Order of Stuart M. Kaminsky Books
Stuart M. Kaminsky (1934-2009) was an American author of mystery novels, crime fiction and non-fiction books, as well as a film professor. His series characters are Toby Peters, Inspector Rostnikov, Abe Lieberman and Lew Fonesca. He was awarded the title of Grand Master by the Mystery Writers of America. Kaminsky grew up in Chicago, where he got his Ph.D in speech from Northwestern University. He got his B.S. in journalism and M.A. in English from the University of Illinois. He went on to teach film studies at Northwestern for 16 years and followed that up with a six year stint at Florida State. At one point, Kaminsky served as president of Mystery Writers of America.
Stuart Kaminsky became a published author with the non-fiction book A Biographical Study of the Career of Donald Siegel and an Analysis of His Films in 1972. His first novel was the Toby Peters book Bullet for a Star, published in 1977. Below is a list of Stuart M. Kaminsky’s books in order of when they were originally published:
Publication Order of Toby Peters Books
Publication Order of Porfiry Rostnikov Books
| Death of a Dissident / Rostnikov's Corpse | (1981) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Black Knight in Red Square | (1984) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Red Chameleon | (1985) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| A Cold Red Sunrise | (1987) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| A Fine Red Rain | (1987) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Man Who Walked Like a Bear | (1990) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Rostnikov's Vacation | (1991) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Death of a Russian Priest | (1992) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Hard Currency | (1995) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Blood and Rubles | (1996) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Tarnished Icons | (1997) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Dog Who Bit a Policeman | (1998) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Fall of a Cosmonaut | (2000) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Murder on the Trans-Siberian Express | (2001) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| People Who Walk in Darkness | (2008) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| A Whisper to the Living | (2009) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Abe Lieberman Books
| Lieberman's Folly | (1991) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Lieberman's Choice | (1993) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Lieberman's Day | (1994) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Lieberman's Thief | (1995) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Lieberman's Law | (1996) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Big Silence | (2000) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Not Quite Kosher | (2002) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Last Dark Place | (2004) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Terror Town | (2006) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Dead Don't Lie | (2007) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of CSI: New York Books
(by Keith R.A. DeCandido)
| Dead of Winter | (2005) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Blood on the Sun | (2006) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Deluge | (2007) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Four Walls | (2008) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
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Publication Order of Kolchak The Night Stalker Books
| Kolchak Night Stalker | (2003) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Kolchak the Night Stalker Volume 1 | (2004) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Kolchak: The Night Stalker Chronicles | (2005) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Lew Fonesca Books
| Vengeance | (1999) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Retribution | (1999) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Midnight Pass | (2003) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Denial | (2005) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Always Say Goodbye | (2006) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Bright Futures | (2009) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of The Rockford Files Books
| The Green Bottle | (1996) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Devil on my Doorstep | (1998) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Standalone Novels
| When the Dark Man Calls | (1983) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Exercise in Terror | (2001) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Short Stories/Novellas
| Find Miriam | (1997) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Short Story Collections
| Opening Shots | (1991) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Hidden and Other Stories | (1999) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Plays
| The Final Toast | (2008) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Books | (2008) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books
| American Film Genres: Approaches to a Critical Theory of Popular Film | (1974) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Clint Eastwood: The Candid On-and-off-screen of the World's #1 Male Superstar | (1974) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Don Siegel : Director | (1974) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Ingmar Bergman; Essays in Criticism | (1975) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| John Huston, Maker of Magic | (1978) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Coop: The Life and Legend of Gary Cooper | (1979) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Basic Filmmaking | (1981) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| American Television Genres | (1985) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Writing for television | (1988) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Behind the Mystery | (2005) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Akashic Noir Books
Publication Order of Kolchak: The Night Stalker Books
| Pain Without Tears | (2004) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Kolchak the Night Stalker Volume 1 | (2004) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Terror Within | (2006) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| A Black & Evil Truth | (2007) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| The Lovecraftian Horror | (2007) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| The Lost World | (2012) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Kolchak and the Lost World | (2012) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Necronomicon | (2012) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Big Book of Kolchak the Night Stalker | (2012) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Passages of the Macabre | (2016) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
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Publication Order of Anthologies
Notes: Rostnikov’s Corpse was later re-published as Death of a Dissident. The graphic novel Fever Pitch was collaborated on with Christopher Jones and Barbara Schulz. The graphic novel Kolchak: The Night Stalker Volume One was collaborated on with Joe Gentile and Jeff Rice. The short story collection The Night Stalker Chronicles also contains contributions by Elaine Bergstrom, Max Allan Collins, Peter David, Mark Dawidziak, P.N. Elrod, Ed Gorman, C.J. Henderson, Brett Matthews and Robert E. Weinberg. A Biographical Study of the Career of Donald Siegel and An Analysis of His Films was re-published under the title Don Siegel, Director. Basic Filmmaking was co-authored with Dana H. Hodgdon. Writing for Television was written alongside Mark Walker.
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In The Green Bottle by Stuart Kaminsky (book 1 of The Rockford Files), Rockford is content to hang out on the beach and evade the debt collectors. He was able to pay his bills last month from an antique green bottle he found from a wealthy client and from an old lady who lost her cat. But now his luck may have run out when some goons show up looking to re-arrange his facial features.
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