Order of Tom Corcoran Books

Order of Tom Corcoran Books

Tom Corcoran
Tom Corcoran is an American author of mystery novels and non-fiction books. Corcoran has lived in Florida since 1970. Before becoming an author, he worked as a disc jockey, bartender, travel counselor, navy officer, screenwriter, freelance photographer, magazine editor, computer graphic artist and journalist. He has written multiple books on muscle cars and written a book on personal friend Jimmy Buffett. He writes the Alex Rutledge mystery series.

Tom Corcoran was first published in 1992 with the non-fiction book Shelby Mustang. His debut foray into fiction was The Mango Opera, published in 1998. Below is a list of Tom Corcoran’s books in order of when they were first released:

Publication Order of Alex Rutledge Mystery Books

The Mango Opera

(1998)

Gumbo Limbo

(1999)

Bone Island Mambo

(2001)

Octopus Alibi

(2003)

Air Dance Iguana

(2005)

Hawk Channel Chase

(2009)

The Quick Adios

(2012)

Guava Moon Revenge

(2018)

The Cayo Hueso Maze

(2020)

A Step Beyond Chaos

(2022)

Publication Order of Standalone Novels

Crime Almost Pays

(2015)

Publication Order of Short Story Collections

Triple in Paradise

(2012)

Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books

Mustang ’64 1/2-’70 Restoration Guide

(1992)

Shelby Mustang

(1992)

Hoofbeats: The Pulse of the Mustang World

(1994)

Mustang 1964 1/2-1968

(1994)

Mustang 1964 1/2-’73 Restoration Guide

(1999)

Key West Collection

(1999)

Muscle Car Legends

(2002)

Ultimate Muscle: GTO Shelby Mustang Hemi

(2002)

Jimmy Buffett: The Key West Years

(2006)

Key West in Black and White

(2007)

Publication Order of Anthologies

Stories from the Blue Moon Café

(2002)

A Merry Band of Murderers

(2006)

Florida Heat Wave

(2010)

Notes: Key West Collection was written with Dorothy Raymer. Muscle Car Legends and Ultimate Muscle were co-authored by Anthony Young and Paul Zazarine.