Michael Lister

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  • Bibliography:
    59 Books (8 Series)
  • First Book:
    October 1997
  • Latest Book:
    September 2023
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Full Series List in Order

A Burke and Blade Mystery

1 - The Night Of (Nov-2021)
2 - The Night in Question (Mar-2022)
3 - All Night Long (Jul-2022)
4 - Dark of Night (Dec-2022)
5 - Dead of Night (Apr-2023)
6 - Still of the Night (Sep-2023)

Cataclysmos

1 - This is the Way the World Ends (Apr-2016)
2 - Somewhere Beyond the Sea (May-2016)

Jimmy "Soldier" Riley

1 - North Florida Noir (Nov-2006)
2 - Florida Heat Wave (Aug-2010)

A Jimmy "Soldier" Riley Noir Mystery

1 - The Big Goodbye // The Girl Who Said Goodbye (Sep-2011)
2 - The Big Beyond // The Girl in the Grave (Apr-2013)
3 - The Big Hello // The Girl at the End of the Long Dark Night (Jun-2014)
4 - The Big Bout // The Girl Who Cried Blood Tears (Sep-2015)
5 - The Big Blast // The Girl Who Blew Up the World (Jun-2016)

A John Jordan Mystery

1 - Power in the Blood (Oct-1997)
2 - Blood of the Lamb (Sep-2004)
3 - Flesh And Blood (Dec-2006)
4 - The Body and the Blood (Sep-2010)
5 - Blood Sacrifice (Nov-2012)
6 - Rivers to Blood (Mar-2014)
7 - Innocent Blood (May-2015)
8 - Blood Money (Dec-2015)
9 - Blood Moon (Dec-2015)
10 - Blood Cries (May-2016)
11 - Blood Oath (Aug-2016)
12 - Blood Work (Nov-2016)
13 - Cold Blood (Feb-2017)
14 - Blood Betrayal (Jun-2017)
14.5 - The Wedding (Oct-2017)
15 - Blood Shot (Aug-2017)
16 - Blood Ties (Oct-2017)
17 - Blood Stone (Jan-2018)
18 - Blood Trail (Apr-2018)
19 - Bloodshed (Jul-2018)
20 - Blue Blood (Nov-2018)
21 - And the Sea Became Blood // The Blood-Dimmed Tide (Feb-2019)
22 - Blood and Sand (Nov-2019)
23 - Blood Lure (Apr-2020)
24 - Blood Pathogen (Jun-2020)
25 - Beneath A Blood-Red Sky (Oct-2020)
26 - Out for Blood (Jun-2021)
26.5 - What Child is This? (Dec-2021)
27 - Blood Reckoning (Nov-2022)

Merrick McKnight

1 - Thunder Beach (Jun-2011)
2 - A Certain Retribution (Dec-2014)

Remington James

1 - Double Exposure (Sep-2009)
2 - Separation Anxiety (Nov-2013)
3 - Blood Shot (Aug-2017)

A Sawyer Payne and Kace Mason Mystery

1 - A Dark Radiant Rain (Feb-2021)

Book List in Order: 59 titles

  • Power in the Blood

    A John Jordan Mystery - 1

    In a mystery book market saturated with stories of gruesome serial killers devoid of morality and shady investigators whose questionable tactics make them difficult heroes, Power in the Blood by Michael Lister offers a more spiritual view of social i...

  • Blood of the Lamb

    A John Jordan Mystery - 2

    Florida prison chaplain John Jordan investigates the baffling and disturbing murder of the seven year-old adopted daughter of ex-con turned televangelist, Bobby Earl Caldwell--a murder committed in John's own locked office when Bobby Early conducts a...

  • North Florida Noir

    Jimmy "Soldier" Riley - 1

    The mean streets of north Florida may be desolate rural highways or backwoods dirt roads, but they are no less capable of cruel indifference to criminal acts than their urban analogues. The ubiquitous slash pines remain just as silent as their concre...

  • Flesh And Blood

    A John Jordan Mystery - 3

    John Jordan is back-following POWER IN THE BLOOD and BLOOD OF THE LAMB---investigating eternal mysteries woven into the fabric of everyday life. Within the confines of seemingly ordinary cases, John explores the ineffable and inexplicable, the profou...

  • Another Quiet Night In Desperation

    For those unafraid of the dark . . . . Comes a series of entertaining and thought-provoking stories as modern as MySpace and as timeless as revenge. Welcome to Desperation, the small north Florida mill town that is purgatory to 3,636 doomed souls-les...

  • Double Exposure

    Remington James - 1

    Encountering the kind of wildlife that made him want to be a photographer in the first place, Remington James gets some of the best shots of his life, but he s about to happen upon the most dangerous animal of all - a feral, patient, sociopath who...

  • Florida Heat Wave

    Jimmy "Soldier" Riley - 2

    From the pine-tree lined rural highways of North Florida through the tourist traps of Central Florida to the tropical, international environs of SOBE, come stories of sun-faded noir, orange pulp served up freshly squeezed by the Sunshine State’s ve...

  • The Body and the Blood

    A John Jordan Mystery - 4

    It's known as the Protective Management Unit. It's a closed society within a closed society, housing Florida state inmates who wouldn't survive in open population at Potter Correctional Institution. In it, John Jordan witnesses the most baffling crim...

  • Finding the Way Again

    It’s not too late to discover the lost gospel of Jesus and begin to live by it, to change our direction, to once again become people of the way. We could, with humility, embody compassion and justice. We could so completely trust God that we dare t...



  • Thunder Beach

    Merrick McKnight - 1

    Thousands of bikers have descended on the Miracle Strip for one of America s premiere biker rallies. Amid the bikes and beer and bikinis, crimes of unspeakable brutality are being committed - one of which touches too close to home for former repor...

  • The Big Goodbye // The Girl Who Said Goodbye

    A Jimmy "Soldier" Riley Noir Mystery - 1

    Someone is following Lauren Lewis. She ducks into the office of PI, Jimmy "Soldier" Riley, not to hire him, but to find out if he's the one following her. Back when they were lovers he told her if he ever decided to, she'd never know he was there. It...

  • Burnt Offerings

    "The scratch of a single match--spark, heat, chemical reaction, fire being born--and an intense thriller begins. Terror reigns over the North Florida National Forest, the coastal town of Bayshore, and the barrier island of Pine Key; a fiery terror wh...

  • Carrie's Gift

  • Blood Sacrifice

    A John Jordan Mystery - 5

    Exorcism or Murder? John Jordan must decide. Following a particularly brutal and costly case, John Jordan goes to a secluded retreat center and encounters one of the most bewildering and haunting cases of his career -- the suspicious death of a troub...

  • The Big Beyond // The Girl in the Grave

    A Jimmy "Soldier" Riley Noir Mystery - 2

    Love mystery, romance, suspense, film noir, and the classic hard-boiled detectives of the 1940s?Then you'll love Michael Lister's THE BIG BEYOND and other Jimmy "Soldier" Riley Noir Novels. The Thrilling Sequel to THE BIG GOODBYE . . .
    ˃˃˃ TH...

  • Separation Anxiety

    Remington James - 2

    In this stunning follow-up to DOUBLE EXPOSURE, Michael Lister once again takes readers down the rural routes and river swamps of wild North Florida. Sixteen-year-old Shelby Emma Summers has disappeared on a late-August day from her famous artist mom'...

  • Rivers to Blood

    A John Jordan Mystery - 6

    How can you be a victim by your own hand? John Jordan searches for an escaped prisoner, investigates a shocking murder, and confronts a sadist forcing his victims to violate themselves -- all while trying to take care of his family, friends, and th...

  • The Big Hello // The Girl at the End of the Long Dark Night

    A Jimmy "Soldier" Riley Noir Mystery - 3

    Find out Soldier and Lauren's fate in the thrilling conclusion to Michael Lister's landmark "Big" noir trilogy.
    Walk the mean streets of wartime Panama City with Jimmy "Soldier" Riley, a wounded, woman-haunted knight errant in Michael Lister's re...

  • A Certain Retribution

    Merrick McKnight - 2

    Merrick McKnight is back . . . in the thrilling sequel to THUNDER BEACH!

    "Lister’s ability to prevent even a seasoned mystery aficionado from figuring out the end of this simple yet puzzling situation sets this book apart from mediocr...



  • The Murder Book

    When a gruesome murder of his former partner's wife occurs, Detective William Bomes along with his current partner, Detective Emily Lind, are assigned the case. In their search, Bomes discovers connections with other victims. Will he be able to fin...

  • Innocent Blood

    A John Jordan Mystery - 7

    John Jordan’s first case is also his most heartbreaking. And one that will haunt him for the rest of his life! When John Jordan was twelve years old, he came face-to-face with the man who went to prison for the Atlanta Child Murders. Six years late...

  • The Big Bout // The Girl Who Cried Blood Tears

    A Jimmy "Soldier" Riley Noir Mystery - 4

    In late 1943, Miki Matsumoto, a beautiful Japanese teenager who has been in hiding since escaping from an internment camp, is working as Riley's secretary in gratitude for his rescuing her from a vicious kidnapper. Miki's sinister uncle threatens to ...

  • Clerical Crime Stories

  • Blood Money

    A John Jordan Mystery - 8

    Does John Jordan have the specialities to solve another batch of perplexing puzzles? Conflicted ex-cop John Jordan investigates baffling cases that include the body of a young woman propped against a prison fence, a series of suicides with a unique c...

  • Blood Moon

    A John Jordan Mystery - 9

    A breakneck race to save a life in a single night beneath a Blood Moon. Running. A daring escape. A race against time. Locked in with a vicious, relentless killer. Can John save the life of the woman he loves? The stakes have never been higher. Succe...

  • Cataclysmos Book 2

  • Mother's Milk

    Don’t miss this collection of romantic, literary, erotic short stories by award-winning author Michael Lister. These are erotically charged looks at love, relating, and the lighter, sweeter side of sex and seduction. Beyond the sentiment and sex...

  • Sex and Jokes

    Don’t miss this collection of romantic, literary, erotic short stories by award-winning author Michael Lister. These are erotically charged looks at love, relating, and the lighter, sweeter side of sex and seduction. Beyond the sentiment and sex...

  • This is the Way the World Ends

    Cataclysmos - 1

    09/26/2016In Lister’s derivative, self-indulgent series launch, the author’s alter ego struggles to survive in an America that has suffered an unspecified disaster. A man named Michael, who, like Lister, has written mysteries featuring pr...



  • Blood Cries

    A John Jordan Mystery - 10

    What would you do if you came face to face with a serial killer? A young John Jordan continues his investigation into the Atlanta Child Murders, interviews Wayne Williams, investigates the disappearance of Cedric Porter, and uncovers a series of murd...

  • Somewhere Beyond the Sea

    Cataclysmos - 2

    Book 2 of the thrilling post-apocalyptic serial thriller The end. This is the way the world ends! And begins again! When the end comes it comes with astonishing speed. It has been a slow build to the brink, but once the point of no return ha...

  • The Big Blast // The Girl Who Blew Up the World

    A Jimmy "Soldier" Riley Noir Mystery - 5

    A missing girl. A shell-shocked soldier. A wife stepping out on her husband. Two women beaten to death. A sinister sabotage plot. A wounded, relentless private eye who will stop at nothing to protect those he loves. Walk the mean streets of wartim...

  • Blood Oath

    A John Jordan Mystery - 11

    A missing young man. A sadistic serial killer. John Jordan is once again carrying a gun and a badge - and he's going to need them. Balancing family life with being a cop and a prison chaplain takes grit and grace - and John has plenty of both....

  • Blood Work

    A John Jordan Mystery - 12

    Was America's most notorious serial killer, Ted Bundy, responsible for the Broken Heart Murder? If not, who was, and can John Jordan figure it out and redeem his childhood hero? John's dad is still haunted by a murder he couldn't solve...

  • A Compassionate Cop

    John Jordan is one of the smartest and most compassionate cops to ever carry a gun and a badge. A good man doing a difficult job with grace and relentlessness. Two Baffling Cases. One Brilliant Cop. Two Complete Novels.

    BLOOD OATH

    A young army...

  • Cold Blood

    A John Jordan Mystery - 13

    A young woman hundreds of miles from where she's supposed to be, surrounded by several witnesses, vanishes from the face of the earth in just seven minutes. Can John Jordan find her or the person responsible for her disappearance? Or has he final...

  • Blood Betrayal

    A John Jordan Mystery - 14

    What would you do to the man who killed your best friend? A murder without a body. A murderer without a memory. John Jordan must determine whether Angel Diaz was murdered by her boyfriend after a magical night together or if he was wrongly convict...

  • Blood Shot

    A John Jordan Mystery - 15
    Remington James - 3

    From New York Times Bestselling and award-winning author Michael Lister . . . The thrilling sequel to both DOUBLE EXPOSURE and BLOOD BETRAYAL. In the swamps of northwest Florida, Remington James' camera captured the best of nature and the worst of hu...

  • Blood Ties

    A John Jordan Mystery - 16

    What would you do to the person who killed your child? 

    John Jordan can't fathom that a father could kill his own daughter but he's going to have to in order to solve the murder of Mariah Evers and its echoes ...



  • The Wedding

    A John Jordan Mystery - 14.5

  • Blood Stone

    A John Jordan Mystery - 17

    Would you kill a serial killer if given the chance?

    The Stone Cold Killer still haunts John Jordan's nightmares. John's first official case as a law enforcement officer is the one he never talks about. Now find ou...

  • Blood Trail

    A John Jordan Mystery - 18

    Three novels in the critically acclaimed John Jordan series from award winning author and New York Times and USA Today best seller Michael Lister.

    BLOOD TIES

    John Jordan can't fathom that a father could kill his own daughter but he's going to ...

  • Bloodshed

    A John Jordan Mystery - 19

    What if a school shooter wears a mask and later discards it in order to disappear into the chaotic crowd of exiting students?  

    An active shooter leads John Jordan on a riveting chase into a stunning mystery.

    Wh...

  • Blue Blood

    A John Jordan Mystery - 20

    What would you risk to prevent a murder?

    Private investigator Merrill Monroe enlists the services of detective John Jordan to protect Malia Goodman, a civil rights and police shooting activist with a target on her b...

  • And the Sea Became Blood // The Blood-Dimmed Tide

    A John Jordan Mystery - 21

    Can he survive long enough to catch a killer? 

    The murder of retired priest Andrew Irwin begins like any other homicide investigation for sheriff’s Investigator John Jordan. But it is soon interrupted by an existential supersto...

  • Blood and Sand

    A John Jordan Mystery - 22

    Who took Magdalene Dacosta? Why? Where is she now?

    On the night of her parents' Winter Solstice party, three-year-old Magdalene Dacosta vanishes in the night, never to be seen again. 

    But how did this happen? The ho...

  • Blood Lure

    A John Jordan Mystery - 23

    John Jordan must help his dying father solve the strange and mysterious disappearance of Naomi Newman and Sasha Grande before it's too late. The two young women went hiking in the river swamps of North Florida's Appalachicola River Basin and ...

  • Blood Pathogen

    A John Jordan Mystery - 24

    Who's killing the Tupelo Queens?Why? And why in so public and dramatic a manner? Is it related to one of them testing positive for the coronavirus? Is it revenge? Random? Or is a money motive behind the entire scheme? John Jordan investigates the mur...

  • Beneath A Blood-Red Sky

    A John Jordan Mystery - 25

    Four drunken young people climb a high bluff to their cliffside campsite on the Apalachicola River in the middle of the night. The next morning only three are still alive.How did the outgoing, fun-loving, and beautiful Blake Scott die? Was she murder...



  • A Dark Radiant Rain

    A Sawyer Payne and Kace Mason Mystery - 1

    A man walks into a bar and never walks out again. How does someone vanish from the face of the earth —especially with so many people and security cameras watching?  Sawyer Payne and Kace Mason, two very different amateu...

  • Out for Blood

    A John Jordan Mystery - 26

    Someone close to John Jordan is murdered and now he is . . . OUT FOR BLOOD! While investigating the brutal attack of two teenage girls, John Jordan uncovers the shocking secrets someone is willing to kill for, but he never suspects the killer's next ...

  • The Night Of

    A Burke and Blade Mystery - 1

    Lucas Burke and Alix Biade Baker are Panama City Beach PIs specializing in missing persons cases--work they were led to by their own sister's disappearance. Growing up in foster care and children's homes has made them tough, savvy, and streetwis...

  • What Child is This?

    A John Jordan Mystery - 26.5

    Tiana Capri, a young pre-teen girl from a good family goes missing on Christmas Eve. She vanishes without a trace from her locked house while her mom and brother sleep nearby, leaving no clues and little hope of finding her alive. Can John ...

  • The Night in Question

    A Burke and Blade Mystery - 2

    In the early morning hours of October 10, 2000, a young girl left her home in the middle of a stormy night with only a backpack and was never seen again. What happened to ten-year-old Leah Harrison?At sometime between midnight and two a.m., Leah Harr...

  • All Night Long

    A Burke and Blade Mystery - 3

    When Brooklyn Hill goes missing while on a pub crawl during her bachelorette weekend on Panama City Beach, Burke and Blade are called in to do what no one else has been able to—find her. Or at least figure out what happened to her. The see...

  • Blood Reckoning

    A John Jordan Mystery - 27

    John has been like a father to her since she was 16. Now she is missing.He's still grieving the loss of a close friend and co-worker and he's not prepared for this.Carla Pearson vanishes from a river camp cabin after her on-again-off-again boyfriend,...

  • Dark of Night

    A Burke and Blade Mystery - 4

    Still reeling from their previous case, Lucas Burke and Alix Blade Baker, PIs specializing in missing person cases, are about to be tested in ways they have never been before.  Growing up in foster care and children's homes, they are smart ...

  • Dead of Night

    A Burke and Blade Mystery - 5

    A group of forty-something AAU moms have an adult slumber party to celebrate one of their birthdays in a mansion on Panama City Beach. The next morning, one of them is found dead face down in the backyard. Was it a drunken accident? Suicide? Or murde...

  • Still of the Night

    A Burke and Blade Mystery - 6

    Still of the Night finds Burke and Blade searching for Charlotte Nelson, a young woman who's not what she seems. She vanished off the face of the earth two weeks ago and she nor her car nor the belongings she had with her have been seen sin...

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Michael Lister has published 59 books.

Michael Lister does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, Still of the Night, was published in September 2023.

The first book by Michael Lister, Power in the Blood, was published in October 1997.

Yes. Michael Lister has 8 series.
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