Peter Rabe

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  • Bibliography:
    30 Books
  • First Book:
    December 1988
  • Latest Book:
    September 2021
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Book List in Order: 30 titles

  • Dig My Grave Deep

    Dig My Grave Deep, first published in 1956 is a noir thriller by master novelist Peter Rabe. The story centers on Daniel Port, a smart gangster who wants to get out of the criminal life while he still can, but to do so, his boss orders him to complet...

  • The Out Is Death

  • It's My Funeral

  • The Box

    Quinn thought he had all the angles figured. After all, taking over the Organization should be a piece of cake for such a smart guy. But what he didn’t figure was that boss Ryder would stuff him in a large crate with enough food and water to sustai...

  • Agreement to Kill

    Punching Dixon had gotten Jake Spinner thrown in jail, but now that he’s out all he wants is a fresh start back on his farm. Suddenly Dixon is dead and Spinner is on the run, escaping town in the getaway car with Dixon’s assassin in the back seat...

  • Kill the Boss Good-By

    Pander wore dark glasses and fancy suspenders and he moved into the San Pietro rackets like a sandblaster gone berserk. Fell, the boss, was mysteriously away and Pander grabbed the chance to bury his hands in the heavy money. Then Fell came back. At...

  • My Lovely Executioner

    Jimmy Gallivan is only three-and-a-half weeks from his prison release for trying to kill his wife’s lover seven years ago. But fellow-inmate Rand has other plans for Gallivan. A break-out is engineered, and now they’re hiding out in a sanitarium....

  • The Box Journey into Terror

    THE BOX Quinn thought he had all the angles figured. After all, taking over the Organization should be a piece of cake for such a smart guy. But what he didn't figure was that boss Ryder would stuff him in a large crate with enough water and food to ...

  • Murder Me for Nickels/Benny Muscles In

    MURDER ME FOR NICKELS Walter Lippit makes music all over town. He owns the juke boxes that play the tunes that keeps the bars and the diners hopping. Jack St. Louis works for Lippit, smoothing the customers and keeping the nickels coming. But then al...



  • A House In Naples

    Charley's Rope was about frayed out. The caribinieri were after him, he had a bullet in his hip and no goddamn passport. Charley needed a passport bad. He needed that intricate piece of paper -- signed, sealed, and innocent looking -- the way onl...

  • Anatomy of a Killer & A Shroud for Jesso

    ANATOMY OF A KILLERSam Jordan never lets emotion interfere with his work. He is a precise and ruthless killing machine, dealing out death for hire. But his last job had ended wrong for Jordan, and now Sandy is sending him out again--without a break, ...

  • Stop This Man!

    Hard Case Crime - 58

    All Tony Catell knew when he broke into the university science lab was that they had a gold ingot on the premises for some sort of experiment. So he stole it. What he didn't know was that the experiment involved nuclear power--and that the gold was d...

  • Anatomy of a Killer

    Sam Jordan never lets emotion interfere with his work. He is a precise and ruthless killing machine, dealing out death for hire. But his last job had ended wrong for Jordan, and now Sandy is sending him out again - without a break, yet - to take care...

  • Benny Muscles In

    Benny Tapkow has worked as a crime boss Pendleton’s chauffeur for seven years, but he’s itching to get ahead. He feels like he serves a piece of the action, but Pendleton won’t budge. So Benny strikes a deal with Big Al Alverato to kidnap Pendl...

  • Blood on the Desert

    Anthony Wheeler didn’t want the job. When Major Pitt called him into the London office, Wheeler was trying to track down his old mentor, Fairchild. It had been Fairchild who had pulled him into the business. Not everyone is cut out to be a spy - Wh...

  • Journey Into Terror

    There was a robbery that went bad and a girl was accidentally shot dead. Just an accident. But to John Bunting, it was the end of all his hopes. The girl was his fiance. What could he do? The cops weren’t looking. He had to find the killers himself...

  • Murder Me for Nickels

    Waler Lippit makes music all over town. He owns the juke boxes that play the tunes that keep the bars and the diners hopping. Jack St. Louis works for Lippit, smoothing the customers and keeping the nickels coming. But then along comes Benotti and th...

  • The Return of Marvin Palaver

    Marvin Palaver dies at the worst possible moment in life, just when he is coming out even with his nemesis, fellow scrap seller Sidney Minsk. He is so close. The contract is signed and Sydney has just bought back his own scrap, the deal of a lifetime...

  • A Shroud for Jesso

    Jack Jesso knows that Gluck wants him out of the syndicate. Still, when Gluck sends him on an errand to find a missing guy named Snell for a shady client of his, Johannes Kator, Jesso doesn’t figure it to be anything more than a test. He finds the ...



  • The Silent Wall

    Matty Matthews has been to the town of Forza d’Aguil before. Stationed there with a small group of soldiers during WWII, it was here that Matty fell in love with Rosanna. It was a sweet, short-lived affair until the soldiers unexpectedly got orders...

  • Kill the Boss Goodbye

    Whom the gods would destroy, they first make mad. Tom Fell has been mad for some time. But who has the nerve to destroy him? While Tom Fell was away, his empire collapsed. The cops started raiding his betting parlors. The lieutenant he left in charge...

  • Dig My Grave Deep // The Out Is Death // It's My Funeral

    Peter Rabe created the archetypical gangster in Daniel Port and wrote about him in six different thrillers. These first three books introduce us to Port and his criminal world. Here is Port the mastermind, trying to get out of the racket he helped cr...

  • The Cut of the Whip // Bring Me Another Corpse // Time Enough to Die

    The final three novels in the Dan Port series, Rabe’s fictional study of the use and abuse of power. Port used to be second-in-command to an East Coast gangster -- now he’s a free agent, alone and available to the highest bidder....

  • Blood on the Desert/A House in Naples

    Blood on the DesertAnthony Wheeler didn't want the job. When Major Pitt called him into the London office, Wheeler was trying to track down his old mentor, Fairchild. It had been Fairchild who had pulled him into the business. Not everyone is cut out...

  • Kill the Boss Good-By // Mission for Vengeance

    KILL THE BOSS GOOD-BY Tom Fell, the boss, is gone, and Pander has temporarily taken over the rackets in town. He s got some ideas of his own how the bookies should be operating. The business needs some fresh blood. Then Fell is back, back from his re...

  • The Silent Wall // The Return of Marvin Palaver

    THE SILENT WALL Matty Mathews has been to the town of Forza d Aguil before. He was stationed there with a small group of soldiers during WWII. It was here that Matty fell in love with Rosanna. It was a sweet, short-lived love because the soldiers soo...

  • Girl in a Big Brass Bed // The Spy Who Was 3 Feet Tall // Code Name Gadget

    GIRL IN A BIG BRASS BED Lobbe wants his painting back. Goering confiscated it when the Nazis raided Rotterdam. But now, years later, it has been located, and the German government wants to return it. So Lobbe sends his assistant Manny deWitt to Munic...

  • War of the Dons // Black Mafia

    WAR OF THE DONS The Guarda brothers run capo Messina’s territory. Pepe, the oldest, is the muscle. Nuncio, the younger brother, is the accountant. And Marco, he’s the wolf. Restless, hungry, he’s through taking orders. It’s his idea to get ri...

  • A New Man in the House // Her High-School Lover

    NEW MAN IN THE HOUSERoger Garland has made a career out of pleasure. He is, in fact, the perfect butler -- discreet, deferential and ready to please the family, particularly the women of the house. His new employer is banker Matthew Hornaday. But Gar...



  • Stop This Man! // Tobruk

    STOP THIS MAN!When Catell gets out of prison, Schumacher has a job lined up for him-a bar of gold in a lab, ripe for stealing. What neither of them know is that this bar of gold has accidentally been rendered radioactive. So as Catell makes his way a...

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Peter Rabe has published 30 books.

Peter Rabe does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, Stop This Man! // Tobruk, was published in September 2021.

The first book by Peter Rabe, Dig My Grave Deep, was published in December 1988.

No. Peter Rabe does not write books in series.
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