Ed Gorman

21 Series

Ed Gorman (1941-2016) was an American author known for his crime fiction, mystery, western, and horror novels, including the Jack Dwyer, Sam McCain, and Dev Conrad series. He was also a prolific anthologist. Gorman, who often set his stories in the Midwest, spent 23 years in advertising, public relations, political speech writing, and industrial film production.

In Ed Gorman's "Blood Moon," also known as "Dead Cold," private investigator Jack Walsh is hired to find a missing woman during a brutal winter in Iowa. As Walsh delves deeper, he uncovers a web of deceit and corruption linked to the woman's disappearance. Amidst escalating danger and a relentless snowstorm, Walsh must navigate through a series of chilling revelations to solve the case. The novel blends noir elements with a gripping mystery, keeping readers on edge until the final page.

Jack Dwyer

New, Improved Murder

(1985)

Murder Straight Up

(1986)

Rough Cut

(1986)

Murder in the Wings

(1986)

The Autumn Dead

(1987)

A Cry of Shadows

(1990)

The Reason Why

(1992)

Tobin

Murder on the Aisle

(1987)

Several Deaths Later

(2001)

Leo Guild

Guild

(1987)

Death Ground

(1988)

Blood Game

(1989)

Dark Trail

(1991)

Jack Walsh

The Night Remembers

(1991)

Robert Payne

Blood Moon / Dead Cold

(1991)

Hawk Moon

(1995)

Harlot's Moon

(1997)

Voodoo Moon

(2000)

Sam McCain

The Day The Music Died

(1998)

Wake Up Little Susie

(1999)

Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow?

(2000)

Save the Last Dance for Me

(2002)

Everybody's Somebody's Fool

(2003)

Breaking Up Is Hard to Do

(2004)

Fools Rush In

(2007)

Ticket to Ride

(2009)

Bad Moon Rising

(2011)

Riders on the Storm

(2014)

Cavalry Man

The Killing Machine

(2005)

Powder Keg

(2006)

Doom Weapon

(2007)

Dean Koontz's Frankenstein

Prodigal Son

(2005)(By: Dean Koontz,Kevin J. Anderson)

City of Night

(2005)(With: Dean Koontz)

Dead and Alive

(2009)(By: Dean Koontz)

Lost Souls

(2009)(By: Dean Koontz)

The Dead Town

(2011)(By: Dean Koontz)

Dev Mallory

Bad Money

(2005)

Fast Track

(2006)

Dev Conrad

Sleeping Dogs

(2008)

Stranglehold

(2010)

Blindside

(2011)

Flashpoint

(2013)

Elimination

(2015)

Standalone Novels

Daddy's Little Girl

(1985)(As: Daniel Ransom)

Night Caller

(1985)(As: Daniel Ransom)

Toys in the Attic

(1986)(As:Daniel Ransom)

The Forsaken

(1988)(As:Daniel Ransom)

Graves' Retreat

(1989)

The Babysitter

(1989)(As:Daniel Ransom)

What The Dead Men Say

(1990)

Night of Shadows

(1990)

The Poker Club

(1990)

Nightmare Child

(1990)(As:Daniel Ransom)

Night Kills

(1990)

The Prodigal Gun

(1992)

Cage of Night

(1992)

The Long Midnight

(1992)(As:Daniel Ransom)

The Serpent's Kiss

(1992)(As:Daniel Ransom)

Robin In I, Werewolf

(1992)

Wolf Moon

(1993)

The Sharpshooter

(1993)

Shadow Games

(1994)

Moonchasers

(1995)

Blood Red Moon

(1995)

The Fugitive Stars

(1995)(As:Daniel Ransom)

Black River Falls

(1996)

Night Screams

(1996)(As:Daniel Ransom)

The First Lady

(1996)(As: E.J. Gorman)

Zone Soldiers

(1996)(As:Daniel Ransom)

The Silver Scream

(1997)

Gundown

(1997)

Senatorial Privilege

(1997)(As: E.J. Gorman)

Runner in the Dark

(1997)

Cold Blue Midnight

(1998)

Trouble Man

(1998)

Daughter of Darkness

(1998)

Ride Into Yesterday

(1999)

I Know What the Night Knows

(1999)

Serpent's Kiss

(1999)

Storm Riders

(1999)

Dark Moon

(2000)

The Dark Fantastic

(2001)

Blackmail & Lace

(2001)(As:Daniel Ransom)

Ghost Town

(2001)

Vendetta

(2002)

Rituals

(2002)

Relentless

(2003)

Lynched

(2003)

Gun Truth

(2003)

Branded

(2004)

An American Education

(2004)

Two Guns to Yuma

(2005)

Shoot First

(2006)

A Knock at the Door

(2007)

The Midnight Room

(2009)

The Marilyn Tapes

(2010)

Showdown

(2012)

The Girl in the Attic

(2012)(With: Patricia Lee Macomber)

Hell-For-Leather Rider / The Man from Nightshade Valley

(2012)(With: James Reasoner)

Now You See Her

(2014)

Backshot

(2015)

Run to Midnight

(2016)

Short Stories/Novellas

Turn Away

(1987)

The Face

(1992)

One of Those Days, One of Those Nights

(1994)

Out There in the Darkness

(1995)

Dirty Coppers

(1997)(With: Richard T. Chizmar)

Eye of the Beholder

(1997)

Lawless

(2000)

Cast in Dark Waters

(2002)(With: Tom Piccirilli)

Cages

(2009)

The End of it All

(2009)

Survival

(2012)

Yesterday and the Day Before

(2012)

Short Story Collections

Westeryear

(1988)

Dark Whispers and Other Stories

(1993)

Out There in the Darkness, Volume 1

(1995)

Moonchasers and Other Stories

(1995)

Eye of the Beholder and Other Stories

(1998)

Famous Blue Raincoat

(1999)

Such a Good Girl and Other Crime Stories

(2001)

Prisoners & Other Stories

(2003)

Crooks, Crimes and Christmas

(2003)(With: Michael Jahn)

The Long Ride Back

(2004)

Different Kinds of Dead and Other Tales

(2005)

The Phantom Chronicles 2

(2009)

The End Of It All And Other Stories

(2009)

Noir 13

(2010)

Dead Man's Gun and Other Western Stories

(2013)

A Disgrace to the Badge

(2013)

Enemies and Other Western Stories

(2013)

Scream Queen and Other Tales of Menace

(2014)

The Long Ride Back and Other Western Stories

(2015)

Shadow Games and Other Sinister Stories of Show Business

(2016)

Graphic Novels

Trapped

(1989)

Non-Fiction

They're Here... Invasion of the Body Snatchers

(1999)(With: Kevin McCarthy)

Death of a Translator

(2017)

Murder Most

Murder Most Sacred

(1989)(By: Martin H. Greenberg)

Murder Most Medieval

(1993)(By: Martin H. Greenberg)

Murder Most Delicious

(1995)(By: Martin H. Greenberg,Barbara Paul)

Murder Most Irish

(1996)(By: Martin H. Greenberg)

Murder Most Delectable

(2000)(By: Martin H. Greenberg)

Murder Most Divine

(2000)(By: Ralph McInerny)

Murder Most Romantic

(2001)(By: Martin H. Greenberg,Susan Sizemore)

Murder Most Postal

(2001)(By: Martin H. Greenberg)

Murder Most Feline

(2001)(With: Martin H. Greenberg)

Murder Most Confederate

(2003)(By: Martin H. Greenberg)

Murder Most Celtic

(2003)(By: Martin H. Greenberg)

Cemetery Dance Select

Cemetery Dance Select: Bev Vincent

(2015)(By: Bev Vincent)

Cemetery Dance Select: Lisa Morton

(2015)(By: Lisa Morton)

Cemetery Dance Select: Jeff Strand

(2015)(By: Jeff Strand)

Cemetery Dance Select: Kaaron Warren

(2015)(By: Kaaron Warren)

Cemetery Dance Select: Lisa Tuttle

(2015)(By: Lisa Tuttle)

Cemetery Dance Select: Terry Dowling

(2015)(By: Terry Dowling)

Cemetery Dance Select: Michael Marshall Smith

(2015)(By: Michael Marshall Smith)

Cemetery Dance Select: John R. Little

(2015)(By: John R. Little)

Cemetery Dance Select: Lee Thomas

(2015)(By: Lee Thomas)

Cemetery Dance Select: Peter Atkins

(2015)(By: Peter Atkins)

Cemetery Dance Select: Kealan Patrick Burke

(2015)(By: Kealan Patrick Burke)

Cemetery Dance Select: Ed Gorman

(2016)

Cemetery Dance Select: Simon Clark

(2016)(By: Simon Clark)

Cemetery Dance Select: Michael McBride

(2016)(By: Michael McBride)

Cemetery Dance Select: Poppy Z. Brite

(2017)(By: Poppy Brite)

Cemetery Dance Select: Christopher Conlon

(2017)(By: Christopher Conlon)

Cemetery Dance Select: Gene O'Neill

(2017)(By: Gene O'Neill)

Cemetery Dance Select: Keith Minnion

(2017)(By: Keith Minnion)

Cemetery Dance Select: Tim Waggoner

(2017)(By: Tim Waggoner)

Cemetery Dance Select: Rick Hautala

(2020)(By: Rick Hautala)

Michael Jahn Short Story Collections

Crooks, Crimes and Christmas

(2003)

Kolchak: The Night Stalker

Pain Without Tears

(2004)(By: C.J. Henderson)

Kolchak the Night Stalker Volume 1

(2004)(By: Stuart M. Kaminsky)

Terror Within

(2006)(By: C.J. Henderson,Stefan Petrucha)

A Black & Evil Truth

(2007)(By: C.J. Henderson)

The Lovecraftian Horror

(2007)(By: C.J. Henderson)

The Lost World

(2012)(By: C.J. Henderson)

Kolchak and the Lost World

(2012)(By: C.J. Henderson)

Necronomicon

(2012)(By: C.J. Henderson)

Big Book of Kolchak the Night Stalker

(2012)(By: Stuart M. Kaminsky,C.J. Henderson)

Passages of the Macabre

(2016)(With: Nancy Holder,C.J. Henderson)

The Year of the Cat

A Cat of a Different Color

(2020)(By: Kristine Kathryn Rusch,Annie Reed,Louisa Swann,Lisa Silverthorne,Dean Wesley Smith,Ray Vukcevich,Dory Crowe)

A Cat of Perfect Taste

(2020)(By: Kristine Kathryn Rusch,Stefon Mears,Dean Wesley Smith,Saki,Charles Dudley Warner,Philip Gilbert Hamerton,Kari Kilgore)

A Cat of Disdainful Looks

(2020)(By: Kristine Kathryn Rusch,Rudyard Kipling,Stefon Mears,Dean Wesley Smith,Mark Twain,Ray Vukcevich,John Adams,Jodi Lyn Nye)

A Cat of Strange Lands

(2020)(By: Kristine Kathryn Rusch,E. Nesbit,Annie Reed,Stefon Mears,Dean Wesley Smith,Kent Patterson,Meyari McFarland,Leigh Saunders)

A Cat of Cozy Situations

(2020)(With: Kristine Kathryn Rusch,Carole Nelson Douglas,Dean Wesley Smith,W.W. Jacobs,Mary A. Turzillo,Dory Crowe)

A Cat of Space and Time

(2020)(By: Kristine Kathryn Rusch,Andre Norton,Annie Reed,Lisa Silverthorne,Dean Wesley Smith,Cordwainer Smith,Geoffrey A. Landis,Mary Turzillo,Daemon Crowe)

A Cat of Heroic Heart

(2020)(By: Kristine Kathryn Rusch,Carole Nelson Douglas,E. Nesbit,Jamie Ferguson,Lisa Silverthorne,Stefon Mears,Dean Wesley Smith,Liz Pierce)

A Cat of Roving Nature

(2020)(By: Kristine Kathryn Rusch,Emile Zola,Annie Reed,Stefon Mears,Dory Crowe,C.J. Erick,Sylvia Warner)

A Cat of Artistic Sensibilities

(2021)(By: Kristine Kathryn Rusch,Henry Slesar,Joan Aiken,Annie Reed,Stefon Mears,Dean Wesley Smith,Mary Turzillo)

A Cat of Fantastic Whims

(2021)(By: Kristine Kathryn Rusch,E. Nesbit,Jamie Ferguson,Annie Reed,Lisa Silverthorne,Dean Wesley Smith,Geoffrey A. Landis,Liz Pierce)

A Cat of Feral Instincts

(2021)(By: Kristine Kathryn Rusch,Arthur Conan Doyle,Edgar Allan Poe,Brigid Collins,Dean Wesley Smith,Pamela Sargent,Jamie McNabb,Mary Turzillo,N. Margaret Campbell)

A Cat of Romantic Soul

(2021)(By: Kristine Kathryn Rusch,Anthea Sharp,Annie Reed,Lisa Silverthorne,Bonnie Elizabeth,Dean Wesley Smith,Kari Kilgore)

Anthologies

The Black Lizard Anthology of Crime Fiction

(1987)

The Second Black Lizard Anthology of Crime Fiction

(1988)

Stalkers

(1989)

The Black Moon

(1989)

Borderlands 1

(1990)

Under the Gun

(1990)

100 Great Detectives, Or, the Detective Directory

(1991)

Cold Blood

(1991)

Solved

(1991)

Cat Crimes I

(1991)

Invitation to Murder

(1991)

Borderlands 3

(1991)

Cat Crimes III

(1992)

Stalkers - 19 Original Tales By the Masters of Terror

(1992)

Cat Crimes II

(1992)

The Best Western Stories of Ed Gorman

(1992)

Monsters in Our Midst

(1993)

Predators

(1993)

100 Hair-Raising Little Horror Stories

(1993)

Dark Crimes 2

(1993)

Criminal Intent

(1993)

Danger in D.C.

(1993)

Blue Motel

(1994)

Feline and Famous

(1994)

A Modern Treasury of Great Detective and Murder Mysteries

(1994)

Partners in Crime

(1994)

Cat Crimes Takes a Vacation

(1995)

Woman On The Beat

(1995)

Guilty as Charged

(1996)

Hollywood Fantasies: Ten Surreal Visions of Tinsel Town

(1997)

Once Upon a Crime

(1998)

The UFO Files

(1998)

The Year's 25 Finest Crime and Mystery Stories

(1998)

Mom, Apple Pie and Murder

(1999)

Future Crimes

(1999)

Cat Crimes Through Time

(1999)

Pure Pulp

(1999)

The Best of the American West II

(1999)

The Best American Mystery Stories 1999

(1999)

Sleuths of the Century

(2000)

October Dreams

(2000)

The World's Finest Mystery and Crime Stories 1

(2000)

The World's Finest Mystery and Crime Stories 2

(2000)

Pulp Masters

(2001)

Murder Most Feline

(2001)

The Blue and the Gray Undercover

(2001)

Guns of the West

(2002)

The World's Finest Mystery and Crime Stories 3

(2002)

Lighthouse Hauntings

(2002)

The World's Finest Mystery and Crime Stories 4

(2003)

Stagecoach

(2003)

Mr. President, Private Eye

(2004)

The World's Finest Mystery and Crime Stories 5

(2004)

Lone Star Law

(2005)

These Guns for Hire

(2006)

Dark Passions

(2007)

The Best of Cemetery Dance II

(2008)

Between the Dark and the Daylight

(2009)

By Hook or By Crook and 27 More of the Best Crime and Mystery Stories of the Year

(2010)

The Shamus Winners

(2010)

Commutability

(2010)

Beat to a Pulp: Round 1

(2010)

Discount Noir

(2010)

The Best American Mystery Stories 2011

(2011)

In Pursuit of Spenser

(2012)

A Feast of Frights from The Horror Zine

(2012)

Beat to a Pulp: Round 2

(2012)

Writing Crime Fiction

(2012)

The Interrogator and Other Criminally Good Fiction

(2012)

Shivers VII

(2013)

Turn Down the Lights

(2013)

Passages of the Macabre

(2016)

The Adventure of the Missing Detective

(2020)

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