Order of Elaine Viets Books

Elaine Viets is an American author of cozy mystery novels. She writes the Dead-End Job and Josie Marcus, Mystery Shopper series. Elaine is also a journalist in her hometown of St. Louis, Missouri, where she was a regular columnist for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch for 25 years. After moving to Washington D.C. and writing a syndicated columnist, she switched from the newspaper business to become a novelist with her Francesca Vierling series. Elaine has been married for over thirty years to author/actor Don Crinklaw and is a member of the Mystery Writers of America and Sisters in Crime.

Elaine Viets became a published novelist in 1997 with the novel Back Stab. Below is a list of Elaine Viets’ books in order of when they were originally released:

Publication Order of Death Investigator Angela Richman Books

Brain Storm	(2016)
Fire and Ashes	(2017)
Ice Blonde	(2018)
A Star is Dead	(2020)
Death Grip	(2021)
Life Without Parole	(2021)
Late for His Own Funeral	(2022)

Publication Order of Francesca Vierling Mystery Books

Backstab	(1997)
Rubout	(1998)
The Pink Flamingo Murders	(1999)
Doc in the Box	(2000)

Publication Order of Dead-End Job Mystery Books

Shop Till You Drop	(2003)
Murder Between the Covers	(2003)
Dying to Call You	(2004)
Killer Blonde	(2005)
Just Murdered	(2005)
Murder Unleashed	(2006)
Murder with Reservations	(2007)
Clubbed to Death	(2008)
Killer Cuts	(2009)
Half-Price Homicide	(2010)
Pumped for Murder	(2011)
Final Sail	(2012)
Board Stiff	(2013)
Catnapped!	(2014)
Checked Out	(2015)
The Art of Murder	(2016)

Publication Order of Josie Marcus: Mystery Shopper Books

Dying in Style	(2005)
High Heels are Murder	(2006)
Accessory to Murder	(2007)
Murder with All the Trimmings	(2008)
The Fashion Hound Murders	(2009)
An Uplifting Murder	(2010)
Death on a Platter	(2011)
Murder is a Piece of Cake	(2012)
Fixing to Die	(2013)
A Dog Gone Murder	(2014)

Publication Order of Short Stories/Novellas

Red Meat	(2003)
Sex and Bingo	(2003)
Wedding Knife	(2004)
After the Fall	(2006)
Dog Eat Dog	(2020)

Publication Order of Short Story Collections

Urban Affairs	(1988)
Deal with the Devil	(2018)

Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books

Viets Guide to Sex, Travel and Anything Else That Will Sell This Book	(1993)
St. Louis	(1995)
How to Commit Monogamy	(1997)

Publication Order of Vampire Files Books

Lifeblood (By: P.N. Elrod)	(1990)
Bloodlist (By: P.N. Elrod)	(1990)
Bloodcircle (By: P.N. Elrod)	(1990)
Art in the Blood (By: P.N. Elrod)	(1991)
Fire in the Blood (By: P.N. Elrod)	(1991)
Blood on the Water (By: P.N. Elrod)	(1992)
A Chill in the Blood (By: P.N. Elrod)	(1998)
The Dark Sleep (By: P.N. Elrod)	(1999)
Lady Crymsyn (By: P.N. Elrod)	(2000)
Cold Streets (By: P.N. Elrod)	(2003)
Song in the Dark (By: P.N. Elrod)	(2005)
Many Bloody Returns (With: Jim Butcher,Carolyn Haines,Kelley Armstrong,Charlaine Harris,Bill Crider,Sandra Burr,,,Rachel Caine,Toni L.P. Kelner,Christopher Golden,Jeanne C. Stein,Tanya Huff,P.N. Elrod)	(2007)
The Devil You Know (By: P.N. Elrod)	(2009)
Dark Road Rising (By: P.N. Elrod)	(2009)

Publication Order of Anthologies

Blood on Their Hands	(2003)
High Stakes	(2003)
Show Business is Murder	(2004)
Drop-Dead Blonde	(2005)
Writes of Passage: Adventures on the Writer's Journey	(2014)
Blood on the Bayou	(2016)
The Beat of Black Wings	(2020)
The Great Filling Station Holdup	(2021)

Notes: The story Killer Blonde also appears in Drop-Dead Blonde. Drop-Dead Blonde also contains stories by Victoria Laurie, Nancy Martin and Denise Swanson. The Mystery Megapack: 25 Modern and Classic Mystery Stories also contains stories by Nora Charles, Toni L.P. Kelner, C. Ellett Logan, Johnston McCulley, Darrell Schweitzer, Marcia Talley and Art Taylor.

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Elaine Viets Synopsis: Backstab by Elaine Viets is the first novel in her Francesca Vierling series. The series covers the newspaper business and someone who is killing off the reads of the St. Louis City Gazette newspaper, and the newspaper can’t stand to lose the circulation. Francesca Vierling is a columnist for the paper and is losing her readership, and so she is taking these killings very personally. She goes on a search for a the killer on the streets of St. Louis, even visiting the Miss Gender Bender Pageant.

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One Response to “Order of Elaine Viets Books”

1. Barbara Biondo: 7 months ago

   Elaine: I have just finished heading LIFE WITHOUT PAROLE. What a great mystery. Keep the books coming!!!

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