Loren D. Estleman Reading Order

121 books (2002–2025)

The Akashic Noir series is an ongoing collection of 121 noir mystery anthologies that began in 2002 and continues through 2025. Each book focuses on a specific city or region, featuring original short stories by various authors that explore the darker side of urban life. The series should be read in publication order, beginning with San Francisco Noir, as each location-based volume stands alone while contributing to the broader noir anthology landscape. With entries spanning from major cities like New York and Chicago to international locations like Dublin and London, the series offers a geographically diverse examination of crime, corruption, and intrigue across different cultures and communities.

Start with San Francisco Noir, the first of 121 books in the Akashic Noir series.

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1	San Francisco Noir 2002Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Bronx Noir 2003Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	Seattle Noir 2003Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	Brooklyn Noir 2004Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
5	Hasidic Noir 2004Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
6	Brooklyn Noir 2 2005Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
7	Chicago Noir 2005Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
8	Dublin Noir 2005Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
9	Baltimore Noir 2006Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
10	D.C. Noir 2006Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
11	London Noir 2006Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
12	Manhattan Noir 2006Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
13	Miami Noir 2006Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
14	Twin Cities Noir 2006Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
15	Detroit Noir 2007Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
16	Havana Noir 2007Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
17	Los Angeles Noir 2007Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
18	New Orleans Noir 2007Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
19	Wall Street Noir 2007Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
20	Brooklyn Noir 3: Nothing But the Truth 2008Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
21	D.C. Noir 2 2008Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
22	Istanbul Noir 2008Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
23	Las Vegas Noir 2008Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
24	Manhattan Noir 2 2008Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
25	Paris Noir 2008Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
26	Queens Noir 2008Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
27	Toronto Noir 2008Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
28	Trinidad Noir 2008Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
29	Boston Noir 2009Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
30	Delhi Noir 2009Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
31	Phoenix Noir 2009Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
32	Portland Noir 2009Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
33	Rome Noir 2009Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
34	San Francisco Noir 2 2009Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
35	Copenhagen Noir 2010Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
36	Haiti Noir 2010Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
37	Indian Country Noir 2010Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
38	Lone Star Noir 2010Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
39	Los Angeles Noir 2 2010Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
40	Mexico City Noir 2010Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
41	Moscow Noir 2010Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
42	Orange County Noir 2010Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
43	Philadelphia Noir 2010Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
44	Richmond Noir 2010Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
45	Barcelona Noir 2011Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
46	Cape Cod Noir 2011Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
47	New Jersey Noir 2011Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
48	Pittsburgh Noir 2011Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
49	San Diego Noir 2011Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
50	Boston Noir 2 2012Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
51	Kansas City Noir 2012Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
52	Kingston Noir 2012Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
53	Long Island Noir 2012Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
54	Mumbai Noir 2012Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
55	St. Petersburg Noir 2012Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
56	Staten Island Noir 2012Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
57	Venice Noir 2012Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
58	Buffalo Noir 2013Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
59	Dallas Noir 2013Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
60	Haiti Noir 2 2013Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
61	Manila Noir 2013Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
62	USA Noir 2013Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
63	Belfast Noir 2014Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
64	Helsinki Noir 2014Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
65	Prison Noir 2014Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
66	Rio Noir 2014Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
67	Singapore Noir 2014Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
68	Tehran Noir 2014Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
69	Tel Aviv Noir 2014Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
70	Beirut Noir 2015Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
71	Chicago Noir: The Classics 2015Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
72	Marseille Noir 2015Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
73	Memphis Noir 2015Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
74	Providence Noir 2015Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
75	Zagreb Noir 2015Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
76	Brussels Noir 2016Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
77	Mississippi Noir 2016Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
78	New Orleans Noir: The Classics 2016Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
79	Prague Noir 2016Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
80	San Juan Noir 2016Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
81	St. Louis Noir 2016Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
82	Stockholm Noir 2016Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
83	Atlanta Noir 2017Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
84	Buenos Aires Noir 2017Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
85	Montana Noir 2017Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
86	Montreal Noir 2017Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
87	New Haven Noir 2017Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
88	Oakland Noir 2017Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
89	Trinidad Noir: The Classics 2017Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
90	Baghdad Noir 2018Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
91	Berlin Noir 2018Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
92	Hong Kong Noir 2018Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
93	Lagos Noir 2018Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
94	Marrakech Noir 2018Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
95	Santa Cruz Noir 2018Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
96	Sydney Noir 2018Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
97	São Paulo Noir 2018Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
98	Vancouver Noir 2018Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
99	Amsterdam Noir 2019Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
100	Houston Noir 2019Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
101	Milwaukee Noir 2019Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
102	Accra Noir 2020Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
103	Addis Ababa Noir 2020Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
104	Alabama Noir 2020Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
105	Belgrade Noir 2020Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
106	Berkeley Noir 2020Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
107	Columbus Noir 2020Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
108	Miami Noir: The Classics 2020Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
109	Nairobi Noir 2020Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
110	Santa Fe Noir 2020Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
111	Tampa Bay Noir 2020Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
112	Palm Springs Noir 2021Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
113	Denver Noir 2022Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
114	Paris Noir: The Suburbs 2022Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
115	South Central Noir 2022Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
116	Cleveland Noir 2023Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
117	East Jerusalem Noir 2023Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
118	West Jerusalem Noir 2023Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
119	Honolulu Noir 2024Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
120	Hamburg Noir 2025Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
121	Sacramento Noir 2025Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

33 books (1980–2026)

Loren D. Estleman's Amos Walker series comprises 33 books following a Detroit-based private investigator, beginning with Motor City Blue in 1980 and continuing through 2026. The series should be read in publication order, as the cases and character development build across the interconnected mysteries. This ongoing series blends crime noir with hard-boiled detective work, showcasing Estleman's expertise in mystery and thriller storytelling across decades of Walker's investigations.

Start with Motor City Blue, the first of 33 books in the Amos Walker series.

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1	Motor City Blue 1980Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Angel Eyes 1981Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	The Midnight Man 1982Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	The Glass Highway 1983Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
5	Sugartown 1984Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
6	Every Brilliant Eye 1986Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
7	Lady Yesterday 1987Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
8	Downriver 1988Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
9	Silent Thunder 1989Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
10	Sweet Women Lie 1990Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
11	Never Street 1997Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
12	The Witchfinder 1998Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
13	The Hours of the Virgin 1999Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
14	A Smile on the Face of the Tiger 2000Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
15	Sinister Heights 2002Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
16	Poison Blonde 2003Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
17	Retro 2004Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
18	Nicotine Kiss 2005Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
19	American Detective 2007Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
20	The Left-Handed Dollar 2010Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
21	Infernal Angels 2011Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
22	Burning Midnight 2012Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
23	Don't Look for Me 2014Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
24	You Know Who Killed Me 2014Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
25	The Sundown Speech 2015Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
26	The Lioness Is the Hunter 2017Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
27	Black and White Ball 2018Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
28	When Old Midnight Comes Along 2020Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
29	Cut-Throat Dogs 2021Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
30	Monkey in the Middle 2022Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
31	City Walls 2023Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
32	Smoke on the Water 2025Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
33	Man One 2026Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

2 books (1988–2010)

This two-book collection series by Loren D. Estleman spans from 1988 to 2010 and is now complete. The books should be read in publication order, beginning with General Murders followed by Amos Walker: The Complete Story Collection. These volumes gather mystery and thriller short stories featuring the author's detective protagonist across the series' 22-year span.

Start with General Murders and read in order.

#	Title
1	General Murders 1988Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Amos Walker: The Complete Story Collection 2010Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

36 books (1986–2024)

Loren D. Estleman's Anthologies series comprises 34 collections published between 1986 and 2020, spanning mystery, thriller, western, and crime fiction. These anthologies should be read in publication order, beginning with Mean Streets and concluding with the final volume in 2020. The complete series features a diverse range of short stories and selections curated across multiple genres that reflect Estleman's broad editorial interests.

Start with Mean Streets, the first of 34 books in the Anthologies series.

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1	Mean Streets 1986Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Matter of Crime 1987Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	City Sleuths and Tough Guys 1989Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	The Black Moon 1989Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
5	The New Frontier 1989Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
6	100 Great Detectives, Or, the Detective Directory 1991Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
7	Invitation to Murder 1991Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
8	Deadly Allies 1992Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
9	Dark Crimes 2 1993Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
10	Deadly Allies II 1994Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
11	New Trails: Twenty-Three Original Stories 1994Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
12	First Cases, Volume 1 1996Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
13	How the West Was Read, Volume 2 1996Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
14	The Night Awakens 1998Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
15	The Best American Mystery Stories 1999 1999Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
16	The Best of the American West II 1999Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
17	The New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes 1999Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
18	American West 2000Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
19	The Shamus Game 2000Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
20	The World's Finest Mystery and Crime Stories 1 2000Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
21	A Century of Great Western Stories 2001Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
22	The Mysterious Press Anniversary Anthology: Celebrating 25 Years 2001Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
23	Murder, My Dear Watson 2002Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
24	A Hot and Sultry Night for Crime 2003Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
25	Lost Trails 2007Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
26	At the Scene of the Crime 2008Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
27	Ghost Towns 2010Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
28	Raymond Chandler's Philip Marlowe 2011Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
29	The Best American Mystery Stories 2011 2011Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
30	In Pursuit of Spenser 2012Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
31	Detroit Is Our Beat 2015Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
32	Bob Seger's House and Other Stories 2016Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
33	Silent Night, Deadly Night 2016Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
34	The Moores Are Missing & The Housewife 2017Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
35	The Misadventures of Nero Wolfe 2020Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
36	Lawless 2024Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

40 books (2012–2022)

Bibliomysteries is a 40-book anthology series edited by Loren D. Estleman, published between 2012 and 2022, featuring mystery stories by different authors connected by literary and book-themed elements. The series is likely complete and should be read in publication order, beginning with An Acceptable Sacrifice by Jeffery Deaver. Each standalone entry is written by a different mystery author, creating a diverse collection of plots and styles unified by their bibliophilic themes.

Start with An Acceptable Sacrifice(By: Jeffery Deaver), the first of 40 books in the Bibliomysteries series.

#	Title
1	An Acceptable Sacrifice(By: Jeffery Deaver) 2012Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Death Leaves a Bookmark(By: William Link) 2012Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	Pronghorns of the Third Reich(By: C.J. Box) 2012Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	The Book Case(By: Nelson DeMille) 2012Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
5	The Book Thing(By: Laura Lippman) 2012Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
6	The Book of Virtue(By: Ken Bruen) 2012Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
7	Rides a Stranger(By: David Bell) 2013Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
8	The Book of Ghosts(By: Reed Farrel Coleman) 2013Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
9	The Final Testament(By: Peter Blauner) 2013Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
10	The Long Sonata of the Dead(By: Andrew Taylor) 2013Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
11	Book Club 2014Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
12	It's in the Book(By: Max Allan Collins,Mickey Spillane) 2014Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
13	Remaindered(By: Peter Lovesey) 2014Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
14	The Compendium of Srem(By: F. Paul Wilson) 2014Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
15	The Gospel of Sheba(By: Lyndsay Faye) 2014Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
16	The Nature of My Inheritance(By: Bradford Morrow) 2014Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
17	The Scroll(By: Anne Perry) 2014Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
18	The Sequel(By: R.L. Stine) 2014Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
19	What's in a Name?(By: Thomas H. Cook) 2014Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
20	Condor in the Stacks(By: James Grady) 2015Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
21	Every Seven Years(By: Denise Mina) 2015Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
22	From the Queen(By: Carolyn Hart) 2015Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
23	Mystery, Inc.(By: Joyce Carol Oates) 2015Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
24	The Book of the Lion(By: Thomas Perry) 2015Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
25	The Little Men(By: Megan Abbott) 2015Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
26	Citadel(By: Stephen Hunter) 2016Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
27	Dead Dames Don't Sing(By: John Harvey) 2016Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
28	Reconciliation Day(By: Christopher Fowler) 2016Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
29	The Haze(By: James W. Hall) 2016Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
30	The Travelling Companion(By: Ian Rankin) 2016Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
31	Hoodoo Harry(By: Joe R. Lansdale) 2017Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
32	Seven Years(By: Peter Robinson) 2018Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
33	The Caxton Private Lending Library & Book Depository(By: John Connolly) 2018Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
34	The Hemingway Valise(By: Robert Olen Butler) 2018Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
35	The Last Honest Horse Thief(By: Michael Koryta) 2018Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
36	The Pretty Little Box(By: Charles Todd) 2018Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
37	The Girl Who Did Say No(By: David Handler) 2020Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
38	The Dark Door(By: Lisa Unger) 2022Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
39	The Honeymoon Trap(By: Peter Swanson) 2022Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
40	The Traitor(By: Martin Edwards) 2022Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

7 books (1990–1999)

Loren D. Estleman's Detroit series comprises seven novels published between 1990 and 1999, following the tumultuous history and interconnected stories of Michigan's largest city across different eras. The complete series should be read in publication order, beginning with Whiskey River and concluding with Thunder City. This mystery and thriller sequence weaves together crime, history, and the transformation of Detroit across the twentieth century.

Start with Whiskey River, the first of 7 books in the Detroit series.

#	Title
1	Whiskey River 1990Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Motown 1991Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	King of the Corner 1992Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	Edsel 1995Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
5	Stress 1996Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
6	Jitterbug 1998Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
7	Thunder City 1999Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

34 books (2022–2025)

Mysterious Profiles is an ongoing series of 33 books published between 2022 and 2025, featuring profiles of renowned mystery and thriller characters from detective fiction. The series should be read in publication order and includes entries on iconic protagonists such as Alex Delaware, Jack Reacher, Hieronymus Bosch, Charlie Parker, and many others, spanning multiple authors and subgenres including procedurals, hard-boiled mysteries, and historical crime fiction. With contributions examining beloved sleuths across decades of crime literature, this collection offers comprehensive coverage of some of mystery's most enduring characters.

Start with Alex Delaware(By: Jonathan Kellerman), the first of 33 books in the Mysterious Profiles series.

3 books (1987–2007)

Loren D. Estleman's three-book non-fiction series spans two decades from 1987 to 2007 and is now complete. These works blend the author's expertise across mystery, western, and thriller genres with practical insights into writing and literary history. Read the books in publication order beginning with The Wister Trace, followed by Writing the Popular Novel and concluding with Amos Walker's Detroit.

Start with The Wister Trace and read in order.

#	Title
1	The Wister Trace 1987Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Writing the Popular Novel 2004Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	Amos Walker's Detroit 2007Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

10 books (1979–2018)

Loren D. Estleman's Page Murdock, US Deputy Marshal series comprises 10 books published between 1979 and 2018, following the adventures of a federal lawman in the American West. The series is complete and should be read in publication order, beginning with The High Rocks and concluding with Wild Justice. These standalone-yet-connected novels blend mystery, action, and Western themes across nearly four decades of storytelling.

Start with The High Rocks, the first of 10 books in the Page Murdock, US Deputy Marshal series.

#	Title
1	The High Rocks 1979Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Stamping Ground 1980Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	Murdock's Law 1982Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	The Stranglers 1985Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
5	City of Widows 1994Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
6	White Desert 2000Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
7	Port Hazard 2004Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
8	The Book of Murdock 2010Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
9	Cape Hell 2016Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
10	Wild Justice 2018Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

19 books (2007–2020)

Loren D. Estleman's Painted Turtle series consists of 18 books published between 2007 and 2020, presenting a complete collection that should be read in publication order. The series blends mystery and thriller elements with explorations of Detroit's cultural and historical landscape, drawing on Estleman's expertise across multiple genres including westerns and non-fiction. Begin with Amos Walker's Detroit and progress through the remaining entries to experience the full arc of this finished series.

Start with Amos Walker's Detroit, the first of 18 books in the Painted Turtle series.

5 books (1984–2004)

Loren D. Estleman's Peter Macklin series consists of five complete books published between 1984 and 2004, all of which should be read in their original publication order. The series blends mystery, thriller, and action elements across its standalone entries. Begin with Kill Zone and continue through the subsequent installments to experience the full arc of this crime-focused saga.

Start with Kill Zone, the first of 5 books in the Peter Macklin series.

#	Title
1	Kill Zone 1984Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Roses are Dead 1985Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	Any Man's Death 1986Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	Something Borrowed, Something Black 2002Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
5	Little Black Dress 2004Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

17 books (1982–2015)

Loren D. Estleman's Short Stories and Novellas series comprises 17 books published between 1982 and 2015, offering a diverse collection of mystery, thriller, western, and adventure tales. The series is complete and should be read in publication order, beginning with Dead Soldier. This collection spans Estleman's versatile storytelling across multiple genres, with notable entries including Greektown, The Man Who Loved Noir, and Lady on Ice.

Start with Dead Soldier, the first of 17 books in the Short Stories/Novellas series.

#	Title
1	Dead Soldier 1982Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Greektown 1983Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	Eight Mile and Dequindre 1985Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	I’m in the Book 1986Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
5	Bodyguards Shoot Second 1987Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
6	Cigarette Stop 1991Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
7	The Man Who Loved Noir 1991Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
8	Safe House 1992Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
9	The Crooked Way 1993Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
10	Slipstream 1994Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
11	The Alchemist 1999Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
12	Lady on Ice 2003Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
13	Square One 2006Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
14	Kill the Cat 2007Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
15	Trust Me 2007Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
16	The Bandit 2012Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
17	Sob Sister 2015Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

11 books (1989–2025)

Loren D. Estleman's Short Story Collections series comprises eleven books of fiction spanning mystery, western, thriller, and adventure genres, published from 1989 through 2025. The series remains ongoing and should be read in publication order, beginning with The Best Western Stories of Loren D. Estleman. Across these collections, Estleman showcases his versatility with tales ranging from westerns and detective stories to noir and frontier fiction, including multiple volumes featuring Sherlock Holmes and related characters.

Start with The Best Western Stories of Loren D. Estleman, the first of 11 books in the Short Story Collections series.

#	Title
1	The Best Western Stories of Loren D. Estleman 1989Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Valentino: Film Detective 2011Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	Evil Grows & Other Thrilling Tales 2012Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	The Bandit & Others 2012Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
5	The Perils of Sherlock Holmes 2012Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
6	Sons of Moriarty and More Stories of Sherlock Holmes 2013Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
7	The Adventure of the Plated Spoon and Other Tales of Sherlock Holmes 2014Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
8	Desperate Detroit and Stories of Other Dire Places 2016Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
9	Contention and Other Frontier Stories 2019Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
10	Legend(With: Johnny D. Boggs) 2019Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
11	Evil Grows: & Other Thrilling Tales 2025Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

28 books (1976–2024)

Loren D. Estleman's collection of 27 standalone novels spans from 1976 to 2022, encompassing mystery, thriller, western, and action genres without requiring a particular reading sequence. Each book functions as an independent story, allowing readers to begin with any title that interests them, though publication order provides the most chronological view of the author's evolving style. The series likely reached completion in 2022 and offers diverse narratives across historical and contemporary settings.

Start with Red Highway / The Oklahoma Punk, the first of 27 books in the Standalone Novels series.

#	Title
1	Red Highway / The Oklahoma Punk 1976Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	The Hider 1980Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	Aces and Eights 1981Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	Mister St. John 1983Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
5	The Wolfer 1983Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
6	This Old Bill 1984Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
7	Gun Man 1985Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
8	Bloody Season 1987Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
9	Peeper 1989Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
10	Sudden Country 1991Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
11	Billy Gashade 1997Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
12	Journey of the Dead 1998Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
13	The Rocky Mountain Moving Picture Association 1999Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
14	The Master Executioner 2001Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
15	Black Powder, White Smoke 2002Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
16	The Undertaker's Wife 2005Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
17	The Adventures of Johnny Vermillion 2006Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
18	Gas City 2008Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
19	The Branch and the Scaffold 2009Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
20	Roy & Lillie: A Love Story 2010Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
21	The Confessions of Al Capone 2013Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
22	Ragtime Cowboys 2014Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
23	The Long High Noon 2015Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
24	Nearly Nero 2017Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
25	The Ballad of Black Bart 2017Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
26	The Eagle and the Viper 2021Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
27	Paperback Jack 2022Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
28	Iron Star 2024Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

38 books (1974–2024)

The Further Adventures of Sherlock Holmes is an anthology series featuring different authors contributing new cases featuring the famous detective. The series contains 38 books published between 1974 and 2024, with new entries still being released. Each book stands alone as an independent mystery, so readers can start with publication order beginning with The Adventure of the Peerless Peer or jump to any individual title based on their interests. The collection spans various subgenres including supernatural mysteries, historical thrillers, and crossovers with other literary figures and events.

Start with The Adventure of the Peerless Peer(By: Philip Jose Farmer), the first of 38 books in the The Further Adventures Of Sherlock Holmes series.

#	Title
1	The Adventure of the Peerless Peer(By: Philip Jose Farmer) 1974Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	War of the Worlds(By: Manly Wade Wellman,Wade Wellman) 1975Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	The Giant Rat of Sumatra(By: Richard L. Boyer) 1976Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	Sherlock vs Dracula 1978Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
5	The Stalwart Companions(By: H. Paul Jeffers) 1978Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
6	Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Holmes 1979Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
7	The Ectoplasmic Man(By: Daniel Stashower) 1985Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
8	The Seventh Bullet(By: Daniel D. Victor) 1992Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
9	The Whitechapel Horrors(By: Edward B. Hanna) 1992Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
10	Seance for a Vampire(By: Fred Saberhagen) 1994Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
11	Sherlock Holmes and the Railway Maniac(By: Barrie Roberts) 1994Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
12	The Angel of the Opera(By: Sam Siciliano) 1994Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
13	The Titanic Tragedy(By: William Seil) 1996Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
14	The Star of India(By: Carole Buggé) 1998Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
15	The Haunting of Torre Abbey(By: Carole Buggé) 2000Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
16	The Man from Hell(By: Barrie Roberts) 2000Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
17	The Veiled Detective(By: David Stuart Davies) 2004Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
18	Between the Thames and the Tiber(By: Ted Riccardi) 2011Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
19	The Web Weaver(By: Sam Siciliano) 2012Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
20	The Grimswell Curse(By: Sam Siciliano) 2013Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
21	The Devil's Promise(By: David Stuart Davies) 2014Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
22	The Albino's Treasure(By: Stuart Douglas) 2015Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
23	Murder at Sorrow's Crown(By: Steven Savile,Robert Greenberger) 2016Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
24	The Counterfeit Detective(By: Stuart Douglas) 2016Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
25	The Ripper Legacy(By: David Stuart Davies) 2016Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
26	The White Worm(By: Sam Siciliano) 2016Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
27	Imagination Theatre's Sherlock Holmes of Scripts From The Further Adventures of Sherlock Holmes(By: David Marcum) 2017Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
28	The Moonstone's Curse(By: Sam Siciliano) 2017Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
29	The Devil and the Four(By: Sam Siciliano) 2018Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
30	The Improbable Prisoner(By: Stuart Douglas) 2018Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
31	The Instrument of Death(By: David Stuart Davies) 2019Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
32	The Crusader's Curse(By: Stuart Douglas) 2020Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
33	The Martian Menace(By: Eric Brown) 2020Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
34	The Venerable Tiger(By: Sam Siciliano) 2020Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
35	Sherlock Holmes and the Four Kings of Sweden(By: Steven Savile) 2021Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
36	Revenge from the Grave(By: David Stuart Davies) 2022Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
37	Deathly Relics(By: Sam Siciliano) 2023Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
38	The Gentleman Burglar(By: Sam Siciliano) 2024Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

7 books (2008–2023)

The Valentino series consists of seven mystery and thriller novels by Loren D. Estleman, published between 2008 and 2023. The books should be read in publication order, beginning with Frames. The series appears to be complete, with all seven installments now available: Frames, Alone, Alive!, Brazen, Shoot, Indigo, and Vamp.

Start with Frames, the first of 7 books in the Valentino series.

#	Title
1	Frames 2008Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Alone 2009Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	Alive! 2013Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	Brazen 2016Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
5	Shoot 2016Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
6	Indigo 2020Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
7	Vamp 2023Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible