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David Housewright Books in Order

5 series including Grifter's Song Series, Mac McKenzie Series and more

5 series 65 books Latest: Man in the Water (2024)

Since 1995, David Housewright has published 65 books. Those titles are spread across 5 series, led by Grifter's Song with 31 books. The most recent release we track is Man in the Water (2024).

Reading Order

5 series · 65 books
✓ # Book Title Year Awards Buy
1 Penance 1995 🏆 Edgar Awards 1996Full award history → Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
2 Practice to Deceive 1997 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
3 Dearly Departed 1999 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
4 Darkness, Sing Me a Song 2018 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
5 First, Kill the Lawyers 2019 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
✓ # Book Title Year Awards Buy
1 A Hard Ticket Home 2004 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
2 Tin City 2005 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
3 Pretty Girl Gone 2006 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
4 Dead Boyfriends 2007 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
5 Madman on a Drum 2008 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
6 Jelly's Gold 2009 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
7 The Taking of Libbie, SD 2010 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
8 Highway 61 2011 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
9 Curse of the Jade Lily 2012 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
10 The Last Kind Word 2013 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
11 The Devil May Care 2014 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
12 Unidentified Woman # 15 2015 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
13 Stealing the Countess 2016 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
14 What the Dead Leave Behind 2017 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
15 Like to Die 2018 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
16 Dead Man's Mistress 2019 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
17 From the Grave 2020 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
18 What Doesn't Kill Us 2021 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
19 Something Wicked 2022 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
20 In a Hard Wind 2023 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
21 Man in the Water 2024 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia

David Housewright Other Novels

0 of 2 read
✓ # Book Title Year Awards Buy
1 The Devil and the Diva 2012 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
2 Finders Keepers (Short Story) 2012 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia

Grifter's Song Series

0 of 31 read
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✓ # Book Title Year Awards Buy
1 The Concrete Smile (Short Story) by Frank Zafiro 2019 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
2 People Like Us (Short Story) by J.D. Rhoades 2019 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
3 The Whale (Short Story) by Lawrence Kelter 2019 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
4 The Movie Makers (Short Story) by Gary Phillips 2019 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
5 Lost in Middle America (Short Story) by Colin Conway 2019 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
6 Come the Apocalypse by Frank Zafiro 2019 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
7 Losing Streak (Short Story) by Jim Wilsky 2019 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
8 Gone Dead on You (Short Story) by Eryk Pruitt 2020 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
9 Upgrade (Short Story) by Asa Maria Bradley 2020 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
10 The Money Block (Short Story) by Holly West 2020 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
11 The Sound of Breaking Bones (Short Story) by Eric Beetner 2020 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
12 Still Life with Suitcase by Scott Eubanks 2020 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
13 Down Comes the Night (Short Story) by Frank Zafiro 2020 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
14 The Reckoner by Frank Zafiro 2021 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
15 The Rule of Thirds by Matt Phillips 2021 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
16 The Down and Out by Lawrence Maddox 2021 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
17 Travel Money by Jonathan J. Brown 2021 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
18 Rocky Mountain Lie (Short Story) by Michael Pool 2021 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
19 Open Up Your Heart (Short Story) by Carmen Jaramillo 2021 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
20 Ride Like Hell by S.A. Cosby 2021 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
21 The Alpha Whisperer by Frank Zafiro 2021 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
22 Dracula Wine 2021 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
23 Diamond Dogs by Gabriel Valjan 2022 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
24 Dusty and Bent (Short Story) by Trey R. Barker 2022 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
25 Concrete and Cocaine (Short Story) by Vincent Zandri 2022 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
26 The Low White Plain by Paul J. Garth 2022 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
27 Dangerous to Know (Short Story) by Hilary Davidson 2022 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
28 Madam Tomahawk by Nick Kolakowski 2023 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
29 Good For It (Short Story) by T.G. Wolff 2023 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
30 Outfoxed by Jeffery Hess 2023 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
31 Somewhere Outside Salvation (Short Story) by James D.F. Hannah 2023 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia

David Housewright Anthologies

0 of 6 read
✓ # Book Title Year Awards Buy
1 Twin Cities Noir 2006 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
2 Resort to Murder 2007 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
3 Once Upon a Crime: An Anthology of Murder, Mayhem and Suspense 2009 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
4 Deadly Treats 2011 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
5 Writes of Spring 2012 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
6 A Grifter's Song Vol. 7 2022 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia

David Housewright (born February 7, 1955) is an Edgar Award-winning author of crime fiction and past President of the Private Eye Writers of America best known for his Holland Taylor and Rushmore McKenzie detective novels as well as other tales of murder and mayhem in the Midwest.

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