Order of Steve Allen Books
Steve Allen (1921-2000) was an American author, in addition to being a late night talk show host, comedian, TV personality, musician and composer and more. After starting out in radio, Allen was the first host of The Tonight Show. Allen wrote a series of mystery novels featuring himself and his wife, Jayne Meadows, as amateur sleuths (although in actuality they were ghostwritten by Walter J. Sheldon and later Robert Westbrook).
Although he had written several books prior to having any novels published, Steve Allen’s first novel was The Talk Show Murders in 1982. Below is a list of Steve Allen’s books in order of when they were originally released:
Publication Order of Steve Allen Mystery Books
| The Talk Show Murders | (1983) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Murder In Hollywood | (1988) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Murder On The Glitter Box | (1989) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Murder in Manhattan | (1990) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Murder in Vegas | (1991) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Murder Game | (1993) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Murder On The Atlantic | (1995) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Wake Up To Murder | (1997) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Die Laughing | (1998) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Murder In Hawaii | (1999) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Standalone Novels
| The Wake | (1972) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Short Story Collections
| The Public Hating | (1955) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Fourteen for Tonight | (1955) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Wry on the Rocks, A Collection of Poems | (1956) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Girls On The 10th Floor And Other Stories | (1958) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Man Who Turned Back the Clock | (1995) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Tasting The Fruit | (2010) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books
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Steve Allen Synopses: In Murder on the Glitter Box by Steve Allen (book 3 in the Steve Allen Mysteries series), Steve Allen has agreed to step into the breach when Terry Cole, king of the late-night talk shows, takes a much-needed vacation. But he gets more than he bargained for when one of his guests drops dead on stage – and suddenly, Steve is in the middle of a sensational murder case.
Murder in Vegas by Steve Allen is book 5 in the Steve Allen Mysteries series. While rehearsing a routine with legendary crooner Buddy Hamilton, Steve Allen is shocked to discover that Buddy’s glamorous young wife, Christie, has been strangled in a sauna.