Robert Colby

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  • Bibliography:
    20 Books
  • First Book:
    December 1987
  • Latest Book:
    January 2014
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Book List in Order: 20 titles

  • Vanished

  • Piece of the Cake

  • Seajack

  • Secret of the Second Door

    Now that the killer was hunting him down, now that he was about to die, Neil wondered: Was Corinne worth dying for? She had lied to him, she had cheated him and been unfaithful to him. Now she had betrayed him. But Neil understood at last. He was as ...

  • The Captain Must Die

    "If you want a feel for the real Fifties in the form of a grim caper novel, this is your book. It's tight, deftly plotted and one of those hardboiled novels that is genuinely tough without showing off." -- Ed Gorman Greg Driscoll, a wealthy and respe...

  • The Last Witness

  • Make Mine Vengeance

    Vengeance! His name is Gil Ballard. At 31 he is six feet two inches tall and weighs 203 pounds, much of it muscle, but he is easygoing and has not been mad enough to bruise anyone for years. Until now. Because a few weeks ago a handful the mobsters...

  • The Deadly Desire

    Love...or murder -- all it takes is two... "Bob Colby was more than just a 'one-hit wonder.' He wrote several other respected novels in the 1950s and '60s, including The Deadly Desire and The Secret of the Second Door (both Gold Medal, 1959) and doze...

  • Run For The Money

    The killers came for his money -- of they would have his woman's life! A Wildside Crime Classic by the author of The Star Trap and The Captain Must Die! "Bob Colby was more than just a 'one-hit wonder.' He wrote several other respected novels in the...



  • In a Vanishing Room

    Paul Norris, an out-of-work advertising executive, finds himself on a cross-country job tracking down a shipping crate. The crate holds something valuable -- but exactly what, exactly, no one will say. In the process of finding the crate, Paul finds ...

  • Beautiful But Bad

    She played a dangerous game -- with love, men, and money! A Wildside Crime Classic by the author of The Star Trap and The Captain Must Die! "Bob Colby was more than just a 'one-hit wonder.' He wrote several other respected novels in the 1950s and '6...

  • The Faster She Runs

    She went looking for excitement -- and found violence and danger instead! A Wildside Crime Classic by the author of The Star Trap and The Captain Must Die! "Bob Colby was more than just a 'one-hit wonder.' He wrote several other respected novels in ...

  • Kim

    “I really saw Mrs. Prichard disappear,” Oliver says. “She came toward me, closer and closer. Then she was gone! Just like that!” The kids call old Mrs. Prichard the Witch Lady. And now Oliver has to rake her leaves. He promised! What other s...

  • Lament for Julie

    Playing With Dynamite Tormented by a satin-skinned package of dynamite who offered him ecstasy unfettered by convention...Bedeviled by another woman who wanted a master...Given 12 hours to get out of town--And then framed for murder... This was the...

  • These Lonely, These Dead

    Howie was a millionaire and he and Andrea were planning to be married. But he never got to walk to the altar -- he was murdered first!...

  • Kill Me a Fortune

    For Ross Elliot, the summer held no promise. With his teaching duties over until fall, he found himself facing boredom, with time on his hands. Which was why he didn’t hesitate to involve himself in the affairs of one Barbara Erickson, ex-student a...

  • Murder Mistress

    En route to Miami, Scott Daniels comes to the aid of a stranded woman whose date stranded her at a road house. He offers to giver her a lift, and she accepts. a lift, but come across the wrecked car of the man who abandonned her. Valerie begged Scott...

  • The Quaking Widow

    Burt Keating had been trying to make the acquaintance of his pretty red-headed neighbor but he wasn’t getting very far until the day she escaped from a strange roadside encounter. For when it turned out that murder had resulted from the affair, she...

  • The Star Trap

    When struggling actor Glenn Harley helps starlet Nancy Rhymer cover up the death of another actor, he finds himself caught in a web of blackmail, murder, and betrayal....



  • Raven's Hill

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Robert Colby has published 20 books.

Robert Colby does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, Raven's Hill, was published in January 2014.

The first book by Robert Colby, Vanished, was published in December 1987.

No. Robert Colby does not write books in series.
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