Author · updated 2026
John Lutz Books in Order
Every John Lutz book in publication order — 73 in total, spanning 1971–2019.
Publication Order of Alo Nudger Books
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Buyer Beware | 1976 | Amazon US UK |
| 2 |  Nightlines | 1984 | Amazon US UK |
| 3 |  The Right to Sing the Blues | 1985 | Amazon US UK |
| 4 |  Ride the Lightning | 1987 | Amazon US UK |
| 5 |  Dancer's Debt | 1988 | Amazon US UK |
| 6 |  Time Exposure | 1989 | Amazon US UK |
| 7 |  Diamond Eyes | 1990 | Amazon US UK |
| 8 |  Thicker Than Blood | 1993 | Amazon US UK |
| 9 |  Death By Jury | 1995 | Amazon US UK |
| 10 |  Oops! | 1998 | Amazon US UK |
Publication Order of Alo Nudger Collections
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  The Nudger Dilemmas | 2001 | Amazon US UK |
Publication Order of Fred Carver Books
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Tropical Heat | 1986 | Amazon US UK |
| 2 |  Scorcher | 1987 | Amazon US UK |
| 3 |  Kiss | 1988 | Amazon US UK |
| 4 |  Flame | 1989 | Amazon US UK |
| 5 |  Bloodfire | 1991 | Amazon US UK |
| 6 |  Hot | 1992 | Amazon US UK |
| 7 |  Spark | 1993 | Amazon US UK |
| 8 |  Torch | 1994 | Amazon US UK |
| 9 |  Burn | 1995 | Amazon US UK |
| 10 |  Lightning | 1996 | Amazon US UK |
Publication Order of Night Books
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  The Night Caller | 2001 | Amazon US UK |
| 2 |  The Night Watcher | 2002 | Amazon US UK |
| 3 |  The Night Spider | 2003 | Amazon US UK |
| 4 |  Night Victims | 2003 | Amazon US UK |
| 5 |  Fear The Night | 2005 | Amazon US UK |
| 6 |  Chill of Night | 2006 | Amazon US UK |
Publication Order of Frank Quinn Books
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Darker Than Night | 2004 | Amazon US UK |
| 2 |  In for the Kill | 2007 | Amazon US UK |
| 3 |  Night Kills | 2008 | Amazon US UK |
| 4 |  Urge To Kill | 2009 | Amazon US UK |
| 5 |  Mister X | 2010 | Amazon US UK |
| 6 |  Serial | 2011 | Amazon US UK |
| 7 |  Pulse | 2012 | Amazon US UK |
| 8 | Switch | 2012 | Amazon US UK |
| 9 |  Twist | 2013 | Amazon US UK |
| 10 |  Frenzy | 2014 | Amazon US UK |
| 11 | Carnage | 2014 | Amazon US UK |
| 12 |  Slaughter | 2015 | Amazon US UK |
Publication Order of Thomas Laker Books
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  The Honorable Traitors | 2018 | Amazon US UK |
| 2 |  The Havana Game | 2019 | Amazon US UK |
Publication Order of The Oxman and Tobin Mysteries Books
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  The Eye | 1984 | Amazon US UK |
| 2 |  Shadowtown | 1988 | Amazon US UK |
Publication Order of Standalone Novels
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  The Truth of the Matter | 1971 | Amazon US UK |
| 2 |  Bonegrinder | 1977 | Amazon US UK |
| 3 |  Lazarus Man | 1979 | Amazon US UK |
| 4 |  Jericho Man | 1980 | Amazon US UK |
| 5 |  The Shadow Man | 1982 | Amazon US UK |
| 6 |  Single White Female | 1990 | Amazon US UK |
| 7 |  Dancing with the Dead | 1992 | Amazon US UK |
| 8 |  The Ex | 1996 | Amazon US UK |
Publication Order of Short Stories/Novellas
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Desert | 2018 | Amazon US UK |
Publication Order of Short Story Collections
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Better Mousetraps | 1988 | Amazon US UK |
| 2 | Shadows Everywhere | 1994 | Amazon US UK |
| 3 |  Until You Are Dead | 1998 | Amazon US UK |
| 4 |  Endless Road, and Other Stories | 2003 | Amazon US UK |
| 5 | Shadows Everywhere | 2011 | Amazon US UK |
| 6 | The President's Cat Is Missing & Other Stories | 2014 | 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 Anthologies
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Mean Streets: The Second Private Eye Writers of America Anthology | 1986 | Amazon US UK |
| 2 |  An Eye for Justice | 1988 | Amazon US UK |
| 3 |  Feline and Famous | 1994 | Amazon US UK |
| 4 | The World's Finest Mystery and Crime Stories 2 | 2000 | Amazon US UK |
| 5 | The World's Finest Mystery and Crime Stories 4 | 2003 | Amazon US UK |
| 6 |  Show Business is Murder | 2004 | Amazon US UK |
| 7 | The World's Finest Mystery and Crime Stories 5 | 2004 | Amazon US UK |
| 8 |  At the Scene of the Crime | 2008 | Amazon US UK |
| 9 |  Florida Heat Wave | 2010 | Amazon US UK |
| 10 | Silent Night, Deadly Night | 2016 | Amazon US UK |
Every title by year All 73, oldest to newest
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Truth of the Matter | 1971 | Amazon US UK |
| 2 | Buyer Beware | 1976 | Amazon US UK |
| 3 | Bonegrinder | 1977 | Amazon US UK |
| 4 | Lazarus Man | 1979 | Amazon US UK |
| 5 | Jericho Man | 1980 | Amazon US UK |
| 6 | The Shadow Man | 1982 | Amazon US UK |
| 7 | Nightlines | 1984 | Amazon US UK |
| 8 | The Eye | 1984 | Amazon US UK |
| 9 | The Right to Sing the Blues | 1985 | Amazon US UK |
| 10 | Tropical Heat | 1986 | Amazon US UK |
| 11 | Mean Streets: The Second Private Eye Writers of America Anthology | 1986 | Amazon US UK |
| 12 | Ride the Lightning | 1987 | Amazon US UK |
| 13 | Scorcher | 1987 | Amazon US UK |
| 14 | Dancer's Debt | 1988 | Amazon US UK |
| 15 | Kiss | 1988 | Amazon US UK |
| 16 | Shadowtown | 1988 | Amazon US UK |
| 17 | Better Mousetraps | 1988 | Amazon US UK |
| 18 | An Eye for Justice | 1988 | Amazon US UK |
| 19 | Time Exposure | 1989 | Amazon US UK |
| 20 | Flame | 1989 | Amazon US UK |
| 21 | Diamond Eyes | 1990 | Amazon US UK |
| 22 | Single White Female | 1990 | Amazon US UK |
| 23 | Bloodfire | 1991 | Amazon US UK |
| 24 | Hot | 1992 | Amazon US UK |
| 25 | Dancing with the Dead | 1992 | Amazon US UK |
| 26 | Thicker Than Blood | 1993 | Amazon US UK |
| 27 | Spark | 1993 | Amazon US UK |
| 28 | Torch | 1994 | Amazon US UK |
| 29 | Shadows Everywhere | 1994 | Amazon US UK |
| 30 | Feline and Famous | 1994 | Amazon US UK |
| 31 | Death By Jury | 1995 | Amazon US UK |
| 32 | Burn | 1995 | Amazon US UK |
| 33 | Lightning | 1996 | Amazon US UK |
| 34 | The Ex | 1996 | Amazon US UK |
| 35 | Oops! | 1998 | Amazon US UK |
| 36 | Until You Are Dead | 1998 | Amazon US UK |
| 37 | The World's Finest Mystery and Crime Stories 1 | 2000 | Amazon US UK |
| 38 | The World's Finest Mystery and Crime Stories 2 | 2000 | Amazon US UK |
| 39 | The World's Finest Mystery and Crime Stories 2 | 2000 | Amazon US UK |
| 40 | The Nudger Dilemmas | 2001 | Amazon US UK |
| 41 | The Night Caller | 2001 | Amazon US UK |
| 42 | The Night Watcher | 2002 | Amazon US UK |
| 43 | The World's Finest Mystery and Crime Stories 3 | 2002 | Amazon US UK |
| 44 | The Night Spider | 2003 | Amazon US UK |
| 45 | Night Victims | 2003 | Amazon US UK |
| 46 | Endless Road, and Other Stories | 2003 | Amazon US UK |
| 47 | The World's Finest Mystery and Crime Stories 4 | 2003 | Amazon US UK |
| 48 | The World's Finest Mystery and Crime Stories 4 | 2003 | Amazon US UK |
| 49 | Darker Than Night | 2004 | Amazon US UK |
| 50 | The World's Finest Mystery and Crime Stories 5 | 2004 | Amazon US UK |
| 51 | Show Business is Murder | 2004 | Amazon US UK |
| 52 | The World's Finest Mystery and Crime Stories 5 | 2004 | Amazon US UK |
| 53 | Fear The Night | 2005 | Amazon US UK |
| 54 | Chill of Night | 2006 | Amazon US UK |
| 55 | In for the Kill | 2007 | Amazon US UK |
| 56 | Night Kills | 2008 | Amazon US UK |
| 57 | At the Scene of the Crime | 2008 | Amazon US UK |
| 58 | Urge To Kill | 2009 | Amazon US UK |
| 59 | Mister X | 2010 | Amazon US UK |
| 60 | Florida Heat Wave | 2010 | Amazon US UK |
| 61 | Serial | 2011 | Amazon US UK |
| 62 | Shadows Everywhere | 2011 | Amazon US UK |
| 63 | Pulse | 2012 | Amazon US UK |
| 64 | Switch | 2012 | Amazon US UK |
| 65 | Twist | 2013 | Amazon US UK |
| 66 | Frenzy | 2014 | Amazon US UK |
| 67 | Carnage | 2014 | Amazon US UK |
| 68 | The President's Cat Is Missing & Other Stories | 2014 | Amazon US UK |
| 69 | Slaughter | 2015 | Amazon US UK |
| 70 | Silent Night, Deadly Night | 2016 | Amazon US UK |
| 71 | The Honorable Traitors | 2018 | Amazon US UK |
| 72 | The Desert | 2018 | Amazon US UK |
| 73 | The Havana Game | 2019 | Amazon US UK |
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