Author · updated 2026
Loren D. Estleman Books in Order
Every Loren D. Estleman book in publication order — 125 in total, spanning 1955–2021.
Publication Order of Page Murdock, US Deputy Marshal Books
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The High Rocks | 1979 | Amazon US UK |
| 2 | Stamping Ground | 1980 | Amazon US UK |
| 3 | Murdock's Law | 1982 | Amazon US UK |
| 4 | The Stranglers | 1985 | Amazon US UK |
| 5 | City of Widows | 1994 | Amazon US UK |
| 6 | White Desert | 2000 | Amazon US UK |
| 7 | Port Hazard | 2004 | Amazon US UK |
| 8 | The Book of Murdock | 2010 | Amazon US UK |
| 9 | Cape Hell | 2016 | Amazon US UK |
| 10 | Wild Justice | 2018 | Amazon US UK |
Publication Order of Amos Walker Books
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Motor City Blue | 1980 | Amazon US UK |
| 2 | Angel Eyes | 1981 | Amazon US UK |
| 3 | The Midnight Man | 1982 | Amazon US UK |
| 4 | The Glass Highway | 1983 | Amazon US UK |
| 5 | Sugartown | 1984 | Amazon US UK |
| 6 | Every Brilliant Eye | 1986 | Amazon US UK |
| 7 | Lady Yesterday | 1987 | Amazon US UK |
| 8 | Downriver | 1988 | Amazon US UK |
| 9 | Silent Thunder | 1989 | Amazon US UK |
| 10 | Sweet Women Lie | 1990 | Amazon US UK |
| 11 | Never Street | 1997 | Amazon US UK |
| 12 | The Witchfinder | 1998 | Amazon US UK |
| 13 | The Hours of the Virgin | 1999 | Amazon US UK |
| 14 | A Smile on the Face of the Tiger | 2000 | Amazon US UK |
| 15 | Sinister Heights | 2002 | Amazon US UK |
| 16 | Poison Blonde | 2003 | Amazon US UK |
| 17 | Retro | 2004 | Amazon US UK |
| 18 | Nicotine Kiss | 2005 | Amazon US UK |
| 19 | American Detective | 2007 | Amazon US UK |
| 20 | The Left-Handed Dollar | 2010 | Amazon US UK |
| 21 | Infernal Angels | 2011 | Amazon US UK |
| 22 | Burning Midnight | 2012 | Amazon US UK |
| 23 | Don't Look for Me | 2014 | Amazon US UK |
| 24 | You Know Who Killed Me | 2014 | Amazon US UK |
| 25 | The Sundown Speech | 2015 | Amazon US UK |
| 26 | The Lioness Is the Hunter | 2017 | Amazon US UK |
| 27 | Black and White Ball | 2018 | Amazon US UK |
| 28 | When Old Midnight Comes Along | 2020 | Amazon US UK |
Publication Order of Amos Walker Collections
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | General Murders | 1988 | Amazon US UK |
| 2 | Amos Walker: The Complete Story Collection | 2010 | Amazon US UK |
Publication Order of Peter Macklin Books
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kill Zone | 1984 | Amazon US UK |
| 2 | Roses Are Dead | 1985 | Amazon US UK |
| 3 | Any Man's Death | 1986 | Amazon US UK |
| 4 | Something Borrowed, Something Black | 2002 | Amazon US UK |
| 5 | Little Black Dress | 2004 | Amazon US UK |
Publication Order of Detroit Books
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Whiskey River | 1990 | Amazon US UK |
| 2 | Motown | 1991 | Amazon US UK |
| 3 | King of the Corner | 1992 | Amazon US UK |
| 4 | Edsel | 1995 | Amazon US UK |
| 5 | Stress | 1996 | Amazon US UK |
| 6 | Jitterbug | 1998 | Amazon US UK |
| 7 | Thunder City | 1999 | Amazon US UK |
Publication Order of Valentino Books
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Frames | 2008 | Amazon US UK |
| 2 | Alone | 2009 | Amazon US UK |
| 3 | Alive! | 2013 | Amazon US UK |
| 4 | Shoot | 2016 | Amazon US UK |
| 5 | Brazen | 2016 | Amazon US UK |
| 6 | Indigo | 2020 | Amazon US UK |
Publication Order of Bibliomysteries Short Stories Books
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Book Club | 2014 | Amazon US UK |
Publication Order of The Further Adventures of Sherlock Holmes Books
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sherlock vs Dracula | 1978 | Amazon US UK |
| 2 | Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Holmes | 1979 | Amazon US UK |
Publication Order of Standalone Novels
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Red Highway / The Oklahoma Punk | 1976 | Amazon US UK |
| 2 | The Hider | 1980 | Amazon US UK |
| 3 | Aces and Eights | 1981 | Amazon US UK |
| 4 | Mister St. John | 1983 | Amazon US UK |
| 5 | The Wolfer | 1983 | Amazon US UK |
| 6 | This Old Bill | 1984 | Amazon US UK |
| 7 | Gun Man | 1985 | Amazon US UK |
| 8 | Bloody Season | 1987 | Amazon US UK |
| 9 | Peeper | 1989 | Amazon US UK |
| 10 | Sudden Country | 1991 | Amazon US UK |
| 11 | The Crooked Way | 1993 | Amazon US UK |
| 12 | Billy Gashade | 1997 | Amazon US UK |
| 13 | Journey of the Dead | 1998 | Amazon US UK |
| 14 | The Rocky Mountain Moving Picture Association | 1999 | Amazon US UK |
| 15 | The Master Executioner | 2001 | Amazon US UK |
| 16 | Black Powder, White Smoke | 2002 | Amazon US UK |
| 17 | The Undertaker's Wife | 2005 | Amazon US UK |
| 18 | The Adventures of Johnny Vermillion | 2006 | Amazon US UK |
| 19 | Gas City | 2008 | Amazon US UK |
| 20 | The Branch and the Scaffold | 2009 | Amazon US UK |
| 21 | Roy & Lillie: A Love Story | 2010 | Amazon US UK |
| 22 | The Confessions of Al Capone | 2013 | Amazon US UK |
| 23 | Ragtime Cowboys | 2014 | Amazon US UK |
| 24 | The Long High Noon | 2015 | Amazon US UK |
| 25 | Nearly Nero | 2017 | Amazon US UK |
| 26 | The Ballad of Black Bart | 2017 | Amazon US UK |
| 27 | The Eagle and the Viper | 2021 | Amazon US UK |
Publication Order of Short Story Collections
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Best Western Stories of Loren D. Estleman | 1989 | Amazon US UK |
| 2 | Valentino: Film Detective | 2011 | Amazon US UK |
| 3 | The Bandit & Others | 2012 | Amazon US UK |
| 4 | Evil Grows & Other Thrilling Tales | 2012 | Amazon US UK |
| 5 | The Perils of Sherlock Holmes | 2012 | Amazon US UK |
| 6 | Sons of Moriarty and More Stories of Sherlock Holmes | 2013 | Amazon US UK |
| 7 | The Adventure of the Plated Spoon and Other Tales of Sherlock Holmes | 2014 | Amazon US UK |
| 8 | Desperate Detroit and Stories of Other Dire Places | 2016 | Amazon US UK |
| 9 | Contention and Other Frontier Stories | 2019 | Amazon US UK |
| 10 | Hobnail and Other Frontier Stories | 2019 | Amazon US UK |
Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Wister Trace | 1955 | Amazon US UK |
| 2 | Writing the Popular Novel | 2004 | Amazon US UK |
| 3 | Amos Walker's Detroit | 2007 | Amazon US UK |
Publication Order of Bibliomysteries Books
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Book Club | 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 | City Sleuths and Tough Guys | 1989 | Amazon US UK |
| 3 | P.I. Files | 1990 | Amazon US UK |
| 4 | Invitation to Murder | 1991 | Amazon US UK |
| 5 | New Trails: Twenty-Three Original Stories | 1994 | Amazon US UK |
| 6 | The Night Awakens | 1998 | Amazon US UK |
| 7 | The Best American Mystery Stories 1999 | 1999 | Amazon US UK |
| 8 | American West | 2000 | Amazon US UK |
| 9 | The Shamus Game | 2000 | Amazon US UK |
| 10 | The World's Finest Mystery and Crime Stories 1 | 2000 | Amazon US UK |
| 11 | A Hot And Sultry Night For Crime | 2003 | Amazon US UK |
| 12 | Lost Trails | 2007 | Amazon US UK |
| 13 | At the Scene of the Crime | 2008 | Amazon US UK |
| 14 | Ghost Towns | 2010 | Amazon US UK |
| 15 | The Best American Mystery Stories 2011 | 2011 | Amazon US UK |
| 16 | Raymond Chandler's Philip Marlowe | 2011 | Amazon US UK |
| 17 | Detroit Is Our Beat | 2015 | Amazon US UK |
| 18 | Silent Night, Deadly Night | 2016 | Amazon US UK |
Every title by year All 125, oldest to newest
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Wister Trace | 1955 | Amazon US UK |
| 2 | Red Highway / The Oklahoma Punk | 1976 | Amazon US UK |
| 3 | Sherlock vs Dracula | 1978 | Amazon US UK |
| 4 | The High Rocks | 1979 | Amazon US UK |
| 5 | Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Holmes | 1979 | Amazon US UK |
| 6 | Stamping Ground | 1980 | Amazon US UK |
| 7 | Motor City Blue | 1980 | Amazon US UK |
| 8 | The Hider | 1980 | Amazon US UK |
| 9 | Angel Eyes | 1981 | Amazon US UK |
| 10 | Aces and Eights | 1981 | Amazon US UK |
| 11 | Murdock's Law | 1982 | Amazon US UK |
| 12 | The Midnight Man | 1982 | Amazon US UK |
| 13 | The Glass Highway | 1983 | Amazon US UK |
| 14 | Mister St. John | 1983 | Amazon US UK |
| 15 | The Wolfer | 1983 | Amazon US UK |
| 16 | Sugartown | 1984 | Amazon US UK |
| 17 | Kill Zone | 1984 | Amazon US UK |
| 18 | This Old Bill | 1984 | Amazon US UK |
| 19 | The Stranglers | 1985 | Amazon US UK |
| 20 | Roses Are Dead | 1985 | Amazon US UK |
| 21 | Gun Man | 1985 | Amazon US UK |
| 22 | Every Brilliant Eye | 1986 | Amazon US UK |
| 23 | Any Man's Death | 1986 | Amazon US UK |
| 24 | Mean Streets: The Second Private Eye Writers of America Anthology | 1986 | Amazon US UK |
| 25 | Lady Yesterday | 1987 | Amazon US UK |
| 26 | Bloody Season | 1987 | Amazon US UK |
| 27 | Downriver | 1988 | Amazon US UK |
| 28 | General Murders | 1988 | Amazon US UK |
| 29 | Silent Thunder | 1989 | Amazon US UK |
| 30 | Peeper | 1989 | Amazon US UK |
| 31 | The Best Western Stories of Loren D. Estleman | 1989 | Amazon US UK |
| 32 | City Sleuths and Tough Guys | 1989 | Amazon US UK |
| 33 | Sweet Women Lie | 1990 | Amazon US UK |
| 34 | Whiskey River | 1990 | Amazon US UK |
| 35 | P.I. Files | 1990 | Amazon US UK |
| 36 | Motown | 1991 | Amazon US UK |
| 37 | Sudden Country | 1991 | Amazon US UK |
| 38 | Invitation to Murder | 1991 | Amazon US UK |
| 39 | King of the Corner | 1992 | Amazon US UK |
| 40 | The Crooked Way | 1993 | Amazon US UK |
| 41 | City of Widows | 1994 | Amazon US UK |
| 42 | New Trails: Twenty-Three Original Stories | 1994 | Amazon US UK |
| 43 | Edsel | 1995 | Amazon US UK |
| 44 | Stress | 1996 | Amazon US UK |
| 45 | Never Street | 1997 | Amazon US UK |
| 46 | Billy Gashade | 1997 | Amazon US UK |
| 47 | The Witchfinder | 1998 | Amazon US UK |
| 48 | Jitterbug | 1998 | Amazon US UK |
| 49 | Journey of the Dead | 1998 | Amazon US UK |
| 50 | The Night Awakens | 1998 | Amazon US UK |
| 51 | The Hours of the Virgin | 1999 | Amazon US UK |
| 52 | Thunder City | 1999 | Amazon US UK |
| 53 | The Rocky Mountain Moving Picture Association | 1999 | Amazon US UK |
| 54 | The Best American Mystery Stories 1999 | 1999 | Amazon US UK |
| 55 | White Desert | 2000 | Amazon US UK |
| 56 | A Smile on the Face of the Tiger | 2000 | Amazon US UK |
| 57 | The World's Finest Mystery and Crime Stories 1 | 2000 | Amazon US UK |
| 58 | The World's Finest Mystery and Crime Stories 2 | 2000 | Amazon US UK |
| 59 | American West | 2000 | Amazon US UK |
| 60 | The Shamus Game | 2000 | Amazon US UK |
| 61 | The World's Finest Mystery and Crime Stories 1 | 2000 | Amazon US UK |
| 62 | The Master Executioner | 2001 | Amazon US UK |
| 63 | Sinister Heights | 2002 | Amazon US UK |
| 64 | Something Borrowed, Something Black | 2002 | Amazon US UK |
| 65 | Black Powder, White Smoke | 2002 | Amazon US UK |
| 66 | The World's Finest Mystery and Crime Stories 3 | 2002 | Amazon US UK |
| 67 | Poison Blonde | 2003 | Amazon US UK |
| 68 | The World's Finest Mystery and Crime Stories 4 | 2003 | Amazon US UK |
| 69 | A Hot And Sultry Night For Crime | 2003 | Amazon US UK |
| 70 | Port Hazard | 2004 | Amazon US UK |
| 71 | Retro | 2004 | Amazon US UK |
| 72 | Little Black Dress | 2004 | Amazon US UK |
| 73 | Writing the Popular Novel | 2004 | Amazon US UK |
| 74 | The World's Finest Mystery and Crime Stories 5 | 2004 | Amazon US UK |
| 75 | Nicotine Kiss | 2005 | Amazon US UK |
| 76 | The Undertaker's Wife | 2005 | Amazon US UK |
| 77 | The Adventures of Johnny Vermillion | 2006 | Amazon US UK |
| 78 | American Detective | 2007 | Amazon US UK |
| 79 | Amos Walker's Detroit | 2007 | Amazon US UK |
| 80 | Lost Trails | 2007 | Amazon US UK |
| 81 | Frames | 2008 | Amazon US UK |
| 82 | Gas City | 2008 | Amazon US UK |
| 83 | At the Scene of the Crime | 2008 | Amazon US UK |
| 84 | Alone | 2009 | Amazon US UK |
| 85 | The Branch and the Scaffold | 2009 | Amazon US UK |
| 86 | The Book of Murdock | 2010 | Amazon US UK |
| 87 | The Left-Handed Dollar | 2010 | Amazon US UK |
| 88 | Amos Walker: The Complete Story Collection | 2010 | Amazon US UK |
| 89 | Roy & Lillie: A Love Story | 2010 | Amazon US UK |
| 90 | Ghost Towns | 2010 | Amazon US UK |
| 91 | Infernal Angels | 2011 | Amazon US UK |
| 92 | Valentino: Film Detective | 2011 | Amazon US UK |
| 93 | The Best American Mystery Stories 2011 | 2011 | Amazon US UK |
| 94 | Raymond Chandler's Philip Marlowe | 2011 | Amazon US UK |
| 95 | Burning Midnight | 2012 | Amazon US UK |
| 96 | The Bandit & Others | 2012 | Amazon US UK |
| 97 | Evil Grows & Other Thrilling Tales | 2012 | Amazon US UK |
| 98 | The Perils of Sherlock Holmes | 2012 | Amazon US UK |
| 99 | Alive! | 2013 | Amazon US UK |
| 100 | The Confessions of Al Capone | 2013 | Amazon US UK |
| 101 | Sons of Moriarty and More Stories of Sherlock Holmes | 2013 | Amazon US UK |
| 102 | Don't Look for Me | 2014 | Amazon US UK |
| 103 | You Know Who Killed Me | 2014 | Amazon US UK |
| 104 | Book Club | 2014 | Amazon US UK |
| 105 | Ragtime Cowboys | 2014 | Amazon US UK |
| 106 | The Adventure of the Plated Spoon and Other Tales of Sherlock Holmes | 2014 | Amazon US UK |
| 107 | Book Club | 2014 | Amazon US UK |
| 108 | The Sundown Speech | 2015 | Amazon US UK |
| 109 | The Long High Noon | 2015 | Amazon US UK |
| 110 | Detroit Is Our Beat | 2015 | Amazon US UK |
| 111 | Cape Hell | 2016 | Amazon US UK |
| 112 | Shoot | 2016 | Amazon US UK |
| 113 | Brazen | 2016 | Amazon US UK |
| 114 | Desperate Detroit and Stories of Other Dire Places | 2016 | Amazon US UK |
| 115 | Silent Night, Deadly Night | 2016 | Amazon US UK |
| 116 | The Lioness Is the Hunter | 2017 | Amazon US UK |
| 117 | Nearly Nero | 2017 | Amazon US UK |
| 118 | The Ballad of Black Bart | 2017 | Amazon US UK |
| 119 | Wild Justice | 2018 | Amazon US UK |
| 120 | Black and White Ball | 2018 | Amazon US UK |
| 121 | Contention and Other Frontier Stories | 2019 | Amazon US UK |
| 122 | Hobnail and Other Frontier Stories | 2019 | Amazon US UK |
| 123 | When Old Midnight Comes Along | 2020 | Amazon US UK |
| 124 | Indigo | 2020 | Amazon US UK |
| 125 | The Eagle and the Viper | 2021 | Amazon US UK |
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