Order of Loren D. Estleman Books
Loren D. Estleman is an American author of crime and western fiction. He is best known for his Amos Walker series, but also has several other active series to his name. Loren submitted his first short story at age 15 and received 150 rejections. Loren is considered to be an authority on criminal history and the American West. He counts Edgar Allan Poe, Ernest Hemingway and Raymond Chandler among his favourite authors. He left the job market in 1980 to become a full-time writer. Today, he spends an average of six hours a day writing on his 1950 manual typewriter. Loren resides in Michigan.
Loren Estleman became a published author in 1976 with the novel The Oklahoma Punk (aka Red Highway). Below is a list of Loren Estleman’s books in order of when they were originally released:
Publication Order of Page Murdock, US Deputy Marshal Books
The High Rocks | (1979) | |
Stamping Ground | (1980) | |
Murdock’s Law | (1982) | |
The Stranglers | (1985) | |
City of Widows | (1994) | |
White Desert | (2000) | |
Port Hazard | (2004) | |
The Book of Murdock | (2010) | |
Cape Hell | (2016) | |
Wild Justice | (2018) |
Publication Order of Amos Walker Books
Motor City Blue | (1980) | |
Angel Eyes | (1981) | |
The Midnight Man | (1982) | |
The Glass Highway | (1983) | |
Sugartown | (1984) | |
Every Brilliant Eye | (1986) | |
Lady Yesterday | (1987) | |
Downriver | (1988) | |
Silent Thunder | (1989) | |
Sweet Women Lie | (1990) | |
Never Street | (1997) | |
The Witchfinder | (1998) | |
The Hours of the Virgin | (1999) | |
A Smile on the Face of the Tiger | (2000) | |
Sinister Heights | (2002) | |
Poison Blonde | (2003) | |
Retro | (2004) | |
Nicotine Kiss | (2005) | |
American Detective | (2007) | |
The Left-Handed Dollar | (2010) | |
Infernal Angels | (2011) | |
Burning Midnight | (2012) | |
Don’t Look for Me | (2014) | |
You Know Who Killed Me | (2014) | |
The Sundown Speech | (2015) | |
The Lioness Is the Hunter | (2017) | |
Black and White Ball | (2018) | |
When Old Midnight Comes Along | (2020) | |
Cut-Throat Dogs | (2021) | |
Monkey in the Middle | (2022) | |
City Walls | (2023) |
Publication Order of Amos Walker Collections
General Murders | (1988) | |
Amos Walker: The Complete Story Collection | (2010) |
Publication Order of Peter Macklin Books
Kill Zone | (1984) | |
Roses are Dead | (1985) | |
Any Man’s Death | (1986) | |
Something Borrowed, Something Black | (2002) | |
Little Black Dress | (2004) |
Publication Order of Detroit Books
Whiskey River | (1990) | |
Motown | (1991) | |
King of the Corner | (1992) | |
Edsel | (1995) | |
Stress | (1996) | |
Jitterbug | (1998) | |
Thunder City | (1999) |
Publication Order of Valentino Books
Frames | (2008) | |
Alone | (2009) | |
Alive! | (2013) | |
Shoot | (2016) | |
Brazen | (2016) | |
Indigo | (2020) | |
Vamp | (2023) |
Publication Order of The Further Adventures Of Sherlock Holmes Books
The Adventure of the Peerless Peer | (1974) | |
War of the Worlds | (1975) | |
The War of the Worlds | (1975) | |
The Giant Rat of Sumatra | (1976) | |
Sherlock vs Dracula | (1978) | |
The Stalwart Companions | (1978) | |
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Holmes | (1979) | |
The Ectoplasmic Man | (1985) | |
The Whitechapel Horrors | (1992) | |
The Seventh Bullet | (1992) | |
Seance for a Vampire | (1994) | |
The Angel of the Opera | (1994) | |
The Titanic Tragedy | (1996) | |
The Star of India | (1998) | |
The Man from Hell | (2000) | |
The Haunting of Torre Abbey | (2000) | |
Between the Thames and the Tiber | (2011) | |
The Web Weaver | (2012) | |
The Grimswell Curse | (2013) | |
The Devil’s Promise | (2014) | |
The Albino’s Treasure | (2015) | |
The White Worm | (2016) | |
The Ripper Legacy | (2016) | |
Murder at Sorrow’s Crown | (2016) | |
The Counterfeit Detective | (2016) | |
The Moonstone’s Curse | (2017) | |
Imagination Theatre’s Sherlock Holmes of Scripts From The Further Adventures of Sherlock Holmes | (2017) | |
The Improbable Prisoner | (2018) | |
The Devil and the Four | (2018) | |
The Instrument of Death | (2019) | |
The Martian Menace | (2020) | |
The Venerable Tiger | (2020) | |
The Crusader’s Curse | (2020) | |
Sherlock Holmes and the Four Kings of Sweden | (2021) | |
Revenge from the Grave | (2022) | |
Deathly Relics | (2023) | |
The Gentleman Burglar | (2024) | |
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Publication Order of Standalone Novels
Red Highway / The Oklahoma Punk | (1976) | |
The Hider | (1980) | |
Aces and Eights | (1981) | |
The Wolfer | (1983) | |
Mister St. John | (1983) | |
This Old Bill | (1984) | |
Gun Man | (1985) | |
Bloody Season | (1987) | |
Peeper | (1989) | |
Sudden Country | (1991) | |
Billy Gashade | (1997) | |
Journey of the Dead | (1998) | |
The Rocky Mountain Moving Picture Association | (1999) | |
The Master Executioner | (2001) | |
Black Powder, White Smoke | (2002) | |
The Undertaker’s Wife | (2005) | |
The Adventures of Johnny Vermillion | (2006) | |
Gas City | (2008) | |
The Branch and the Scaffold | (2009) | |
Roy & Lillie: A Love Story | (2010) | |
The Confessions of Al Capone | (2013) | |
Ragtime Cowboys | (2014) | |
The Long High Noon | (2015) | |
Nearly Nero | (2017) | |
The Ballad of Black Bart | (2017) | |
The Eagle and the Viper | (2021) | |
Paperback Jack | (2022) |
Publication Order of Short Stories/Novellas
Dead Soldier | (1982) | |
Greektown | (1983) | |
Eight Mile and Dequindre | (1985) | |
I’m in the Book | (1986) | |
Bodyguards Shoot Second | (1987) | |
The Man Who Loved Noir | (1991) | |
Cigarette Stop | (1991) | |
Safe House | (1992) | |
The Crooked Way | (1993) | |
Slipstream | (1994) | |
The Alchemist | (1999) | |
Lady on Ice | (2003) | |
Square One | (2006) | |
Trust Me | (2007) | |
Kill the Cat | (2007) | |
The Bandit | (2012) | |
Sob Sister | (2015) |
Publication Order of Short Story Collections
The Best Western Stories of Loren D. Estleman | (1989) | |
Valentino: Film Detective | (2011) | |
The Bandit & Others | (2012) | |
Evil Grows & Other Thrilling Tales | (2012) | |
The Perils of Sherlock Holmes | (2012) | |
Sons of Moriarty and More Stories of Sherlock Holmes | (2013) | |
The Adventure of the Plated Spoon and Other Tales of Sherlock Holmes | (2014) | |
Desperate Detroit and Stories of Other Dire Places | (2016) | |
Contention and Other Frontier Stories | (2019) | |
Legend | (2019) |
Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books
The Wister Trace | (1955) | |
Writing the Popular Novel | (2004) | |
Amos Walker’s Detroit | (2007) |
Publication Order of Bibliomysteries Books
The Book of Virtue | (2012) | |
Pronghorns of the Third Reich | (2012) | |
The Book Thing | (2012) | |
The Book Case | (2012) | |
An Acceptable Sacrifice | (2012) | |
Death Leaves a Bookmark | (2012) | |
The Final Testament | (2013) | |
Rides a Stranger | (2013) | |
The Long Sonata of the Dead | (2013) | |
The Book of Ghosts | (2013) | |
The Compendium of Srem | (2014) | |
What’s in a Name? | (2014) | |
Remaindered | (2014) | |
The Sequel | (2014) | |
The Gospel of Sheba | (2014) | |
Book Club | (2014) | |
The Nature of My Inheritance | (2014) | |
It’s in the Book | (2014) | |
The Scroll | (2014) | |
The Book of the Lion | (2015) | |
The Little Men | (2015) | |
Condor in the Stacks | (2015) | |
Mystery, Inc. | (2015) | |
Every Seven Years | (2015) | |
From the Queen | (2015) | |
From the Queen | (2015) | |
The Travelling Companion | (2016) | |
Citadel | (2016) | |
Reconciliation Day | (2016) | |
Dead Dames Don’t Sing | (2016) | |
The Haze | (2016) | |
Hoodoo Harry | (2017) | |
The Pretty Little Box | (2018) | |
Seven Years | (2018) | |
The Hemingway Valise | (2018) | |
The Last Honest Horse Thief | (2018) | |
The Caxton Private Lending Library & Book Depository | (2018) | |
The Girl Who Did Say No | (2020) | |
The Traitor | (2022) | |
The Dark Door | (2022) | |
The Honeymoon Trap | (2022) | |
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Chronological Order of Bibliomysteries Books
The Book of Virtue | (2012) | |
The Scroll | (2014) | |
Pronghorns of the Third Reich | (2012) | |
An Acceptable Sacrifice | (2012) | |
Death Leaves a Bookmark | (2012) | |
Seven Years | (2018) | |
The Book Thing | (2012) | |
The Book of Ghosts | (2013) | |
Book Club | (2014) | |
The Long Sonata of the Dead | (2013) | |
The Final Testament | (2013) | |
Rides a Stranger | (2013) | |
What’s in a Name? | (2014) | |
It’s in the Book | (2014) | |
The Nature of My Inheritance | (2014) | |
Remaindered | (2014) | |
The Compendium of Srem | (2014) | |
The Gospel of Sheba | (2014) | |
The Sequel | (2014) | |
The Book of the Lion | (2015) | |
The Little Men | (2015) | |
From the Queen | (2015) | |
Every Seven Years | (2015) | |
Citadel | (2016) | |
Condor in the Stacks | (2015) | |
Mystery, Inc. | (2015) | |
The Travelling Companion | (2016) | |
The Haze | (2016) | |
Dead Dames Don’t Sing | (2016) | |
Reconciliation Day | (2016) | |
Hoodoo Harry | (2017) | |
The Pretty Little Box | (2018) | |
The Caxton Private Lending Library & Book Depository | (2018) | |
The Hemingway Valise | (2018) | |
The Last Honest Horse Thief | (2018) | |
The Book Case | (2012) | |
From the Queen | (2015) | |
The Girl Who Did Say No | (2020) | |
The Traitor | (2022) | |
The Dark Door | (2022) | |
The Honeymoon Trap | (2022) |
Publication Order of Mysterious Profiles Books
Elvis Cole and Joe Pike | (2022) | |
Jack Taylor | (2022) | |
Jack Reacher | (2022) | |
Charlie Parker | (2022) | |
Hieronymus Bosch | (2022) | |
Lincoln Rhyme | (2022) | |
Alex Delaware | (2022) | |
Tess Monaghan | (2022) | |
Charlie Resnick | (2022) | |
Peter Decker and Rina Lazarus | (2022) | |
Inspector Morse | (2022) | |
Dismas Hardy | (2022) | |
Bob Lee Swagger | (2022) | |
Aloysius X. L. Pendergast | (2022) | |
Lou Boldt | (2022) | |
Spenser | (2022) | |
Charlotte and Thomas Pitt | (2022) | |
John Rebus | (2022) | |
Mallory | (2022) | |
Jane Whitefield | (2022) | |
Ian Rutledge: A Mysterious Profile | (2022) | |
Amos Walker | (2022) | |
Precious Ramotswe | (2022) | |
Maisie Dobbs | (2022) | |
The Lincoln Lawyer | (2022) | |
Ben Kincaid | (2023) | |
Repairman Jack | (2023) | |
Peter Diamond | (2024) | |
Nathan Heller | (2024) | |
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Publication Order of Anthologies
Mean Streets | (1986) | |
Matter of Crime | (1987) | |
The Black Moon | (1989) | |
The New Frontier | (1989) | |
City Sleuths and Tough Guys | (1989) | |
100 Great Detectives, Or, the Detective Directory | (1991) | |
Invitation to Murder | (1991) | |
Deadly Allies | (1992) | |
Dark Crimes 2 | (1993) | |
Deadly Allies II | (1994) | |
New Trails: Twenty-Three Original Stories | (1994) | |
First Cases, Volume 1 | (1996) | |
How the West Was Read, Volume 2 | (1996) | |
The Night Awakens | (1998) | |
The New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes | (1999) | |
The Best of the American West II | (1999) | |
The Best American Mystery Stories 1999 | (1999) | |
American West | (2000) | |
The Shamus Game | (2000) | |
The World’s Finest Mystery and Crime Stories 1 | (2000) | |
The Mysterious Press Anniversary Anthology: Celebrating 25 Years | (2001) | |
A Century of Great Western Stories | (2001) | |
Murder, My Dear Watson | (2002) | |
A Hot and Sultry Night for Crime | (2003) | |
Lost Trails | (2007) | |
Detroit Noir | (2007) | |
At the Scene of the Crime | (2008) | |
Ghost Towns | (2010) | |
The Best American Mystery Stories 2011 | (2011) | |
Raymond Chandler’s Philip Marlowe | (2011) | |
In Pursuit of Spenser | (2012) | |
Detroit Is Our Beat | (2015) | |
Bob Seger’s House and Other Stories | (2016) | |
Silent Night, Deadly Night | (2016) | |
The Moores Are Missing & The Housewife | (2017) | |
Murder, They Wrote: Five Bibliomysteries by Edgar Award-Winning Authors | (2018) | |
The Misadventures of Nero Wolfe | (2020) | |
Hobnail and Other Frontier Stories | (2020) |
Notes: The Oklahoma Punk was also published as Red Highway. The Black Moon was written with Ed Gorman, W.R. Philbrick. Robert J. Randisi and L.J. Washburn. Legend also contains stories by Judy Alter, Jane Candia Coleman, Ed Gorman, Elmer Kelton, Robert J. Randisi and James Reasoner. Lost Trails also includes stories by William W. Johnstone, Elmer Kelton and Louis L’Amour.