There's a lot of stuff here!

Crime Novels | Short Stories | Western Fiction | Other Fiction | Novelisations | Juvenile | Poetry

Crime Novels

The Geranium Kiss, Sphere, UK, 1976 

Junkyard Angel, Sphere, UK, 1977 

Neon Madman, Sphere, UK, 1977 

Frame, Methuen, UK, 1979; Severn House, 1995 

Blind, Methuen, UK, 1981 

Endgame (as James Mann), New English Library, UK, 1982; Pinnacle, US,1982 

Dancer Draws a Wild Card, (as Terry Lennox), Robert Hale, UK, 1985 

In a True Light, Heinemann, UK, 2001; Carroll & Graf, US, 2002 

The Elder Novels

Flesh and Blood Heinemann, UK, 2004 

Ash and Bone Heinemann, UK, 2005 

Lonely Hearts Viking, UK, 1989; Holt, US, 1989 

Rough Treatment Viking, UK, 1990; Holt, US, 1990 

Cutting Edge Viking, UK, 1991; Holt, US, 1991 

Off Minor Viking, UK, 1992; Holt, US, 1992 

Wasted Years Viking, UK, 1993; Holt, US, 1993 

Cold Light Heinemann, UK, 1994; Holt, US, 1994 

Living Proof Heinemann, UK, 1995; Holt, US, 1995 

Easy Meat Heinemann, UK, 1996; Holt, US, 1996 

Still Water Heinemann, UK 1997; Holt US 199 

Last Rites Heinemann,UK 1998; Holt US 1999 

Now's The Time, Published in London Noir, edited by Maxim Jakubowski, Serpent's Tail, London, 1994. Reprinted in Das Grosse Lesebuch Des Englischen Krimis, Goldmann, Germany, 1994. 

Dexterity,Published in No Alibi, edited by Maxim Jakubowski, Ringpull Press, Manchester, 1995. Also available in a limited, deluxe edition from Scorpion Press, Blakeney, Glos. 

She Rote, Published in Fresh Blood, edited by Mike Ripley & Maxim Jakubowski, The Do-Not Press, London, 1996. Reprinted in The Year's 25 Finest Crime & Mystery Stories, edited by the staff of Mystery Scene, Carroll & Graf, New York, 1996. 

Confirmation, Published in The Orion Book of Murder, edited by Peter Haining, Orion, London, 1996. 

Bird of Paradise, Published in Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, 1997. Reprinted in The Cutting Edge, a selection of the best stories from Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, Carroll & Graf, 1998 

Cheryl,Published in City of Crime, edited by David Belbin, Five Leaves Publications, Nottingham, 1997. 

Stupendous, Published in Eine Leiche Zum Geburststag, edited by Ronald Gutberlet, Rowohlt, Germany, 1997. 

Work,To be published in Careless Whispers, edited by Ed Gorman, Caroll & Graf, date uncertain. 

My Little Suede Shoes,  Published in Come As You Are, edited by Jerry Sykes, Do-Not Press, 1998 

Cool Blues,Published in Blue Lightning, edited by John Harvey,Slow Dancer Press, 1998 

Slow Burn, Published in Now's the Time,  Slow Dancer Press,1999 . 

NOW'S THE TIME (Slow Dancer Press, 1999) includes all of the above stories. 

Billie's Blues, to be published in the Heinemann/Arrow enlarged edition of NOW'S THE TIME (2002) and in France, in translation, in a single volume by Rivages Noir (January, 2002) 

Well, You Needn’t, Published by Otava, Finland, 2004 

Other Short Stories

Promise, the first Jack Kiley story, to be published in the US in Murder Is My Racquet, edited by Otto Penzler , date to follow.

Truth, the second Jack Kiley story,  published in the US in Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, September/October 2002

Smile, the  third Jack Kiley story, to be published in the UK in Birmingham Noir, edited by Joel Lane & Steve Bishop (Tindal Streeet Press, Oct 2002).

Due North, the first Frank Elder story, published in Crime in the City at £6.99, edited by Martin Edwards, The Do Not Press, Oct 2002) Also includes stories by Ruth Rendell, Val McDermid, Bill James, Reginald Hill etc.

Chance, a Jack Kiley story, published in the UK in Men from Boys, edited by John Harvey (Heinemann, November, 2003)

Favour, a Jack Kiley story, published in Like a Charm, edited by Karin Slaughter, Century,UK, 2004.

Asylum, a Jack Kiley story, published in Crime on the Move, edited by Martin Edwards, Do-Not Press, UK, 2005.

Western Fiction  top

Cherokee Outlet, Pan, UK, 1980 

Blood Trail, Pan UK, 1980 

Tago, Pan UK, 1980 

The Silver Lie, Pan, UK 1980 

Blood on the Border, Pan, UK, 1981 

Ride the Wide Country, Pan, UK, 1981 

Arkansas Breakout, Pan, UK, 1982 

John Wesley Hardin, Pan, UK, 1982 

California Bloodlines, Pan, UK 1983 

The Skinning Place, Pan, UK 1983 

(This last book of the series was re-printed in THE FATAL FRONTIER edited by Ed Gorman and Martin H Greenberg, Carroll & Graf, (US) 1997) 

as John J McLaglen The Herne the Hunter Series

River of Blood Corgi, UK, 1976 

Shadow of Vultures, Corgi, UK, 1977 

Death in Gold, Corgi, UK, 1977 

Cross-Draw Corgi, UK, 1978 

Vigilante!, Corgi, UK, 1979 

Sun Dance Corgi, UK, 1980 

Billy the Kid Corgi, UK, 1980 

Till Death ... , Corgi, UK, 1980 

Dying Ways Corgi, UK, 1982 

Hearts of Gold, Corgi, UK, 1982 

Wild Blood, Corgi, UK, 1983 

as William S. Brady The Hawk Series

Blood Money, Fontana, UK, 1979 

Killing Time, Fontana, UK, 1980 

Blood Kin, Fontana, UK, 1980 

Desperadoes, Fontana, UK, 1981 

Dead Man's Hand, Fontana, UK, 1981 

Sierra Gold, Fontana, UK, 1982 

Death and Jack Shade, Fontana, UK, 1982 

Border War, Fontana, UK, 1983 

Killer! Fontana, UK, 1983 

The Peacemaker Series

Whiplash, Fontana, UK, 1981 

War-Party, Fontana, UK, 1983 

as J.D. Sandon The Gringos Series

Cannons in the Rain Mayflower, UK, 1979 

Border Affair, Mayflower, UK, 1979 

Mazatlan, Mayflower, UK, 1980 

Wheels of Thunder, Mayflower, UK, 1981 

Durango, Mayflower, UK, 1982 

as L.J. Coburn The Caleb Thorn Series

The Raiders, Sphere, UK, 1977 

Bloody Shiloh, Sphere, UK, 1978 

as J.B. Dancer The Lawmen Series

Evil Breed, Coronet, UK, 1977 

Judgement Day, Coronet, UK, 1978 

The Hanged Man, Coronet, UK, 1979 

as William M. James The Apache Series

Blood Rising, Pinnacle, US, 1979 

Blood Brother, Pinnacle, US, 1980 

Death Dragon, Pinnacle, US, 1981 

Death Ride, Pinnacle, US, 1983 

The Hanging, Pinnacle, US, 1983 

 Other Fiction top

Avenging Angel, New English Library, UK, 1975 

Angel Alone, New English Library, UK, 1975 

as Jon Hart The Mercenaries Series

Black Blood, Mayflower, UK, 1977

High Slaughter, Mayflower, UK, 1977 

Triangle of Death, Mayflower, UK, 1977 

Guerilla Attack, Mayflower, UK, 1977 

Death Raid, Mayflower, UK, 1978 

as Jon Barton The Deathshop Series

Kill Hitler!, Corgi, UK, 1976 

Forest of Death, Corgi, UK, 1977 

Lightning Strikes, Corgi, UK, 1977 

Novelisations top

Herbie Rides Again, New English Library, UK, 1977 

Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo, New English Library, UK, 1978 

The Eagle's Wing, (as Michael Syson) Corgi, UK, 1978 

Duty Free, Ravette, UK, 1986 

More Duty Free, Ravette, UK, 1986 

Hard Cases, (from own screenplays), Ravette, UK, 1987 

Juvenile top

Reel Love, Scholastic, UK, 1982 

Sundae Date, Scholastic, UK, 1983 

What Game Are You Playing?, Scholastic, UK, 1983 

Footwork, Scholastic, UK, 1984 

Wild Love, Pan, UK, 1986 

Last Summer, First Love Pan, UK, 1986 

The Tempest Twins Series -

Kidnap!, Beaver, UK, 1987 

Daylight Robbery!, Beaver, UK, 1987 

Hot Property! Beaver, UK, 1987 

Terror Trap!, Beaver, UK, 1988 

Downeast to Danger, Beaver, UK, 1988 

Runner! Beaver, UK, 1988 

Poetry top

Provence, Priapus Press, UK, 1978 

The Old Postcard Trick, Slow Dancer, UK, 1985 

Neil Sedaka Lied, Smith Doorstop, UK, 1987 

The Downeast Poems, Smith Doorstop, UK, 1989 

Sometime Other Than Now (with Sue Dymoke), Slow Dancer, UK, 1989 

Territory, Slow Dancer, UK, 1992 

Books -

Ghosts of a Chance, Smith Doorstop, UK, 1992 

Bluer Than This, Smith Doorstop,UK, 1998 

Audio Cassette -
jazz and poetry with Second Nature

Ghosts of a Chance, Slow Dancer, 1995