Joe Gores Reading Order
1 series · 27 books
Joe Gores crafted hardboiled mysteries rooted in the gritty underworld of San Francisco, drawing heavily from his background as a private investigator and repossession agent. His most celebrated work centers on Dan Kearney and Associates, a detective agency that pursues stolen vehicles while navigating the city's criminal landscape. Gores brought authenticity and dark humor to the genre through dozens of novels and short stories that captured the procedural realities of street-level investigation.
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Standalone Novels Series
27 books
Joe Gores wrote 27 standalone novels published across several decades. These books should be read in publication order beginning with 32 Cadillacs. The series includes titles such as Dead Skip, Final Notice, Hammett, Gone, and No Forwarding, with some entries available in multiple formats including eBook editions.
Start with 32 Cadillacs, the first of 27 books in the Standalone Novels series.
| # | Title |
|---|---|
| 1 | 32 Cadillacs |
| 2 | Cases |
| 3 | Cases (eBook) |
| 4 | Come Morning |
| 5 | Cons, Scams, and Grifts |
| 6 | Contract Null and Void |
| 7 | Dead Man |
| 8 | Dead Skip |
| 9 | Dead skip |
| 10 | Final Notice |
| 11 | Final Notice |
| 12 | Glass Tiger |
| 13 | Glass Tiger (eBook) |
| 14 | Gone, No Forwarding |
| 15 | Hammett |
| 16 | Hammett |
| 17 | Honolulu, Port of Call (eBook) |
| 18 | Interface |
| 19 | Lost Stories |
| 20 | Menaced Assassin |
| 21 | Mystery Writers' Choice 1977 |
| 22 | Spade and Archer |
| 23 | Speak of the Devil (eBook) |
| 24 | Time of Predators |
| 25 | Time of Predators (eBook) |
| 26 | Tricks and Treats |
| 27 | Wolf Time |
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