Mike Dellosso Books in Order
This page shows all Mike Dellosso books in order, with short summaries, series lists, and simple where-to-start guidance for his suspense fiction.
Last updated: July 8, 2026
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Publication Order
20 books
Sons of God
by Mike Dellosso
2005
Pastor Scott Davies grows alarmed when three charming young men set their sights on women in his church. What begins as suspicion turns into a dark supernatural battle tied to fallen angels, faith, and an ancient evil returning in modern Pennsylvania.
The Hunted
by Mike Dellosso
2008
Joe Saunders returns to Dark Hills after his nephew disappears and a rogue lion is blamed. Digging into the town's buried past, he finds a deadly secret and a spiritual darkness that has been waiting for him.
Scream
by Mike Dellosso
2009
Mark Stone hears otherworldly screams just before people die, and soon the pattern is impossible to ignore. As he chases the source, the mystery turns personal when his estranged wife is taken and time starts running out.
Darlington Woods
by Mike Dellosso
2010
Grieving Rob Shields inherits a house in rural Maryland and becomes convinced his missing son may still be alive. His search leads to Darlington, a town on no map, where fear rules the woods after dark.
Darkness Follows
by Mike Dellosso
2011
Recovering from a head injury in a Gettysburg farmhouse, Sam Travis starts finding Civil War journal entries written in his own hand. As the writings begin to echo his life, he is pulled toward violence, obsession, and a killer closing in on his family.
Frantic
by Mike Dellosso
2012
A desperate message from a young girl in the backseat of a car pulls gas station attendant Marny Toogood into a rescue gone wrong. On the run with two children, he faces kidnappers, cultlike evil, and the wounds he has never dealt with.
Rearview
by Mike Dellosso
2012
Professor Dan Blakely has lost his career, his money, and his hope. After a crash leaves him trapped, a mysterious stranger offers him seven more hours, and Dan must decide whether regret can be undone.
Fearless
by Mike Dellosso
2013
When a nine-year-old girl appears during a house fire with no memory of who she is, Jim and Amy Spencer take her in. Louisa's strange gift soon links their grieving family to a killer stalking the town of Virginia Mills.
Mirror Image
by Mike Dellosso
2013
Denis is a lonely man obsessed with author Joshua Norton, who looks just like him and seems to have the life Denis should have had. This short psychological thriller follows that fixation into dangerous, unsettling territory.
The Last Hunt
by Mike Dellosso
2013
On a stormy return to the Bishop family's hunting cabin in Darlington Woods, old traditions give way to something much darker. This short story turns a familiar family outing into a tense look at what the forest has been hiding.
Writing Time
by Mike Dellosso
2013
A practical guide for writers who feel squeezed by work, family, and daily life. Dellosso focuses on making time to write, building momentum, and actually finishing the projects you start.
Writing UnBlock! Proven Techniques for Avoiding and Defeating Writer's Block
by Mike Dellosso
2013
Dellosso tackles writer's block with simple, usable strategies for preventing it and pushing through it. It is a short, encouraging craft book aimed at writers who feel stuck and need a way forward.
Centralia
by Mike Dellosso
2015
Peter Ryan wakes to an empty house and learns his wife and daughter supposedly died in an accident he can't remember. A note in his daughter's handwriting and armed men at his door send him chasing a truth that may destroy what is left of his life.
Fear Mountain
by Mike Dellosso
2015
Billy Harding joins a hunting trip hoping to prove he is not the weak link in his family. When his father, grandfather, and brother are taken by a sinister enemy, he becomes their only chance of getting home alive.
Finding My Way
by Mike Dellosso
2015
In this candid memoir, Dellosso writes about his stage III colon cancer diagnosis, treatment, and the spiritual strain that came with it. It is part journal, part testimony, and grounded in the day-to-day reality of illness.
Be Unstoppable
by Mike Dellosso
2016
This short motivational book lays out five practical ways to keep moving when life feels exhausting or unbearable. Dellosso writes from personal experience about endurance, resolve, and refusing to quit.
Fiction Writing 101
by Mike Dellosso
2016
A beginner-friendly home study course that covers the basics of fiction craft, including character, dialogue, plot, pacing, and point of view. It was designed with younger students in mind but works for any new writer who wants a clear starting place.
Kill Devil
by Mike Dellosso
2016
Hiding under new identities, Jed Patrick thinks he has finally put enough distance between his family and the Centralia Project. Then armed men come for his wife, his daughter, and the damaging secrets he carries, forcing him into another brutal fight for survival.
A Million Miles from Home
by Mike Dellosso
2018
After an accident kills his wife and badly injures his daughter, Ben Flurry retreats to the childhood home he once escaped. To become the father his child needs, he must face grief, guilt, and the father he still doesn't trust.
Midnight Is My Time
by Mike Dellosso
2018
Andy Mayer is running from the past when he meets Missy, a blind young woman with an uncanny sense of where they need to go. Together they cross a post-apocalyptic landscape toward Maine and an enemy waiting at the end.
Where should I start?
If you want the classic creepy thrillers: The Hunted → Scream → Darlington Woods
If you like mind-bending suspense: Centralia → Kill Devil
If you want grief, heart, and high stakes: Fearless → Darkness Follows → A Million Miles from Home
If you want the nonfiction side: Finding My Way → Writing Time → Fiction Writing 101
Author bio
Mike Dellosso was born in Baltimore and grew up in Hanover, Pennsylvania. Long before he published suspense novels, he was the kind of kid who did not like being told what he could not do. He was born with a club foot, dealt with a stutter from childhood, and still pushed himself hard in sports. In high school he played basketball and set track records in the jumps.
His early home life was not especially calm. His father struggled with alcoholism, and the tension in the house made Mike's stutter worse. When his father became a Christian and stopped drinking, the family changed course, and faith became a lasting part of Mike's life. That mix of fear, struggle, and hope would later show up all through his fiction.
Writing was not the plan.
By his own telling, he disliked English class and never imagined he would become an author. The turn came in 1998, after a serious motorcycle accident involving his brother-in-law left him angry, shaken, and looking for somewhere to put the grief. Writing became that place. On the page he found something he had not always found in conversation, a clear voice. He started with newsletters, articles, and shorter pieces, kept learning the craft, and kept going even through plenty of rejection.
He also kept living a very full regular-person life. He studied at Messiah College, later earned a master's degree from International School of Divinity, worked in healthcare as a physical therapist assistant, and taught creative writing at the college level and in workshops. Much of his fiction was written early in the morning before the rest of the workday kicked in.
His first novel, The Hunted, arrived in 2008 and gave readers a strong sense of what he likes to do. Books such as Scream, Darlington Woods, and Darkness Follows put ordinary people in frightening situations and then stay close to the emotional fallout. There are dark woods, strange voices, buried secrets, and supernatural edges, but there are also marriages under strain, wounded families, and people trying to hold onto faith when life stops making sense.
He writes about people under pressure.
Later books widened the range without really changing the heart of the work. Centralia and Kill Devil lean harder into paranoia, memory loss, and conspiracy thriller territory. Fearless and A Million Miles from Home bring more family grief to the surface. Along the way he also wrote practical nonfiction for writers, including Writing Time, Writing UnBlock!, and Fiction Writing 101, which fits his long habit of teaching as well as storytelling.
Real life gave him more than enough material. Around the time The Hunted was released, he was diagnosed with stage III colon cancer at age thirty-five. Surgery, chemotherapy, and recovery became part of his story, and he later wrote about that experience in Finding My Way. He lives in Hanover, Pennsylvania, with his wife and five daughters. His books can feature monsters, hidden programs, and unsettling mysteries, but the human core is usually simple: someone is scared, hurt, or lost, and has to decide what to do next.
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