Richard Stevenson

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  • Bibliography:
    28 Books (1 Series)
  • First Book:
    July 1981
  • Latest Book:
    June 2023
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Full Series List in Order

A Donald Strachey Mystery

1 - Death Trick (Jul-1981)
2 - On the Other Hand, Death (Aug-1984)
3 - Ice Blues (1986)
4 - Third Man Out (Feb-1992)
5 - Shock to the System (Dec-1995)
6 - Chain of Fools (Dec-1996)
7 - Strachey's Folly (Jul-1998)
8 - Tongue Tied (Mar-2003)
9 - Death Vows (Sep-2008)
10 - The 38 Million Dollar Smile (May-2009)
11 - Cockeyed (Jul-2010)
12 - Red White Black and Blue (Jun-2011)
13 - The Last Thing I Saw (Jul-2012)

Book List in Order: 28 titles

  • Death Trick

    A Donald Strachey Mystery - 1

    Gay activist and accused murderer Billy Blount's missing, but Albany PI Donald Strachey doubts Billy's guilt. The 1981 book that launched Richard Stevenson's pioneering series is a cracking mystery and a fascinating trip into bygone gay culture--...

  • On the Other Hand, Death

    A Donald Strachey Mystery - 2

    Dot and Edith's happiness in their home stands in the way of their neighbors' decisions to sell to the Millpond Corporation so it can build another blight on the landscape. A campaign of intimidation, at first merely irritating, escalates to murder b...

  • Ice Blues

    • / Private Investigator
    • Buy Buy
    A Donald Strachey Mystery - 3

    Donald Strachey finds the grandson of the godfather of Albany's political machine dead--in Donald's car. When he finds a letter on the corpse specifically asking for his help, Donald, a gay P.I., does his best to fulfill the dead man's mission-even a...

  • Third Man Out

    A Donald Strachey Mystery - 4

    After an attempt is made on his life, Queer Nation activist John Rutka asks tough-as-nails gay private detective Don Strachey to provide him with protection. But why does someone want to kill him? Maybe because the activist’s efforts at outing clos...

  • Shock to the System

    A Donald Strachey Mystery - 5

    Donald Strachey is asked to look into the death of Paul Haig by Haig's homophobic mother, ex-lover, and psychiatrist, but just as Strachey gets started, all three ask him to stop the investigation....

  • Chain of Fools

    A Donald Strachey Mystery - 6

    Private Investigator Donald Strachey is asked to look into the events surrounding the months-old murder of Eric Osborne. His death, originally believed to be a random attack, takes on new significance when Janet Osborne, Eric's sister, survives an at...

  • Strachey's Folly

    A Donald Strachey Mystery - 7

    Violence interrupts quiet reflection on tragedy when Donald and Timmy visit Washington to view the AID’s memorial quilt. Unexpected stories about a disgraced conservative congresswoman, and a gay lothario with designs on Strachey are catalysts for ...

  • Tongue Tied

    A Donald Strachey Mystery - 8

    Under normal circumstances, PI Donald Strachey wouldn't take a job from right-wing radio "shock jock" J-Bird. But Strachey not only needs the money, he's also intrigued that the death threats against the radio DJ are being made in the name of a radic...

  • Take Me to Your Leader!

    Meet El Chupacabras, Mothman, the Men in Black, Hopkinsville Goblins, the ubiquitous greys and the rest. You’ll soon agree with the poet: if good ol' homo sapiens are the most intelligent creatures in the universe, we're in trouble....



  • Cast Adrift

    Helen Anderson is young, beautiful, wealthy, highly accomplished but with some emotional wounds from childhood which keep her isolated and lonely. One evening she sees a young man being mugged. She rescues him, helps him deal with his subsequent amne...

  • The Desk

    Kenneth Dewar is an accountant-extremely successful and well connected. This is a story about human accounting, a task Dewar must perform after his wife dies in her sleep, during an afternoon nap. He is forced to reassess his life, that which he valu...

  • No Entanglements

    The Mafia, rock and roll, high finance. In a story of the conflict between ages, attitudes and culture, Ellsworth Dodge acquires the contract of Millie Armor, an up and coming young singer. Hiding a part, Millie (who yearns for a simple, quiet life) ...

  • Alex Anklebone and Andy the Dog

  • The Swift Passage Of Time

    Set in London, Calcutta, and Ann Arbor, this story is about a group of friends and their intertwined paths through life. Caroline Grant-beautiful, well off and completely self-assured; Parker Henry, the man who loves her, the football star; Amy Gralo...

  • Bye Bye Blackbird

    Bye Bye Blackbird is an elegaic sequel to the celebrated Live Evil: A Homage to Miles Davis. There is a hint of sadness in these final poems, a completion of a life well-lived. From his beginnings as the doctor s son, listening to bebop artists such ...

  • Death Vows

    A Donald Strachey Mystery - 9

  • The 38 Million Dollar Smile

    A Donald Strachey Mystery - 10

  • Cockeyed

    A Donald Strachey Mystery - 11

  • Red White Black and Blue

    A Donald Strachey Mystery - 12



  • The Haunting of Amos Manor

    An Old House With Possibilities, the Real Estate advertisement had read, meaning, one supposed, a fixer-upper. For the Waldmans at least, that would be half the pleasure, for the house did indeed offer possibilities. The large upstairs bedroom, with ...

  • The Last Thing I Saw

    A Donald Strachey Mystery - 13

  • Why Stop at Vengeance?

    A young African living in Albany is bent on avenging the death of his former lover back in Uganda at the hands of a gay-hating mob. When John Suruma tries to hire PI Don Strachey to burn down the church of an American missionary who promoted Uganda's...

  • WWW.Dropdead

    KickAssQueer is a gay Web site thousands go to for news, gossip, and as a forum to exchange often heated opinions about GLBT life in America. When one of KAQ's editors is savagely murdered, it's PI Don Strachey's job to uncover whether one of the ...

  • Killer Reunion

    It's a family reunion in the era of American tribal politics, and what could go wrong? Plenty, including murder, when the Callahan clan convenes at a New England country inn and one of the most politically outspoken relatives is the victim...

  • Child Kidnapping In The Isle Of Man

    This is the story in novel form of 3 Anglo-Russian children snatched by the Isle of Man care system due to an undiagnosed rare medical condition of one child. They have been prisoners for 5 years and the IOM Courts condoned this. It can happen to you...

  • Knock Off The Hat

    Lambda Literary Award-winning author delves into the sudden and extraordinary wave of gay-bashing in 1940s Philadelphia. It's steaming August in post-war Philadelphia. Clifford Waterman, dishonorably discharged from the Army for "an indecent act with...

  • The Track

    Ricky and Tim's Racing Adventure is the first in a series of children's books about a race car called Ricky and his best friend Tim the tractor. As their friendship grows they learn to work as a team and uncover new talents that help one another.Rick...

  • Chasing Rembrandt

    Robbers wreak havoc, smashing the glass covers protecting masterpieces and slicing paintings out of their frames. They make off with 13 works, including three Rembrandts and a Vermeer, worth more than half a billion dollars and beloved in the world o...

Award-Winning Books by Richard Stevenson

Red White Black and Blue
2012 Lambda Literary Award -- Gay Mystery


Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Richard Stevenson has published 28 books.

Richard Stevenson does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, Chasing Rembrandt, was published in June 2023.

The first book by Richard Stevenson, Death Trick, was published in July 1981.

Yes. Richard Stevenson has 1 series.
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