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Marcia Muller

American author Marcia Muller is best known for creating the Sharon McCone private detective series, a landmark in crime fiction. Her books have sold millions of copies, and she received the Mystery Writers of America’s Grand Master Award. This page provides the Marcia Muller books in order, including both chronological order and series reading order.

All books · chronological

1971The Snatch(By: Bill Pronzini)POoNDB · 1Buy ↗

1973The Vanished(By: Bill Pronzini)POoNDB · 2Buy ↗

1973Undercurrent(By: Bill Pronzini)POoNDB · 3Buy ↗

1977Edwin of the Iron ShoesPOoSMB · 1Buy ↗

1977Blowback(By: Bill Pronzini)POoNDB · 4Buy ↗

1978Twospot(By: Bill Pronzini)POoNDB · 5Buy ↗

1980Labyrinth(By: Bill Pronzini)POoNDB · 6Buy ↗

1981Hoodwink(By: Bill Pronzini)POoNDB · 7Buy ↗

1982Ask the Cards a QuestionPOoSMB · 2Buy ↗

1982Scattershot(By: Bill Pronzini)POoNDB · 8Buy ↗

1982Dragonfire(By: Bill Pronzini)POoNDB · 9Buy ↗

1983The Tree of DeathPOoEOB · 1Buy ↗

1983The Cheshire Cat's EyePOoSMB · 3Buy ↗

1983Bindlestiff(By: Bill Pronzini)POoNDB · 10Buy ↗

1984Games to Keep the Dark AwayPOoSMB · 4Buy ↗

1984Leave a Message for WilliePOoSMB · 5Buy ↗

1984Double(With: Bill Pronzini)POoSMB · 6Buy ↗

1984Quicksilver(By: Bill Pronzini)POoNDB · 11Buy ↗

1984Nightshades(By: Bill Pronzini)POoNDB · 12Buy ↗

1984DoublePOoNDB · 13Buy ↗

1985Quincannon(By: Bill Pronzini)POoJQB · 1Buy ↗

1985The Legend of the Slain SoldiersPOoEOB · 2Buy ↗

1985There's Nothing to Be Afraid OfPOoSMB · 7Buy ↗

1985Bones(By: Bill Pronzini)POoNDB · 14Buy ↗

1986The Cavalier in WhitePOoJSB · 1Buy ↗

1986The Lighthouse(With: Bill Pronzini)POoSN · 1Buy ↗

1986Beyond the GravePOoJQB · 2Buy ↗

1986Deadfall(By: Bill Pronzini)POoNDB · 15Buy ↗

1988There Hangs the KnifePOoJSB · 2Buy ↗

1988Eye of the StormPOoSMB · 8Buy ↗

1989Deadly FantasiesPOoSS · 1Buy ↗

1989Dark StarPOoJSB · 3Buy ↗

1989The Shape of DreadPOoSMB · 9Buy ↗

1989Shackles(By: Bill Pronzini)POoNDB · 16Buy ↗

1990There's Something in a SundayPOoSMB · 10Buy ↗

1990Trophies and Dead ThingsPOoSMB · 11Buy ↗

1990Jackpot(By: Bill Pronzini)POoNDB · 17Buy ↗

1991DeceptionsPOoSSC · 1Buy ↗

1991Final Resting PlacePOoSS · 2Buy ↗

1991Where Echoes LivePOoSMB · 12Buy ↗

1991Breakdown(By: Bill Pronzini)POoNDB · 18Buy ↗

1991Quarry(By: Bill Pronzini)POoNDB · 19Buy ↗

1992Pennies On a Dead Woman's EyesPOoSMB · 13Buy ↗

1992Epitaphs(By: Bill Pronzini)POoNDB · 20Buy ↗

1993Wolf in the ShadowsPOoSMB · 14Buy ↗

1993Demons(By: Bill Pronzini)POoNDB · 21Buy ↗

1994Till the Butchers Cut Him DownPOoSMB · 15Buy ↗

1995The McCone FilesPOoSMC · 1Buy ↗

1995A Wild and Lonely PlacePOoSMB · 16Buy ↗

1995Hardcase(By: Bill Pronzini)POoNDB · 22Buy ↗

1996The Broken Promise LandPOoSMB · 17Buy ↗

1996Sentinels(By: Bill Pronzini)POoNDB · 23Buy ↗

1997Both Ends of the NightPOoSMB · 18Buy ↗

1997Illusions(By: Bill Pronzini)POoNDB · 24Buy ↗

1998DuoPOoSSC · 2Buy ↗

1998While Other People SleepPOoSMB · 19Buy ↗

1998Boobytrap(By: Bill Pronzini)POoNDB · 25Buy ↗

1999McCone and FriendsPOoSMC · 2Buy ↗

1999A Walk Through the FirePOoSMB · 20Buy ↗

2000Listen to the SilencePOoSMB · 21Buy ↗

2000Crazybone(By: Bill Pronzini)POoNDB · 26Buy ↗

2001Point DeceptionPOoCPB · 1Buy ↗

2001Bleeders(By: Bill Pronzini)POoNDB · 27Buy ↗

2002Dead MidnightPOoSMB · 22Buy ↗

2002Spook(By: Bill Pronzini)POoNDB · 28Buy ↗

2003Cyanide WellsPOoCPB · 2Buy ↗

2003Time of the WolvesPOoSSC · 3Buy ↗

2004The Dangerous HourPOoSMB · 23Buy ↗

2005Cape PerdidoPOoCPB · 3Buy ↗

2005Quincannon's Game(By: Bill Pronzini)POoJQB · 3Buy ↗

2005Nightcrawlers(By: Bill Pronzini)POoNDB · 29Buy ↗

2006Vanishing PointPOoSMB · 24Buy ↗

2006Mourners(By: Bill Pronzini)POoNDB · 30Buy ↗

2007Crucifixion River(With: Bill Pronzini)POoSN · 2Buy ↗

2007Somewhere in the CityPOoSSC · 4Buy ↗

2007The Ever-Running ManPOoSMB · 25Buy ↗

2007Savages(By: Bill Pronzini)POoNDB · 31Buy ↗

2008Burn OutPOoSMB · 26Buy ↗

2008Fever(By: Bill Pronzini)POoNDB · 32Buy ↗

2009Locked InPOoSMB · 27Buy ↗

2009Schemers(By: Bill Pronzini)POoNDB · 33Buy ↗

2010Coming BackPOoSMB · 28Buy ↗

2010Betrayers(By: Bill Pronzini)POoNDB · 34Buy ↗

2011The Lighthouse of Terror(With: Bill Pronzini)POoSN · 3Buy ↗

2011City of WhispersPOoSMB · 29Buy ↗

2011Camouflage(By: Bill Pronzini)POoNDB · 35Buy ↗

2012Duo(With: Bill Pronzini)POoSSC · 5Buy ↗

2012Looking for YesterdayPOoSMB · 30Buy ↗

2012Skeleton in the ClosetPOoSMB · 31Buy ↗

2012Hellbox(By: Bill Pronzini)POoNDB · 36Buy ↗

2013The Bughouse AffairPOoCaQMB · 1Buy ↗

2013The Spook Lights AffairPOoCaQMB · 2Buy ↗

2013Nemesis(By: Bill Pronzini)POoNDB · 37Buy ↗

2014Kindling PointPOoSN · 4Buy ↗

2014The Night SearchersPOoSMB · 32Buy ↗

2014Merrill-Go-RoundPOoSMB · 33Buy ↗

2014Strangers(By: Bill Pronzini)POoNDB · 38Buy ↗

2015The Body Snatchers AffairPOoCaQMB · 3Buy ↗

2015Vixen(By: Bill Pronzini)POoNDB · 39Buy ↗

2016The Plague of Thieves AffairPOoCaQMB · 4Buy ↗

2016Tell Me Who I AmPOoSMB · 34Buy ↗

2016Someone Always KnowsPOoSMB · 35Buy ↗

2016Zigzag(By: Bill Pronzini)POoNDB · 40Buy ↗

2017The Dangerous Ladies AffairPOoCaQMB · 5Buy ↗

2017The Color of FearPOoSMB · 36Buy ↗

2017Endgame(By: Bill Pronzini)POoNDB · 41Buy ↗

2018The Bags of Tricks Affair(By: Bill Pronzini)POoCaQMB · 6Buy ↗

2018The BreakersPOoSMB · 37Buy ↗

2019The Flimflam Affair(By: Bill Pronzini)POoCaQMB · 7Buy ↗

2020The Stolen Gold Affair(By: Bill Pronzini)POoCaQMB · 8Buy ↗

2021The Paradise Affair(By: Bill Pronzini)POoCaQMB · 9Buy ↗

2021Ice and StonePOoSMB · 38Buy ↗

2024Circle in the WaterPOoSMB · 39Buy ↗

Book series · browse all →

Publication Order of Short Story Collections5 books · 1991–2012

01Deceptions1991Buy ↗

02Duo1998Buy ↗

03Time of the Wolves2003Buy ↗

04Somewhere in the City2007Buy ↗

05Duo(With: Bill Pronzini)2012Buy ↗

Publication Order of John Quincannon Books3 books · 1985–2005

01Quincannon(By: Bill Pronzini)1985Buy ↗

02Beyond the Grave1986Buy ↗

03Quincannon's Game(By: Bill Pronzini)2005Buy ↗

Publication Order of Cape Perdido Books3 books · 2001–2005

01Point Deception2001Buy ↗

02Cyanide Wells2003Buy ↗

03Cape Perdido2005Buy ↗

Publication Order of Sharon McCone Collections2 books · 1995–1999

01The McCone Files1995Buy ↗

02McCone and Friends1999Buy ↗

Publication Order of Standalone Novels4 books · 1986–2014

01The Lighthouse(With: Bill Pronzini)1986Buy ↗

02Crucifixion River(With: Bill Pronzini)2007Buy ↗

03The Lighthouse of Terror(With: Bill Pronzini)2011Buy ↗

04Kindling Point2014Buy ↗

Publication Order of Short Stories/Novellas2 books · 1989–1991

01Deadly Fantasies1989Buy ↗

02Final Resting Place1991Buy ↗

Publication Order of Nameless Detective Books41 books · 1971–2017

01The Snatch(By: Bill Pronzini)1971Buy ↗

02The Vanished(By: Bill Pronzini)1973Buy ↗

03Undercurrent(By: Bill Pronzini)1973Buy ↗

04Blowback(By: Bill Pronzini)1977Buy ↗

05Twospot(By: Bill Pronzini)1978Buy ↗

06Labyrinth(By: Bill Pronzini)1980Buy ↗

07Hoodwink(By: Bill Pronzini)1981Buy ↗

08Scattershot(By: Bill Pronzini)1982Buy ↗

09Dragonfire(By: Bill Pronzini)1982Buy ↗

10Bindlestiff(By: Bill Pronzini)1983Buy ↗

11Quicksilver(By: Bill Pronzini)1984Buy ↗

12Nightshades(By: Bill Pronzini)1984Buy ↗

13Double1984Buy ↗

14Bones(By: Bill Pronzini)1985Buy ↗

15Deadfall(By: Bill Pronzini)1986Buy ↗

16Shackles(By: Bill Pronzini)1989Buy ↗

17Jackpot(By: Bill Pronzini)1990Buy ↗

18Breakdown(By: Bill Pronzini)1991Buy ↗

19Quarry(By: Bill Pronzini)1991Buy ↗

20Epitaphs(By: Bill Pronzini)1992Buy ↗

21Demons(By: Bill Pronzini)1993Buy ↗

22Hardcase(By: Bill Pronzini)1995Buy ↗

23Sentinels(By: Bill Pronzini)1996Buy ↗

24Illusions(By: Bill Pronzini)1997Buy ↗

25Boobytrap(By: Bill Pronzini)1998Buy ↗

26Crazybone(By: Bill Pronzini)2000Buy ↗

27Bleeders(By: Bill Pronzini)2001Buy ↗

28Spook(By: Bill Pronzini)2002Buy ↗

29Nightcrawlers(By: Bill Pronzini)2005Buy ↗

30Mourners(By: Bill Pronzini)2006Buy ↗

31Savages(By: Bill Pronzini)2007Buy ↗

32Fever(By: Bill Pronzini)2008Buy ↗

33Schemers(By: Bill Pronzini)2009Buy ↗

34Betrayers(By: Bill Pronzini)2010Buy ↗

35Camouflage(By: Bill Pronzini)2011Buy ↗

36Hellbox(By: Bill Pronzini)2012Buy ↗

37Nemesis(By: Bill Pronzini)2013Buy ↗

38Strangers(By: Bill Pronzini)2014Buy ↗

39Vixen(By: Bill Pronzini)2015Buy ↗

40Zigzag(By: Bill Pronzini)2016Buy ↗

41Endgame(By: Bill Pronzini)2017Buy ↗

Publication Order of Joanna Stark Books3 books · 1986–1989

01The Cavalier in White1986Buy ↗

02There Hangs the Knife1988Buy ↗

03Dark Star1989Buy ↗

Publication Order of Carpenter and Quincannon Mystery Books9 books · 2013–2021

01The Bughouse Affair2013Buy ↗

02The Spook Lights Affair2013Buy ↗

03The Body Snatchers Affair2015Buy ↗

04The Plague of Thieves Affair2016Buy ↗

05The Dangerous Ladies Affair2017Buy ↗

06The Bags of Tricks Affair(By: Bill Pronzini)2018Buy ↗

07The Flimflam Affair(By: Bill Pronzini)2019Buy ↗

08The Stolen Gold Affair(By: Bill Pronzini)2020Buy ↗

09The Paradise Affair(By: Bill Pronzini)2021Buy ↗

Publication Order of Sharon McCone Books39 books · 1977–2024

01Edwin of the Iron Shoes1977Buy ↗

02Ask the Cards a Question1982Buy ↗

03The Cheshire Cat's Eye1983Buy ↗

04Games to Keep the Dark Away1984Buy ↗

05Leave a Message for Willie1984Buy ↗

06Double(With: Bill Pronzini)1984Buy ↗

07There's Nothing to Be Afraid Of1985Buy ↗

08Eye of the Storm1988Buy ↗

09The Shape of Dread1989Buy ↗

10There's Something in a Sunday1990Buy ↗

11Trophies and Dead Things1990Buy ↗

12Where Echoes Live1991Buy ↗

13Pennies On a Dead Woman's Eyes1992Buy ↗

14Wolf in the Shadows1993Buy ↗

15Till the Butchers Cut Him Down1994Buy ↗

16A Wild and Lonely Place1995Buy ↗

17The Broken Promise Land1996Buy ↗

18Both Ends of the Night1997Buy ↗

19While Other People Sleep1998Buy ↗

20A Walk Through the Fire1999Buy ↗

21Listen to the Silence2000Buy ↗

22Dead Midnight2002Buy ↗

23The Dangerous Hour2004Buy ↗

24Vanishing Point2006Buy ↗

25The Ever-Running Man2007Buy ↗

26Burn Out2008Buy ↗

27Locked In2009Buy ↗

28Coming Back2010Buy ↗

29City of Whispers2011Buy ↗

30Looking for Yesterday2012Buy ↗

31Skeleton in the Closet2012Buy ↗

32The Night Searchers2014Buy ↗

33Merrill-Go-Round2014Buy ↗

34Tell Me Who I Am2016Buy ↗

35Someone Always Knows2016Buy ↗

36The Color of Fear2017Buy ↗

37The Breakers2018Buy ↗

38Ice and Stone2021Buy ↗

39Circle in the Water2024Buy ↗

Publication Order of Elena Oliverez Books2 books · 1983–1985

01The Tree of Death1983Buy ↗

02The Legend of the Slain Soldiers1985Buy ↗

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