Michael Prescott Books in Order
Explore Michael Prescott books in order, with concise summaries, series guides, recurring-character background, and easy suggestions for where to start.
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Michael Prescott books in publication order
34 books
Manstopper
by Michael Prescott
1988
After a cargo-van crash, four highly trained attack dogs escape and begin killing. Their breeder, Karl Masterson, becomes the best hope of stopping them, but the violent Doberman Razor may be beyond anyone's control.
Deathsong
by Michael Prescott
1989
Country singer Billie Lee Kidd discovers that the songs around her are killing people in hideous ways. To stop a rising supernatural evil, she must confront a demonic force before one wrong note brings catastrophe.
Dreamhouse
by Michael Prescott
1989
Horror-film creator Matthew Wilde brings his family to a strange rented mansion for a summer escape. The house turns nightmares into reality, pulling the Wildes and the nearby town into a waking horror with no clear exit.
Kane
by Michael Prescott
1990
A stranger with icy blue eyes walks out of the Mojave and into the dying California town of Tuskett. When night falls, Kane begins killing, leaving the few remaining residents to face an evil that seems impossible to stop.
Shadow Dance
by Michael Prescott
1991
Young Timothy Cutter knows an ageless shadow creature caused his parents' deaths. Robert Thorn has pursued the entity for years, and with therapist Rachel Weiss, he must protect Timothy before the creature claims another victim.
Shiver
by Michael Prescott
1992
Wendy Alden survives an attack by the serial killer called the Gryphon on a bad night in Los Angeles. His fixation on her only grows, leaving Wendy to fight for her life against a man who refuses to let go.
Shudder
by Michael Prescott
1994
A remorseless killer is targeting children on the streets of Los Angeles. LAPD detective Robert Card races to stop the murders, but the investigation becomes terrifyingly personal when the danger moves closer to home.
Deadly Pursuit
by Michael Prescott
1995
Kirstie and Steve Gardner expect a peaceful Florida Keys vacation. Instead, a man from Steve's past arrives with the law on his trail and murder on his mind, trapping the couple in a nightmare getaway.
Shatter
by Michael Prescott
1995
A killer calling himself the Rag Doll Man poses as a police officer to prey on vulnerable women near Los Angeles. Criminal profiler Donna Wildman follows the clues, only to suspect the murderer may be inside the local station house.
Blind Pursuit
by Michael Prescott
1996
Psychologist Erin Reilly is abducted by a serial killer who wants her to cure his urge to murder. As her twin sister searches Tucson for her, Erin probes her captor's mind and discovers a dangerous connection to her own past.
Mortal Pursuit
by Michael Prescott
1997
Rookie officer Trish Robinson answers a prowler call at a remote estate and walks into an ambush. Disarmed, isolated, and outnumbered by ruthless criminals, she must turn a routine night into a desperate fight to survive.
Comes the Dark
by Michael Prescott
1999
Erica Garrison has always feared her brother Robert committed a terrible crime. Searching underground caverns beneath a Pennsylvania town for proof, she finds childhood memories and long-buried secrets closing in around her.
Stealing Faces
by Michael Prescott
1999
For twelve years, John Cray has hunted women in the mountains of eastern Arizona without leaving a trace. Then someone begins stalking him, forcing the killer to confront a past and obsession he thought were buried.
The Shadow Hunter
by Michael Prescott
2000
Security consultant Abby Sinclair infiltrates the life of Raymond Hickle, whose obsession with TV anchor Kris Barwood is becoming murderous. The closer Abby gets to him, the more she realizes the stalker may now be hunting her.
Last Breath
by Michael Prescott
2001
Shy Wendy Alden survives a terrifying encounter with a Los Angeles serial killer known as the Gryphon. But survival only feeds his obsession, and Wendy must find strength she never knew she had before he strikes again.
Next Victim
by Michael Prescott
2002
FBI special agent Tess McCallum hunts Mobius, a killer who has left bodies from Denver to Los Angeles. His newest weapon is VX nerve gas, turning the investigation into a race to prevent mass murder.
In Dark Places
by Michael Prescott
2004
Psychiatrist Robin Cameron believes she has rehabilitated serial killer Juston Gray through experimental treatment. When her teenage daughter is kidnapped, Robin must decide whether to trust Gray or a police officer she knows may be corrupt.
Dangerous Games
by Michael Prescott
2005
During Los Angeles storms, a killer called the Rain Man kidnaps victims and leaves them chained in underground tunnels to drown. FBI agent Tess McCallum needs maverick security operative Abby Sinclair, even if they can barely work together.
Mortal Faults
by Michael Prescott
2006
Abby Sinclair is hired to identify a woman shadowing Congressman Jack Reynolds at public events. Her inquiry soon collides with an FBI investigation and brings special agent Tess McCallum back into Abby's dangerous orbit.
Final Sins
by Michael Prescott
2007
Celebrity murderer Peter Faust hires Abby Sinclair after a mysterious stranger begins stalking him. FBI agent Tess McCallum is pulled into the case from another direction, putting the uneasy partners on a collision course.
Riptide
by Michael Prescott
2010
Disgraced television psychic Grace Corday wants nothing to do with another missing-person case. But a desperate Arizona mother asks her to find sixteen-year-old Riley Kendrick, offering Grace a chance at redemption that may expose her own self-deception.
Grave of Angels
by Michael Prescott
2012
Former Carmelite nun Kate Malick now runs a Hollywood security firm. When troubled teen celebrity Chelsea Brewer vanishes after someone bets on her death, Kate searches the city's darkest corners before time runs out.
Chasing Omega
by Michael Prescott
2013
Daniel Brand picks up a mysterious woman on an Arizona highway after midnight and is drawn into a secret conspiracy. His passenger, psychic medium Claire Holland, may hold answers about life, death, and what follows.
Cold Around the Heart
by Michael Prescott
2013
On a violent summer night, Jersey shore private investigator Bonnie Parker follows a case into a web of international deception reaching to South America. An expert hit man makes every step of her search more dangerous.
Steel Trap and Other Stories
by Michael Prescott
2013
Seventeen stories range across mystery, suspense, horror, fantasy, and science fiction. The collection includes an Abby Sinclair adventure, a boy's fear about his father, a Los Angeles voodoo tale, and a futuristic story of forbidden love.
Blood in the Water
by Michael Prescott
2014
As a hurricane strikes the Jersey shore, PI Bonnie Parker faces a tightening storm of murder, conspiracy, and betrayal. With conditions worsening by the hour, she must work out who is using the chaos to kill.
Bad to the Bone
by Michael Prescott
2015
Bonnie Parker thought killing mob boss Frank Lazzaro had ended her troubles. Instead, the Jersey shore PI finds that old crimes leave behind people eager for revenge, and escaping the consequences will not be simple.
A Straw in the Wind
by Michael Prescott
2016
Recovering alcoholic Fred Dogan is a devoted husband and father trying to hold on to his sanity and sobriety. Then a series of unthinkable horrors threatens to break the fragile life he has fought to rebuild.
Skin in the Game
by Michael Prescott
2016
A seemingly normal day at the beach becomes Bonnie Parker's longest night. Hired killers, violent thugs, and a dangerously unstable man from her past force the hard-edged private investigator to fight for survival.
Die Wide Awake
by Michael Prescott
2017
A contract killer becomes the latest target in an illegal nighttime hunt through a steam-tunnel maze. Something huge and hungry stalks the darkness, but this victim knows how to hunt back.
The Street
by Michael Prescott
2017
A man suddenly finds himself back on the street where he grew up in the early 1970s, with no way out. He begins to suspect that changing the past may require him to commit murder again.
Tears for the Dead
by Michael Prescott
2019
Crime lord Armin Petrossian hires Jersey shore PI Bonnie Parker to find the serial killer called the Man in the Moon. The assignment has personal stakes, forcing Bonnie into a hunt where nobody involved is playing clean.
The Far Horizon
by Michael Prescott
2021
A nonfiction exploration of evidence and ideas connected to life after death. Prescott considers near-death experiences, mediumship, apparitions, past-life memories, and other cases while asking how such reports might fit into everyday reality.
Hair of the Dog
by Michael Prescott
2023
Bonnie Parker is drawn into a case shaped by COVID, political violence, a neo-Nazi hit man, and an enormous conspiracy. For the Jersey shore PI, it is the kind of pressure that calls for sharp instincts and a stiff drink.
Where to start with Michael Prescott
For the Abby and Tess thrillers: The Shadow Hunter → Next Victim → Dangerous Games → Mortal Faults → Final Sins
For the Bonnie Parker mysteries: Cold Around the Heart → Blood in the Water → Bad to the Bone → Skin in the Game
For standalone psychological suspense: Riptide → Grave of Angels → In Dark Places
For early horror: Manstopper → Kane → Shadow Dance → Deathsong
Michael Prescott sub-series and character series
Bonnie Parker books in order
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Cold Around the Heart
by Michael Prescott
2013Bonnie Parker, Book 1
Blood in the Water
by Michael Prescott
2014Bonnie Parker, Book 2
Bad to the Bone
by Michael Prescott
2015Bonnie Parker, Book 3
Skin in the Game
by Michael Prescott
2016Bonnie Parker, Book 4
Tears for the Dead
by Michael Prescott
2019Bonnie Parker, Book 5
Hair of the Dog
by Michael Prescott
2023Bonnie Parker, Book 6
Bonnie Parker books in chronological order

Cold Around the Heart
by Michael Prescott
2013Bonnie Parker, Book 1
Blood in the Water
by Michael Prescott
2014Bonnie Parker, Book 2
Bad to the Bone
by Michael Prescott
2015Bonnie Parker, Book 3
Skin in the Game
by Michael Prescott
2016Bonnie Parker, Book 4
Tears for the Dead
by Michael Prescott
2019Bonnie Parker, Book 5
Hair of the Dog
by Michael Prescott
2023Bonnie Parker, Book 6
Tess McCallum & Abby Sinclair books in order
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The Shadow Hunter
by Michael Prescott
2000Tess McCallum & Abby Sinclair, Book 1
Next Victim
by Michael Prescott
2002Tess McCallum & Abby Sinclair, Book 2
Dangerous Games
by Michael Prescott
2005Tess McCallum & Abby Sinclair, Book 3
Mortal Faults
by Michael Prescott
2006Tess McCallum & Abby Sinclair, Book 4
Final Sins
by Michael Prescott
2007Tess McCallum & Abby Sinclair, Book 5
Tess McCallum & Abby Sinclair books in chronological order

The Shadow Hunter
by Michael Prescott
2000Tess McCallum & Abby Sinclair, Book 1
Next Victim
by Michael Prescott
2002Tess McCallum & Abby Sinclair, Book 2
Dangerous Games
by Michael Prescott
2005Tess McCallum & Abby Sinclair, Book 3
Mortal Faults
by Michael Prescott
2006Tess McCallum & Abby Sinclair, Book 4
Final Sins
by Michael Prescott
2007Tess McCallum & Abby Sinclair, Book 5
Michael Prescott collections, short stories, and related book types
Standalone Michael Prescott books

Manstopper
by Michael Prescott
1988
Deathsong
by Michael Prescott
1989
Dreamhouse
by Michael Prescott
1989
Kane
by Michael Prescott
1990
Shadow Dance
by Michael Prescott
1991
Shiver
by Michael Prescott
1992
Shudder
by Michael Prescott
1994
Deadly Pursuit
by Michael Prescott
1995
Shatter
by Michael Prescott
1995
Blind Pursuit
by Michael Prescott
1996
Mortal Pursuit
by Michael Prescott
1997
Comes the Dark
by Michael Prescott
1999
Stealing Faces
by Michael Prescott
1999
Last Breath
by Michael Prescott
2001
In Dark Places
by Michael Prescott
2004
Riptide
by Michael Prescott
2010
Grave of Angels
by Michael Prescott
2012
Author bio
Michael Prescott is the pen name of novelist Douglas Child Borton Jr., born in 1960 and raised in New Jersey. His early interest in movies led him to Wesleyan University, where he studied film and graduated in 1980.
In 1981, he moved to Los Angeles. Before novels became his main work, he freelanced for magazines, worked as an editor and archival researcher, and wrote scripts for independent film producers.
That background shows up in his books. They move quickly, cut between danger and investigation, and often place everyday people in situations that feel suddenly much bigger than they expected.
His first novel took more than five years to write and was sold in 1986. It arrived as Manstopper, a horror story about specially trained attack dogs loose after an accident.
Prescott's early books were published under his own name, Douglas Borton. Those novels included the haunted-house nightmare Dreamhouse, the desert-town terror of Kane, and Deathsong, in which a country singer finds herself caught up in a frightening supernatural threat. In the early 1990s, he also wrote under the name Brian Harper, producing suspense novels such as Shiver, Shudder, Blind Pursuit, and Mortal Pursuit.
The shift changed the rest of his career.
From 1999 onward, his Michael Prescott books focused mainly on crime, psychological suspense, and thrillers. Los Angeles and Arizona appear often, as do police officers, therapists, investigators, victims who fight back, and people whose pasts refuse to stay buried. Stealing Faces follows a killer who discovers someone is watching him. In Dark Places centers on a psychiatrist, a supposedly rehabilitated murderer, and a missing daughter. Riptide gives a disgraced TV psychic one difficult chance to help find a missing girl.
He likes putting ordinary people under enormous pressure.
Prescott also created two continuing crime series. Abby Sinclair is a Los Angeles security consultant who investigates stalkers, while FBI agent Tess McCallum brings a more official approach to their cases. Bonnie Parker, the lead of a later series, is a private investigator on the Jersey shore who is willing to cross lines most investigators would not. The books balance manhunts, personal grudges, conspiracies, and the friction between characters who have very different ideas about what justice requires.
After roughly two decades in traditional publishing, Prescott began releasing older work and new material independently in ebook form. That move brought his books to a new audience and put him on both the New York Times and USA Today bestseller lists. He has also written short fiction and nonfiction exploring survival after death, including The Far Horizon.
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