About
Stuart M Kaminsky
Stuart Melvin Kaminsky (1934-2009) was an American crime fiction writer. He was born in Chicago, Illinois, and graduated from the University of Illinois. Kaminsky wrote over 60 novels, many of which featured police detective Abe Lieberman and private investigator Toby Peters. His works were praised for their humor, compelling characters, and intricate plots. Kaminsky received numerous awards for his writing, including the Edgar Award from the Mystery Writers of America and the Shamus Award from the Private Eye Writers of America. He was also a recipient of the Grand Master Award from the Mystery Writers of America in 2006, the highest honor given to mystery writers. His work has been translated into over 20 languages.
Book Series by Stuart M Kaminsky
Toby Peters Series
| Title | Published | Purchase |
|---|---|---|
| Bullet for a Star | 1977 | Buy on Amazon |
| Murder on the Yellow Brick Road | 1977 | Buy on Amazon |
| You Bet Your Life | 1978 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Howard Hughes Affair | 1979 | Buy on Amazon |
| Never Cross a Vampire | 1980 | Buy on Amazon |
| High Midnight | 1981 | Buy on Amazon |
| Catch a Falling Clown | 1982 | Buy on Amazon |
| He Done Her Wrong | 1983 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Fala Factor | 1984 | Buy on Amazon |
| Down for the Count | 1985 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Man Who Shot Lewis Vance | 1986 | Buy on Amazon |
| Smart Moves | 1987 | Buy on Amazon |
| Think Fast, Mr. Peters | 1988 | Buy on Amazon |
| Buried Caesars | 1989 | Buy on Amazon |
| Poor Butterfly | 1990 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Melting Clock | 1991 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Devil Met a Lady | 1993 | Buy on Amazon |
| Tomorrow is Another Day | 1995 | Buy on Amazon |
| Dancing in the Dark | 1996 | Buy on Amazon |
| A Fatal Glass of Beer | 1997 | Buy on Amazon |
| A Few Minutes Past Midnight | 2001 | Buy on Amazon |
| To Catch A Spy | 2002 | Buy on Amazon |
| Mildred Pierced | 2003 | Buy on Amazon |
| Now You See It | 2004 | Buy on Amazon |
Porfiry Rostnikov Series
| Title | Published | Purchase |
|---|---|---|
| Death of a Dissident / Rostnikov's Corpse | 1981 | Buy on Amazon |
| Black Knight in Red Square | 1984 | Buy on Amazon |
| Red Chameleon | 1985 | Buy on Amazon |
| A Cold Red Sunrise | 1987 | Buy on Amazon |
| A Fine Red Rain | 1987 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Man Who Walked Like a Bear | 1990 | Buy on Amazon |
| Rostnikov's Vacation | 1991 | Buy on Amazon |
| Death of a Russian Priest | 1992 | Buy on Amazon |
| Hard Currency | 1995 | Buy on Amazon |
| Blood and Rubles | 1996 | Buy on Amazon |
| Tarnished Icons | 1997 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Dog Who Bit a Policeman | 1998 | Buy on Amazon |
| Fall of a Cosmonaut | 2000 | Buy on Amazon |
| Murder on the Trans-Siberian Express | 2001 | Buy on Amazon |
| People Who Walk in Darkness | 2008 | Buy on Amazon |
| A Whisper to the Living | 2009 | Buy on Amazon |
Abe Lieberman Series
| Title | Published | Purchase |
|---|---|---|
| Lieberman's Folly | 1991 | Buy on Amazon |
| Lieberman's Choice | 1993 | Buy on Amazon |
| Lieberman's Day | 1994 | Buy on Amazon |
| Lieberman's Thief | 1995 | Buy on Amazon |
| Lieberman's Law | 1996 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Big Silence | 2000 | Buy on Amazon |
| Not Quite Kosher | 2002 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Last Dark Place | 2004 | Buy on Amazon |
| Terror Town | 2006 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Dead Don't Lie | 2007 | Buy on Amazon |
CSI: New York Series by Keith R.A. DeCandido
| Title | Published | Purchase |
|---|---|---|
| Dead of Winter | 2005 | Buy on Amazon |
| Blood on the Sun | 2006 | Buy on Amazon |
| Deluge | 2007 | Buy on Amazon |
| Four Walls ( By: Keith R.A. DeCandido) | 2008 | Buy on Amazon |
Kolchak The Night Stalker Series
| Title | Published | Purchase |
|---|---|---|
| Kolchak Night Stalker | 2003 | Buy on Amazon |
| Kolchak the Night Stalker Volume 1 | 2004 | Buy on Amazon |
| Kolchak: The Night Stalker Chronicles ( With: Max Allan Collins) | 2005 | Buy on Amazon |
Lew Fonesca Series
| Title | Published | Purchase |
|---|---|---|
| Vengeance | 1999 | Buy on Amazon |
| Retribution | 1999 | Buy on Amazon |
| Midnight Pass | 2003 | Buy on Amazon |
| Denial | 2005 | Buy on Amazon |
| Always Say Goodbye | 2006 | Buy on Amazon |
| Bright Futures | 2009 | Buy on Amazon |
The Rockford Files Series
| Title | Published | Purchase |
|---|---|---|
| The Green Bottle | 1996 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Devil on my Doorstep | 1998 | Buy on Amazon |
Stuart M Kaminsky Other Novels
| Title | Published | Purchase |
|---|---|---|
| When the Dark Man Calls | 1983 | Buy on Amazon |
| Exercise in Terror | 2001 | Buy on Amazon |
Stuart M. Kaminsky Short Stories/Novellas
| Title | Published | Purchase |
|---|---|---|
| Find Miriam | 1997 | Buy on Amazon |
Stuart M Kaminsky Short Story Collections
| Title | Published | Purchase |
|---|---|---|
| Opening Shots | 1991 | Buy on Amazon |
| Hidden and Other Stories | 1999 | Buy on Amazon |
Stuart M. Kaminsky Plays
| Title | Published | Purchase |
|---|---|---|
| The Final Toast | 2008 | Buy on Amazon |
| Books | 2008 | Buy on Amazon |
Stuart M Kaminsky Non-Fiction Books
| Title | Published | Purchase |
|---|---|---|
| American Film Genres: Approaches to a Critical Theory of Popular Film | 1974 | Buy on Amazon |
| Clint Eastwood: The Candid On-and-off-screen of the World's # 1 Male Superstar | 1974 | Buy on Amazon |
| Don Siegel : Director | 1974 | Buy on Amazon |
| Ingmar Bergman; Essays in Criticism | 1975 | Buy on Amazon |
| John Huston, Maker of Magic | 1978 | Buy on Amazon |
| Coop: The Life and Legend of Gary Cooper | 1979 | Buy on Amazon |
| Basic Filmmaking | 1981 | Buy on Amazon |
| American Television Genres | 1985 | Buy on Amazon |
| Writing for television | 1988 | Buy on Amazon |
| Behind the Mystery | 2005 | Buy on Amazon |
Kolchak: The Night Stalker Series
| Title | Published | Purchase |
|---|---|---|
| Pain Without Tears (Short Story) ( By: C.J. Henderson) | 2004 | Buy on Amazon |
| Kolchak the Night Stalker Volume 1 | 2004 | Buy on Amazon |
| Terror Within ( By: C.J. Henderson, Stefan Petrucha) | 2006 | Buy on Amazon |
| A Black & Evil Truth ( By: C.J. Henderson) | 2007 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Lovecraftian Horror (Short Story) ( By: C.J. Henderson) | 2007 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Lost World (Short Story) ( By: C.J. Henderson) | 2012 | Buy on Amazon |
| Kolchak and the Lost World (Short Story) ( By: C.J. Henderson) | 2012 | Buy on Amazon |
| Necronomicon ( By: C.J. Henderson) | 2012 | Buy on Amazon |
| Big Book of Kolchak the Night Stalker ( With: C.J. Henderson) | 2012 | Buy on Amazon |
| Passages of the Macabre ( By: Ed Gorman, Nancy Holder, C.J. Henderson) | 2016 | Buy on Amazon |
Akashic Noir Series
| Title | Published | Purchase |
|---|---|---|
| San Francisco Noir | 2002 | Buy on Amazon |
| Seattle Noir | 2003 | Buy on Amazon |
| Bronx Noir | 2003 | Buy on Amazon |
| Brooklyn Noir | 2004 | Buy on Amazon |
| Brooklyn Noir 2 | 2005 | Buy on Amazon |
| Chicago Noir | 2005 | Buy on Amazon |
| Manhattan Noir | 2006 | Buy on Amazon |
| Miami Noir: The Classics | 2006 | Buy on Amazon |
| D.C. Noir | 2006 | Buy on Amazon |
| Baltimore Noir | 2006 | Buy on Amazon |
| London Noir | 2006 | Buy on Amazon |
| New Orleans Noir | 2007 | Buy on Amazon |
| Los Angeles Noir | 2007 | Buy on Amazon |
| Wall Street Noir | 2007 | Buy on Amazon |
| Havana Noir | 2007 | Buy on Amazon |
| Detroit Noir | 2007 | Buy on Amazon |
| Brooklyn Noir 3: Nothing But the Truth | 2008 | Buy on Amazon |
| Toronto Noir | 2008 | Buy on Amazon |
| Las Vegas Noir | 2008 | Buy on Amazon |
| Manhattan Noir 2 | 2008 | Buy on Amazon |
| Paris Noir | 2008 | Buy on Amazon |
| Istanbul Noir | 2008 | Buy on Amazon |
| Boston Noir | 2009 | Buy on Amazon |
| Rome Noir | 2009 | Buy on Amazon |
| San Francisco Noir 2 | 2009 | Buy on Amazon |
| Portland Noir | 2009 | Buy on Amazon |
| Delhi Noir | 2009 | Buy on Amazon |
| Phoenix Noir | 2009 | Buy on Amazon |
| Los Angeles Noir 2 | 2010 | Buy on Amazon |
| Mexico City Noir | 2010 | Buy on Amazon |
| Richmond Noir | 2010 | Buy on Amazon |
| Orange County Noir | 2010 | Buy on Amazon |
| Indian Country Noir | 2010 | Buy on Amazon |
| Moscow Noir | 2010 | Buy on Amazon |
| Lone Star Noir | 2010 | Buy on Amazon |
| Philadelphia Noir | 2010 | Buy on Amazon |
| Haiti Noir | 2010 | Buy on Amazon |
| Copenhagen Noir | 2010 | Buy on Amazon |
| Pittsburgh Noir | 2011 | Buy on Amazon |
| San Diego Noir | 2011 | Buy on Amazon |
| Pittsburgh Noir | 2011 | Buy on Amazon |
| Barcelona Noir | 2011 | Buy on Amazon |
| Cape Cod Noir | 2011 | Buy on Amazon |
| Staten Island Noir | 2012 | Buy on Amazon |
| Mumbai Noir | 2012 | Buy on Amazon |
| Long Island Noir | 2012 | Buy on Amazon |
| Venice Noir | 2012 | Buy on Amazon |
| Kingston Noir | 2012 | Buy on Amazon |
| St. Petersburg Noir | 2012 | Buy on Amazon |
| Kansas City Noir | 2012 | Buy on Amazon |
| Boston Noir 2 | 2012 | Buy on Amazon |
| Manila Noir | 2013 | Buy on Amazon |
| Buffalo Noir | 2013 | Buy on Amazon |
| Twin Cities Noir | 2013 | Buy on Amazon |
| Dallas Noir | 2013 | Buy on Amazon |
| Haiti Noir 2 | 2013 | Buy on Amazon |
| Singapore Noir | 2014 | Buy on Amazon |
| Prison Noir | 2014 | Buy on Amazon |
| Tel Aviv Noir | 2014 | Buy on Amazon |
| Tehran Noir | 2014 | Buy on Amazon |
| Belfast Noir | 2014 | Buy on Amazon |
| Helsinki Noir | 2014 | Buy on Amazon |
| Providence Noir | 2015 | Buy on Amazon |
| Chicago Noir: The Classics | 2015 | Buy on Amazon |
| Memphis Noir | 2015 | Buy on Amazon |
| Zagreb Noir | 2015 | Buy on Amazon |
| Marseille Noir | 2015 | Buy on Amazon |
| Beirut Noir | 2015 | Buy on Amazon |
| Stockholm Noir | 2016 | Buy on Amazon |
| Brussels Noir | 2016 | Buy on Amazon |
| Mississippi Noir | 2016 | Buy on Amazon |
| St. Louis Noir | 2016 | Buy on Amazon |
| Prague Noir | 2016 | Buy on Amazon |
| San Juan Noir | 2016 | Buy on Amazon |
| Oakland Noir | 2017 | Buy on Amazon |
| Trinidad Noir | 2017 | Buy on Amazon |
| Atlanta Noir | 2017 | Buy on Amazon |
| New Haven Noir | 2017 | Buy on Amazon |
| Montana Noir | 2017 | Buy on Amazon |
| Buenos Aires Noir | 2017 | Buy on Amazon |
| Montreal Noir | 2017 | Buy on Amazon |
| Berlin Noir | 2018 | Buy on Amazon |
| São Paulo Noir | 2018 | Buy on Amazon |
| Santa Cruz Noir | 2018 | Buy on Amazon |
| Lagos Noir | 2018 | Buy on Amazon |
| Marrakech Noir | 2018 | Buy on Amazon |
| Baghdad Noir | 2018 | Buy on Amazon |
| Vancouver Noir | 2018 | Buy on Amazon |
| Sydney Noir | 2018 | Buy on Amazon |
| Hong Kong Noir | 2018 | Buy on Amazon |
| Amsterdam Noir | 2019 | Buy on Amazon |
| Houston Noir | 2019 | Buy on Amazon |
| Columbus Noir | 2020 | Buy on Amazon |
| Santa Fe Noir | 2020 | Buy on Amazon |
| Alabama Noir | 2020 | Buy on Amazon |
| Addis Ababa Noir | 2020 | Buy on Amazon |
| Tampa Bay Noir | 2020 | Buy on Amazon |
| Belgrade Noir | 2020 | Buy on Amazon |
Stuart M. Kaminsky Anthologies
The Adventure of the Missing Detective and 19 of the Year's Finest Crime and Mystery Stories
2005
| Title | Published | Purchase |
|---|---|---|
| The Ultimate Witch | 1993 | Buy on Amazon |
| Guilty as Charged | 1996 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Year's 25 Finest Crime and Mystery Stories 1997 | 1998 | Buy on Amazon |
| The New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes | 1999 | Buy on Amazon |
| Mystery in the Sunshine State | 1999 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Oxford Book of Detective Stories | 2000 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Mysterious Press Anniversary Anthology: Celebrating 25 Years | 2001 | Buy on Amazon |
| Show Business is Murder | 2004 | Buy on Amazon |
| Mr. President, Private Eye | 2004 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Adventure of the Missing Detective and 19 of the Year's Finest Crime and Mystery Stories | 2005 | Buy on Amazon |
| Chicago Noir | 2005 | Buy on Amazon |
| Kolchak: The Night Stalker Chronicles | 2005 | Buy on Amazon |
| On a Raven's Wing | 2009 | Buy on Amazon |
| Silent Night, Deadly Night | 2016 | Buy on Amazon |
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