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 Nick Carter: Killmaster Books

The Coyote Connection

(1984)

Publication Order of Sheriff Dan Rhodes Books

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	(1997)
A Ghost of a Chance	(2000)
A Romantic Way to Die	(2001)
Red, White, and Blue Murder	(2003)
A Mammoth Murder	(2006)
A 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,	(2017)
That Old Scoundrel Death	(2019)

Publication Order of Sheriff Dan Rhodes Collections

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 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

Muttketeer!

(1997)

Publication Order of Stanley Waters Books

Murder Under Blue Skies	(1997)
Murder in the Mist	(1998)

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

Mississippi Vivian	(2010)
A Carnival of Death	(2012)

Publication Order of Standalone Novels

Galveston Gunman	(1988)
Ryan Rides Back	(1988)
Keepers of the Beast	(1988)
Goodnight Moom	(1988)
A Time for Hanging	(1989)
Blood Dreams	(1989)
Rest in Peace	(1990)
A Vampire Named Fred	(1990)
Just Before Dark	(1990)
Medicine Show	(1990)
Blood Marks	(1991)
The Texas Capitol Murders	(1992)
Outrage at Blanco	(1998)
Texas Vigilante	(1999)
Houston Homicide	(2007)
The Girl Who Wanted to Be Sherlock Holmes	(2011)
M.I.A. Hunter: Miami War Zone	(2012)

Publication Order of Short Stories

My Heart Cries for You	(1992)
Death's Brother	(2011)
What a Croc!	(2011)
A Werewolf Named Wayne	(2011)

Publication Order of Short Story Collections

The Nighttime is the Right Time	(1991)
Murder, Mayhem and Mistletoe	(2001)
The Spider Chronicles	(2007)
Die, Lover, Die!	(2011)
I Am a Roving Gambler	(2012)
Raining Willie & Cranked: Two Texas Tales	(2012)

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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