Stephen E. Stanley

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  • Bibliography:
    43 Books (3 Series)
  • First Book:
    February 2010
  • Latest Book:
    November 2022
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Full Series List in Order

A Jeremy Dance Mystery

1 - Murder at the Windsor Club (Mar-2012)
2 - Up in Flames (May-2013)
3 - Murder and Misbehavior (Mar-2015)
4 - Wind in the Sails (Jun-2016)

A Jesse Ashworth Mystery

1 - Murder in the Choir Room (Feb-2010)
2 - A Midcoast Murder (Apr-2010)
3 - The Big Boys' Detective Agency (Nov-2010)
4 - Murder on Mt. Royal (Nov-2011)
5 - Dead Santa! (Aug-2012)
6 - Cruising for Murder (Apr-2014)
7 - Trailer Trash (Apr-2016)
8 - Missing! (Aug-2017)

A Luke Littlefield Mystery

1 - All the Way Dead (Oct-2013)
2 - A Grave Location (Sep-2014)
3 - Pottery and Poets (Sep-2015)
4 - Murder on Shaker Hill (Oct-2016)

Book List in Order: 43 titles

  • Murder in the Choir Room

    A Jesse Ashworth Mystery - 1

    Retired teacher Jesse Ashworth has been looking forward to a quiet retirement in the small town of Bath, Maine but for Jesse, retirement has been anything but quiet. After church trustee Jack Riley is found murdered in the choir room of All Saints Ch...

  • A Midcoast Murder

    A Jesse Ashworth Mystery - 2

    High school English teacher Jesse Ashworth is having a mid-life crisis. Should he take early retirement or continue teaching? When his best friend, Rhonda Shepard, retires and moves to the coast of Maine to open a gift shop, Jesse offers to help her ...

  • The Big Boys' Detective Agency

    A Jesse Ashworth Mystery - 3

    When retired teacher Jesse Ashworth and former police chief Tim Mallory buy the Bigg- Boyce Security Company in Bath Maine, interesting cases begin to cross their desks. Known locally as the "Big Boys' Detective Agency" Tim and Jesse begin new career...

  • Jigsaw Island

    At the height of the Great Depression in 1932, two strangers arrive on Maine’s Jigsaw Island. Artist Ben Turner has fled the desperation of New York City to wait out the hard times and find inspiration. Muriel Peters, along with her son Andrew, arr...

  • Murder on Mt. Royal

    A Jesse Ashworth Mystery - 4

    Jesse Ashworth is attending cooking school in Montreal when the head chef of the school is found murdered in Mt Royal park. Jesse is inadvertently dragged into the investigation when he becomes a potential witness to the crime. Hired as a consultant ...

  • Murder at the Windsor Club

    A Jeremy Dance Mystery - 1

    The wealthy families of Boston’s Beacon Hill like to keep their affairs private. When art objects disappear, when family members go missing, or when bodies turn up in unexpected places, they all turn to Jeremy Dance for damage control. On New Year...

  • Dead Santa!

    A Jesse Ashworth Mystery - 5

    The Christmas season gets off to a rocky start in the sleepy coastal town of Bath, Maine, when a local shop keeper finds a body dressed as Santa Claus in the doorway of the shop. To make matters worse, a valuable Christmas treasure is stolen from All...

  • Up in Flames

    A Jeremy Dance Mystery - 2

    In the sweltering summer of 1936, investigator Jeremy Dance is looking forward to spending some time at his mountain retreat in New Hampshire’s White Mountains. Little does Jeremy realize that when he takes on a case for the lovely Nora Wilde that ...

  • UP WITH LAFFERTY

    Here are 300 daily strips from LAFFERTY, the comic strip set in the early days of colonial Australia. LAFFERTY is the irascible convict with an addiction to escaping the bounds of authority. It ran for twenty years and 6000 strips, Lots of fans were ...



  • All the Way Dead

    A Luke Littlefield Mystery - 1

    Former underwear model Danny Black has produced several best selling crime novels, but there is only one problem. Danny Black doesn't exist. Danny Black is, in reality, anthropology professor Luke Littlefield. After moving to West Hollywood to teach,...

  • Cruising for Murder

    A Jesse Ashworth Mystery - 6

    It’s Jesse’s birthday, and as he says it’s a” big birthday” and he’s not taking it well; in fact he has announced that anyone who mentions a certain number is in danger of being bitch-slapped. His partner Tim Mallory has just the perfect ...

  • A Grave Location

    A Luke Littlefield Mystery - 2

    Anthropology professor and crime writer Luke Littlefield is taking his interns to Maine as they take part in the relocation of graves at the former Brookfield asylum when it becomes apparent that one of the graves is holding the body of one of the mo...

  • Murder and Misbehavior

    A Jeremy Dance Mystery - 3

    Jeremy Dance is young, rich and tough as nails. It’s the autumn of 1938 and Europe is on the brink of war when the brother of Jeremy Dance’s cook disappears in Berlin. Jeremy is determined to help Jimmy Kirk find his brother, but first Jeremy has...

  • Pottery and Poets

    A Luke Littlefield Mystery - 3

    Anthropology professor and former model Luke Littlefield is spending his summer teaching an introductory course at Cranmore College and consulting on an archeological dig on New England’s Cape Cod. The discovery of a centuries old murder in Provinc...

  • A Prayer in Ordinary Time

    On the eve of World War II, a divided nation faces an uncertain future. Only one American in four favors becoming involved in world affairs. Labor strikes have slowed production, and the Japanese threaten stability in the Pacific. Against this backdr...

  • Tales of Cuttlefish Joe

    It's a little known fact that cuttlefish are great storytellers, and here are two of CUTTLEFISH JOE'S favourite stories. Produced by the members of the WHYALLA WRITERS' GROUP, this book for locals and visitors alike contains two illustrated stories, ...

  • Trailer Trash

    A Jesse Ashworth Mystery - 7

    It’s springtime in Bath, Maine and detective Jesse Ashworth is happy to say good bye to the long winter. When Jesse’s partner Tim Mallory shows up with a new motorhome, Jesse looks forward to some travel time. Instead of the freedom of the road, ...

  • Wind in the Sails

    A Jeremy Dance Mystery - 4

    Jeremy Dance is young, rich, and tough. It’s the summer of 1939 and the United States is far from the turmoil of Europe, yet Jeremy Dance Restorations has plenty of cases to investigate. “I restore things;” says Jeremy. “Sometimes it’s miss...

  • The Bomb That Got Away

    What if the atomic bomb that was dropped on Hiroshima in 1945 had failed to explode? The detonator had never worked prior to the drop, and the mission could easily have been a failure. So, what would have happened to the bomb? After the second strike...



  • Murder on Shaker Hill

    A Luke Littlefield Mystery - 4

    When anthropology professor Luke Littlefield receives an anonymous grant to run a summer enrichment course at an old Shaker Village in Maine, he jumps at the chance. Things are going along smoothly until a visitor is found dead. Luke and his partner ...

  • A Prayer in Time of War

    A Prayer in Time of War follows the Dunn family as they face the realities of World War II on the home front following the events of Pearl Harbor and into the year 1942. Reverend James “Jack” Dunn is the spiritual center of the Dunn family as wel...

  • Missing!

    A Jesse Ashworth Mystery - 8

    It’s autumn in the sleepy Maine town of Bath and life seems perfect. At least that’s what retired school teacher turned detective Jesse Ashworth thinks until his world is turned upside down. After celebrating the richness of autumn with a cookout...

  • How to Draw Pirates

    If you are interested in drawing pirates, this is the book for you. Here you'll find instructions on drawing ships, cannons, the crew, captains, treasure maps and buried treasure. Lots of black and white drawings and guides. One of a series of simi...

  • Stephen Stanley's Puzzle Animals

    Come on an expedition on the Z Ship to explore the strange Binary System with its hundreds of alien life-forms. The Cosmic Zookeeper needs 26 of the rarest of these creatures for his Cosmic Zoo, while the members of the Animal Freedom League will att...

  • Stephen Stanley's Puzzle Kingdoms

    Once upon a time in the two puzzle kingdoms of Smeraldo and Naranja, there lived a princess in search of twelve frogs and a prince in search of twelve brown birds. But this is no ordinary fairy tale, so expect the unexpected. Go into the Goblin Under...

  • Death Insurance

    It’s the late 1930s as the depression is ending the war in Europe is building. “Restoration” agent Jeremy Dance must investigate the death of his former classmate. What at first appears to be an accidental drowning turns out to be a cold bloode...

  • Road Kill

    Anthropology professor Luke Littlefield has the unfortunate luck to witness a situation that later turns out to be a murder. As a witness, Luke finds himself involved with the investigation when he is deputized by Mary Brooks, the medical examiner. L...

  • Stephen Stanley's Puzzle Body

    Fifty bugs have invaded the body! Can the defenders stop them? As the invading bugs move from the skin into the mouth, down the throat into the stomach, and eventually to the brain, they mutate and change. Now the defenders must find creative ways to...

  • A Prayer In The Dark Of Night

    It's the spring of 1943 and the war continues with losses outweighing the gains in both Europe and the Pacific. At home the war touches everyone. There are coal miner strikes, food rationing, government censorship and even spies. The Reverend James D...



  • Wheelchair World

    Can you imagine a world where everybody is confined to a wheelchair? Come on a journey to discover such a place and travel from pre-history and the age of dinosaurs to the first wheelchair on the moon and outer space. This is a thoughtful collection ...

  • Death in a Tin Can

    When an opportunity to lead a project in Forest Park, Maine presents itself, anthropology professor Luke Littlefield jumps at the chance to spend a summer in Maine. Gathering together his team of anthropologists, he explains that they are to determin...

  • A Prayer for the Forgotten

    It's 1944 and the War is dragging on. Reverend James Jack Dunn, the leader of West Parish Universalist Church, must contend with a congregation that is touched by a war that seems to drag on forever. Many husbands, bothers, sons, and friends have gon...

  • Stephen Stanley's Puzzle Heroes

    The good citizens of SUPERCITY are being harassed by a horde of villains- plus one giant robot dinosaur! What the city needs are SUPERHEROES ready to defend it. Come on an exciting adventure through twelve amazing double page spreads and help the Sup...

  • Stephen Stanley's Puzzle Planets

    Travel to the DELTA SYSTEM and explore its twelve strange planets. At the same time search for Professor Hozzlebrun- renegade scientist and inventor of the Replica Ray. In this hardback version of the popular and amazing puzzle book there is a bonus ...

  • Miss Drake Investigates

    It's 1921 and Isadora Drake and her friends, known as the Bright Young Things, attend a dance at a local inn when one of their more disliked former classmates from high school collapses on the floor. The young lady with whom he had been dancing is ac...

  • Island of Death

    What promised to be a low-key vacation sailing off the coast of Maine brings Anthropologist Luke Littlefield and former homicide detective Bryan Sullivan to the site of a recent murder. Clues are few, and it looks like the murder case might grow cold...

  • Stephen Stanley's Puzzle Heroes with solutions

    The peace and quiet of Supercity has been shattered by the arrival of 33 evil villains and one massive robot dinosaur. What the city urgently needs is a force of SUPERHEROES to help defend it. And, throwing off their secret identities, 29 Superheroes...

  • Stephen Stanley's Puzzle Planets with solutions

    Stephen Stanley's Puzzle Planets takes you on an adventure to the Delta System to explore twelve strange and exciting planets. Visit the square planet of Squarex, the volcanic world of the Bug Eyes and the brain shaped world of the BIG BRAINS. But be...

  • Stephen Stanley's Puzzle Worlds with solutions

    Come on a puzzlingly small adventure, as the passengers and crew of an aircraft begin to shrink through worlds within worlds. As they become microscopic they encounter a tiny Flea Circus on the back on an animal, Daredevil Mites and other incredibly ...



  • Stephen Stanley's Puzzle Animals with solutions

    Come to the Binary System where the evil Cosmic Zookeeper is attempting to find the rarest creature in the system using Captain Zedess and the crew of the Z Ship. But can you thwart his plans by helping the Animal Freedom League? This is another in t...

  • Stephen Stanley's Puzzle Kingdoms with solutions

    Come on an adventure to the two puzzle kingdoms of Naranja and Smeraldo and join a host of fairy-story characters as they travel through twelve colorful double page spreads from Trolltown and the Sleeping Castle, to the Dragon's Lair and The Goblin U...

  • Spirits of Murder

    • / Contemporary Romance
    • Buy Buy

    All is not as it seems as restoration agent Jeremy Dance takes on two new cases. Spirits of the dead seem to speak and an ancient Egyptian curse threatens to derail an archeological expedition. Jeremy thinks that there is more going on than just supe...

  • Stephen Stanley's Puzzle Worlds

    • / General Fiction
    • Buy Buy

    The crew and passengers of an aircraft suddenly find themselves falling through the air- with their aircraft suddenly disappearing! and so begins an amazing adventure as they shrink through worlds within worlds. How small can they get? And can they r...

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Stephen E. Stanley has published 43 books.

Stephen E. Stanley does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, Stephen Stanley's Puzzle Animals with solutions, was published in November 2022.

The first book by Stephen E. Stanley, Murder in the Choir Room, was published in February 2010.

Yes. Stephen E. Stanley has 3 series.
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