Order of Scott William Carter Books

Scott William Carter is an American author and Oregon resident. He writes the popular Garrison Gage mystery series which is set on the Oregon coast. Oregon is a big part of who Scott is as he was raised in the Willamette Valley, attended the University of Oregon and also works as a Digital Production & Publishing Specialist at Western Oregon University. It makes perfect sense that he would base his novels there.

In addition to the Garrison Gage books, he’s also written the Myron Vale Investigations series which is set in Portland, Oregon. This series has a bit more of a supernatural bent and is quite popular among readers.

Publication Order of Garrison Gage Books

The Gray and Guilty Sea (As: Jack Nolte)	(2010)
A Plunder by Pilgrims (As: Jack Nolte)	(2010)
A Desperate Place for Dying (As: Jack Nolte)	(2012)
The Lovely Wicked Rain (As: Jack Nolte)	(2014)
A Shroud of Tattered Sails	(2015)
A Lighthouse for the Lonely Heart	(2017)
Bury the Dead in Driftwood	(2019)
A Deep and Deadly Undertow	(2020)
A Cold and Shallow Shore	(2022)
A Plunder by Pilgrims is a prequel story.

Publication Order of Lost Lands of Rymadoon Books

Drawing a Dark Way	(2011)
A Tale of Two Giants	(2011)

Publication Order of Myron Vale Investigations Books

The Haunted Breadbox	(2013)
Ghost Detective	(2013)
The Ghost Who Said Goodbye	(2015)
The Ghost, the Girl, and the Gold	(2016)

Publication Order of Standalone Novels

President Jock, Vice President Geek	(2010)
The Last Great Getaway of the Water Balloon Boys	(2010)
The Care and Feeding of Rubber Chickens	(2012)
Wooden Bones	(2012)
The Castle on the Hill at the Edge of the World	(2019)

Publication Order of Short Stories/Novellas

The Liberators	(2009)
Heart of Stone	(2009)
Tommy Top Hat	(2010)
The Red Scarf	(2010)
Lincoln and the Dragon	(2010)
The Dragon of the Dolomites	(2011)
The Android Who Became a Human Who Became an Android	(2011)
Last Stop on Dowling Street	(2011)

Publication Order of Short Story Collections

The Dinosaur Diaries and Other Tales Across Space and Time	(2010)
Web Of Black Widows	(2010)
The Unity Worlds at War	(2011)
Tales of Twisted Time	(2011)
Strange Ghosts	(2011)
Strange Romance	(2012)
The Man Who Made No Mistakes	(2012)

Publication Order of Fiction River Books

(with Kristine Kathryn Rusch, , , Dean Wesley Smith, Rebecca Moesta, , , , Thomas K. Carpenter)

How to Save the World (By: Dean Wesley Smith)	(2013)
Time Streams (By: Dean Wesley Smith)	(2013)
Valor (By: Kristine Kathryn Rusch,Dean Wesley Smith)	(2015)
Tavern Tales (By: Kristine Kathryn Rusch,Dean Wesley Smith)	(2017)
Wishes (By: Kristine Kathryn Rusch,Dean Wesley Smith,Rebecca Moesta)	(2018)
Time Travelers (With: Kristine Kathryn Rusch,,,Dean Wesley Smith,,,Thomas K. Carpenter)	(2020)

Publication Order of Anthologies

Cat Tales 2: Fantastic Feline Fiction	(2010)
Racing the Clock	(2016)

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The first book in the Garrison Gage series is The Gray and Guilty Sea which introduces us to the curmudgeonly title character. After the things that he went through, it makes sense why Gage gave up his life as a private detective. He just wants to live in Oregon, do his crosswords and be left alone. All that changes when the body of a young woman washes up on the beach and he’s forced back into the job as his conscience wouldn’t have it any other way.

Carter’s other popular series is Myron Vale Investigations and the first book is called Ghost Detective because that’s exactly what happens to Myron Vale in this one. He gets a bullet in the head and while it doesn’t kill him, it does change his life forever: he can see dead people. That sounds good on paper, but the only problem is that he can see all of them. Every person who has ever died and he can’t tell the difference between the living and the dead. He manages to make a living as a private investigator helping the living and the dead, but his life is flipped upside when a women needs help finding her husband.

One Response to “Order of Scott William Carter Books”

1. Jeri K. Reif: 1 year ago

   The newest Scott William Carter book (#8) in the Garrison Gage series is “The Cold And Shallow Shore. Looking forward to more books in his Myron Vale series
   as well as the garrison Gage series.

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