Order of Bill Crider Books
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
(with)
| Too Late to Die | (1986) |    |
| Shotgun Saturday Night | (1987) | |
| Cursed to Death | (1988) | |
| Death on the Move | (1989) | |
| Evil at the Root | (1990) | |
| Booked for a Hanging | (1992) | |
| Murder Most Fowl | (1994) | |
| Winning Can Be Murder | (1996) | |
| Death by Accident | (1998) | |
| A Ghost of a Chance | (2000) | |
| A Romantic Way to Die | (2001) | |
| Red, White, and Blue Murder | (2003) | |
| A Mammoth Murder | (2006) | |
| Murder Among the OWLS | (2007) | |
| Of All Sad Words | (2008) | |
| Murder in Four Parts | (2009) | |
| Murder in the Air | (2010) | |
| The Wild Hog Murders | (2011) | |
| Murder of a Beauty Shop Queen | (2012) | |
| Compound Murder | (2013) | |
| Half in Love with Artful Death | (2014) | |
| Between the Living and the Dead | (2015) | |
| Survivors Will Be Shot Again | (2016) | |
| Dead, to Begin With | (2017) | |
| That Old Scoundrel Death | (2019) | |
Publication Order of Sheriff Dan Rhodes Collections
(with)
| The Blacklin County Files | (2012) | |
Publication Order of Carl Burns Books
| One Dead Dean | (1988) | |
| Dying Voices | (1989) | |
| A Dangerous Thing | (1994) | |
| Dead Soldiers | (2004) | |
Publication Order of Truman Smith Private Eye Books
| Dead on the Island | (1991) | |
| Gator Kill | (1992) | |
| When Old Men Die | (1994) | |
| The Prairie Chicken Kill | (1996) | |
| Murder Takes a Break | (1997) | |
Publication Order of Mike Gonzo Books
| Mike Gonzo and the Almost Invisible Man | (1996) | |
| Mike Gonzo and the Sewer Monster | (1996) | |
| Mike Gonzo and the UFO Terror | (1997) | |
Publication Order of Adventures of Wishbone Books
| Hunchdog of Notre Dame | (1997) | |
| The Mutt in the Iron Muzzle | (1997) | |
| The Hunchdog of Notre Dame/Digging Up the Past/Mutt in the Iron Muzzle/The Treasure of Skeleton Reef | (1997) | |
| Muttketeer! | (1997) | |
Publication Order of Stanley Waters Books
(with Willard Scott)
| Murder Under Blue Skies | (1998) | |
| Murder in the Mist | (1999) | |
Publication Order of Professor Sally Good Books
| Murder is an Art | (1999) | |
| A Knife In The Back | (2002) | |
| A Bond with Death | (2004) | |
Publication Order of Humphrey Bogart Books
| We'll Always Have Murder | (2003) | |
Publication Order of Ted Stephens Books
| Houston Homicide | (2007) | |
| Mississippi Vivian | (2010) | |
Publication Order of Ellie Taine Books
| Outrage at Blanco | (1998) | |
| Texas Vigilante | (1999) | |
Publication Order of Standalone Novels
| Ryan Rides Back | (1988) | |
| Keepers of the Beast | (1988) | |
| Galveston Gunman | (1988) | |
| Goodnight Moom | (1989) | |
| Blood Dreams | (1989) | |
| A Time for Hanging | (1989) | |
| Rest in Peace | (1990) | |
| Medicine Show | (1990) | |
| A Vampire Named Fred | (1990) | |
| Just Before Dark | (1990) | |
| Blood Marks | (1991) | |
| The Texas Capitol Murders | (1992) | |
| The Girl Who Wanted to Be Sherlock Holmes | (2011) | |
Publication Order of Short Story Collections
| The Nighttime is the Right Time | (1991) | |
| Raining Willie & Cranked | (2012) | |
| I am a Roving Gambler | (2012) | |
| Eight Adventures of Sherlock Holmes | (2017) | |
Publication Order of Short Stories/Novellas
| My Heart Cries For You | (1992) | |
| Death's Brother | (2011) | |
| What a Croc! | (2011) | |
| A Werewolf Named Wayne | (2011) | |
Publication Order of Vampire Files Books
| Lifeblood | (1990) | |
| Bloodlist | (1990) | |
| Bloodcircle | (1990) | |
| Art in the Blood | (1991) | |
| Fire in the Blood | (1991) | |
| Blood on the Water | (1992) | |
| A Chill in the Blood | (1998) | |
| The Dark Sleep | (1999) | |
| Lady Crymsyn | (2000) | |
| Cold Streets | (2003) | |
| Song in the Dark | (2005) | |
| Many Bloody Returns | (2007) | |
| The Devil You Know | (2009) | |
| Dark Road Rising | (2009) | |
Publication Order of World's Finest Mystery and Crime Stories Books
| The World's Finest Mystery and Crime Stories 1 | (2000) | |
| The World's Finest Mystery and Crime Stories 2 | (2000) | |
| The World's Finest Mystery and Crime Stories 3 | (2002) | |
| The World's Finest Mystery and Crime Stories 4 | (2003) | |
| The World's Finest Mystery and Crime Stories 5 | (2004) | |
Publication Order of The Dead Man Books
| Face of Evil | (2011) | |
| Ring of Knives | (2011) | |
| Hell In Heaven | (2011) | |
| The Dead Woman | (2011) | |
| The Blood Mesa | (2011) | |
| Kill Them All | (2011) | |
| The Beast Within | (2011) | |
| Fire and Ice | (2012) | |
| Carnival of Death | (2012) | |
| Freaks Must Die | (2012) | |
| Slaves to Evil | (2012) | |
| Midnight Special | (2012) | |
| The Death Match | (2012) | |
| The Black Death | (2012) | |
| The Killing Floor | (2012) | |
| Colder than Hell | (2013) | |
| Evil to Burn | (2013) | |
| Streets of Blood | (2013) | |
| Crucible of Fire | (2013) | |
| The Dark Need | (2013) | |
| The Rising Dead | (2013) | |
| Reborn | (2014) | |
Publication Order of Anthologies
| Obsessions | (1991) | |
| White House Horrors | (1996) | |
| Murder, Mayhem and Mistletoe | (2001) | |
| The World's Finest Mystery and Crime Stories 3 | (2002) | |
| The World's Finest Mystery and Crime Stories 4 | (2003) | |
| The Spider Chronicles | (2007) | |
| Nine Deadly Lives: An Anthology of Feline Felonies | (2015) | |
| Tales from the Otherverse | (2015) | |
| The Crime Cafe Short Story Anthology | (2016) | |
| Down & Out: The Magazine Volume 1 Issue 2 | (2017) | |
| Down and Out the Magazine, Vol 2, Issue 2 | (2020) | |
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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