Alfred Hitchcock and The Three Investigators Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| The Mystery of the Vanishing Treasure |
1966 |
Buy |
| The Secret of Skeleton Island |
1966 |
Buy |
| The Mystery of the Silver Spider |
1967 |
Buy |
| The Mystery of the Moaning Cave |
1968 |
Buy |
| The Mystery of the Talking Skull |
1969 |
Buy |
| The Mystery of the Laughing Shadow |
1969 |
Buy |
| The Secret of the Crooked Cat |
1970 |
Buy |
| The Mystery of the Flaming Footprints |
1971 |
Buy |
| The Mystery of the Shrinking House |
1972 |
Buy |
| The Secret of Phantom Lake |
1973 |
Buy |
| The Mystery of the Dead Man’s Riddle |
1974 |
Buy |
| The Mystery of the Dancing Devil |
1976 |
Buy |
| The Mystery of the Headless Horse |
1977 |
Buy |
| The Mystery of the Deadly Double |
1978 |
Buy |
| The Secret of Shark Reef |
1979 |
Buy |
| Mystery of the Blazing Cliffs |
1981 |
Buy |
| The Mystery of the Purple Pirate |
1982 |
Buy |
| The Mystery Of The Smashing Glass |
1984 |
Buy |
| The Mystery of Wreckers’ Rock |
1986 |
Buy |
| The Mystery of the Cranky Collector |
1987 |
Buy |
| Hot Wheels |
1990 |
Buy |
| The Mystery of the Stuttering Parrot |
1964 |
Buy |
| The Secret of Terror Castle |
1964 |
Buy |
| The Mystery of the Green Ghost |
1965 |
Buy |
| The Mystery of the Whispering Mummy |
1965 |
Buy |
| The Mystery of the Screaming Clock |
1968 |
Buy |
| The Mystery of Monster Mountain |
1973 |
Buy |
| The Secret of the Haunted Mirror |
1974 |
Buy |
| The Mystery of the Invisible Dog |
1975 |
Buy |
| The Mystery of Death Trap Mine |
1976 |
Buy |
| The Mystery of the Magic Circle |
1978 |
Buy |
| The Mystery of the Sinister Scarecrow |
1979 |
Buy |
| The Mystery of the Scar-Faced Beggar |
1981 |
Buy |
| The Mystery of the Wandering Caveman |
1982 |
Buy |
| The Mystery of the Kidnapped Whale |
1983 |
Buy |
| The Mystery of the Missing Mermaid |
1983 |
Buy |
| The Mystery of the Two-Toed Pigeon |
1983 |
Buy |
| The Mystery of the Trail of Terror |
1984 |
Buy |
| The Mystery of the Creep-Show Crooks |
1985 |
Buy |
| The Mystery of the Rogues’ Reunion |
1985 |
Buy |
Anthologies#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| Alfred Hitchcock’s Borrowers of the Night |
1983 |
Buy |
| The Mammoth Book of Private Eye Stories |
1988 |
Buy |
| Deadly Allies |
1992 |
Buy |
| Partners in Crime |
1994 |
Buy |
| First Cases, Volume 1 |
1996 |
Buy |
| Fedora |
2001 |
Buy |
| Sherlock Holmes: The Hidden Years |
2004 |
Buy |
Buena Costa County Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| Another Way To Die |
1972 |
Buy |
| Bloodwater |
1974 |
Buy |
| Crooked Shadows |
1975 |
Buy |
| When They Kill Your Wife |
1977 |
Buy |
| Close to Death |
1979 |
Buy |
Charlie Chan#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| Charlie Chan |
1974 |
Buy |
Dan Fortune Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| Act of Fear |
1967 |
Buy |
| The Brass Rainbow |
1969 |
Buy |
| Night of the Toads |
1970 |
Buy |
| Walk a Black Wind |
1971 |
Buy |
| Shadow of a Tiger |
1972 |
Buy |
| The Silent Scream |
1973 |
Buy |
| Blue Death |
1975 |
Buy |
| The Blood-Red Dream |
1976 |
Buy |
| The Night Runners |
1978 |
Buy |
| The Slasher |
1980 |
Buy |
| Freak |
1983 |
Buy |
| Minnesota Strip |
1987 |
Buy |
| Red Rosa |
1988 |
Buy |
| Castrato |
1989 |
Buy |
| Chasing Eights |
1990 |
Buy |
| The Irishman’s Horse |
1991 |
Buy |
| Cassandra in Red |
1992 |
Buy |
| Crime, Punishment, and Resurrection |
1992 |
Buy |
| Fortune’s World |
2001 |
Buy |
Kane Jackson Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| A Dark Power |
1968 |
Buy |
| Goliath Scheme |
1970 |
Buy |
| Deal in Violence |
1971 |
Buy |
| Murder Underground / Die to a Distant Drum |
1972 |
Buy |
| Deadly Legacy |
1973 |
Buy |
Mack Bolan Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| Stony Man Doctrine |
1983 |
Buy |
| Terminal Velocity |
1984 |
Buy |
| Dirty War |
1985 |
Buy |
| Resurrection Day |
1985 |
Buy |
| Flight 741 |
1986 |
Buy |
| Dead Easy |
1986 |
Buy |
| Sudden Death |
1987 |
Buy |
| Rogue Force |
1987 |
Buy |
| Tropic Heat |
1987 |
Buy |
| Fire in the Sky |
1988 |
Buy |
| Anvil of Hell |
1988 |
Buy |
| Flash Point |
1988 |
Buy |
| Flesh and Blood |
1988 |
Buy |
| Moving Target |
1989 |
Buy |
| Tightrope |
1989 |
Buy |
| Blowout |
1989 |
Buy |
| Blood Fever |
1989 |
Buy |
| Knockdown |
1990 |
Buy |
| Assault |
1990 |
Buy |
| Backlash |
1990 |
Buy |
| Siege |
1990 |
Buy |
| Blockade |
1991 |
Buy |
| Evil Kingdom |
1991 |
Buy |
| Counterblow |
1991 |
Buy |
| Hardline |
1991 |
Buy |
| Firepower |
1992 |
Buy |
| Storm Burst |
1992 |
Buy |
| Intercept |
1992 |
Buy |
| Lethal Impact |
1992 |
Buy |
| Deadfall |
1993 |
Buy |
| Onslaught |
1993 |
Buy |
| Battle Force |
1993 |
Buy |
| Rampage |
1993 |
Buy |
| Takedown |
1994 |
Buy |
| Hellground |
1994 |
Buy |
| Inferno |
1994 |
Buy |
| Ambush |
1994 |
Buy |
| Blood Strike |
1994 |
Buy |
| Killpoint |
1995 |
Buy |
| Vendetta |
1995 |
Buy |
| Stalk Line |
1995 |
Buy |
| Omega Game |
1995 |
Buy |
| Shock Tactic |
1995 |
Buy |
| Showdown |
1995 |
Buy |
| Tooth and Claw |
1996 |
Buy |
| Precision Kill |
1996 |
Buy |
| Jungle Law |
1996 |
Buy |
| Dead Center |
1996 |
Buy |
| Red Heat |
1996 |
Buy |
| Thermal Strike |
1996 |
Buy |
| Day of the Vulture |
1997 |
Buy |
| The Invisible Assassins |
1997 |
Buy |
| Flames Of Wrath |
1997 |
Buy |
| High Aggression |
1997 |
Buy |
| Code of Bushido |
1997 |
Buy |
| Terror Spin |
1997 |
Buy |
| Judgment in Stone |
1997 |
Buy |
| Rage for Justice |
1998 |
Buy |
| Rebels and Hostiles |
1998 |
Buy |
| Ultimate Game |
1998 |
Buy |
| Blood Feud |
1998 |
Buy |
| Renegade Force |
1998 |
Buy |
| Retribution |
1998 |
Buy |
| Initiation |
1999 |
Buy |
| Cloud of Death |
1999 |
Buy |
| Termination Point |
1999 |
Buy |
| Hellfire Strike |
1999 |
Buy |
| Code of Conflict |
1999 |
Buy |
| Vengeance |
1999 |
Buy |
| Executive Action |
2000 |
Buy |
| Killsport |
2000 |
Buy |
| Conflagration |
2000 |
Buy |
| Storm Front |
2000 |
Buy |
| War Season |
2000 |
Buy |
| Evil Alliance |
2000 |
Buy |
| Scorched Earth |
2001 |
Buy |
| Deception |
2001 |
Buy |
| Destiny’s Hour |
2001 |
Buy |
| Power of the Lance |
2001 |
Buy |
| A Dying Evil |
2001 |
Buy |
| Deep Treachery |
2001 |
Buy |
| War Load |
2002 |
Buy |
| Sworn Enemies |
2002 |
Buy |
| Dark Truth |
2002 |
Buy |
| Blood and Sand |
2002 |
Buy |
| Breakaway |
2002 |
Buy |
| Caged |
2002 |
Buy |
| Sleepers |
2003 |
Buy |
| Strike and Retrieve |
2003 |
Buy |
| Age of War |
2003 |
Buy |
| Line of Control |
2003 |
Buy |
| Breached |
2003 |
Buy |
| Retaliation |
2003 |
Buy |
| Pressure Point |
2004 |
Buy |
| Silent Running |
2004 |
Buy |
| Stolen Arrows |
2004 |
Buy |
| Zero Option |
2004 |
Buy |
| Predator Paradise |
2004 |
Buy |
| Circle of Deception |
2004 |
Buy |
| Point of Betrayal |
2005 |
Buy |
| Devil’s Bargain |
2005 |
Buy |
| False Front |
2005 |
Buy |
| Lethal Tribute |
2005 |
Buy |
| Season of Slaughter |
2005 |
Buy |
| Ballistic Force |
2005 |
Buy |
| Renegade |
2006 |
Buy |
| Survival Reflex |
2006 |
Buy |
| Path to War |
2006 |
Buy |
| Blood Dynasty |
2006 |
Buy |
| Ultimate Stakes |
2006 |
Buy |
| State of Evil |
2006 |
Buy |
| Contagion Option |
2007 |
Buy |
| Hellfire Code |
2007 |
Buy |
| War Drums |
2007 |
Buy |
| Ripple Effect |
2007 |
Buy |
| Force Lines |
2007 |
Buy |
| The Killing Rule |
2007 |
Buy |
| Devil’s Playground |
2007 |
Buy |
| Patriot Play |
2007 |
Buy |
| The Judas Project |
2008 |
Buy |
| Plains of Fire |
2008 |
Buy |
| Appointment in Baghdad |
2008 |
Buy |
| Havana Five |
2008 |
Buy |
| Colony of Evil |
2008 |
Buy |
| Hard Passage |
2009 |
Buy |
| Interception |
2009 |
Buy |
| Cold War Reprise |
2009 |
Buy |
| Mission: Apocalypse |
2009 |
Buy |
| Altered State |
2009 |
Buy |
| Killing Game |
2009 |
Buy |
| Diplomacy Directive |
2009 |
Buy |
| Desert Fallout |
2010 |
Buy |
| Betrayed |
2010 |
Buy |
| Sabotage |
2010 |
Buy |
| Conflict Zone |
2010 |
Buy |
| Blood Play |
2010 |
Buy |
| Extraordinary Rendition |
2010 |
Buy |
| Devil’s Mark |
2010 |
Buy |
| Savage Rule |
2011 |
Buy |
| Infiltration |
2011 |
Buy |
| Resurgence |
2011 |
Buy |
| Kill Shot |
2011 |
Buy |
| Stealth Sweep |
2011 |
Buy |
| Grave Mercy |
2011 |
Buy |
| Treason Play |
2011 |
Buy |
| Assassin’s Code |
2011 |
Buy |
| Fireburst |
2012 |
Buy |
| Shadow Strike |
2012 |
Buy |
| Decision Point |
2012 |
Buy |
| Road of Bones |
2012 |
Buy |
| Radical Edge |
2012 |
Buy |
| Oblivion Pact |
2012 |
Buy |
| Enemy Arsenal |
2012 |
Buy |
| State of War |
2012 |
Buy |
| Illicit Supply |
2013 |
Buy |
| Explosive Demand |
2013 |
Buy |
| Ballistic |
2013 |
Buy |
| Crisis Diplomacy |
2013 |
Buy |
| Apocalypse Ark |
2013 |
Buy |
| Lethal Stakes |
2013 |
Buy |
| Ground Zero |
2013 |
Buy |
| Escalation Tactic |
2013 |
Buy |
| Jungle Firestorm |
2013 |
Buy |
| Death Metal |
2014 |
Buy |
| Justice Run |
2014 |
Buy |
| China White |
2014 |
Buy |
| Payback |
2014 |
Buy |
| Chain Reaction |
2014 |
Buy |
| Terror Ballot |
2014 |
Buy |
| Nightmare Army |
2014 |
Buy |
| Critical Exposure |
2015 |
Buy |
| Insurrection |
2015 |
Buy |
| Armed Response |
2015 |
Buy |
| Desert Falcons |
2015 |
Buy |
| Ninja Assault |
2015 |
Buy |
| Lethal Risk |
2015 |
Buy |
| Dead Reckoning |
2015 |
Buy |
| War Everlasting |
2015 |
Buy |
| Willing To Kill |
2018 |
Buy |
Michael Collins Short Stories/Novellas Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| The Oldest Killer |
1983 |
N/A |
| Partners in Crime |
1994 |
Buy |
Michael Collins Short Story Collections Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| Spies and Thieves, Cops and Killers, Etc. |
2002 |
Buy |
| Slot Machine Kelly |
2005 |
Buy |
Paul Shaw Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| The Falling Man |
1970 |
Buy |
| Here to Die |
1971 |
Buy |
| Mirror Image |
1972 |
Buy |
| Circle of Fire |
1973 |
Buy |
| Touch of Death |
1984 |
Buy |
| Deadly Innocents |
1986 |
Buy |
Shadow: The Master of Darkness Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| The Shadow Laughs! |
1931 |
Buy |
| The Black Master |
1932 |
Buy |
| The Mobsmen On The Spot |
1932 |
Buy |
| The Crime Cult |
1932 |
Buy |
| The Blackmail Ring |
1932 |
Buy |
| Green Eyes |
1932 |
Buy |
| The Ghost Makers |
1932 |
Buy |
| The Romanoff Jewels |
1932 |
Buy |
| Kings Of Crime |
1932 |
Buy |
| The Shadow’s Shadow |
1933 |
Buy |
| Six Men of Evil |
1933 |
Buy |
| Fingers of Death |
1933 |
Buy |
| Murder Trail |
1933 |
Buy |
| The Silent Death |
1933 |
Buy |
| The Golden Grotto |
1933 |
Buy |
| The Death Giver |
1933 |
Buy |
| The Silver Scourge |
1933 |
Buy |
| The Isle of Doubt |
1933 |
Buy |
| The Grove of Doom |
1933 |
Buy |
| Master of Death |
1933 |
Buy |
| The Death Triangle |
1933 |
Buy |
| The Killer |
1933 |
N/A |
| Treasures of Death |
1933 |
Buy |
| The Wealth Seeker |
1934 |
Buy |
| Gray Fist |
1934 |
Buy |
| The Circle of Death |
1934 |
Buy |
| The Green Box |
1934 |
N/A |
| The Cobra |
1934 |
Buy |
| Crime Circus |
1934 |
Buy |
| Tower of Death |
1934 |
Buy |
| Death Clew |
1934 |
N/A |
| The Crime Crypt |
1934 |
Buy |
| Chain of Death |
1934 |
Buy |
| The Crime Master |
1934 |
Buy |
| Spoils of The Shadow |
1934 |
Buy |
| Zemba |
1935 |
Buy |
| The Voodoo Master |
1936 |
Buy |
| The Broken Napoleons |
1936 |
Buy |
| Partners of Peril |
1936 |
Buy |
| The Isle Of Gold |
1939 |
Buy |
| Return of the Shadow |
1963 |
Buy |
| The Shadow Strikes |
1964 |
Buy |
| Shadow Beware |
1965 |
Buy |
| Cry Shadow! |
1965 |
Buy |
| The Shadow’s Revenge |
1965 |
Buy |
| Mark Of The Shadow |
1966 |
Buy |
| Shadow - Go Mad! |
1966 |
Buy |
| The Night of the Shadow |
1966 |
Buy |
| Destination: Moon |
1967 |
Buy |
| Eyes of the Shadow |
1931 |
Buy |
| Gangdom’s Doom |
1931 |
Buy |
| The Living Shadow |
1931 |
Buy |
| The Red Menace |
1931 |
Buy |
| Dead Men Live |
1932 |
N/A |
| Death Tower |
1932 |
Buy |
| Double Z |
1932 |
Buy |
| Hands in the Dark |
1932 |
Buy |
| Hidden Death |
1932 |
Buy |
| The Five Chameleons |
1932 |
Buy |
| The Silent Seven |
1932 |
Buy |
| Mox |
1933 |
Buy |
| Road of Crime |
1933 |
Buy |
| Shadowed Millions |
1933 |
Buy |
| The Black Hush |
1933 |
Buy |
| The Crime Clinic |
1933 |
Buy |
| The Ghost of the Manor |
1933 |
N/A |
| The Living Joss |
1933 |
Buy |
| The Red Blot |
1933 |
Buy |
| Charg, Monster |
1934 |
Buy |
| Gypsy Vengeance |
1934 |
N/A |
| The Black Falcon |
1934 |
Buy |
| The Embassy Murders |
1934 |
Buy |
| The Key |
1934 |
N/A |
Short Stories/Novellas#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| Success of a Mission |
1968 |
Buy |
Short Story Collections#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| Talking to the World and Other Stories |
1995 |
Buy |
| Spies and Thieves, Cops and Killers, Etc. |
2002 |
Buy |
| Slot Machine Kelly |
2005 |
Buy |
Standalone Novels#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| Combat Soldier |
1962 |
Buy |
| Uptown Downtown |
1963 |
Buy |
| Mask of Silence |
1968 |
Buy |
| Lukan War |
1969 |
Buy |
| The Planets of Death |
1970 |
Buy |
| Woman in marble |
1972 |
Buy |
| SWAT No. 1 - Crossfire |
1975 |
Buy |
| The Cadillac Cowboy |
1995 |
Buy |
Dennis Lynds has one of the largest catalogs on this site, with 351 books spread across fourteen series and spanning from 1931 to 2018. The bulk of that output comes from two massive series. The Shadow: Master of Darkness includes dozens of pulp novels starting in 1931, while the Mack Bolan series accounts for well over a hundred action titles published from 1983 through 2018, with entries like Stony Man Doctrine, Terminal Velocity, and a long run of military thrillers that continued for decades.
His mystery writing centers on the Dan Fortune series, which ran for nineteen books from 1967 to 2001 starting with Act of Fear. He also wrote the Alfred Hitchcock and The Three Investigators books, contributing roughly forty titles to that young-adult mystery franchise between 1964 and 1990. Other series include the Kane Jackson books, the Buena Costa County novels, and the Paul Shaw series.
Lynds also published under the Michael Collins name, producing short story collections and standalone novels that include science fiction (Lukan War, The Planets of Death) and crime fiction (Combat Soldier, The Cadillac Cowboy). The sheer range of genres and pen names across his career is unusual, covering everything from 1930s pulp adventure to 2010s military action.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many books has Dennis Lynds written?
Dennis Lynds has written 351 books across fourteen series.
What was Dennis Lynds's first book?
Dennis Lynds’s first book is Eyes of the Shadow, published in 1931.
What genres does Dennis Lynds write in?
Dennis Lynds writes novellas, and short stories. Their best-known work includes the Alfred Hitchcock and The Three Investigators series.