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  • Bibliography:
    11 Books (1 Series)
  • First Book:
    January 1980
  • Latest Book:
    January 1995
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Full Series List in Order

A Harry Stoner Novel

1 - Lime Pit (1980)
2 - Final Notice (Sep-1980)
3 - Dead Letter (Sep-1981)
4 - Day of Wrath (May-1982)
5 - Natural Causes (May-1983)
6 - Life's Work (Aug-1986)
7 - Fire Lake (Aug-1987)
8 - Extenuating Circumstances (Feb-1989)
9 - Second Chance (Apr-1991)
10 - The Music Lovers (Mar-1993)
11 - Missing (Jan-1995)

Book List in Order: 11 titles



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    There's no money in this case for Stoner, but the more he finds out about Cindy Ann's pals, the more he wants to bum them bad ...the rotten politicos. pain-happy pimps, kinky crime lords, and a baseball rookie who likes to hurt. They're doing fine wi...



  • MAN WITH A BLADE She was perfect. She smelled of toothpaste, talc, and something sweeter than lilacs. And in that crazy season of autumn, when Cincinnati was ablaze in the bloodred color of fall, Kate Davis made Harry Stoner feel old, and a little...



  • IVY-COVERED MURDER The professor was an eccentric old bird, and his daughter was a delicate flower. So how could Harry Stoner suspect the snake pit of hatred and greed he was walking into that winter day when he agreed to find a missing document f...



  • Sheltered but precocious Robbie Segal has run away from home, a small brick house on an unexceptional street. Her desperate mother has asked Harry Stoner to find her. What begins as an ordinary missing-persons case, a case that should be settled with...



  • Detective Harry Stoner has seen too much of the seamy side of life not to notice the tarnish on Los Angeles's glitter or the gritty reality behind the never-never land of TV's biggest daytime soaps. A detergent manufacturer, already begrimed by sc...



  • IT'S HOW YOU PLAY THE GAME.... Cincinnati Cougars' Billy Parks was All-Pro ... and missing. Harry Stoner's job was to find him and get him into shape for the season. But Billy's photo told Stoner he didn't like the man ... or the shape he was in. ...



  • A phone ringing after midnight means trouble, especially in private eye Harry stoner's business. This time the 1:30 call is trouble, all right. A motel clerk wants somebody to pick up the loser registered as Harry Stoner who just tried to kill himsel...



  • To P.I. Harry Stoner, Ira Lessing had everything to live for: money, a beautiful wife, good friends, and a reputation that would do credit to a saint. But Lessing disappeared one hot July night, and Stoner knew in his gut that the man was dead. Yea...



  • Clients never tell the whole story. Harry Stoner had taken a snowy drive to Cincinnati psychiatrist Phil Pearson's mansion to hear the tale of daughter Kirsten --emotionally disturbed and missing. But the doctor left out the parts about his first wif...






  • ALMOST REAL... That's how good little Leon Tubin's big stereo system was -- so good that Harry Stoner, private eye, thought for an instant that Tubin's oversexed wife was playing a Steinway in the other room. Then Stoner came back to reality, an...



  • GOOD MEN DIE HARD The woman lived on Blue Jay Drive, and the love of her life had vanished into thin air. For Cindy Dorn, the man had been a safe haven, a good lover, and good friend. But Mason Greenleaf had his demons, and when Harry Stoner began...


Award-Winning Books by Jonathan Valin

Extenuating Circumstances
1989 Shamus Award -- P.I. Novel


Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Jonathan Valin has published 11 books.

Jonathan Valin does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, Missing, was published in January 1995.

The first book by Jonathan Valin, Lime Pit, was published in January 1980.

Yes. Jonathan Valin has 1 series.