Order of Ed Gorman Books
Ed Gorman (1941-2016) was an American author of crime fiction, mystery, western and horror novels. He writes the Jack Dwyer, Sam McCain, Dev Conrad, and other series. He is also a prolific anthologist. Ed spent 23 years in advertising, public relations, as a political speech writer and industrial film producer. As someone who was born and raised in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Gorman would often set his novels in the Midwest. He was diagnosed with multiple myeloma in 2002 and passed away in 2016.
Ed Gorman made his debut as a novelist in 1985 with the novel Rough Cut. Following this, he became a full-time writer until his death. Below is a list of Ed Gorman’s books in order of when they were originally published:
Publication Order of Jack Dwyer Books
| New, Improved Murder | (1985) |    |
| Murder Straight Up | (1986) | |
| Rough Cut | (1986) | |
| Murder in the Wings | (1986) | |
| The Autumn Dead | (1987) | |
| A Cry of Shadows | (1990) | |
| The Reason Why | (1992) | |
Publication Order of Tobin Books
| Murder on the Aisle | (1987) | |
| Several Deaths Later | (2001) | |
Publication Order of Leo Guild Books
| Guild | (1987) | |
| Death Ground | (1988) | |
| Blood Game | (1989) | |
| Dark Trail | (1991) | |
Publication Order of Jack Walsh Books
| The Night Remembers | (1991) | |
Publication Order of Robert Payne Books
| Blood Moon / Dead Cold | (1991) | |
| Hawk Moon | (1995) | |
| Harlot's Moon | (1997) | |
| Voodoo Moon | (2000) | |
Publication Order of Sam McCain Books
| The Day The Music Died | (1998) | |
| Wake Up Little Susie | (1999) | |
| Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow? | (2000) | |
| Save the Last Dance for Me | (2002) | |
| Everybody's Somebody's Fool | (2003) | |
| Breaking Up Is Hard to Do | (2004) | |
| Fools Rush In | (2007) | |
| Ticket to Ride | (2009) | |
| Bad Moon Rising | (2011) | |
| Riders on the Storm | (2014) | |
Publication Order of Cavalry Man Books
| The Killing Machine | (2005) | |
| Powder Keg | (2006) | |
| Doom Weapon | (2007) | |
Publication Order of Dean Koontz's Frankenstein Books
| Prodigal Son | (2005) | |
| City of Night | (2005) | |
| Dead and Alive | (2009) | |
| Lost Souls | (2009) | |
| The Dead Town | (2011) | |
Publication Order of Dev Mallory Books
| Bad Money | (2005) | |
| Fast Track | (2006) | |
Publication Order of Dev Conrad Books
| Sleeping Dogs | (2008) | |
| Stranglehold | (2010) | |
| Blindside | (2011) | |
| Flashpoint | (2013) | |
| Elimination | (2015) | |
Publication Order of Standalone Novels
| Daddy's Little Girl | (1985) | |
| Night Caller | (1985) | |
| Toys in the Attic | (1986) | |
| The Forsaken | (1988) | |
| Graves' Retreat | (1989) | |
| The Babysitter | (1989) | |
| What The Dead Men Say | (1990) | |
| Night of Shadows | (1990) | |
| The Poker Club | (1990) | |
| Nightmare Child | (1990) | |
| Night Kills | (1990) | |
| The Prodigal Gun | (1992) | |
| Cage of Night | (1992) | |
| The Long Midnight | (1992) | |
| The Serpent's Kiss | (1992) | |
| Robin In I, Werewolf | (1992) | |
| Wolf Moon | (1993) | |
| The Sharpshooter | (1993) | |
| Shadow Games | (1994) | |
| Moonchasers | (1995) | |
| Blood Red Moon | (1995) | |
| The Fugitive Stars | (1995) | |
| Black River Falls | (1996) | |
| Night Screams | (1996) | |
| The First Lady | (1996) | |
| Zone Soldiers | (1996) | |
| The Silver Scream | (1997) | |
| Gundown | (1997) | |
| Senatorial Privilege | (1997) | |
| Runner in the Dark | (1997) | |
| Cold Blue Midnight | (1998) | |
| Trouble Man | (1998) | |
| Daughter of Darkness | (1998) | |
| Ride Into Yesterday | (1999) | |
| I Know What the Night Knows | (1999) | |
| Serpent's Kiss | (1999) | |
| Storm Riders | (1999) | |
| Dark Moon | (2000) | |
| The Dark Fantastic | (2001) | |
| Blackmail & Lace | (2001) | |
| Ghost Town | (2001) | |
| Vendetta | (2002) | |
| Rituals | (2002) | |
| Relentless | (2003) | |
| Lynched | (2003) | |
| Gun Truth | (2003) | |
| Branded | (2004) | |
| An American Education | (2004) | |
| Two Guns to Yuma | (2005) | |
| Shoot First | (2006) | |
| A Knock at the Door | (2007) | |
| The Midnight Room | (2009) | |
| The Marilyn Tapes | (2010) | |
| Showdown | (2012) | |
| The Girl in the Attic | (2012) | |
| Hell-For-Leather Rider / The Man from Nightshade Valley | (2012) | |
| Now You See Her | (2014) | |
| Backshot | (2015) | |
| Run to Midnight | (2016) | |
Publication Order of Short Stories/Novellas
| Turn Away | (1987) | |
| The Face | (1992) | |
| One of Those Days, One of Those Nights | (1994) | |
| Out There in the Darkness | (1995) | |
| Dirty Coppers | (1997) | |
| Eye of the Beholder | (1997) | |
| Lawless | (2000) | |
| Cast in Dark Waters | (2002) | |
| Cages | (2009) | |
| The End of it All | (2009) | |
| Survival | (2012) | |
| Yesterday and the Day Before | (2012) | |
| Cemetery Dance Select | (2016) | |
Publication Order of Short Story Collections
| Westeryear | (1988) | |
| Dark Whispers and Other Stories | (1993) | |
| Out There in the Darkness, Volume 1 | (1995) | |
| Moonchasers and Other Stories | (1995) | |
| Eye of the Beholder and Other Stories | (1998) | |
| Famous Blue Raincoat | (1999) | |
| Such a Good Girl and Other Crime Stories | (2001) | |
| Prisoners & Other Stories | (2003) | |
| Crooks, Crimes and Christmas | (2003) | |
| The Long Ride Back | (2004) | |
| Different Kinds of Dead and Other Tales | (2005) | |
| The Phantom Chronicles 2 | (2009) | |
| The End Of It All And Other Stories | (2009) | |
| Noir 13 | (2010) | |
| Dead Man's Gun and Other Western Stories | (2013) | |
| A Disgrace to the Badge | (2013) | |
| Enemies and Other Western Stories | (2013) | |
| Scream Queen and Other Tales of Menace | (2014) | |
| The Long Ride Back and Other Western Stories | (2015) | |
| Shadow Games and Other Sinister Stories of Show Business | (2016) | |
| Trace Elements | (2019) | |
Publication Order of Graphic Novels
| Trapped | (1989) | |
Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books
| They're Here... Invasion of the Body Snatchers | (1999) | |
| Invasion of the Body Snatchers | (2006) | |
| Death of a Translator | (2017) | |
Publication Order of Murder Most Books
| Murder Most Sacred | (1989) | |
| Murder Most Medieval | (1993) | |
| Murder Most Delicious | (1995) | |
| Murder Most Medical | (1995) | |
| Murder Most Irish | (1996) | |
| Murder Most Delectable | (2000) | |
| Murder Most Divine | (2000) | |
| Murder Most Romantic | (2001) | |
| Murder Most Postal | (2001) | |
| Murder Most Feline | (2001) | |
| Murder Most Confederate | (2003) | |
| Murder Most Celtic | (2003) | |
Publication Order of Anthologies
| The Fine Art of Murder | (1872) | |
| The Black Lizard Anthology of Crime Fiction | (1987) | |
| The Second Black Lizard Anthology of Crime Fiction | (1988) | |
| Stalkers | (1989) | |
| The Black Moon | (1989) | |
| Borderlands 1 | (1990) | |
| Under the Gun | (1990) | |
| 100 Great Detectives, Or, the Detective Directory | (1991) | |
| Cold Blood | (1991) | |
| Solved | (1991) | |
| Cat Crimes I | (1991) | |
| Obsessions | (1991) | |
| Invitation to Murder | (1991) | |
| Borderlands 3 | (1991) | |
| Cat Crimes III | (1992) | |
| Stalkers - 19 Original Tales By the Masters of Terror | (1992) | |
| Cat Crimes II | (1992) | |
| The Best Western Stories of Ed Gorman | (1992) | |
| Monsters in Our Midst | (1993) | |
| Predators | (1993) | |
| 100 Hair-Raising Little Horror Stories | (1993) | |
| Dark Crimes 2 | (1993) | |
| Criminal Intent | (1993) | |
| The Fine Art of Murder: The Mystery Reader's Indispensable Companion | (1993) | |
| Danger in D.C. | (1993) | |
| Blue Motel | (1994) | |
| Feline and Famous | (1994) | |
| A Modern Treasury of Great Detective and Murder Mysteries | (1994) | |
| Partners in Crime | (1994) | |
| Cat Crimes Takes a Vacation | (1995) | |
| Woman On The Beat | (1995) | |
| Guilty as Charged | (1996) | |
| Hollywood Fantasies: Ten Surreal Visions of Tinsel Town | (1997) | |
| Once Upon a Crime | (1998) | |
| The UFO Files | (1998) | |
| The Year's 25 Finest Crime and Mystery Stories | (1998) | |
| Mom, Apple Pie and Murder | (1999) | |
| Future Crimes | (1999) | |
| Cat Crimes Through Time | (1999) | |
| Pure Pulp | (1999) | |
| The Best of the American West II | (1999) | |
| The Best American Mystery Stories 1999 | (1999) | |
| October Dreams | (2000) | |
| The World's Finest Mystery and Crime Stories 1 | (2000) | |
| The World's Finest Mystery and Crime Stories 2 | (2000) | |
| Pulp Masters | (2001) | |
| Murder Most Feline | (2001) | |
| The Blue and the Gray Undercover | (2001) | |
| Guns of the West | (2002) | |
| The World's Finest Mystery and Crime Stories 3 | (2002) | |
| The World's Finest Mystery and Crime Stories: 3: Third Annual Collection | (2002) | |
| The World's Finest Mystery and Crime Stories: 4: Fourth Annual Collection | (2003) | |
| The World's Finest Mystery and Crime Stories 4 | (2003) | |
| Stagecoach | (2003) | |
| Mr. President, Private Eye | (2004) | |
| The World's Finest Mystery and Crime Stories 5 | (2004) | |
| These Guns for Hire | (2006) | |
| Dark Passions | (2007) | |
| The Best of Cemetery Dance II | (2008) | |
| Between the Dark and the Daylight | (2009) | |
| By Hook or By Crook and 27 More of the Best Crime and Mystery Stories of the Year | (2010) | |
| By Hook or By Crook and 30 More of the Best Crime and Mystery Stories of the Year | (2010) | |
| The Shamus Winners | (2010) | |
| Commutability | (2010) | |
| Beat to a Pulp: Round 1 | (2010) | |
| Discount Noir | (2010) | |
| The Best American Mystery Stories 2011 | (2011) | |
| In Pursuit of Spenser | (2012) | |
| A Feast of Frights from The Horror Zine | (2012) | |
| Beat to a Pulp: Round 2 | (2012) | |
| Writing Crime Fiction | (2012) | |
| The Interrogator and Other Criminally Good Fiction | (2012) | |
| Turn Down the Lights | (2013) | |
| Passages of the Macabre | (2016) | |
| The Adventure of the Missing Detective | (2020) | |
Notes: Blood Moon is also known as Dead Cold.
The novels Daddy’s Little Girl, Toys in the Attic, Night Caller, The Forsaken, The Babysitter, Nightmare Child, Serpent’s Kiss, The Long Midnight, The Fugitive Stars, Night Screams, Zone Soldiers, and Blackmail and Lace were written as Daniel Ransom.
Robin in I, Werewolf was written as Angelo Torres. The First Lady and Senatorial Privilege were written as E.J. Gorman.
The Black Moon was written with Loren D. Estleman, W.R. Philbrick, Robert J. Randisi and L.J. Washburn.
The Girl in the Attic was co-authored by Patricia Lee Macomber. The Man From Nightshade Valley and The Prodigal Gun were written with James Reasoner. City of Night and Trapped were written with Dean Koontz. Passages of the Macabre was written with C.J. Henderson and Nancy Holder.
Cast in Dark Waters was written with Tom Piccirilli. Dirty Coppers and Brothers were co-authored by Richard T. Chizmar.
Criminal Intent, Vol. 1 also has stories by Marcia Muller and Bill Pronzini. Legend also has stories by Judy Alter, Jane Candia Coleman, Loren D. Estleman, Elmer Kelton, Robert J. Randisi and James Reasoner. Crooks, Crimes, and Christmas also includes stories by Michael Jahn, Irene Marcuse and Susan Slater. The Phantom Chronicles, Volume 2 also has stories by Robin Wayne Bailey and Harlan Ellison.
The Dean Koontz Companion was edited with Martin H. Greenberg and Bill Munster. Speaking of Murder Vols. 1 & 2 were edited with Martin H. Greenberg. They’re Here… was edited with Kevin McCarthy. Writing Crime Fiction also contains contributions from several other authors.
Many anthologies were co-edited with other editors, most notably Martin H. Greenberg.
If You Like Ed Gorman Books, You’ll Love…
Ed Gorman Synopses: Graves Retreat is a standalone novel by Ed Gorman. Just when Les Graves finally earns a chance at a respectable life in Cedar Rapids, his brother T.Z. shows up in town with plans to rob the bank where Les works, and loyalty to his brother lands Les in jail.
Night of Shadows is a standalone title by Ed Gorman. When legendary gunslinger Stephen Fuller arrives in the town of Cedar Rapids, Anna Toland, the matron of the town jail, must make sure that he stays out of trouble, but when a man is murdered, Stephen stands accused of the crime, and Anna, believing that he is innocent, sets out to find the real killer, uncovering deadly secrets that could destroy the town.
The Serpent’s Kiss is a standalone novel by Daniel Ransom (aka Ed Gorman). Hunted down for crimes he is almost certain he did not commit, a mild-mannered academic puts his faith in a TV anchorwoman, the only person who understands the evil that drives him.