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) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Murder Straight Up | (1986) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Rough Cut | (1986) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Murder in the Wings | (1986) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Autumn Dead | (1987) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| A Cry of Shadows | (1990) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Reason Why | (1992) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Tobin Books
| Murder on the Aisle | (1987) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Several Deaths Later | (2001) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Leo Guild Books
| Guild | (1987) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Death Ground | (1988) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Blood Game | (1989) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Dark Trail | (1991) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Jack Walsh Books
| The Night Remembers | (1991) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Robert Payne Books
| Blood Moon / Dead Cold | (1991) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Hawk Moon | (1995) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Harlot's Moon | (1997) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Voodoo Moon | (2000) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Sam McCain Books
| The Day The Music Died | (1998) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Wake Up Little Susie | (1999) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow? | (2000) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Save the Last Dance for Me | (2002) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Everybody's Somebody's Fool | (2003) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Breaking Up Is Hard to Do | (2004) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Fools Rush In | (2007) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Ticket to Ride | (2009) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Bad Moon Rising | (2011) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Riders on the Storm | (2014) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Cavalry Man Books
| The Killing Machine | (2005) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Powder Keg | (2006) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Doom Weapon | (2007) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Dean Koontz's Frankenstein Books
| Prodigal Son | (2005) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| City of Night | (2005) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Dead and Alive | (2009) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Lost Souls | (2009) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Dead Town | (2011) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Dev Mallory Books
| Bad Money | (2005) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Fast Track | (2006) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Dev Conrad Books
| Sleeping Dogs | (2008) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Stranglehold | (2010) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Blindside | (2011) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Flashpoint | (2013) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Elimination | (2015) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Standalone Novels
Publication Order of Short Stories/Novellas
| Turn Away | (1987) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Face | (1992) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| One of Those Days, One of Those Nights | (1994) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Out There in the Darkness | (1995) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Dirty Coppers | (1997) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Eye of the Beholder | (1997) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Lawless | (2000) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Cast in Dark Waters | (2002) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Cages | (2009) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The End of it All | (2009) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Survival | (2012) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Yesterday and the Day Before | (2012) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Cemetery Dance Select | (2016) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Short Story Collections
| Westeryear | (1988) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Dark Whispers and Other Stories | (1993) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Out There in the Darkness, Volume 1 | (1995) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Moonchasers and Other Stories | (1995) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Eye of the Beholder and Other Stories | (1998) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Famous Blue Raincoat | (1999) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Such a Good Girl and Other Crime Stories | (2001) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Prisoners & Other Stories | (2003) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Crooks, Crimes and Christmas | (2003) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Long Ride Back | (2004) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Different Kinds of Dead and Other Tales | (2005) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Phantom Chronicles 2 | (2009) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The End Of It All And Other Stories | (2009) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Noir 13 | (2010) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Dead Man's Gun and Other Western Stories | (2013) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| A Disgrace to the Badge | (2013) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Enemies and Other Western Stories | (2013) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Scream Queen and Other Tales of Menace | (2014) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Long Ride Back and Other Western Stories | (2015) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Shadow Games and Other Sinister Stories of Show Business | (2016) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Trace Elements | (2019) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Graphic Novels
| Trapped | (1989) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books
| They're Here... Invasion of the Body Snatchers | (1999) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Invasion of the Body Snatchers | (2006) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Death of a Translator | (2017) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Murder Most Books
| Murder Most Sacred | (1989) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Murder Most Medieval | (1993) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Murder Most Delicious | (1995) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Murder Most Irish | (1996) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Murder Most Delectable | (2000) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Murder Most Divine | (2000) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Murder Most Romantic | (2001) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Murder Most Postal | (2001) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Murder Most Feline | (2001) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Murder Most Confederate | (2003) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Murder Most Celtic | (2003) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Michael Jahn Short Story Collections
| Crooks, Crimes and Christmas | (2003) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Kolchak: The Night Stalker Books
| Pain Without Tears | (2004) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Kolchak the Night Stalker Volume 1 | (2004) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Terror Within | (2006) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| A Black & Evil Truth | (2007) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Lovecraftian Horror | (2007) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Lost World | (2012) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Kolchak and the Lost World | (2012) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Necronomicon | (2012) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Big Book of Kolchak the Night Stalker | (2012) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Passages of the Macabre | (2016) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Anthologies
| The Black Lizard Anthology of Crime Fiction | (1987) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Second Black Lizard Anthology of Crime Fiction | (1988) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Stalkers | (1989) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Black Moon | (1989) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Borderlands 1 | (1990) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Under the Gun | (1990) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| 100 Great Detectives, Or, the Detective Directory | (1991) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Cold Blood | (1991) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Solved | (1991) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Cat Crimes I | (1991) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Obsessions | (1991) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Invitation to Murder | (1991) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Borderlands 3 | (1991) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Cat Crimes III | (1992) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Stalkers - 19 Original Tales By the Masters of Terror | (1992) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Cat Crimes II | (1992) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Best Western Stories of Ed Gorman | (1992) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Monsters in Our Midst | (1993) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Predators | (1993) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| 100 Hair-Raising Little Horror Stories | (1993) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Dark Crimes 2 | (1993) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Criminal Intent | (1993) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Danger in D.C. | (1993) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Blue Motel | (1994) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Feline and Famous | (1994) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| A Modern Treasury of Great Detective and Murder Mysteries | (1994) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Partners in Crime | (1994) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Cat Crimes Takes a Vacation | (1995) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Woman On The Beat | (1995) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Guilty as Charged | (1996) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Hollywood Fantasies: Ten Surreal Visions of Tinsel Town | (1997) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Once Upon a Crime | (1998) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The UFO Files | (1998) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Year's 25 Finest Crime and Mystery Stories | (1998) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Mom, Apple Pie and Murder | (1999) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Future Crimes | (1999) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Cat Crimes Through Time | (1999) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Pure Pulp | (1999) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Best of the American West II | (1999) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Best American Mystery Stories 1999 | (1999) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Sleuths of the Century | (2000) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| October Dreams | (2000) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The World's Finest Mystery and Crime Stories 1 | (2000) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The World's Finest Mystery and Crime Stories 2 | (2000) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Pulp Masters | (2001) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Murder Most Feline | (2001) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Blue and the Gray Undercover | (2001) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Guns of the West | (2002) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The World's Finest Mystery and Crime Stories 3 | (2002) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The World\\\'s Finest Mystery and Crime Stories: 4 | (2003) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Stagecoach | (2003) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Mr. President, Private Eye | (2004) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The World's Finest Mystery and Crime Stories 5 | (2004) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Lone Star Law | (2005) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| These Guns for Hire | (2006) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Dark Passions | (2007) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Best of Cemetery Dance II | (2008) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Between the Dark and the Daylight | (2009) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| By Hook or By Crook and 27 More of the Best Crime and Mystery Stories of the Year | (2010) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Shamus Winners | (2010) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Commutability | (2010) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Beat to a Pulp: Round 1 | (2010) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Discount Noir | (2010) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Best American Mystery Stories 2011 | (2011) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| In Pursuit of Spenser | (2012) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| A Feast of Frights from The Horror Zine | (2012) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Beat to a Pulp: Round 2 | (2012) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Writing Crime Fiction | (2012) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Interrogator and Other Criminally Good Fiction | (2012) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Shivers VII | (2013) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Turn Down the Lights | (2013) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Passages of the Macabre | (2016) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Adventure of the Missing Detective | (2020) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
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.
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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.