BILL PRONZINI/JACK FOXX/WILLIAM JEFFREY/ALEX SAXON:

This is Pronzini's output, with year of publication, alternate titles (if any), Swedish titles, and the detective of the story. There are a number of uncollected short stories (nos. 51-84). After them follow the four novels and one short story that was published under the name Jack Foxx (nos. 85-89). Next is the one novel and two short stories that were published under the name William Jeffrey (nos. 90-92). Finally there is a novel published as Alex Saxon (no. 93).

N = Nameless detective
C = Carmody
JQ = John Quincannon
DC = Dan Connell
SM = Sharon McCone


  1. THE SNATCH 1971
    Affären Martinetti
    (N)

  2. THE STALKER 1971
    Den haltes vedergällning

  3. PANIC! 1972
    Panik

  4. UNDERCURRENT 1973
    (N)

  5. THE VANISHED 1973
    Mannen som inte kom tillbaka
    (N)

  6. SNOWBOUND 1974
    Snöskredet

  7. GAMES 1976

  8. THE RUNNING OF BEASTS 1976 *
    Stickspår

  9. ACTS OF MERCY 1977 *

  10. BLOWBACK 1977
    (N)

  11. TWOSPOT 1978 **
    (N)

  12. NIGHT SCREAMS 1979 *

  13. LABYRINTH 1980
    Misstänkt lik
    (N)

  14. HOODWINK 1981
    (N)

  15. MASQUES 1981

  16. DRAGONFIRE 1982
    (N)

  17. SCATTERSHOT 1982
    (N)

  18. BINDLESTIFF 1983
    Blindspår
    (N)

  19. CASEFILE: THE BEST OF THE “NAMELESS DETECTIVE” STORIES 1983
    (N)

    1. Booktaker
    2. Who’s calling?
    3. It’s a lousy world (Sometimes there is justice)
    4. Death of a nobody
      Lösdrivaren som dog
    5. One of those cases (The assignment)
    6. Where have you gone, Sam Spade?
    7. Private eye blues
    8. Dead man’s slough
    9. The pulp connection (The private eye who collected pulps)
    10. Sin island (Majorcan assignment)

  20. THE GALLOWS LAND 1983

  21. DOUBLE 1984 ***
    (N/SM)

  22. THE EYE 1984 §§§
    Blick för mord

  23. NIGHTSHADES 1984
    (N)

  24. QUICKSILVER 1984
    (N)

  25. STARVATION CAMP 1984

  26. BONES 1985
    (N)

  27. GRAVEYARD PLOTS 1985

    1. Sanctuary (Twenty miles from paradise) (N)
    2. Putting the pieces back
    3. I don’t understand it
    4. Cain’s mark
    5. Smuggler’s island
    6. A lot on his mind
    7. The pattern
       Mönstret
    8. Rebound *
    9. The hanging man
    10. Proof of guilt
       Skuldbevis
    11. Sweet fever
    12. Caught in the act
    13. A craving for originality
    14. Strangers in the fog
    15. Two weeks every summer
    16. Under the skin
    17. Black wind
    18. His name was legion
    19. Peekaboo
    20. Skeleton rattle your mouldy leg
       (N)
    21. Multiples *
    22. Cat’s-paw
       (N)
    23. Changes

  28. QUINCANNON 1985
    (JQ)

  29. DEADFALL 1986
    (N)

  30. THE LIGHTHOUSE 1987 ***

  31. THE LAST DAYS OF HORSE-SHY HALLORAN 1988

  32. SHACKLES 1988
    (N)

  33. SMALL FELONIES 1988

    1. Muggers’ moon
    2. Memento mori
    3. For love
    4. A dip in the poole
    5. Unchained
    6. House call §
    7. Don’t spend it all in one place
    8. The killing
    9. Perfect timing
    10. The imperfect crime
    11. Here lies another blackmailer
    12. Words do not a book make
    13. Waiting, waiting...
    14. Buttermilk
    15. A cold foggy day
    16. The terrarium principle
    17. Once a thief §
    18. The dispatching of George Ferris
    19. The facsimile shop §
    20. The man who collected ‘The Shadow’
    21. Thirst
    22. Retirement
    23. The same old grind
    24. Deathwatch
    25. Tiger, tiger §
    26. Toy
    27. The storm tunnel
    28. Incident in a neighborhood tavern
       (N)
    29. A case for quiet §
    30. The clincher
    31. Dear poisoner
    32. Defect
    33. A little larceny
    34. Mrs. Rakubian
    35. On guard! §§
    36. One of those days
    37. Outrageous
    38. Shell game §
    39. Skeletons
    40. Whodunit
    41. Cache and carry ***
      (SM/N)
    42. Something wrong
       (N)
    43. Hero
    44. Little lamb

  34. FIREWIND 1989 (NB. This is a revised version of 88)

  35. THE HANGINGS 1989

  36. THE BEST WESTERN STORIES OF BILL PRONZINI 1990

    1. Wooden Indian ~
    2. Cave of ice ***
    3. No room at the inn ~
      (JQ)
    4. The gambler
    5. Fyfe and the drummers
    6. Markers ~
    7. All the long years
    8. McIntosh’s chute
    9. The Western pulps
    10. Fergus O’Hara, detective ~
    11. Righteous guns ~
    12. Decision (I’ll see to your horse)

  37. JACKPOT 1990
    (N)

  38. STACKED DECK 1991

    1. Vanishing act §§
    2. Out behind the shed
    3. Here comes Santa Claus
       (N)
    4. I didn’t do it
    5. Stacked deck
    6. Connoisseur
    7. Night freight

  39. BREAKDOWN 1991
    (N)

  40. EPITAPHS 1992
    (N)

  41. QUARRY 1992
    (N)

  42. CARMODY'S RUN 1993
    (C)

    1. The desperate ones
    2. Blood money
    3. Death warrant

  43. DEMONS 1993
    (N)

  44. WITH AN EXTREME BURNING 1994

  45. BLUE LONESOME 1995

  46. HARDCASE 1995
    (N)

  47. SENTINELS 1996
    (N)

  48. SPADEWORK: STORIES OF THE “NAMELESS DETECTIVE" 1996
    (N)

    1. Worried mother job
    2. Home is the place where
    3. One night at Dolores Park
    4. Bomb scare
    5. Ace in the hole
    6. Stakeout
    7. Bedeviled
    8. Souls burning
    9. Zero tolerance

  49. A WASTELAND OF STRANGERS 1997

  50. ILLUSIONS 1997
    (N)

  51. BOOBYTRAP 1998
    (N)

  52. CARPENTER AND QUINCANNON: PROFESSIONAL DETECTIVE SERVICES 1998
    (JQ)

    1. Burgade’s crossing
    2. Coney game
    3. Lady one-eye
    4. The cloud cracker
    5. The desert limited
    6. The horseshoe nail
    7. Medium rare
    8. The highbinders

  53. NOTHING BUT THE NIGHT 1999

  54. SLEUTHS 1999

    1. La bellezza delle bellezze
      (N)
    2. A killing in Xanadu
      (N)
    3. Jade
      (DC)

  55. CRAZYBONE 2000
    (N)

  56. NIGHT FREIGHT 2000

    1. Ancient evil
    2. Liar’s dice
    3. Out of the depths
    4. A taste of paradise
    5. The monster
    6. Deathlove
    7. The rec field
    8. Deathwatch
    9. Funeral day
    10. Tom
    11. The coffin trimmer
    12. Angel of mercy
    13. Wishful thinking
    14. I think I will not hang myself today
    15. Home

  57. IN AN EVIL TIME 2001

  58. BLEEDERS 2002
    (N)

  59. STEP TO THE GRAVEYARD EASY 2002

  60. SPOOK 2003
    (N)





  61. Opportunity 1967

  62. The running man 1968

  63. The snatch 1969
    (N)

  64. A cold day in November 1969
    (N)

  65. The way the world spins 1970
    (N)

  66. The jade figurine 1971

  67. All the same 1972

  68. I ought to kill you 1972 *

  69. The web 1973

  70. The half-invisible man 1974 §

  71. A matter of life and death 1974 *

  72. Free-lance operation 1975

  73. The Arrowmont Prison riddle 1976

  74. Problems solved 1976 *

  75. What kind of person are you? 1977 *

  76. Bank job 1978

  77. Another burnt-out case 1978 *

  78. Final exam 1979 *

  79. Thin air 1979
    (N)

  80. Million-to-one shot 1979 *

  81. A nice easy job 1979
    (N)

  82. Blazing guns of the Rio Rangers 1980 *

  83. Times change 1980

  84. Demolition, Inc. 1981 *

  85. Coyote and quarter-moon 1981 §

  86. Kinsmen 1993
    (N)

  87. Shade work 1993

  88. Engines 1994

  89. Man on the run 1996

  90. Boobytrap 1996

  91. Not a lick of sense 1997

  92. Flood 1999

  93. The dying time 1999 ***

  94. The big bite 2000
    (N)

  95. Season of sharing 2001 ***
    (SM/N)




  96. THE JADE FIGURINE 1972
    (DC)

  97. DEAD RUN 1975
    (DC)

  98. FREEBOOTY 1976

  99. WILDFIRE 1978





  100. Escape 1969




  101. DAY OF THE MOON 1983 §





  102. Day of the moon 1970 §

  103. The island 1972 §




  104. A RUN IN DIAMONDS 1973
    (C)




~ These are the criminous stories in the collection.
* Written together with Barry N. Malzberg
** Written together with Collin Wilcox
*** Written together with Marcia Muller
§ Written together with Jeffrey M. Wallmann
§§ Written together with Michael J. Kurland
§§§ Written together with John Lutz

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