Bill Crider is an American author of mystery, western and horror novels along with children’s books. He is best known for his Sheriff Dan Rhodes series, but has other series including the Truman Smith series. Before becoming a novelist, Crider taught English at Howard Payne University for over a decade. After that, he earned his PhD at the University of Texas at Austin. He retired in 2003 in order to dedicate his time to writing fiction.

Bill Crider became a published author in 1984, writing The Coyote Connection under the house name Nick Carter. His first novel of his own was Too Late to Die in 1986, the start of his Dan Rhodes series. Below is a list of Bill Crider’s books in order of when they were originally published:

Publication Order of Sheriff Dan Rhodes Books

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

Publication Order of Sheriff Dan Rhodes Collections

(with Judy Crider)

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

Publication Order of Carl Burns Books

One Dead Dean (1988)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Dying Voices (1989)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
A Dangerous Thing (1994)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Dead Soldiers (2004)Description / Buy at Amazon.com

Publication Order of Truman Smith Private Eye Books

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

Publication Order of Mike Gonzo Books

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

Publication Order of Stanley Waters Books

(with Willard Scott)

Murder Under Blue Skies (1998)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Murder in the Mist (1999)Description / Buy at Amazon.com

Publication Order of Professor Sally Good Books

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

Publication Order of Humphrey Bogart Books

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

Publication Order of Ted Stephens Books

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

Publication Order of Ellie Taine Books

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

Publication Order of Standalone Novels

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

Publication Order of Short Stories/Novellas

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

Publication Order of Short Story Collections

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

Publication Order of Adventures of Wishbone Books

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

Publication Order of The Dead Man Books

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

Publication Order of Anthologies

Obsessions(1991)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Dark Destiny II: Proprietors of Fate(1991)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Truth Until Paradox(1994)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Dark Destiny(1994)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Partners in Crime(1994)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
How the West Was Read, Volume 2(1996)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
White House Horrors(1996)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Once Upon a Crime(1998)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes(1999)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Best of the American West II(1999)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Murder, Mayhem and Mistletoe(2001)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Death Dines at 8:30(2001)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The World's Finest Mystery and Crime Stories 3(2002)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Murder, My Dear Watson(2002)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The World\\\'s Finest Mystery and Crime Stories: 4(2003)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Cross Plains Universe(2006)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Spider Chronicles(2007)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Many Bloody Returns(2007)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Gift of Murder(2009)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Beat to a Pulp: Round 1(2010)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Discount Noir(2010)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Beat to a Pulp: Round 2(2012)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Lone Ranger Chronicles(2012)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Making Story: Twenty-One Writers on How They Plot(2012)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Wolf Creek: Kiowa Vengeance(2012)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Showdown at Demon's Drop(2013)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Wolf Creek: Night of the Assassins(2013)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Dead But Not Forgotten(2014)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The MX Book of New Sherlock Holmes Stories Part II: 1890 to 1895(2015)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Nine Deadly Lives(2015)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Tales from the Otherverse(2015)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Sherlock Holmes The Lady on the Bridge and other Stories(2016)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Crime Cafe Short Story Anthology(2016)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Silent Night, Deadly Night(2016)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Further Crossovers of Sherlock Holmes(2017)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Down & Out: The Magazine Volume 1 Issue 2(2017)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Down and Out the Magazine, Vol 2, Issue 2(2020)Description / Buy at Amazon.com

Notes: The Coyote Connection was written alongside Jack Davis under the house name Nick Carter. The Blackline County Files is co-authored with Judy Crier. The Stanley Waters series is written with Willard Scott. The Carnival of Death is co-authored with Lee Goldberg and William Rabkin. M.I.A. Hunter is co-authored with Stephen Mertz. Houston Homicide was co-authored with Clyde Wilson. The novels Keepers of the Beast, Goodnight Moom, Blood Dreams, Rest in Peace and Just Before Dark were written using the pen name of Jack MacLane.

Murder, Mayhem and Mistletoe also contains contributions from Terence Faherty, Wendi Lee and Aileen Schumacher. The Spider Chronicles also contains contributions by Mort Castle, Shannon Denton, Chuck Dixon, Steve Englehart, Ron Fortier, Joe Gentile, Rich Harvey, John Helfers and John Jakes. Die, Lover, Die! is co-authored by Max Allan Collins, Lee Goldberg, Joel Goldman, Ed Gorman, Vicki Hendricks, Naomi Hirahara, Paul Levine, Harry Shannon and Dave Zeltserman.

Mississippi Vivian was co-authored by Clyde Wilson.

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