Alan Orloff

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  • Bibliography:
    16 Books (1 Series)
  • First Book:
    April 2010
  • Latest Book:
    October 2024
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Full Series List in Order

A Last Laff Mystery

1 - Killer Routine (Apr-2011)
2 - Deadly Campaign (Jan-2012)

Book List in Order: 16 titles

  • Diamonds for the Dead

    When Josh Handleman returns to his boyhood home to sit shiva for his estranged father, he gets the shock of his life: his frugal dad was a diamond collector worth millions. Now the gems are missing and Josh begins to suspect his father’s death migh...

  • Killer Routine

    A Last Laff Mystery - 1

    Comedian Channing Hayes survived a tragic auto accident that claimed the life of his fiancée, Lauren. Physically and emotionally scarred, he's put his performing career on hold, resigned to getting laughs vicariously as co-owner of The Last Laff Come...

  • Deadly Campaign

    A Last Laff Mystery - 2

    Comedy club owner and occasional performer Channing Hayes thought the comedy biz was tough, but it's a stroll in the park compared to politics. When he and his business partner Artie attend a congressional campaign event for their friend Thomas Lee's...

  • First Time Killer

    In shock radio, nothing is too far over-the-top in the pursuit of ratings. Not even murder. During his twenty-six-year career, D.C. radio talk show host Rick Jennings steered clear of outrageous radio. Wasn’t his thing. So when WTLK execs tap him f...

  • Ride-Along

    Trey Powers never killed a cop before. Never had to. But after his cousin Jimmy has been framed and murdered by Officer Karla Cheng, one of Hafton Police Department’s finest, Trey has no choice. He must avenge Jimmy’s death, one way or another. T...

  • The Taste

    After his mother dies, Jake Wheeler returns to his birthplace of Dark Springs, West Virginia, seeking solace among his kin. But his family’s unique comfort food includes some ingredients Jake's not sure he can stomach. They eat dead people. Discove...

  • Running from the Past

    After selling his company for millions, Colby Walker takes his family -- and his son’s friend Jess -- on vacation, wanting nothing more than to unwind in the sun and surf. But he spots the alarming signs in short order: Jess’s downcast eyes, a fa...

  • Black Cat Thrillogy #8

    Alan Orloff is one of the most popular emerging mystery writers. His work has been nominated for Derringer and Agatha Awards, and one of his stories was selected for The Best American Mystery Stories (2018). For his debut appearance in the Black Cat ...

  • Dying in Dokesville

    in Malice Domestic 13: Mystery Most Geographical



  • Pray for the Innocent

    *WINNER - 2019 ITW THRILLER AWARD (BEST E-BOOK ORIGINAL)*Can former best-selling novelist Mathias King--now a rumpled, grizzled English professor--save America from a terrorist of his own making?In the shadow of the Pentagon, a secr...

  • I Know Where You Sleep

    When Anderson West takes on the pro-bono case of Jessica Smith, a twenty-something restaurant hostess being stalked, the last thing he expects is for his investigation to spiral into breaking and entering, assault, and legal threats from the suspects...

  • One of Them

    When Daniel Brickman returns home to visit his ailing father, he discovers that an old family friend has bilked his father out of his entire retirement savings. His first thought? Call the cops. But Daniel’s vengeful father would rather handle thin...

  • I Play One on TV

    All's great for sixteen-year-old actor Dalton Black as he portrays a teen killer on a crime reenactment show. That is, until he realizes someone is stalking him. When that someone turns out to be Homer Lee Varney, the man convicted of the murder, thi...

  • Two Tofu Tacos, a Taurus TX22, a Taycan, and a Ton of Trouble

    Blackmail is such an ugly word. Even uglier when it's happening to you, especially when you don't know who's behind it, and defense lawyer Jefferson Bell doesn't have a clue. Disgruntled client? Current mistress? One of a handful of pissed-off ex-mis...

  • Sanctuary Motel

    Mess Hopkins, proprietor of the seen-better-days Fairfax Manor Inn, never met a person in need who couldn't use a helping hand-his helping hand. So he's thrown open the doors of the motel to the homeless, victims of abuse, or anyone else who could be...

  • Late Checkout

    Motel proprietor Mess Hopkins is more interested in helping others than turning a profit, so he opens the doors of the Fairfax Manor Inn to those seeking refuge from a bad situation. But when his cousin Finn shows up in trouble, his world is rocked, ...

Award-Winning Books by Alan Orloff

I Play One on TV
2021 Agatha Award -- Children/Young Adult
2022 Anthony Award -- Children/Young Adult
Pray for the Innocent
2019 Thriller Award -- E-Book Original


Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Alan Orloff has published 16 books.

Alan Orloff does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, Late Checkout, was published in October 2024.

The first book by Alan Orloff, Diamonds for the Dead, was published in April 2010.

Yes. Alan Orloff has 1 series.
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