Sheriff Dan Rhodes is the protagonist in a series of mystery novels by American author Bill Crider. The series is set in small-town Texas, where Sheriff Rhodes lives alongside some strange people who sometimes commit some strange crimes.

The Dan Rhodes series began in 1986 with the novel Too Late to Die. It won the Anthony Award for Best First Novel. The series is currently ongoing. Below is a list of Bill Crider’s Dan Rhodes books in order of when they were originally published (which is also their chronological order):

Publication Order of Sheriff Dan Rhodes Books

Too Late to Die(1986)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Shotgun Saturday Night(1987)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Cursed to Death(1988)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Death on the Move(1989)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Evil at the Root(1990)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Booked for a Hanging(1992)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Murder Most Fowl(1994)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Winning Can Be Murder(1996)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Death by Accident(1998)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
A Ghost of a Chance(2000)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
A Romantic Way to Die(2001)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Red, White, and Blue Murder(2003)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
A Mammoth Murder(2006)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Murder Among the OWLS(2007)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Of All Sad Words(2008)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Murder in Four Parts(2009)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Murder in the Air(2010)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Wild Hog Murders(2011)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Murder of a Beauty Shop Queen(2012)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Compound Murder(2013)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Half in Love with Artful Death(2014)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Between the Living and the Dead(2015)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Survivors Will Be Shot Again(2016)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Dead, to Begin With(2017)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
That Old Scoundrel Death(2019)Description / Buy at Amazon.com

Publication Order of Sheriff Dan Rhodes Collections

(By: Bill Crider, Judy Crider)

The Blacklin County Files(2012)Description / Buy at Amazon.com

Note: The Blackline County Files is co-authored with Judy Crier.

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