Author · updated 2026
Bill Crider Books in Order
Every Bill Crider book in publication order — 83 in total, spanning 1986–2019.
Publication Order of Sheriff Dan Rhodes Books
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Too Late to Die | 1986 | Amazon US UK |
| 2 | Shotgun Saturday Night | 1987 | Amazon US UK |
| 3 | Cursed to Death | 1988 | Amazon US UK |
| 4 | Death on the Move | 1989 | Amazon US UK |
| 5 | Evil at the Root | 1990 | Amazon US UK |
| 6 | Booked for a Hanging | 1992 | Amazon US UK |
| 7 | Murder Most Fowl | 1994 | Amazon US UK |
| 8 | Winning Can Be Murder | 1996 | Amazon US UK |
| 9 | Death by Accident | 1998 | Amazon US UK |
| 10 | A Ghost of a Chance | 2000 | Amazon US UK |
| 11 | A Romantic Way to Die | 2001 | Amazon US UK |
| 12 | Red, White, and Blue Murder | 2003 | Amazon US UK |
| 13 | A Mammoth Murder | 2006 | Amazon US UK |
| 14 | Murder Among the OWLS | 2007 | Amazon US UK |
| 15 | Of All Sad Words | 2008 | Amazon US UK |
| 16 | Murder in Four Parts | 2009 | Amazon US UK |
| 17 | Murder in the Air | 2010 | Amazon US UK |
| 18 | The Wild Hog Murders | 2011 | Amazon US UK |
| 19 | Murder of a Beauty Shop Queen | 2012 | Amazon US UK |
| 20 | Compound Murder | 2013 | Amazon US UK |
| 21 | Half in Love with Artful Death | 2014 | Amazon US UK |
| 22 | Between the Living and the Dead | 2015 | Amazon US UK |
| 23 | Survivors Will Be Shot Again | 2016 | Amazon US UK |
| 24 | Dead, to Begin With | 2017 | Amazon US UK |
| 25 | That Old Scoundrel Death | 2019 | Amazon US UK |
Publication Order of Sheriff Dan Rhodes Collections
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Blacklin County Files | 2012 | Amazon US UK |
Publication Order of Carl Burns Books
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | One Dead Dean | 1988 | Amazon US UK |
| 2 | Dying Voices | 1989 | Amazon US UK |
| 3 | A Dangerous Thing | 1994 | Amazon US UK |
| 4 | Dead Soldiers | 2004 | Amazon US UK |
Publication Order of Truman Smith Private Eye Books
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dead on the Island | 1991 | Amazon US UK |
| 2 | Gator Kill | 1992 | Amazon US UK |
| 3 | When Old Men Die | 1994 | Amazon US UK |
| 4 | The Prairie Chicken Kill | 1996 | Amazon US UK |
| 5 | Murder Takes a Break | 1997 | Amazon US UK |
Publication Order of Mike Gonzo Books
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mike Gonzo and the Almost Invisible Man | 1996 | Amazon US UK |
| 2 | Mike Gonzo and the Sewer Monster | 1996 | Amazon US UK |
| 3 | Mike Gonzo and the UFO Terror | 1997 | Amazon US UK |
Publication Order of Adventures of Wishbone Books
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Muttketeer! | 1997 | Amazon US UK |
Publication Order of Stanley Waters Books
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Murder Under Blue Skies | 1998 | Amazon US UK |
| 2 | Murder in the Mist | 1999 | Amazon US UK |
Publication Order of Professor Sally Good Books
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Murder is an Art | 1999 | Amazon US UK |
| 2 | A Knife In The Back | 2002 | Amazon US UK |
| 3 | A Bond with Death | 2004 | Amazon US UK |
Publication Order of Humphrey Bogart Books
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | We'll Always Have Murder | 2003 | Amazon US UK |
Publication Order of Ted Stephens Books
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Houston Homicide | 2007 | Amazon US UK |
| 2 | Mississippi Vivian | 2010 | Amazon US UK |
Publication Order of Ellie Taine Books
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Outrage at Blanco | 1998 | Amazon US UK |
| 2 | Texas Vigilante | 1999 | Amazon US UK |
Publication Order of Standalone Novels
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ryan Rides Back | 1988 | Amazon US UK |
| 2 | Keepers of the Beast | 1988 | Amazon US UK |
| 3 | Galveston Gunman | 1988 | Amazon US UK |
| 4 | Goodnight Moom | 1989 | Amazon US UK |
| 5 | Blood Dreams | 1989 | Amazon US UK |
| 6 | Time for Hanging | 1989 | Amazon US UK |
| 7 | Rest in Peace | 1990 | Amazon US UK |
| 8 | Medicine Show | 1990 | Amazon US UK |
| 9 | A Vampire Named Fred | 1990 | Amazon US UK |
| 10 | Just Before Dark | 1990 | Amazon US UK |
| 11 | Blood Marks | 1991 | Amazon US UK |
| 12 | The Texas Capitol Murders | 1992 | Amazon US UK |
| 13 | The Girl Who Wanted to Be Sherlock Holmes | 2011 | Amazon US UK |
Publication Order of Short Story Collections
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Nighttime is the Right Time | 1991 | Amazon US UK |
| 2 | Raining Willie & Cranked | 2012 | Amazon US UK |
| 3 | I am a Roving Gambler | 2012 | Amazon US UK |
| 4 | Eight Adventures of Sherlock Holmes | 2017 | Amazon US UK |
Publication Order of Short Stories/Novellas
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | My Heart Cries For You | 1992 | Amazon US UK |
| 2 | Death's Brother | 2011 | Amazon US UK |
| 3 | What a Croc! | 2011 | Amazon US UK |
| 4 | A Werewolf Named Wayne | 2011 | Amazon US UK |
Publication Order of World's Finest Mystery and Crime Stories Books
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The World's Finest Mystery and Crime Stories 1 | 2000 | Amazon US UK |
| 2 | The World's Finest Mystery and Crime Stories 2 | 2000 | Amazon US UK |
| 3 | The World's Finest Mystery and Crime Stories 3 | 2002 | Amazon US UK |
| 4 | The World's Finest Mystery and Crime Stories 4 | 2003 | Amazon US UK |
| 5 | The World's Finest Mystery and Crime Stories 5 | 2004 | Amazon US UK |
Publication Order of The Dead Man Books
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Carnival of Death | 2012 | Amazon US UK |
Publication Order of Anthologies
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | White House Horrors | 1996 | Amazon US UK |
| 2 | Murder, Mayhem and Mistletoe | 2001 | Amazon US UK |
| 3 | The World's Finest Mystery and Crime Stories 3 | 2002 | Amazon US UK |
| 4 | The World's Finest Mystery and Crime Stories 4 | 2003 | Amazon US UK |
| 5 | The Spider Chronicles | 2007 | Amazon US UK |
| 6 | Tales from the Otherverse | 2015 | Amazon US UK |
| 7 | The Crime Cafe Short Story Anthology | 2016 | Amazon US UK |
Every title by year All 83, oldest to newest
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Too Late to Die | 1986 | Amazon US UK |
| 2 | Shotgun Saturday Night | 1987 | Amazon US UK |
| 3 | Cursed to Death | 1988 | Amazon US UK |
| 4 | One Dead Dean | 1988 | Amazon US UK |
| 5 | Ryan Rides Back | 1988 | Amazon US UK |
| 6 | Keepers of the Beast | 1988 | Amazon US UK |
| 7 | Galveston Gunman | 1988 | Amazon US UK |
| 8 | Death on the Move | 1989 | Amazon US UK |
| 9 | Dying Voices | 1989 | Amazon US UK |
| 10 | Goodnight Moom | 1989 | Amazon US UK |
| 11 | Blood Dreams | 1989 | Amazon US UK |
| 12 | Time for Hanging | 1989 | Amazon US UK |
| 13 | Evil at the Root | 1990 | Amazon US UK |
| 14 | Rest in Peace | 1990 | Amazon US UK |
| 15 | Medicine Show | 1990 | Amazon US UK |
| 16 | A Vampire Named Fred | 1990 | Amazon US UK |
| 17 | Just Before Dark | 1990 | Amazon US UK |
| 18 | Dead on the Island | 1991 | Amazon US UK |
| 19 | Blood Marks | 1991 | Amazon US UK |
| 20 | The Nighttime is the Right Time | 1991 | Amazon US UK |
| 21 | Booked for a Hanging | 1992 | Amazon US UK |
| 22 | Gator Kill | 1992 | Amazon US UK |
| 23 | The Texas Capitol Murders | 1992 | Amazon US UK |
| 24 | My Heart Cries For You | 1992 | Amazon US UK |
| 25 | Murder Most Fowl | 1994 | Amazon US UK |
| 26 | A Dangerous Thing | 1994 | Amazon US UK |
| 27 | When Old Men Die | 1994 | Amazon US UK |
| 28 | Winning Can Be Murder | 1996 | Amazon US UK |
| 29 | The Prairie Chicken Kill | 1996 | Amazon US UK |
| 30 | Mike Gonzo and the Almost Invisible Man | 1996 | Amazon US UK |
| 31 | Mike Gonzo and the Sewer Monster | 1996 | Amazon US UK |
| 32 | White House Horrors | 1996 | Amazon US UK |
| 33 | Murder Takes a Break | 1997 | Amazon US UK |
| 34 | Mike Gonzo and the UFO Terror | 1997 | Amazon US UK |
| 35 | Muttketeer! | 1997 | Amazon US UK |
| 36 | Death by Accident | 1998 | Amazon US UK |
| 37 | Murder Under Blue Skies | 1998 | Amazon US UK |
| 38 | Outrage at Blanco | 1998 | Amazon US UK |
| 39 | Murder in the Mist | 1999 | Amazon US UK |
| 40 | Murder is an Art | 1999 | Amazon US UK |
| 41 | Texas Vigilante | 1999 | Amazon US UK |
| 42 | A Ghost of a Chance | 2000 | Amazon US UK |
| 43 | The World's Finest Mystery and Crime Stories 1 | 2000 | Amazon US UK |
| 44 | The World's Finest Mystery and Crime Stories 2 | 2000 | Amazon US UK |
| 45 | A Romantic Way to Die | 2001 | Amazon US UK |
| 46 | Murder, Mayhem and Mistletoe | 2001 | Amazon US UK |
| 47 | A Knife In The Back | 2002 | Amazon US UK |
| 48 | The World's Finest Mystery and Crime Stories 3 | 2002 | Amazon US UK |
| 49 | The World's Finest Mystery and Crime Stories 3 | 2002 | Amazon US UK |
| 50 | Red, White, and Blue Murder | 2003 | Amazon US UK |
| 51 | We'll Always Have Murder | 2003 | Amazon US UK |
| 52 | The World's Finest Mystery and Crime Stories 4 | 2003 | Amazon US UK |
| 53 | The World's Finest Mystery and Crime Stories 4 | 2003 | Amazon US UK |
| 54 | Dead Soldiers | 2004 | Amazon US UK |
| 55 | A Bond with Death | 2004 | Amazon US UK |
| 56 | The World's Finest Mystery and Crime Stories 5 | 2004 | Amazon US UK |
| 57 | A Mammoth Murder | 2006 | Amazon US UK |
| 58 | Murder Among the OWLS | 2007 | Amazon US UK |
| 59 | Houston Homicide | 2007 | Amazon US UK |
| 60 | The Spider Chronicles | 2007 | Amazon US UK |
| 61 | Of All Sad Words | 2008 | Amazon US UK |
| 62 | Murder in Four Parts | 2009 | Amazon US UK |
| 63 | Murder in the Air | 2010 | Amazon US UK |
| 64 | Mississippi Vivian | 2010 | Amazon US UK |
| 65 | The Wild Hog Murders | 2011 | Amazon US UK |
| 66 | The Girl Who Wanted to Be Sherlock Holmes | 2011 | Amazon US UK |
| 67 | Death's Brother | 2011 | Amazon US UK |
| 68 | What a Croc! | 2011 | Amazon US UK |
| 69 | A Werewolf Named Wayne | 2011 | Amazon US UK |
| 70 | Murder of a Beauty Shop Queen | 2012 | Amazon US UK |
| 71 | The Blacklin County Files | 2012 | Amazon US UK |
| 72 | Raining Willie & Cranked | 2012 | Amazon US UK |
| 73 | I am a Roving Gambler | 2012 | Amazon US UK |
| 74 | Carnival of Death | 2012 | Amazon US UK |
| 75 | Compound Murder | 2013 | Amazon US UK |
| 76 | Half in Love with Artful Death | 2014 | Amazon US UK |
| 77 | Between the Living and the Dead | 2015 | Amazon US UK |
| 78 | Tales from the Otherverse | 2015 | Amazon US UK |
| 79 | Survivors Will Be Shot Again | 2016 | Amazon US UK |
| 80 | The Crime Cafe Short Story Anthology | 2016 | Amazon US UK |
| 81 | Dead, to Begin With | 2017 | Amazon US UK |
| 82 | Eight Adventures of Sherlock Holmes | 2017 | Amazon US UK |
| 83 | That Old Scoundrel Death | 2019 | Amazon US UK |
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