Order of Charles Ardai Books
Charles Ardai is an American author and publisher of crime fiction novels. He is a founder/editor of Hard Case Crime – an imprint of hardboiled crime novels. He also founded the internet company Juno in 1996. He graduated from Columbia University summa cum laude in 1991. Charles is married to fellow novelist Naomi Novik.
Charles Ardai made his debut as a published novelist in 2007 with the novel The Good-Neighbor Policy. He had previously published anthologies under this name. Below is a list of Charles Ardai’s books in order of when they were first released:
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Publication Order of Gun Honey Books
| Gun Honey | (2022) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Blood for Blood | (2023) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Heat Seeker | (2024) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Collision Course | (2025) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Combustion | (2025) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of John Blake Books
(as Richard Aleas)
| Little Girl Lost | (2004) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Songs of Innocence | (2007) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Standalone Novels
| The Good Neighbor Policy | (2007) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Fifty-to-One | (2008) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Nice Guys | (2016) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Death Comes Too Late | (2024) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Short Stories/Novellas
| Nobody Wins | (1993) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Gabriel Hunt Books
| Hunt at the Well of Eternity | (2014) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Hunt at World's End | (2014) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Hunt Through the Cradle of Fear | (2014) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Hunt Beyond the Frozen Fire | (2014) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Hunt Among the Killers of Men | (2014) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Hunt Through Napoleon\'s Web | (2014) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
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Publication Order of Akashic Noir Books
Publication Order of Anthologies
Notes: Why I Left Harry’s All-Night Hamburgers was edited with Sheila Williams. The anthologies Futurecrime, New England Crime Chowder, Kingpins, and Aliens and UFO’s were edited with Cynthia Manson.
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Charles Ardai Synopsis: With the release of Fifty-to-One by Charles Ardai, Hard Case Crime is celebrating its 50th year! Okay, not really. But what if, instead of having been founded 50 books ago, Hard Case Crime had been founded 50 years ago, by a rascal out to make a quick buck off the popularity of pulp fiction? Such a fellow might make a few enemies – especially after publishing a supposed non-fiction account of a heist at a Mafia-run nightclub, actually penned by an 18-year-old showgirl. With both the cops and the crooks after them, our heroes are about to learn that reading and writing pulp novels is a lot more fun than living them…