (By: Carolyn Hart)(2015)Description / Buy at Amazon
Every Seven Years (By: Denise Mina)(2015)Description / Buy at Amazon
Citadel (By: Stephen Hunter)(2016)Description / Buy at Amazon
Condor in the Stacks(2015)Description / Buy at Amazon
Mystery, Inc. (By: Joyce Carol Oates)(2015)Description / Buy at Amazon
The Travelling Companion (By: Ian Rankin)(2016)Description / Buy at Amazon
The Haze (By: James W. Hall)(2016)Description / Buy at Amazon
Dead Dames Don't Sing (By: John Harvey)(2016)Description / Buy at Amazon
Reconciliation Day (By: Christopher Fowler)(2016)Description / Buy at Amazon
Hoodoo Harry (By: Joe R. Lansdale)(2017)Description / Buy at Amazon
The Pretty Little Box (By: Charles Todd)(2018)Description / Buy at Amazon
The Caxton Private Lending Library & Book Depository (By: John Connolly)(2018)Description / Buy at Amazon
The Hemingway Valise (By: Robert Olen Butler)(2018)Description / Buy at Amazon
The Last Honest Horse Thief (By: Michael Koryta)(2018)Description / Buy at Amazon
The Book Case (By: Nelson DeMille)(2012)Description / Buy at Amazon
From the Queen (By: Carolyn Hart)(2015)Description / Buy at Amazon
The Girl Who Did Say No (By: David Handler)(2020)Description / Buy at Amazon
The Traitor (By: Martin Edwards)(2022)Description / Buy at Amazon
The Dark Door (By: Lisa Unger)(2022)Description / Buy at Amazon
The Honeymoon Trap (By: Peter Swanson)(2022)Description / Buy at Amazon

Publication Order of Anthologies

Unusual Suspects(1996)Description / Buy at Amazon
Son of Retro Pulp Tales(2009)Description / Buy at Amazon
Home Improvement: Undead Edition(2011)Description / Buy at Amazon
Gargoyle 57(2011)Description / Buy at Amazon
Inherit the Dead(2013)Description / Buy at Amazon
Just to Watch Them Die(2017)Description / Buy at Amazon
Montana Noir(2017)Description / Buy at Amazon
Invisible Blood(2019)Description / Buy at Amazon
Reports from the Deep End(2023)Description / Buy at Amazon

James Grady was born in 30th April 1949, in Shelby, Montana, a field of tough oil, railroad, and farming town clinging to the prairie 60 miles East of the Rocky Mountains. The area is a half an hour drive south of Canada. For most of his youth age, his father managed movie theaters and his mother was a country library. He was a bookish, movie going kid who enjoyed playing football in high school. He went to public schools as well as worked while still studying. Grady once worked as a grave digger, rock picker, farm tractor jockey, hay bucker, motion picture projectionist and city road crew laborer. James Grady graduated from the University of Montana School of Journalism with a degree in Journalism.

In 1985, Grady married Bonnie Goldstein, who is a private detective, senate aide, network TV producer and a writer. They have two children: Rachel, an Academy Award nominated documentary filmmaker, and Nathan, a college student in San Francisco. Rachel Grady is also a director of the documentary Jesus Camp. Unless he is working on a Hollywood project, he works out of their house, enjoys T’ai-chi, swimming, listening to progressive rock ‘n’ roll, read, goes to movies and do his best to obey the voices screaming inside him in order to write their stories. Writing captured him early as he could dictate stories to his mother when he was at the age of 5 and wrote his Senior class play when in high school. He was used to collecting enough rejection slips from magazines for his short stories and poems to help him build a fire. James Grady lives together with his family in his home located in a quiet suburb of Washington, D.C.

He has been lucky enough to be an American Edgar nominee, while France awarded him the Grand Prix Du Roman Noir in 2001. Italy gave him the Raymond Chandler award in 2003. In the same year (2003), he was honored receive an Outstanding Alumni Award from the University of Montana, Missoula. His novel, MAD DOGS, received Japan’s Baka-Misu literary awards in 2008.

In 1971, he was lucky to get a job as a staff aide for the constitutional convention that rewrote Montana’s core document. He later worked as a juvenile delinquency analyst which he later left to join fiction writing, a move that scared everyone.

James Grady wrote the first novel by the title Six Days of the Condor. The novel was first published by W.W. Norton in 1974. The novel became a huge bestseller and in a short order, an iconic, Oscar nominated film entitled Three Days of the Condor, (1975) starring Robert Redford. The story is a suspense drama set in contemporary Washington, D.C. and is different from the 1975 version of the film, Three Days of the Condor. In the novel, Grady acts as Ronald Malcolm, who is a CIA employee. He works in a clandestine operations’ office in Washington, D.C. where he is responsible for analyzing the plots of mystery and spy novels. One day, when he should be in office, Malcolm slips out of through the entrance to the basement for lunch. In his absence, a group of men who are heavily armed gain entrance to the office and kill everyone inside. When Malcolm returns from his lunch, he realizes he is in grave danger and calls a phone number at CIA headquarters that he has been given for emergencies.

When the call goes through, where he remembers to give his code name ‘Condor’, he is told to meet an agent named Weatherby who will bring him in for protection. However, Weatherby is part of the rogue group within the CIA that is responsible for the original assassinations. Weatherby tries to kill him, but Malcolm manages to escape with his life. Malcolm uses his wits to elude both the proper CIA authorities and the rogue CIA group, each of which would very much like to find him first.

When seeking shelter, Malcolm kidnaps a paralegal by the name Wendy Ross who he overhears intends to spend her coming vacation days holed up in her apartment hence he knows that nobody will notice her absence. He quickly wins her trust and she eventually helps him in his quest to stay alive and get to know more about the forces after him. Wendy is later shot and seriously wounded while trying to help Malcolm. Malcolm knows that she is dead, but later learns that she has survived.

It later turns out that the rogue CIA group was using the section where Malcolm works to import illegal drugs from Laos. A supervisor stumbles on the discrepancy in the records and this result from clandestine drug importation, leading to the section to be eliminated.

The second novel in the series by Grady was titled Shadow of the Condor. The novel was released in 1978. In this novel, he expanded the action geographically to include Soviet Union and Communist China. On the seventh day sequel, Ronald Malcolm is returning to the field from grad school when an Air Force intelligence officer is assassinated in the middle of a missile site I northern Montana. Having been reactivated by the CIA to serve as a decoy, the birdbrained tyro is kidnapped by Chinese agents. The agents use him to locate a treacherous KGB foe. At this time, the soviets have sacrificed one of their own GRU agents so that they can divert attention from their covert operation Gamayun. The Shadow stands for the surveillance and obfuscation and this is all too circuitous.

The condor series by James Grady made Robert Redford release an iconic movie to create completion with him. Realizing this, James Grady did not want to compete with Robert and that great work of art they did and had to let the series go and went on doing a number of other novels. A scarier phenomenon emerged when it was brought to his attention that the specific plot device he had employed for killing scenes in Six Days of the Condor, involving a disguised mailman had been used to a devastating effect by Iranian spies to murder an Iranian dissident living in Bethesda, Maryland, not far from his home.

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