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Domenic Stansberry Books in Order

Read Domenic Stansberry's books in order, with publication lists for his North Beach mysteries, psychological noir, standalone crime novels, and nonfiction.

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The Spoiler

by Domenic Stansberry

1987

Reporter Frank Lofton follows a struggling minor-league baseball team in a Massachusetts mill town. A player's mysterious death and a series of fires draw him beyond sports reporting into an investigation of local corruption and hidden interests.

Exit Paradise

by Domenic Stansberry

1991

These stories explore family, desire and changing cultural identity at the edges of California suburbia. An Italian-American family’s conflicts and imagined escapes connect private lives to larger anxieties, revealing unsettling possibilities beneath familiar routines and inherited expectations.

In the 1st Degree

by Domenic Stansberry

1995

Prosecutor Sterling Granger handles a closely watched San Francisco murder case involving a gallery owner and an accused artist. Conflicting accounts, racial tensions, compromised investigative work, and relentless publicity threaten both the prosecution and his professional future.

Labyrinths

by Domenic Stansberry

1997

This guide examines writing and design for interactive multimedia, including websites, computer games, educational materials, and business applications. It connects narrative and information structures with interface design, scripting, production teamwork, and the technical constraints of digital projects.

The Last Days of Il Duce

by Domenic Stansberry

1998

Niccolo Jones's brother is murdered in San Francisco's North Beach neighborhood, stirring a desire for revenge. Memories of their childhood and Nick's obsession with his brother's former wife complicate his reckoning with family loyalties and the past.

Manifesto for the Dead

by Domenic Stansberry

2000

In a fictional version of his declining years, noir novelist Jim Thompson faces financial trouble, heavy drinking, and failing inspiration. An offer to write a film-related novel draws him into Hollywood scheming and a dangerous murder investigation.

Chasing the Dragon

by Domenic Stansberry

2004

Former San Francisco cop Dante Mancuso returns to North Beach for his estranged father's funeral while working for a secretive security organization. Family connections, old relationships, and criminal interests complicate an assignment he increasingly wants to escape.

The Confession

by Domenic Stansberry

2004

Forensic psychologist Jake Danser evaluates murder suspects while concealing affairs from his wife. When his mistress is strangled, suspicion turns toward him, and his account of events raises unsettling questions about desire, culpability, and the reliability of his narration.

The Big Boom

by Domenic Stansberry

2006

Private investigator Dante Mancuso is hired to find a former girlfriend in San Francisco during the technology boom. The case strains his current relationship and draws him into a world of speculative wealth, family loyalties, and concealed motives.

The Ancient Rain

by Domenic Stansberry

2008

Private investigator Dante Mancuso tries to clear an acquaintance arrested over a fatal 1976 bank robbery. Renewed scrutiny under post-9/11 antiterror laws sends him through San Francisco's aging radical circles, where old allegiances and grievances remain dangerous.

Naked Moon

by Domenic Stansberry

2010

Dante Mancuso's former security employer uses an investigation into his cousin's warehouse business to force him back into its service. His effort to protect family collides with secrets retained from his departure and a potentially ruinous final assignment.

The White Devil

by Domenic Stansberry

2016

An American actress in Rome becomes entangled with an older Italian film star and her husband. Her troubling relationship with her brother connects their present obsessions to crimes from childhood, while her narration conceals as much as it reveals.

The Lizard

by Domenic Stansberry

2025

Political ghostwriter S. E. Reynolds becomes entangled in a conspiracy after an illicit romance turns deadly. Attempts to escape draw government scrutiny, forcing the morally compromised former reporter to confront both an intrusive security apparatus and the fractures in his private life.

Domenic Stansberry sub-series and character series

North Beach Mystery books in order

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  1. Book cover for "Chasing the Dragon"

    Chasing the Dragon

    by Domenic Stansberry

    2004North Beach Mystery, Book 1
  2. Book cover for "The Big Boom"

    The Big Boom

    by Domenic Stansberry

    2006North Beach Mystery, Book 2
  3. Book cover for "The Ancient Rain"

    The Ancient Rain

    by Domenic Stansberry

    2008North Beach Mystery, Book 3
  4. Book cover for "Naked Moon"

    Naked Moon

    by Domenic Stansberry

    2010North Beach Mystery, Book 4

Standalone Domenic Stansberry books

  1. Book cover for "The Spoiler"

    The Spoiler

    by Domenic Stansberry

    1987
  2. Book cover for "Exit Paradise"

    Exit Paradise

    by Domenic Stansberry

    1991
  3. Book cover for "In the 1st Degree"

    In the 1st Degree

    by Domenic Stansberry

    1995
  4. Book cover for "Labyrinths"

    Labyrinths

    by Domenic Stansberry

    1997The Art of Interactive Writing and Design, Content Development for New Media
  5. Book cover for "The Last Days of Il Duce"

    The Last Days of Il Duce

    by Domenic Stansberry

    1998
  6. Book cover for "Manifesto for the Dead"

    Manifesto for the Dead

    by Domenic Stansberry

    2000
  7. Book cover for "The Confession"

    The Confession

    by Domenic Stansberry

    2004
  8. Book cover for "The White Devil"

    The White Devil

    by Domenic Stansberry

    2016
  9. Book cover for "The Lizard"

    The Lizard

    by Domenic Stansberry

    2025

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