Order of Julie Smith Books

Julie Smith is an American author of mystery novels. She writes and has written the Rebecca Schwartz, Paul McDonald, Skip Langdon and Talba Wallis series. After Julie graduated from the University of Mississippi, she wroked as a journalist for the next 16 years in New Orleans and San Francisco. She has also worked as a copywriter and as a public information officer. She won the Edgar Award in 1991 for Best Novel for her novel New Orleans Mourning.

Julie Smith became a published novelist in 1982 when she had her novel Death Turns a Trick published. Below is a l;ist of Julie Smith’s books in order of when they were originally released:

Publication Order of Rebecca Schwartz Books

Death Turns a Trick	(1982)
The Sourdough Wars	(1984)
Tourist Trap	(1986)
Dead in the Water	(1991)
Other People's Skeletons	(1993)
Blood Types	(2014)
Cul-de-Sac	(2014)

Publication Order of Paul MacDonald Books

True-Life Adventure	(1985)
Huckleberry Fiend	(1987)

Publication Order of Skip Langdon Books

New Orleans Mourning	(1989)
The Axeman's Jazz	(1991)
Jazz Funeral	(1993)
New Orleans Beat / Death Before Facebook	(1994)
House of Blues	(1995)
The Kindness of Strangers	(1996)
Crescent City Connection / Crescent City Kill	(1997)
82 Desire	(1998)
Mean Woman Blues / Boneyard Blues	(2003)
Three Aces and a Queen	(2017)
Murder On Magazine	(2018)
The Big Crazy	(2019)

Publication Order of Talba Wallis Books

Louisiana Hotshot	(2001)
Louisiana Bigshot	(2002)
Louisiana Lament	(2004)
P.I. on a Hot Tin Roof	(2005)

Publication Order of Talba Wallis Short Stories/Novellas

Kid Trombone

(2014)

Publication Order of Standalone Novels

Cursebusters!

(2011)

Publication Order of Short Stories/Novellas

Private Chick

(2012)

Publication Order of Short Story Collections

Mean Rooms	(2000)
Redneck Riviera	(2014)

Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books

Writing Your Way: The Great American Novel Track

(2011)

Publication Order of Deadly Allies Books

Deadly Allies (With: Sue Grafton,Sara Paretsky,Jan Grape,Susan Dunlap,Margaret Maron,Nancy Pickard,Loren D. Estleman,Jeremiah Healy,Max Allan Collins,Benjamin M. Schutz,John Lutz,Robert J. Randisi,Carolyn G. Hart,Lia Matera,Michael Collins,Marilyn Wallace,Rob Kantner,Sandra Scoppettone,Sarah Andrews)	(1992)
Deadly Allies II (By: Susan Dunlap,Loren D. Estleman,John Lutz,Robert J. Randisi)	(1994)

Publication Order of Anthologies

Sisters in Crime 2	(1990)
Deadly Allies	(1992)
A Poison That Leaves No Trace: With Mystery Jigsaw Puzzle	(2002)
French Quarter Fiction	(2003)
I'd Kill For That	(2004)
New Orleans Noir	(2007)
Men of the Mean Streets: Gay Noir	(2011)
Raymond Chandler's Philip Marlowe	(2011)
USA Noir	(2013)
Silent Night, Deadly Night	(2016)
Mojo Rising	(2017)

Notes: Mean Woman Blues was also published as Boneyard Blues. New Orleans Beat was also titled Death Before Facebook. I’d Kill for That also contains contributions by Rita Mae Brown, Jennifer Crusie, Linda Fairstein, Lisa Gardner, Heather Graham, Kay Hooper, Katherine Neville, Anne Perry, Kathy Reichs and Tina Wainscott.

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Julie Smith Synopsis: In True-Life Adventure by Julie Smith, Paul McDonald is a mystery writer who ends up becoming what he writes about – a detective – when his boss is murdered, and Paul’s house is broken into and set on fire. Set in the San Francisco Bay Area.

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One Response to “Order of Julie Smith Books”

1. Bink: 9 years ago

   I absolutely love Julie Smith’s books. My favorites are the Talba Wallis books!

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