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Michael Shayne Books in Order
Below you'll find the complete list of Michael Shayne books in publication order. This is generally the recommended reading order for the series.
Reading order verified: April 2026
Quick Answer
What order should I read the Michael Shayne series? Start with "Dividend on Death" (1939) and follow publication order through all 68 books.
The complete Michael Shayne reading order is listed below in publication sequence.
Publication Order
Dividend on Death
1939
The Private Practice of Michael Shayne
1940
The Uncomplaining Corpses
1940
Tickets for Death
1941
Bodies Are Where You Find Them
1941
The Case of the Walking / Corpse Came Calling
1943
Murder Wears a Mummer's Mask / In a Deadly Vein
1943
Blood on the Black Market
1943
Michael Shayne's Long Chance
1944
Murder and the Married Virgin
1944
Murder is My Business
1945
Marked For Murder
1945
Blood on Biscayne Bay
1946
Counterfeit Wife
1947
Blood on the Stars / Murder Is a Habit
1948
A Taste for Violence
1949
Call for Michael Shayne
1949
This is it, Michael Shayne
1950
Framed in Blood
1951
When Dorinda Dances
1951
A Taste for Cognac
1951
What Really Happened
1952
One Night with Nora / The Lady Came By Night
1953
She Woke to Darkness
1954
Death Has Three Lives
1955
Stranger in Town
1955
The Blonde Cried Murder
1956
Heads You Lose
1956
Weep for a Blonde
1957
Shoot the works
1957
Murder and the Wanton Bride
1958
Fit to Kill
1958
Date with a Dead Man
1959
Target
1959
Die Like A Dog
1959
Murder Takes No Holiday
1960
Dolls Are Deadly
1960
The Homicidal Virgin
1960
Killers from the Keys
1961
Murder in Haste
1961
The Careless Corpse
1961
Pay-Off in Blood
1962
Murder by Proxy
1962
Never Kill a Client
1962
Too Friendly, Too Dead
1962
The Corpse That Never Was
1963
The Body Came Back
1963
A Redhead
1964
Shoot to Kill
1964
The Violent World of Michael Shayne
1965
Nice Fillies Finish Last
1965
Murder Spins the Wheel
1966
Armed... Dangerous...
1966
Mermaid on the Rocks
1967
Guilty as Hell
1967
So Lush, So Deadly
1968
Lady, be Bad
1969
Six Seconds to Kill
1970
Fourth Down to Death
1970
Count Backwards to Zero
1971
I Come To Kill You
1971
Caught Dead
1972
Kill All the Young Girls
1973
Blue Murder
1973
Last Seen Hitchhiking
1974
At The Point of A .38
1974
Million Dollar Handle
1976
Win Some, Lose Some
1976
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