SYKM


Donald E. Westlake
[1933-]
John Dortmunder, criminal master planner in New York City:

The Hot Rock (1970)

Bank Shot (1972)

Jimmy the Kid (1974)

Nobody’s Perfect (1977)

Why Me? (1983)

Good Behavior (1986)

Drowned Hopes (1990)

Don’t Ask (1993)

What’s the Worst That Could Happen? (1996)

Bad News (2004)

Thieves’ Dozen (2004) [SS]

The Road to Ruin (2005)

Watch Your Back! (2005)

What’s So Funny? (2007)

Non-series:

The Mercenaries (1960)
APA: The Smashers (1962)
APA: The Cutie (due March 2009)

Killing Time (1961)
APA: The Operator (1964)

361 (1962)

Killy (1963)

Pity Him Afterwards (1964)

The Fugitive Pigeon (1965)

The Busy Body (1966)

The Spy in the Ointment (1966)

Anarchaos1 (1966)

God Save the Mark (1967)

The Curious Facts Preceding My Execution and Other Fictions (1968) [SS]

Who Stole Sassi Manoon? (1968)

Somebody Owes Me Money (1969)

Cops and Robbers (1972)

Help, I Am Being Held Prisoner! (1974)

Two Much (1975)

Enough (1977) [contains: A Travesty, Ordo]

Kahawa (1981)
Finalist 1983 Edgar Award for Best Mystery

Levine (1984) [SS]

High Adventure (1985)

High Jinx (1987) [with Abby Westlake]

Transylvania Station (1987) [with Abby Westlake]

Trust Me on This (1988)

Tomorrow’s Crimes (1989) [SS] [includes Anarchaos]

Sacred Monster (1989)

Castle in the Air (1991)

Baby, Would I Lie? (1995)

Smoke (1995)

The Ax (1997)

The Hook (2000)

A Good Story and Other Stories (2000) [SS]

Corkscrew (2000)

Put a Lid on It (2002)

Scared Stiff (2003)

Money for Nothing (2004)

Written as Richard Stark
Alan Grofield, an actor and part-time bank robber, in New York City:

The Damsel (1967)

The Dame (1969)

The Blackbird (1969)

Lemons Never Lie (1971)

Written as Richard Stark
Parker, a cold-blooded professional thief in New York City:

The Hunter (1963)
APA: Point Blank (1973)
APA: Payback (1999)

The Man with the Getaway Face (1963)
APA: The Steel Hit (1971)

The Outfit (1963)

The Mourner (1963)

The Score2 (1964)
APA: Killtown (1971)

The Jugger (1965)

The Seventh (1966)
APA: The Split (1984)

The Handle2 (1966)
APA: Run Lethal (1972)

The Rare Coin Score (1967)

The Green Eagle Score (1967)

The Black Ice Score (1968)

The Sour Lemon Score (1969)

Slayground2 (1971)

Deadly Edge2 (1971)

Plunder Squad2 (1972)

Butcher’s Moon2 (1974)

Comeback (1997)

Backflash (1998)

Flashfire (2000)

Firebreak (2001)

Breakout (2002)

Nobody Runs Forever (2004)

Ask the Parrot (2006)

Dirty Money (2008)

Written as Tucker Coe
Mitch Tobin, an ex-cop private investigator, in Queens, New York:

Kinds of Love, Kinds of Death (1966)

Murder Among Children (1968)

Wax Apple (1970)

A Jade in Aries (1971)

Don’t Lie to Me (1972)

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