Order of Stuart M. Kaminsky Books
Stuart M. Kaminsky (1934-2009) was an American author of mystery novels, crime fiction and non-fiction books, as well as a film professor. His series characters are Toby Peters, Inspector Rostnikov, Abe Lieberman and Lew Fonesca. He was awarded the title of Grand Master by the Mystery Writers of America. Kaminsky grew up in Chicago, where he got his Ph.D in speech from Northwestern University. He got his B.S. in journalism and M.A. in English from the University of Illinois. He went on to teach film studies at Northwestern for 16 years and followed that up with a six year stint at Florida State. At one point, Kaminsky served as president of Mystery Writers of America.
Stuart Kaminsky became a published author with the non-fiction book A Biographical Study of the Career of Donald Siegel and an Analysis of His Films in 1972. His first novel was the Toby Peters book Bullet for a Star, published in 1977. Below is a list of Stuart M. Kaminsky’s books in order of when they were originally published:
Publication Order of Toby Peters Books
Bullet for a Star | (1977) | |
Murder on the Yellow Brick Road | (1977) | |
You Bet Your Life | (1978) | |
The Howard Hughes Affair | (1979) | |
Never Cross a Vampire | (1980) | |
High Midnight | (1981) | |
Catch a Falling Clown | (1982) | |
He Done Her Wrong | (1983) | |
The Fala Factor | (1984) | |
Down for the Count | (1985) | |
The Man Who Shot Lewis Vance | (1986) | |
Smart Moves | (1987) | |
Think Fast, Mr. Peters | (1988) | |
Buried Caesars | (1989) | |
Poor Butterfly | (1990) | |
The Melting Clock | (1991) | |
The Devil Met a Lady | (1993) | |
Tomorrow is Another Day | (1995) | |
Dancing in the Dark | (1996) | |
A Fatal Glass of Beer | (1997) | |
A Few Minutes Past Midnight | (2001) | |
To Catch A Spy | (2002) | |
Mildred Pierced | (2003) | |
Now You See It | (2004) |
Publication Order of Porfiry Rostnikov Books
Death of a Dissident / Rostnikov’s Corpse | (1981) | |
Black Knight in Red Square | (1984) | |
Red Chameleon | (1985) | |
A Cold Red Sunrise | (1987) | |
A Fine Red Rain | (1987) | |
The Man Who Walked Like a Bear | (1990) | |
Rostnikov’s Vacation | (1991) | |
Death of a Russian Priest | (1992) | |
Hard Currency | (1995) | |
Blood and Rubles | (1996) | |
Tarnished Icons | (1997) | |
The Dog Who Bit a Policeman | (1998) | |
Fall of a Cosmonaut | (2000) | |
Murder on the Trans-Siberian Express | (2001) | |
People Who Walk in Darkness | (2008) | |
A Whisper to the Living | (2009) |
Publication Order of Abe Lieberman Books
Lieberman’s Folly | (1991) | |
Lieberman’s Choice | (1993) | |
Lieberman’s Day | (1994) | |
Lieberman’s Thief | (1995) | |
Lieberman’s Law | (1996) | |
The Big Silence | (2000) | |
Not Quite Kosher | (2002) | |
The Last Dark Place | (2004) | |
Terror Town | (2006) | |
The Dead Don’t Lie | (2007) |
Publication Order of CSI: New York Books
(by Keith R.A. DeCandido)
Dead of Winter | (2005) | |
Blood on the Sun | (2006) | |
Deluge | (2007) | |
Four Walls | (2008) | |
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Publication Order of Kolchak The Night Stalker Books
Kolchak Night Stalker | (2003) | |
Kolchak the Night Stalker Volume 1 | (2004) | |
Kolchak: The Night Stalker Chronicles | (2005) |
Publication Order of Lew Fonesca Books
Vengeance | (1999) | |
Retribution | (1999) | |
Midnight Pass | (2003) | |
Denial | (2005) | |
Always Say Goodbye | (2006) | |
Bright Futures | (2009) |
Publication Order of The Rockford Files Books
The Green Bottle | (1996) | |
The Devil on my Doorstep | (1998) |
Publication Order of Standalone Novels
When the Dark Man Calls | (1983) | |
Exercise in Terror | (2001) |
Publication Order of Short Stories/Novellas
Find Miriam | (1997) |
Publication Order of Short Story Collections
Opening Shots | (1991) | |
Hidden and Other Stories | (1999) |
Publication Order of Plays
The Final Toast | (2008) | |
Books | (2008) |
Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books
American Film Genres: Approaches to a Critical Theory of Popular Film | (1974) | |
Clint Eastwood: The Candid On-and-off-screen of the World’s #1 Male Superstar | (1974) | |
Don Siegel : Director | (1974) | |
Ingmar Bergman; Essays in Criticism | (1975) | |
John Huston, Maker of Magic | (1978) | |
Coop: The Life and Legend of Gary Cooper | (1979) | |
Basic Filmmaking | (1981) | |
American Television Genres | (1985) | |
Writing for television | (1988) | |
Behind the Mystery | (2005) |
Publication Order of Kolchak: The Night Stalker Books
Pain Without Tears | (2004) | |
Kolchak the Night Stalker Volume 1 | (2004) | |
Terror Within | (2006) | |
A Black & Evil Truth | (2007) | |
The Lovecraftian Horror | (2007) | |
The Lost World | (2012) | |
Kolchak and the Lost World | (2012) | |
Necronomicon | (2012) | |
Big Book of Kolchak the Night Stalker | (2012) | |
Passages of the Macabre | (2016) | |
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Publication Order of Anthologies
The Ultimate Witch | (1993) | |
Guilty as Charged | (1996) | |
The Year’s 25 Finest Crime and Mystery Stories 1997 | (1998) | |
The New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes | (1999) | |
Mystery in the Sunshine State | (1999) | |
The Oxford Book of Detective Stories | (2000) | |
The Mysterious Press Anniversary Anthology: Celebrating 25 Years | (2001) | |
Show Business is Murder | (2004) | |
Mr. President, Private Eye | (2004) | |
The Adventure of the Missing Detective and 19 of the Year’s Finest Crime and Mystery Stories | (2005) | |
Kolchak: The Night Stalker Chronicles | (2005) | |
On a Raven’s Wing | (2009) | |
Silent Night, Deadly Night | (2016) |
Notes: Rostnikov’s Corpse was later re-published as Death of a Dissident. The graphic novel Fever Pitch was collaborated on with Christopher Jones and Barbara Schulz. The graphic novel Kolchak: The Night Stalker Volume One was collaborated on with Joe Gentile and Jeff Rice. The short story collection The Night Stalker Chronicles also contains contributions by Elaine Bergstrom, Max Allan Collins, Peter David, Mark Dawidziak, P.N. Elrod, Ed Gorman, C.J. Henderson, Brett Matthews and Robert E. Weinberg. A Biographical Study of the Career of Donald Siegel and An Analysis of His Films was re-published under the title Don Siegel, Director. Basic Filmmaking was co-authored with Dana H. Hodgdon. Writing for Television was written alongside Mark Walker.