Order of Dennis Lynds Books

Dennis Lynds was an American author who also wrote books under the names of Michael Collins, Mark Sadler, John Crowe, and William Arden. He was a great mystery writer who won the prestigious Edgar Award from the Mystery Writers of America and also received Lifetime Achievement awards from the Private Eye Writers of America and the MWA.

Lynds grew up in New York City before heading off to fight in World War II where he earned a Bronze Star and a Purple Heart. Upon returning, he studied chemistry and journalism, and worked as a magazine editor in New York before moving to California to focus on his writing. In his life, he wrote over 80 novels and 200 short stories. Lynds passed away in 2005.

Publication Order of Paul Shaw Books (as Mark Sadler)

The Falling Man	(1970)
Here to Die	(1971)
Mirror Image	(1972)
Circle Of Fire	(1973)
Touch Of Death	(1984)
Deadly Innocents	(1986)

Publication Order of Dan Fortune Books (as Michael Collins)

Act of Fear	(1967)
The Brass Rainbow	(1969)
Night of the Toads	(1970)
Walk a Black Wind	(1971)
Shadow of a Tiger	(1972)
The Silent Scream	(1973)
Blue Death	(1975)
The Blood-Red Dream	(1976)
The Night Runners	(1978)
The Slasher	(1980)
Freak	(1983)
Minnesota Strip	(1987)
Red Rosa	(1988)
Castrato	(1989)
Chasing Eights	(1990)
The Irishman's Horse	(1991)
Cassandra in Red	(1992)
Crime, Punishment, and Resurrection	(1992)
Fortune's World	(2001)

Publication Order of Kane Jackson Books (as William Arden)

A Dark Power	(1968)
The Goliath Scheme	(1971)
Murder Underground/Die to a Distant Drum	(1972)
Deadly Legacy	(1973)

Publication Order of Buena Costa County Books (as John Crowe)

Another Way To Die	(1972)
Bloodwater	(1974)
Crooked shadows	(1975)
When They Kill Your Wife	(1977)
Close to Death	(1979)

Publication Order of Charlie Chan Books

Charlie Chan

(1974)

Publication Order of Mack Bolan Books

Moving Target (With: Gayle Lynds)	(1989)
Blood Fever (With: Gayle Lynds)	(1989)

Publication Order of Standalone Novels

Combat Soldier	(1962)
Uptown Downtown	(1963)
Mask of Silence	(1968)
Lukan War (As: Michael Collins)	(1969)
The Planets of Death (As: Michael Collins)	(1970)
Woman in marble	(1972)
Mystery of the Blue Condor (As: Michael Collins)	(1973)
SWAT No. 1 - Crossfire	(1975)
The Cadillac Cowboy (As: Michael Collins)	(1995)

Publication Order of Short Stories/Novellas

Success of a Mission

(1968)

Publication Order of Short Story Collections

Talking to the World and Other Stories	(1995)
Spies and Thieves, Cops and Killers, Etc. (As: Michael Collins)	(2002)
Slot Machine Kelly (As: Michael Collins)	(2005)

If You Like Dennis Lynds Books, You’ll Love…

• John Connolly
• Kate Atkinson
• Michael Connelly

Walk A Black Wind is a popular book in the Dan Fortune mystery series that Lynds wrote. The book takes place in 1970s New York at a time when liberated young women are making it their home. One such woman is Francesca Crawford who is making a nice life for herself there at just twenty years old – until she is murdered. A man twenty five years older than her shows up at Dan Fortune’s office and gives him a large sum of money, much more than he usually charges, to find her killer. Fortune agrees to take the case and finds things to be much more complicated than he imagined.

Another good book in that series is called The Silent Scream. Fortune is having some trouble in his love life and to take his mind off it, he agrees to take a case to investigate a blonde woman who frequents a local French restaurant. It’s not long after his investigation begins that he is warned to run by one man and threatened by another. This case leads him into a world of violence and treachery that he’ll need to figure out.