Order of John J. Malone Books
John J. Malone is the protagonist in a series of detective fiction novels by American novelist Craig Rice. John J. Malone is a rumpled Chicago lawyer who teams up with press agent Jake Justus and eccentric heiress Helene Brand.
Craig Rice began the John J. Malone series in 1939 with the novel Eight Faces at Three (aka Death at Three). The series lasted thirteen novels and two collections. Below is a list of Craig Rice’s John J. Malone books in order of when they were first published:
Publication Order of John J. Malone Books
Eight Faces at Three / Death at Three | (1939) | |
The Corpse Steps Out | (1940) | |
The Wrong Murder | (1940) | |
The Right Murder | (1941) | |
Trial by Fury | (1941) | |
The Big Midget Murders | (1942) | |
Having a Wonderful Crime | (1943) | |
The Lucky Stiff | (1945) | |
The Fourth Postman | (1948) | |
The Double Frame / Knocked for a Loop | (1957) | |
My Kingdom for a Hearse | (1957) | |
The Name is Malone | (1958) | |
Murder, Mystery and Malone | (1963) | |
But the Doctor Died | (1967) |