Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Act of Fear | 1967 | Dennis Lynds | Buy |
| 2 | The Brass Rainbow | 1969 | Dennis Lynds | Buy |
| 3 | Night of the Toads | 1970 | Dennis Lynds | Buy |
| 4 | Walk a Black Wind | 1971 | Dennis Lynds | Buy |
| 5 | Shadow of a Tiger | 1972 | Dennis Lynds | Buy |
| 6 | The Silent Scream | 1973 | Dennis Lynds | Buy |
| 7 | Blue Death | 1975 | Dennis Lynds | Buy |
| 8 | The Blood-Red Dream | 1976 | Dennis Lynds | Buy |
| 9 | The Night Runners | 1978 | Dennis Lynds | Buy |
| 10 | The Slasher | 1980 | Dennis Lynds | Buy |
| 11 | Freak | 1983 | Dennis Lynds | Buy |
| 12 | Minnesota Strip | 1987 | Dennis Lynds | Buy |
| 13 | Red Rosa | 1988 | Dennis Lynds | Buy |
| 14 | Castrato | 1989 | Dennis Lynds | Buy |
| 15 | Chasing Eights | 1990 | Dennis Lynds | Buy |
| 16 | The Irishman’s Horse | 1991 | Dennis Lynds | Buy |
| 17 | Cassandra in Red | 1992 | Dennis Lynds | Buy |
| 18 | Crime, Punishment, and Resurrection | 1992 | Dennis Lynds | Buy |
| 19 | Fortune’s World | 2001 | Dennis Lynds | Buy |
The Dan Fortune series by Dennis Lynds spans thirty-four years of fiction, opening with Act of Fear in 1967 and closing with Fortune’s World in 2001. The nineteen books track a single character across a wide range of cases, with titles like The Silent Scream, Blue Death, and The Blood-Red Dream giving a sense of the tone across the earlier half of the series.
Publishing picked up through the late 1960s and 1970s with a steady stream of entries, then continued into the 1980s with books like The Slasher and Freak. After a gap following Cassandra in Red and Crime, Punishment, and Resurrection in 1992, the series concluded nearly a decade later with Fortune’s World. Reading in publication order from Act of Fear is the best way to follow Dan Fortune through the full run.