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  • Bibliography:
    11 Books (2 Series)
  • First Book:
    January 1990
  • Latest Book:
    February 2022
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Full Series List in Order

Harry James Denton

1 - Dead Folks' Blues (Jan-1993)
2 - Torch Town Boogie (Nov-1993)
3 - Way Past Dead (Feb-1995)
4 - Chain of Fools // Nobody's Chain Lays Straight (May-1996)
5 - Murder Manual // A Manual of Murder (Jan-1998)
6 - Dirty Money (Jan-2000)

Jack Lynch

1 - Murphy's Fault (Jan-1990)
2 - Smash Cut (Oct-1991)
3 - The Software Bomb (Jul-1993)

Book List in Order: 11 titles



  • A native of New Orleans, Jack Lynch knew the rules of the game. He knew that most people here weren't what they seemed - which made information one of the most valuable local commodities. And Jack was so good at digging it up that he became the right...



  • The head of a sleazy international film studio becomes tangled in corrupt Louisiana politics in Womack's fine second mystery to feature public relations expert Jack Lynch. When Pearl Bergeron, the head of Louisiana's state film commission and the gov...



  • When Rachel Fletcher, an old college flame, enters Harry James Denton's office needing his private detecting services, he'd rather not. But he prefers money to poverty, and agrees to find out what kind of dangerous business her husband is mixed up in...



  • The computer virus nesting in a New Orleans bank data file chooses to surface at a particularly bad time, just as the institution is posed to bankroll the city's new lottery. A hacker demands $5 million before he will undo the nasty program, and the ...



  • In book two of the P.I. Harry James Denton series, Harry finds his next case across the street, when a magnificent mansion in the funky part of town is torched. The blaze has all the earmarks of a local firebug, but this time someone is murdered. The...



  • With his cash flow down to a slow drip, times are tight for Nashville gumshoe Harry James Denton. Things are tough all over Music City, U.S.A. And in some instances, they're murder, as Harry finds out the hard way when he lands a case he'd rather not...



  • FOOLS RUSH IN... "I'd done some crazy stuff off-and-on the last couple of years. My life had gone off in some weird directions. But nothing could match yanking a stoned, naked, sick seventeen-year-old girl out of a murder scene and sneaking her of...



  • ALL I REALLY NEED TO KNOW ABOUT MURDER I LEARNED IN NASHVILLE The bestselling toast of Tennessee, author Robert Jefferson Reed has made big bucks with his little book of folksy homilies like "Never go to bed angry" and "Eat your vegetables." He ...



  • THE ROOT OF ALL EVIL How did Nashville P.I. Harry James Denton wind up working as a handyman in a world-famous brothel in Reno? Because the Feds made him a proposition: help smoke out a major money-laundering operation secretly being run in Reno's...






  • At first, it was only research.... Author Michael Schiftmann has received resounding critical acclaim for his novels that few people buy or read. The sad truth is that readers aren't interested in great literature -- they only want glitz and viole...



  • He knew he was going to die...So he hired a P.I. to find his killer!An Edgar and Shamus Award-winning series returns!The last thing Harry James Denton needs on one of the hardest days of his life is a stranger walking into his office and imploring hi...


Award-Winning Books by Steven Womack

Dead Folks' Blues
1994 Edgar Allan Poe Award -- Paperback Original
Murder Manual // A Manual of Murder
1998 Shamus Award -- Paperback Original P.I. Novel


Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Steven Womack has published 11 books.

Steven Womack does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, Fade Up From Black, was published in February 2022.

The first book by Steven Womack, Murphy's Fault, was published in January 1990.

Yes. Steven Womack has 2 series.