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  • Bibliography:
    20 Books (3 Series)
  • First Book:
    September 2013
  • Latest Book:
    March 2025
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Full Series List in Order

Coronam

1 - Of Kings, Queens and Colonies (Nov-2021)
2 - Of Civilized, Saved and Savages (Jan-2023)

A Tony Flaner Mystery

1 - The Finger Trap (Nov-2015)
2 - Thicker Than Water (Aug-2019)
3 - The Knickknack Case (Jan-2020)
4 - In the Wake of Captain Lord (Sep-2020)
5 - The Hermit of Big Horn County (Aug-2022)

Unseen

1 - Eleanor (Jul-2014)
2 - Celeste (Jul-2015)
3 - David (Aug-2016)

Book List in Order: 20 titles



  • Unsatisfied with the ancient grimoires, the Magus made his own. Unsatisfied with the ancient demons, the Magus made Beatrysel. She was a creature of love, but there is no love without hate, no light without darkness, no loyalty without betrayal.
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  • A lifetime trying. A lifetime reaching, pressing the boundaries between the worlds. A lifetime spent longing for what was lost. Dr. Randy Stuart weathered the years and learned the ways but even his all-consuming love could not facilitate his needs u...



  • It was a gamble for Eleanor to rejoin humanity, but she was driven to it. She’d been too successful forgetting. The last vestiges of her family hung by a thread in her transformed brain and drove her to be reckless. Ten years later, Eleanor hides i...



  • Galen is a liberal. Galen is fed up. Galen is a blackmailer. Brand is a jerk who has money. He had an affair and Galen found out. Now Brand has new problems. A criminal and self-styled Robin Hood, Galen must face down a ruthless enemy who does not sh...



  • Winner of: 2014 Writer of the Year, League of Utah Writers League of Utah Writers, Recommended Read, Young Adult category
    In book two of this remarkable series, the sleepy little town of Jamesford becomes a national battleground of fai...



  • Winner: League of Utah Writers, Diamond Quill

    With wit and humor, this modern mystery is a refreshing spin on the noir detective genre 
    Tony Flaner is a malingering, part-time comedian who is full of sarcasm and never finis...



  • Eleanor survives, it is what she does. But at what cost?
    After learning her past and seeing the terrible and tragic history of her kind, Eleanor must conclude she is toxic, a cause of pain and destruction. For everyone’s own good, she will disa...



  • One crime leads to another; one time to a time before. Michael Oswald pulls it all apart as though tugging a thread on an old sweater. A theft to a murder to crimes beyond imagining, Michael Oswald doesn’t understand what he’s investigating. But ...



  • THE HUNGER will consume you.

    They say some only hunger for food, while others only hunger for love. But have they ever encountered a different kind of hunger: the insatiable, unstoppable appetite for fear?

    Feast upon 24 never-before-pu...






  • Tony Flaner, sarcastic, slacking, sleuth from, THE FINGER TRAP, has given up being a good detective. Now he babysits a pampered dog for a high-strung family and of course that dog is kidnapped right under his nose. He tries to care, really he does, b...



  • Tony Flaner is settling into his new life as a divorcee, cluttered collector, and private detective when his mailman hooks him up with an old lady living up the street who has a houseful of clutter of her own. A knickknack has gone missing and it was...



  • Love, betrayal, and a deadly secret swirl through the icy waters of Alaska's Inside Passage...Tony Flaner's impulsive escape sends him on a thrilling adventure, where he unravels the tangled web surrounding a college crush turned murder suspect. Can ...



  • A collection of curated short stories, flash fiction, and poetry across multiple genres in response to the question, If not now, when? authored by members of The League of Utah Writers Infinite Monkeys Chapter....



  • Of Kings, Queens and Colonies: (Coronam Book 1) is a multi-protagonist story set in the human future where the politics and players of sixteenth century Europe echo the repeated mistakes of humanity at another crucial crossroads of decision and evolu...



  • Eveyone has something to hide, even the naked guy.A dare leads Tony and the gang to Northern Wyoming for a trip off the grid to kick their screen addictions. No computers, no phones, no flushing toilets... wait, what?It's a place to hide, to be forgo...



  • 'A clever and exciting collision of space opera, high adventure, and devious politics. Insightful and highly entertaining!' â€" Jonathan Maberry, New York Times, on the Coronam seriesReeling from the defeat of the armada and Enskaran counter-attacks,...



  • In an avalanche of lies, one real slacker stands against the wave of pretenders.After months of chasing shadows, Tony Flaner, the insecure sleuth, is about to have his life turned upside down. In the blink of an eye, four cases land on Tony's plate, ...



  • Tony must face sticky mud, stickier orgies and the Rapture itself to uncover the Real Deal. In this captivating tale, Eugene, Oregon, known for its vibrant counterculture and unconventional charm, becomes the backdrop for a convergence of competing c...



  • 'A clever and exciting collision of space opera, high adventure, and devious politics. Insightful and highly entertaining!' â€" Jonathan Maberry, New York Times, on the Coronam seriesDestruction comes, but subtler now, in spurts, whispers and hums...






  • A public murder televised live and across the world prompts filmmakers Seth and Charlotte to trace the threads of blood to the rich and powerful, and the horror of global destruction. Can they stop the Gaia Chime?Charlotte, seeking to make a document...


Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Johnny Worthen has published 20 books.

The next book by Johnny Worthen, The Gaia Chime, will be published in March 2025.

The first book by Johnny Worthen, Beatrysel, was published in September 2013.

Yes. Johnny Worthen has 3 series.