Al Lamanda Books in Order

Lamanda's debut blends mystery and menace in a story where hidden truths slowly turn ominous. It already shows his interest in damaged people and dangerous secrets.

Amnesiac John Tibbets lives in a Manhattan shelter until he saves a police officer and suddenly becomes a target. His search for identity collides with the people who want him dead.

Master thief Lee Gavin and sidekick Ian Nelson chase a score that is never as easy as it first looks. The book mixes crooks, mishaps, and a wry New York tone.

Kellerman, a former Marine, PI, and hit man for hire, is asked to get justice after rapists walk free on a technicality. The result is hard, funny, and violently direct.

Another Kellerman job drops him into New York's rougher corners, where his private code matters more than the law. The series keeps its hard-boiled mix of action, dark humor, and blunt justice.

A seemingly motiveless killer moves from place to place, leaving bodies and confusion behind. As the hunt closes in, the mystery is not just who he is, but why he kills.

John Tibbets is still hunted, still unsure of his past, and still too dangerous for his enemies to ignore. The sequel widens the conspiracy while keeping him on the move.

Lee Gavin is back with another scheme, another problem, and the same gift for attracting chaos. It is a quick caper built on bad luck and crooked opportunity.

An old secret breaks open on a small island off the Maine coast, and something dark spreads through the town. This is one of Lamanda's more openly eerie thrillers.

A dark standalone that takes big fears and turns them personal. Lamanda builds suspense by showing how quickly an ordinary world can tip toward chaos.

Lee Gavin's crooked plans are never as smooth as he hopes, and that is part of the fun. This entry keeps the series mix of theft, bad luck, and sharply drawn New York crooks.

The title is ironic, because the day in question turns anything but ordinary. This is a compact crime story about how routine can tip into crisis without warning.

Fast and tense, this novel leans into sudden shocks and split-second decisions. Lamanda keeps the pressure high as events spiral out of control.

This is the kind of Lamanda story where reputation and reality do not quite match. Small acts of courage and larger hidden motives keep the tension moving.

A journey with no safe destination sits at the center of this suspense novel. Lamanda uses movement, danger, and bad choices to keep the story tight.

A collection of shorter fiction that shows Lamanda working in a punchier, compressed mode. The pieces lean toward crime, character, and sharp turns.

A chance to start over sounds hopeful, but Lamanda never makes it easy. This thriller asks what happens when the past wants its turn too.

Ruined ex-cop John Bekker is forced back to life when the dying mob boss he blames for his wife's murder hires him to solve the case. It is a bruising mystery about grief, truth, and recovery.

Money brings trouble fast in this standalone thriller. A legacy meant to change lives instead pulls people into suspicion, greed, and danger.

Cons, misdirection, and quick hands drive this fast-moving crime story. It plays with trust and trickery from the first pages on.

This standalone widens the scale without losing Lamanda's dark edge. It is a tense what-if thriller about conflict before the world even knows a war has started.

A lean Lamanda thriller that uses movement, pursuit, and pressure to keep things tense. It has the feel of people being pushed faster than they can safely go.

A nine-year-old boy with unusual abilities is living under government protection when Agent Dunn becomes his reluctant guardian. What follows is a fast chase story with betrayal, bad guys, and a late twist.

Bekker tries to clear prosecutor Carly Simms after she wakes beside a stabbed stranger with no memory of the night. The trail leads to a string of killings tied to the same orphanage.

Bekker is hired by a dying man to find the daughter he gave up decades earlier, only to uncover a missing woman, a politician, and a possible murder. The case pushes him into national-level stakes.

When Maria Lopez is framed for killing a guard and sent from a minimum-security prison to a far worse place, Kellerman goes to war to clear her name. It is one of his most personal cases.

This series opener throws Duncan Wyatt and Lo-Lo Del Ray into a Key West mystery where local knowledge matters as much as nerve. It is sunlit on the surface and dangerous underneath.

Duncan Wyatt and Lo-Lo Del Ray work a winter case in Key West where the mood is laid-back on the surface and dangerous underneath. The setting does a lot of the heavy lifting here.

This is a stripped-down crime tale full of shadows, desperation, and people making the wrong choice for the right reason. It goes for mood, danger, and hard consequences.

The second Noir book returns to the same dark, hard-boiled territory. Expect more compromised people, urban tension, and trouble that only gets worse once it starts.

A killer's private voice turns this into a dark character piece as much as a crime story. Lamanda uses the diary setup to get close to obsession, isolation, and violence.

Bekker is drawn into a baffling case when Sheriff Jane Morgan asks for help. A missing teenage girl and a violent family crisis give the book personal stakes and a steady sense of dread.

Kellerman gets pulled into a twisted case involving a missing boy, a murdered woman, and an inheritance worth fighting over. He has to move fast because the people around the case are already willing to kill.

A tense standalone about compromise, pressure, and the point where giving a little becomes giving away everything. Lamanda keeps the pace lean and the consequences sharp.

Duncan Wyatt and Lo-Lo Del Ray return for another Key West case, where island charm hides plenty of risk. The series keeps its mix of local color, investigation, and mounting danger.

Kellerman is sent after a serial killer targeting middle-aged women in New York. The job sounds simple until he faces an opponent as ruthless and dangerous as he is.

Master thief Lee Gavin and his crew chase another crooked opportunity, only to find that every smart plan comes with one more complication. It is a caper with bad luck, quick turns, and plenty of attitude.

Bekker is hired to keep gambler Wally Sample away from casinos for thirty days so he can claim his inheritance. Babysitting turns into murder, family scandal, and a race against time.

This short piece turns a search for Hemingway into a story about memory, longing, and the stories people chase. It has a quieter, more reflective feel than some of Lamanda's crime novels.

This paired volume brings together two shorter Lamanda pieces, each built around secrets, pressure, and a turn of danger. It is a brisk double feature rather than a full-length novel.

John Tibbets's long fight with his missing past reaches a closing stretch here. The book keeps the series focus on danger, identity, and the cost of learning who you really are.

Bekker's Puerto Rico vacation ends when he becomes a witness in the murder of a beloved businessman. Teaming up with local detective Gerardo Escalante, he follows the case into deeper danger.

This suspense tale leans into guilt, judgment, and the cost of a verdict. It is a lean Lamanda story where the legal and personal stakes keep tightening.

A woman who looks easy to dismiss becomes the center of a sharp, dangerous crime story. The tension comes from underestimation, pressure, and the moment the masks come off.

Bekker's semi-retirement ends when former partner Walt Grimes is arrested on corruption charges. To clear him, Bekker pulls together old allies for one more high-stakes investigation.

A fresh start is never simple in Lamanda's world. This moody thriller turns the idea of a beginning into a setup for danger.

This suspense story circles around reinvention and second chances. Starting over sounds simple until old loyalties and old trouble come looking.

A compact suspense piece that starts from a simple setup and grows stranger as it goes. Lamanda keeps the focus on pressure, secrecy, and the moment a bad situation turns worse.

A dark, fast-moving thriller about the past refusing to stay buried. Lamanda plays with return, reckoning, and the danger of unfinished business.

An urban crime story built on night streets, bad choices, and the kind of trouble that spreads fast. It has Lamanda's usual feel for grit and looming violence.

A dark crime story about power, privilege, and the damage done by people who think the rules do not apply to them. Lamanda keeps the tension tight and the moral lines blurry.

Rollie Finch takes a case built around an old disappearance and a powerful man who may have hidden murder behind public tragedy. Digging deeper puts both Rollie and his daughters at risk.

Kellerman and Maria take what should be an easy bodyguard job for an elderly man tied to an old tontine. It quickly turns into murder, extortion, and a fight to stay alive.

This collection gathers Lamanda's western stories in one place. Expect frontier settings, rough choices, and men and women meeting trouble head-on.

Rollie Finch is asked to trace six vanished people tied to a decades-old tontine now worth millions. What begins as legwork turns into a dangerous hunt through greed and old secrets.

Set in late 1940s New York, this historical crime novel moves through a city shaped by power, fear, and corruption. Lamanda leans into the grit and menace of the postwar streets.

Wally Sample asks John Bekker to find his vanished fiancée after a ransom note leads to a gruesome discovery. Then an old 1930s crime novel starts echoing the case in unnerving ways.