Alien Danger Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| Alien Quest |
2013 |
Buy |
| Alien Home |
2014 |
Buy |
| Alien Victory |
2016 |
Buy |
Mark Zubro Short Stories/Novellas#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| The Reindeer Conundrum |
2017 |
Buy |
Mike King Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| Dying to Play |
2024 |
Buy |
| Dying for a Thrill |
2024 |
Buy |
Paul Turner Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| Sorry Now? |
1991 |
Buy |
| Political Poison |
1993 |
Buy |
| Another Dead Teenager |
1995 |
Buy |
| The Truth Can Get You Killed |
1997 |
Buy |
| Drop Dead |
1999 |
Buy |
| Sex and Murder.com |
2001 |
Buy |
| Dead Egotistical Morons |
2003 |
Buy |
| Nerds Who Kill |
2005 |
Buy |
| Hook, Line, and Homicide |
2007 |
Buy |
| Black And Blue And Pretty Dead Too |
2011 |
Buy |
| Pawn of Satan |
2013 |
Buy |
| Ring of Silence |
2017 |
Buy |
Roger & Steve Teen Mystery Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| Safe |
2023 |
Buy |
| Hope |
2023 |
Buy |
| Always |
2023 |
Buy |
Shane and Corey Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| Gentle |
2016 |
Buy |
| Forever |
2020 |
Buy |
| Peace |
2024 |
Buy |
Standalone Novels#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| Foolproof |
2009 |
Buy |
Tom Mason and Scott Carpenter Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| A Simple Suburban Murder |
1988 |
Buy |
| Why Isn’t Becky Twitchell Dead? |
1990 |
Buy |
| The Only Good Priest |
1991 |
Buy |
| The Principal Cause of Death |
1992 |
Buy |
| An Echo of Death |
1994 |
Buy |
| Rust on the Razor |
1996 |
Buy |
| Are You Nuts? |
1998 |
Buy |
| One Dead Drag Queen |
2000 |
Buy |
| Here Comes the Corpse |
2002 |
Buy |
| File Under Dead |
2004 |
Buy |
| Everyone’s Dead But Us |
2006 |
Buy |
| Schooled in Murder |
2008 |
Buy |
| Another Dead Republican |
2012 |
Buy |
| A Conspiracy of Fear |
2014 |
Buy |
Mark Richard Zubro has been writing mysteries since 1988, with two major long-running series to his name. The Tom Mason and Scott Carpenter series, which began with A Simple Suburban Murder, follows a gay couple who get drawn into murder investigations in suburban Chicago. The 14-book series ran from 1988 to 2014. His Paul Turner series, starting with Sorry Now? in 1991, follows a gay Chicago police detective through 12 cases that span to 2017.
Zubro has also branched into science fiction with the Alien Danger trilogy, and more recently launched the Mike King, Roger & Steve Teen Mystery, and Shane and Corey series. His work was among the first in mainstream mystery publishing to feature openly gay lead characters, and he has maintained a steady output across nearly four decades. He also published the standalone novel Foolproof (2009) and the holiday novella The Reindeer Conundrum (2017).
Frequently Asked Questions
How many books has Mark Richard Zubro written?
Mark Richard Zubro has written 39 books across eight series.
What was Mark Richard Zubro's first book?
Mark Richard Zubro’s first book is A Simple Suburban Murder, published in 1988.
What genre does Mark Richard Zubro write?
Mark Richard Zubro writes mystery and crime fiction. He is notable for featuring openly gay protagonists in his mystery series, a rarity when he began publishing in 1988. His books range from traditional whodunits to science fiction mystery.