Order of David L. Lindsey Books
David L. Lindsey is an American novelist of crime fiction and mystery novels. He writes the Stuart Haydon series. David grew up in the Texas Rio Grande Valley as well as in West Texas. He graduated from North Texas State University with a degree in English literature and moved to Austin, Texas in 1970, where he still calls home. In the 70s, Lindsey worked as an editor at multiple small publishing houses in Austin, and also opened his own publishing firm, Heidelberg Publishers. In 1980, his wife convinced him to start writing. Since then, his novel Mercy has been made into a film.
David L. Lindsey made his debut as a published author in 1983. That year, his novels Black Gold, Red Death and A Cold Mind were published. Below is a list of David L. Lindsey’s books in order of when they were first released:
Publication Order of Stuart Haydon Books
| A Cold Mind | (1983) |    |
| Heat from Another Sun | (1984) | |
| Spiral | (1986) | |
| In the Lake of the Moon | (1988) | |
| Body of Truth | (1992) | |
Publication Order of Marten Fane Books
| Pacific Heights | (2011) | |
Publication Order of Standalone Novels
| Black Gold, Red Death | (1983) | |
| Mercy | (1990) | |
| An Absence of Light | (1994) | |
| Requiem For a Glass Heart | (1996) | |
| The Color of Night | (1999) | |
| Animosity | (2001) | |
| The Rules of Silence | (2003) | |
| The Face of the Assassin | (2004) | |
Note: The Marten Fane series is written as Paul Harper.
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David L. Lindsey Synopses: Black Gold, Red Death is a standalone title by David L. Lindsey. Martin Gallagher has never experienced real danger before. A newspaper reporter in San Antonio, his all-too-normal life cracks open wide when his half-sister Stella reveals the truth about herself. She is the secret leader of a Mexican revolutionary movement, and she desperately needs his help.
In The Color of Night by David Lindsey, former intelligence officer Harry Strand is not over the loss of his wife, who died in a car accident. He starts a new career as an art dealer, and meets Mara Song, an Asian art dealer too passionate to resist. When Harry finds a tape in Mara’s VCR that shows his wife’s death, only the past secrets he’d hoped would stay buried forever can answer his discovery.