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Marcia Muller Books in Order

Find every Marcia Muller book in order, including standalone titles and complete series reading orders with publication years.

Updated 2026-07-11 / 113 books / 11 series

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 Marcia Muller Books in Chronological Order

1971 The Snatch(By: Bill Pronzini) POoNDB / 1 Buy
1973 The Vanished(By: Bill Pronzini) POoNDB / 2 Buy
1973 Undercurrent(By: Bill Pronzini) POoNDB / 3 Buy
1977 Edwin of the Iron Shoes POoSMB / 1 Buy
1977 Blowback(By: Bill Pronzini) POoNDB / 4 Buy
1978 Twospot(By: Bill Pronzini) POoNDB / 5 Buy
1980 Labyrinth(By: Bill Pronzini) POoNDB / 6 Buy
1981 Hoodwink(By: Bill Pronzini) POoNDB / 7 Buy
1982 Ask the Cards a Question POoSMB / 2 Buy
1982 Scattershot(By: Bill Pronzini) POoNDB / 8 Buy
1982 Dragonfire(By: Bill Pronzini) POoNDB / 9 Buy
1983 The Tree of Death POoEOB / 1 Buy
1983 The Cheshire Cat's Eye POoSMB / 3 Buy
1983 Bindlestiff(By: Bill Pronzini) POoNDB / 10 Buy
1984 Games to Keep the Dark Away POoSMB / 4 Buy
1984 Leave a Message for Willie POoSMB / 5 Buy
1984 Double(With: Bill Pronzini) POoSMB / 6 Buy
1984 Quicksilver(By: Bill Pronzini) POoNDB / 11 Buy
1984 Nightshades(By: Bill Pronzini) POoNDB / 12 Buy
1984 Double POoNDB / 13 Buy
1985 Quincannon(By: Bill Pronzini) POoJQB / 1 Buy
1985 The Legend of the Slain Soldiers POoEOB / 2 Buy
1985 There's Nothing to Be Afraid Of POoSMB / 7 Buy
1985 Bones(By: Bill Pronzini) POoNDB / 14 Buy
1986 The Lighthouse(With: Bill Pronzini) POoSN / 1 Buy
1986 The Cavalier in White POoJSB / 1 Buy
1986 Beyond the Grave POoJQB / 2 Buy
1986 Deadfall(By: Bill Pronzini) POoNDB / 15 Buy
1988 There Hangs the Knife POoJSB / 2 Buy
1988 Eye of the Storm POoSMB / 8 Buy
1989 Deadly Fantasies POoSS / 1 Buy
1989 Dark Star POoJSB / 3 Buy
1989 The Shape of Dread POoSMB / 9 Buy
1989 Shackles(By: Bill Pronzini) POoNDB / 16 Buy
1990 There's Something in a Sunday POoSMB / 10 Buy
1990 Trophies and Dead Things POoSMB / 11 Buy
1990 Jackpot(By: Bill Pronzini) POoNDB / 17 Buy
1991 Deceptions POoSSC / 1 Buy
1991 Final Resting Place POoSS / 2 Buy
1991 Where Echoes Live POoSMB / 12 Buy
1991 Breakdown(By: Bill Pronzini) POoNDB / 18 Buy
1991 Quarry(By: Bill Pronzini) POoNDB / 19 Buy
1992 Pennies On a Dead Woman's Eyes POoSMB / 13 Buy
1992 Epitaphs(By: Bill Pronzini) POoNDB / 20 Buy
1993 Wolf in the Shadows POoSMB / 14 Buy
1993 Demons(By: Bill Pronzini) POoNDB / 21 Buy
1994 Till the Butchers Cut Him Down POoSMB / 15 Buy
1995 The McCone Files POoSMC / 1 Buy
1995 A Wild and Lonely Place POoSMB / 16 Buy
1995 Hardcase(By: Bill Pronzini) POoNDB / 22 Buy
1996 The Broken Promise Land POoSMB / 17 Buy
1996 Sentinels(By: Bill Pronzini) POoNDB / 23 Buy
1997 Both Ends of the Night POoSMB / 18 Buy
1997 Illusions(By: Bill Pronzini) POoNDB / 24 Buy
1998 Duo POoSSC / 2 Buy
1998 While Other People Sleep POoSMB / 19 Buy
1998 Boobytrap(By: Bill Pronzini) POoNDB / 25 Buy
1999 McCone and Friends POoSMC / 2 Buy
1999 A Walk Through the Fire POoSMB / 20 Buy
2000 Listen to the Silence POoSMB / 21 Buy
2000 Crazybone(By: Bill Pronzini) POoNDB / 26 Buy
2001 Point Deception POoCPB / 1 Buy
2001 Bleeders(By: Bill Pronzini) POoNDB / 27 Buy
2002 Dead Midnight POoSMB / 22 Buy
2002 Spook(By: Bill Pronzini) POoNDB / 28 Buy
2003 Cyanide Wells POoCPB / 2 Buy
2003 Time of the Wolves POoSSC / 3 Buy
2004 The Dangerous Hour POoSMB / 23 Buy
2005 Quincannon's Game(By: Bill Pronzini) POoJQB / 3 Buy
2005 Cape Perdido POoCPB / 3 Buy
2005 Nightcrawlers(By: Bill Pronzini) POoNDB / 29 Buy
2006 Vanishing Point POoSMB / 24 Buy
2006 Mourners(By: Bill Pronzini) POoNDB / 30 Buy
2007 Crucifixion River(With: Bill Pronzini) POoSN / 2 Buy
2007 Somewhere in the City POoSSC / 4 Buy
2007 The Ever-Running Man POoSMB / 25 Buy
2007 Savages(By: Bill Pronzini) POoNDB / 31 Buy
2008 Burn Out POoSMB / 26 Buy
2008 Fever(By: Bill Pronzini) POoNDB / 32 Buy
2009 Locked In POoSMB / 27 Buy
2009 Schemers(By: Bill Pronzini) POoNDB / 33 Buy
2010 Coming Back POoSMB / 28 Buy
2010 Betrayers(By: Bill Pronzini) POoNDB / 34 Buy
2011 The Lighthouse of Terror(With: Bill Pronzini) POoSN / 3 Buy
2011 City of Whispers POoSMB / 29 Buy
2011 Camouflage(By: Bill Pronzini) POoNDB / 35 Buy
2012 Duo(With: Bill Pronzini) POoSSC / 5 Buy
2012 Looking for Yesterday POoSMB / 30 Buy
2012 Skeleton in the Closet POoSMB / 31 Buy
2012 Hellbox(By: Bill Pronzini) POoNDB / 36 Buy
2013 The Bughouse Affair POoCaQMB / 1 Buy
2013 The Spook Lights Affair POoCaQMB / 2 Buy
2013 Nemesis(By: Bill Pronzini) POoNDB / 37 Buy
2014 Kindling Point POoSN / 4 Buy
2014 The Night Searchers POoSMB / 32 Buy
2014 Merrill-Go-Round POoSMB / 33 Buy
2014 Strangers(By: Bill Pronzini) POoNDB / 38 Buy
2015 The Body Snatchers Affair POoCaQMB / 3 Buy
2015 Vixen(By: Bill Pronzini) POoNDB / 39 Buy
2016 The Plague of Thieves Affair POoCaQMB / 4 Buy
2016 Tell Me Who I Am POoSMB / 34 Buy
2016 Someone Always Knows POoSMB / 35 Buy
2016 Zigzag(By: Bill Pronzini) POoNDB / 40 Buy
2017 The Dangerous Ladies Affair POoCaQMB / 5 Buy
2017 The Color of Fear POoSMB / 36 Buy
2017 Endgame(By: Bill Pronzini) POoNDB / 41 Buy
2018 The Bags of Tricks Affair(By: Bill Pronzini) POoCaQMB / 6 Buy
2018 The Breakers POoSMB / 37 Buy
2019 The Flimflam Affair(By: Bill Pronzini) POoCaQMB / 7 Buy
2020 The Stolen Gold Affair(By: Bill Pronzini) POoCaQMB / 8 Buy
2021 The Paradise Affair(By: Bill Pronzini) POoCaQMB / 9 Buy
2021 Ice and Stone POoSMB / 38 Buy
2024 Circle in the Water POoSMB / 39 Buy

Marcia Muller Book Series Reading Orders / browse all ->

01 Deceptions 1991 Buy
02 Duo 1998 Buy
03 Time of the Wolves 2003 Buy
04 Somewhere in the City 2007 Buy
05 Duo(With: Bill Pronzini) 2012 Buy
01 Quincannon(By: Bill Pronzini) 1985 Buy
02 Beyond the Grave 1986 Buy
03 Quincannon's Game(By: Bill Pronzini) 2005 Buy
01 Point Deception 2001 Buy
02 Cyanide Wells 2003 Buy
03 Cape Perdido 2005 Buy
01 The McCone Files 1995 Buy
02 McCone and Friends 1999 Buy
Standalone Books in Reading Order 4 books / 1986-2014
01 The Lighthouse(With: Bill Pronzini) 1986 Buy
02 Crucifixion River(With: Bill Pronzini) 2007 Buy
03 The Lighthouse of Terror(With: Bill Pronzini) 2011 Buy
04 Kindling Point 2014 Buy
01 Deadly Fantasies 1989 Buy
02 Final Resting Place 1991 Buy
01 The Snatch(By: Bill Pronzini) 1971 Buy
02 The Vanished(By: Bill Pronzini) 1973 Buy
03 Undercurrent(By: Bill Pronzini) 1973 Buy
04 Blowback(By: Bill Pronzini) 1977 Buy
05 Twospot(By: Bill Pronzini) 1978 Buy
06 Labyrinth(By: Bill Pronzini) 1980 Buy
07 Hoodwink(By: Bill Pronzini) 1981 Buy
08 Scattershot(By: Bill Pronzini) 1982 Buy
09 Dragonfire(By: Bill Pronzini) 1982 Buy
10 Bindlestiff(By: Bill Pronzini) 1983 Buy
11 Quicksilver(By: Bill Pronzini) 1984 Buy
12 Nightshades(By: Bill Pronzini) 1984 Buy
13 Double 1984 Buy
14 Bones(By: Bill Pronzini) 1985 Buy
15 Deadfall(By: Bill Pronzini) 1986 Buy
16 Shackles(By: Bill Pronzini) 1989 Buy
17 Jackpot(By: Bill Pronzini) 1990 Buy
18 Breakdown(By: Bill Pronzini) 1991 Buy
19 Quarry(By: Bill Pronzini) 1991 Buy
20 Epitaphs(By: Bill Pronzini) 1992 Buy
21 Demons(By: Bill Pronzini) 1993 Buy
22 Hardcase(By: Bill Pronzini) 1995 Buy
23 Sentinels(By: Bill Pronzini) 1996 Buy
24 Illusions(By: Bill Pronzini) 1997 Buy
25 Boobytrap(By: Bill Pronzini) 1998 Buy
26 Crazybone(By: Bill Pronzini) 2000 Buy
27 Bleeders(By: Bill Pronzini) 2001 Buy
28 Spook(By: Bill Pronzini) 2002 Buy
29 Nightcrawlers(By: Bill Pronzini) 2005 Buy
30 Mourners(By: Bill Pronzini) 2006 Buy
31 Savages(By: Bill Pronzini) 2007 Buy
32 Fever(By: Bill Pronzini) 2008 Buy
33 Schemers(By: Bill Pronzini) 2009 Buy
34 Betrayers(By: Bill Pronzini) 2010 Buy
35 Camouflage(By: Bill Pronzini) 2011 Buy
36 Hellbox(By: Bill Pronzini) 2012 Buy
37 Nemesis(By: Bill Pronzini) 2013 Buy
38 Strangers(By: Bill Pronzini) 2014 Buy
39 Vixen(By: Bill Pronzini) 2015 Buy
40 Zigzag(By: Bill Pronzini) 2016 Buy
41 Endgame(By: Bill Pronzini) 2017 Buy
01 The Cavalier in White 1986 Buy
02 There Hangs the Knife 1988 Buy
03 Dark Star 1989 Buy
01 The Bughouse Affair 2013 Buy
02 The Spook Lights Affair 2013 Buy
03 The Body Snatchers Affair 2015 Buy
04 The Plague of Thieves Affair 2016 Buy
05 The Dangerous Ladies Affair 2017 Buy
06 The Bags of Tricks Affair(By: Bill Pronzini) 2018 Buy
07 The Flimflam Affair(By: Bill Pronzini) 2019 Buy
08 The Stolen Gold Affair(By: Bill Pronzini) 2020 Buy
09 The Paradise Affair(By: Bill Pronzini) 2021 Buy
01 Edwin of the Iron Shoes 1977 Buy
02 Ask the Cards a Question 1982 Buy
03 The Cheshire Cat's Eye 1983 Buy
04 Games to Keep the Dark Away 1984 Buy
05 Leave a Message for Willie 1984 Buy
06 Double(With: Bill Pronzini) 1984 Buy
07 There's Nothing to Be Afraid Of 1985 Buy
08 Eye of the Storm 1988 Buy
09 The Shape of Dread 1989 Buy
10 There's Something in a Sunday 1990 Buy
11 Trophies and Dead Things 1990 Buy
12 Where Echoes Live 1991 Buy
13 Pennies On a Dead Woman's Eyes 1992 Buy
14 Wolf in the Shadows 1993 Buy
15 Till the Butchers Cut Him Down 1994 Buy
16 A Wild and Lonely Place 1995 Buy
17 The Broken Promise Land 1996 Buy
18 Both Ends of the Night 1997 Buy
19 While Other People Sleep 1998 Buy
20 A Walk Through the Fire 1999 Buy
21 Listen to the Silence 2000 Buy
22 Dead Midnight 2002 Buy
23 The Dangerous Hour 2004 Buy
24 Vanishing Point 2006 Buy
25 The Ever-Running Man 2007 Buy
26 Burn Out 2008 Buy
27 Locked In 2009 Buy
28 Coming Back 2010 Buy
29 City of Whispers 2011 Buy
30 Looking for Yesterday 2012 Buy
31 Skeleton in the Closet 2012 Buy
32 The Night Searchers 2014 Buy
33 Merrill-Go-Round 2014 Buy
34 Tell Me Who I Am 2016 Buy
35 Someone Always Knows 2016 Buy
36 The Color of Fear 2017 Buy
37 The Breakers 2018 Buy
38 Ice and Stone 2021 Buy
39 Circle in the Water 2024 Buy
01 The Tree of Death 1983 Buy
02 The Legend of the Slain Soldiers 1985 Buy

Where to start with Marcia Muller

What is the best order to read Marcia Muller books?

Publication order is usually the safest place to start. If a book belongs to a series, follow the numbered series reading order shown on this page.

Are standalone books and series both included?

Yes. Standalone titles appear in the full chronological bibliography, and series are broken out separately with reading-order links when catalog data is available.

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