Stuart M Kaminsky
Stuart M. Kaminsky (1934-2009) was an American author of mystery novels, crime fiction and non-fiction books, as well as a film professor. His series characters are Toby Peters, Inspector Rostnikov, Abe Lieberman and Lew Fonesca. He was awarded the title of Grand Master by the Mystery Writers of America. Kaminsky grew up in Chicago, where he got his Ph.D in speech from Northwestern University. He got his B.S. in journalism and M.A. in English from the University of Illinois. He went on to teach film studies at Northwestern for 16 years and followed that up with a six year stint at Florida State. At one point, Kaminsky served as president of Mystery Writers of America.

Stuart Kaminsky became a published author with the non-fiction book A Biographical Study of the Career of Donald Siegel and an Analysis of His Films in 1972. His first novel was the Toby Peters book Bullet for a Star, published in 1977. Below is a list of Stuart M. Kaminsky’s books in order of when they were originally published:

Publication Order of Toby Peters Books

Bullet for a Star (1977)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Murder on the Yellow Brick Road (1977)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
You Bet Your Life (1978)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Howard Hughes Affair (1979)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Never Cross a Vampire (1980)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
High Midnight (1981)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Catch a Falling Clown (1982)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
He Done Her Wrong (1983)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Fala Factor (1984)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Down for the Count (1985)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Man Who Shot Lewis Vance (1986)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Smart Moves (1987)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Think Fast, Mr. Peters (1988)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Buried Caesars (1989)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Poor Butterfly (1990)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Melting Clock (1991)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Devil Met a Lady (1993)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Tomorrow is Another Day (1995)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Dancing in the Dark (1996)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
A Fatal Glass of Beer (1997)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
A Few Minutes Past Midnight (2001)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
To Catch A Spy (2002)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Mildred Pierced (2003)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Now You See It (2004)Description / Buy at Amazon.com

Publication Order of Porfiry Rostnikov Books

Death of a Dissident / Rostnikov's Corpse (1981)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Black Knight in Red Square (1984)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Red Chameleon (1985)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
A Cold Red Sunrise (1987)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
A Fine Red Rain (1987)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Man Who Walked Like a Bear (1990)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Rostnikov's Vacation (1991)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Death of a Russian Priest (1992)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Hard Currency (1995)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Blood and Rubles (1996)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Tarnished Icons (1997)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Dog Who Bit a Policeman (1998)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Fall of a Cosmonaut (2000)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Murder on the Trans-Siberian Express (2001)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
People Who Walk in Darkness (2008)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
A Whisper to the Living (2009)Description / Buy at Amazon.com

Publication Order of Abe Lieberman Books

Lieberman's Folly (1991)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Lieberman's Choice (1993)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Lieberman's Day (1994)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Lieberman's Thief (1995)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Lieberman's Law (1996)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Big Silence (2000)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Not Quite Kosher (2002)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Last Dark Place (2004)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Terror Town (2006)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Dead Don't Lie (2007)Description / Buy at Amazon.com

Publication Order of CSI: New York Books

(by Keith R.A. DeCandido)

Dead of Winter (2005)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Blood on the Sun (2006)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Deluge (2007)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Four Walls (By: Keith R.A. DeCandido) (2008)Description / Buy at Amazon.com

Publication Order of Kolchak The Night Stalker Books

Kolchak Night Stalker (2003)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Kolchak the Night Stalker Volume 1 (2004)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Kolchak: The Night Stalker Chronicles (With: Max Allan Collins) (2005)Description / Buy at Amazon.com

Publication Order of Lew Fonesca Books

Publication Order of The Rockford Files Books

The Green Bottle (1996)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Devil on my Doorstep (1998)Description / Buy at Amazon.com

Publication Order of Standalone Novels

When the Dark Man Calls (1983)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Exercise in Terror (2001)Description / Buy at Amazon.com

Publication Order of Short Stories/Novellas

Publication Order of Short Story Collections

Opening Shots (1991)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Hidden and Other Stories (1999)Description / Buy at Amazon.com

Publication Order of Plays

Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books

American Film Genres: Approaches to a Critical Theory of Popular Film (1974)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Clint Eastwood: The Candid On-and-off-screen of the World's #1 Male Superstar (1974)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Don Siegel : Director (1974)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Ingmar Bergman; Essays in Criticism (1975)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
John Huston, Maker of Magic (1978)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Coop: The Life and Legend of Gary Cooper (1979)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Basic Filmmaking (1981)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
American Television Genres (1985)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Writing for television (1988)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Behind the Mysteries: Top Mystery Writers (2005)Description / Buy at Amazon.com

Publication Order of Kolchak: The Night Stalker Books

Pain Without Tears (By: C.J. Henderson) (2004)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Kolchak the Night Stalker Volume 1 (2004)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Terror Within (By: C.J. Henderson,Stefan Petrucha) (2006)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
A Black & Evil Truth (By: C.J. Henderson) (2007)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Lovecraftian Horror (By: C.J. Henderson) (2007)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Lost World (By: C.J. Henderson) (2012)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Kolchak and the Lost World (By: C.J. Henderson) (2012)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Necronomicon (By: C.J. Henderson) (2012)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Big Book of Kolchak the Night Stalker (With: C.J. Henderson) (2012)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Passages of the Macabre (By: Ed Gorman,Nancy Holder,C.J. Henderson) (2016)Description / Buy at Amazon.com

Publication Order of Anthologies

The Ultimate Witch(1993)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Guilty as Charged(1996)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Year's 25 Finest Crime and Mystery Stories 1997(1998)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes(1999)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Mystery in the Sunshine State(1999)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Oxford Book of Detective Stories(2000)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Mysterious Press Anniversary Anthology: Celebrating 25 Years(2001)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Show Business is Murder(2004)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Mr. President, Private Eye(2004)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Adventure of the Missing Detective and 19 of the Year's Finest Crime and Mystery Stories(2005)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Kolchak: The Night Stalker Chronicles(2005)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
On a Raven's Wing(2009)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Silent Night, Deadly Night(2016)Description / Buy at Amazon.com

Notes: Rostnikov’s Corpse was later re-published as Death of a Dissident. The graphic novel Fever Pitch was collaborated on with Christopher Jones and Barbara Schulz. The graphic novel Kolchak: The Night Stalker Volume One was collaborated on with Joe Gentile and Jeff Rice. The short story collection The Night Stalker Chronicles also contains contributions by Elaine Bergstrom, Max Allan Collins, Peter David, Mark Dawidziak, P.N. Elrod, Ed Gorman, C.J. Henderson, Brett Matthews and Robert E. Weinberg. A Biographical Study of the Career of Donald Siegel and An Analysis of His Films was re-published under the title Don Siegel, Director. Basic Filmmaking was co-authored with Dana H. Hodgdon. Writing for Television was written alongside Mark Walker.

If You Like Stuart M. Kaminsky Books, You’ll Love…

Stuart M. Kaminsky Synopses: In Mystery in the Sunshine State, Stuart M. Kaminsky takes some of the most notable writers from Florida as they write mystery stories involving P.I.’s and amateur sleuths. Some of the authors included are Les Standiford, Edna Buchanan, David Kaufelt, David Beaty and more.

In The Green Bottle by Stuart Kaminsky (book 1 of The Rockford Files), Rockford is content to hang out on the beach and evade the debt collectors. He was able to pay his bills last month from an antique green bottle he found from a wealthy client and from an old lady who lost her cat. But now his luck may have run out when some goons show up looking to re-arrange his facial features.

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