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Tim McGregor Books in Order

Browse Tim McGregor books in order, with concise summaries, series background, and clear suggestions for where to start with his horror fiction and thrillers.

Last updated: July 15, 2026

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Bad Wolf

by Tim McGregor

2011

New homicide detective Lara Mendes is paired with veteran cop John Gallagher to investigate a mutilated body. Their suspect claims to be a werewolf, and a case involving feral dogs soon proves far more horrifying than either detective imagined.

Ghost Dog

by Tim McGregor

2012

A young boy is devastated when the stray dog he befriends is killed by his school bus. When the dog returns horribly changed, he learns that even an innocent animal can become a haunting presence.

Killing Down the Roman Line

by Tim McGregor

2012

A stranger claiming to be a lost Corrigan arrives in a small town and accuses local families of an old massacre. Farmer Jim Hawkshaw digs for the truth as buried grudges return and vigilantes prepare to punish the outsider.

Pale Wolf

by Tim McGregor

2012

Three months after Lara Mendes vanishes, John Gallagher is consumed by finding his missing partner. Hiding in the Oregon wilderness with a worsening curse, Lara is hunted by a primordial creature that will not let her escape her fate.

Old Flames, Burned Hands

by Tim McGregor

2013

Singer-songwriter Tilda Parish plans to leave music behind and focus on her husband and daughter. Then the boyfriend she lost in a fatal crash returns unchanged, forcing Tilda to choose between her family and a love she never stopped mourning.

The Empathy Trap

by Tim McGregor

2013

This nonfiction guide examines antisocial personalities and the ways manipulative people can exploit empathy. Drawing on real-life cases, it discusses warning signs, damaging relationship patterns, and practical steps for rebuilding boundaries and control.

Last Wolf

by Tim McGregor

2014

Fugitive Lara Mendes tries to contain the monster within while starting over in New Mexico. When new wolf attacks begin, Lara and Amy Gallagher return to the forest to uncover the community and curse behind their ruined lives.

The Spookshow

by Tim McGregor

2014

After an accident leaves Billie Culpepper able to see the dead, a trip to Hamilton's infamous Murder House uncovers a terrible secret. The ghosts want answers, and Detective Ray Mockler may be the only person who can help her survive the truth.

Welcome to the Spookshow

by Tim McGregor

2014

Billie Culpepper is drifting through life until an accident leaves her seeing horrible apparitions no one else can see. A mysterious Englishman tells her she is now a medium between the living and dead, a calling Billie wants no part of.

Bringing up the bodies

by Tim McGregor

2015

As Kaitlin fights for her life, Billie learns that a body found at the Murder House may be her father's. With Ray's help, she reopens the mystery of her mother's death and confronts her family's frightening connection to the house.

Half-Boys and Gypsy Girls

by Tim McGregor

2015

Billie wants to leave ghosts behind and start a new life with Detective Mockler, but the dead refuse to let her go. A vanished corpse, Kaitlin's traumatic visions, and a ghost child pull the group back into danger.

The Women in the walls

by Tim McGregor

2015

Psychic Billie struggles to shut out the dead while Detective Ray Mockler investigates human remains found in a hidden chamber. Their search for a killer leads back toward the Murder House, where an old supernatural threat is already closing in.

A Haunting in Crown Point

by Tim McGregor

2016

Growing known as a psychic, Billie is asked to help a family terrorized in their own home. Between a sinister entity, a hostile preacher, and a reporter determined to expose her, she faces the investigation largely alone.

Cordelia

by Tim McGregor

2016

Billie's efforts to control her psychic life are upended by trouble at work and an escalating supernatural crisis. Ray is reeling from a loss, while occult con man John Gantry returns with a rescue plan that demands more from Billie than ever.

Just Like Jesse James

by Tim McGregor

2017

At their grandfather's funeral, eighteen-year-old Lee and his cousins learn of a treasure supposedly buried on the family farm by Jesse James. Their playful dig turns deadly when they unearth something solid, and very wrong.

Sisters of Mercy

by Tim McGregor

2017

While Billie pours her energy into opening a bar, Ray investigates gruesome murders linked to an alleged curse. He dismisses the supernatural explanation until wounds resembling stigmata appear on his own body, with only seven days left to live.

The Boy in the Woods

by Tim McGregor

2018

Busy with her new bar, Billie hopes for a break from ghosts while facing a life-changing decision. Ray investigates a boy lured into the woods at night, and Gantry discovers that living with the not-quite-dead Cordelia brings its own terrors.

Midwinter

by Tim McGregor

2019

An eviction notice sends Billie and her partner house hunting just before Christmas. Her dream fixer-upper seems wonderfully free of ghosts, until a violent presence begins attacking in ways even Billie's psychic abilities cannot explain.

Hearts Strange and Dreadful

by Tim McGregor

2021

In 1821 New England, orphaned healer Hester Stokely is treated as an outsider in the pious town of Wickstead. When plague arrives, superstition and panic turn deadly, and Hester realizes something worse than disease has entered the town.

Spiritualist & Medium

by Tim McGregor

2021

Billie uncovers an old arrest charge against her late mother and searches for the truth behind it. The story reaches back to 1994, when single mother Mary Agnes Culpepper fears her young daughter has inherited a dangerous family curse.

Lure

by Tim McGregor

2022

A starving fishing village on another world's shore is shaken when a new god drifts into its bay. As the villagers try to capture her, her presence fuels fear, division, and violence in a community already close to breaking.

Taboo in Four Colors

by Tim McGregor

2022

In 1972 New York, comic artist Wally Carson is sent to find his reclusive bestselling writer after missed deadlines. What he discovers at Salazar's home draws him into a gruesome scheme shaped by ambition, secrecy, and desperate love.

Wasps in the Ice Cream

by Tim McGregor

2022

In the summer of 1987, Mark Prewitt joins a cruel prank against the reclusive Farrow sisters and quickly regrets it. Seeking forgiveness, he befriends the middle sister, George, and is drawn into her family's world of folk magic and secrets.

Eynhallow

by Tim McGregor

2024

On the Orkney Islands in 1797, Agnes Tulloch is hired to work for an enigmatic foreign scientist renting an abandoned cottage. His name is Frankenstein, and his secret work on the remote island brings a monstrous obligation to Agnes's door.

Where to start with Tim McGregor

For a paranormal mystery series: The SpookshowWelcome to the SpookshowThe Women in the WallsBringing up the bodies
For police horror and werewolves: Bad WolfPale WolfLast Wolf
For historical supernatural horror: Hearts Strange and DreadfulEynhallow
For short, dark folk horror: LureTaboo in Four Colors

Tim McGregor sub-series and character series

Bad Wolf Chronicles books in order

Explore this series
  1. Book cover for "Bad Wolf"

    Bad Wolf

    by Tim McGregor

    2011Bad Wolf Chronicles, Book 1
  2. Book cover for "Pale Wolf"

    Pale Wolf

    by Tim McGregor

    2012Bad Wolf Chronicles, Book 2
  3. Book cover for "Last Wolf"

    Last Wolf

    by Tim McGregor

    2014Bad Wolf Chronicles, Book 3

Bad Wolf Chronicles books in chronological order

  1. Book cover for "Bad Wolf"

    Bad Wolf

    by Tim McGregor

    2011Bad Wolf Chronicles, Book 1
  2. Book cover for "Pale Wolf"

    Pale Wolf

    by Tim McGregor

    2012Bad Wolf Chronicles, Book 2
  3. Book cover for "Last Wolf"

    Last Wolf

    by Tim McGregor

    2014Bad Wolf Chronicles, Book 3

Spookshow books in order

Explore this series
  1. Book cover for "The Spookshow"

    The Spookshow

    by Tim McGregor

    2014Spookshow, Book 1
  2. Book cover for "Welcome to the Spookshow"

    Welcome to the Spookshow

    by Tim McGregor

    2014Spookshow, Book 2
  3. Book cover for "Bringing up the bodies"

    Bringing up the bodies

    by Tim McGregor

    2015Spookshow, Book 4
  4. Book cover for "Half-Boys and Gypsy Girls"

    Half-Boys and Gypsy Girls

    by Tim McGregor

    2015Spookshow, Book 5
  5. Book cover for "The Women in the walls"

    The Women in the walls

    by Tim McGregor

    2015Spookshow, Book 3
  6. Book cover for "A Haunting in Crown Point"

    A Haunting in Crown Point

    by Tim McGregor

    2016Spookshow, Book 6
  7. Book cover for "Cordelia"

    Cordelia

    by Tim McGregor

    2016Spookshow, Book 7
  8. Book cover for "Sisters of Mercy"

    Sisters of Mercy

    by Tim McGregor

    2017Spookshow, Book 8
  9. Book cover for "The Boy in the Woods"

    The Boy in the Woods

    by Tim McGregor

    2018Spookshow, Book 9
  10. Book cover for "Midwinter"

    Midwinter

    by Tim McGregor

    2019Spookshow, Book 10
  11. Book cover for "Spiritualist & Medium"

    Spiritualist & Medium

    by Tim McGregor

    2021Spookshow, Book 11

Spookshow books in chronological order

  1. Book cover for "The Spookshow"

    The Spookshow

    by Tim McGregor

    2014Spookshow, Book 1
  2. Book cover for "Welcome to the Spookshow"

    Welcome to the Spookshow

    by Tim McGregor

    2014Spookshow, Book 2
  3. Book cover for "The Women in the walls"

    The Women in the walls

    by Tim McGregor

    2015Spookshow, Book 3
  4. Book cover for "Bringing up the bodies"

    Bringing up the bodies

    by Tim McGregor

    2015Spookshow, Book 4
  5. Book cover for "Half-Boys and Gypsy Girls"

    Half-Boys and Gypsy Girls

    by Tim McGregor

    2015Spookshow, Book 5
  6. Book cover for "A Haunting in Crown Point"

    A Haunting in Crown Point

    by Tim McGregor

    2016Spookshow, Book 6
  7. Book cover for "Cordelia"

    Cordelia

    by Tim McGregor

    2016Spookshow, Book 7
  8. Book cover for "Sisters of Mercy"

    Sisters of Mercy

    by Tim McGregor

    2017Spookshow, Book 8
  9. Book cover for "The Boy in the Woods"

    The Boy in the Woods

    by Tim McGregor

    2018Spookshow, Book 9
  10. Book cover for "Midwinter"

    Midwinter

    by Tim McGregor

    2019Spookshow, Book 10
  11. Book cover for "Spiritualist & Medium"

    Spiritualist & Medium

    by Tim McGregor

    2021Spookshow, Book 11

Tim McGregor collections, short stories, and related book types

Short Stories/Novellas

  1. Book cover for "Ghost Dog"

    Ghost Dog

    by Tim McGregor

    2012
  2. Book cover for "Lure"

    Lure

    by Tim McGregor

    2022

Non-Fiction Books

  1. Book cover for "The Empathy Trap"

    The Empathy Trap

    by Tim McGregor

    2013

Standalone Tim McGregor books

  1. Book cover for "Killing Down the Roman Line"

    Killing Down the Roman Line

    by Tim McGregor

    2012
  2. Book cover for "Old Flames, Burned Hands"

    Old Flames, Burned Hands

    by Tim McGregor

    2013
  3. Book cover for "Just Like Jesse James"

    Just Like Jesse James

    by Tim McGregor

    2017
  4. Book cover for "Hearts Strange and Dreadful"

    Hearts Strange and Dreadful

    by Tim McGregor

    2021
  5. Book cover for "Taboo in Four Colors"

    Taboo in Four Colors

    by Tim McGregor

    2022
  6. Book cover for "Wasps in the Ice Cream"

    Wasps in the Ice Cream

    by Tim McGregor

    2022
  7. Book cover for "Eynhallow"

    Eynhallow

    by Tim McGregor

    2024

Author bio

Tim McGregor grew up in the isolated hinterlands of northern Ontario, where his family ran a tourist camp on a small lake in the Canadian wilderness. Summers brought vacationing families to the cottages. Winters were long, quiet, and harsh. Reading, drawing, and writing gave him somewhere else to go when cabin fever set in.

That early mix of wilderness, loneliness, strange stories, and everyday family life still shows up in his fiction. His books often place ordinary people near something uncanny, then let the tension build from there.

McGregor went to university to study English literature and religion, but left without a degree. For a while, writing fell away. In his twenties, he worked a string of low-paying jobs and began drawing again, inspired by the rough, do-it-yourself energy of alternative comics and zine culture. He liked making comics, but wanted to tell fuller stories than the short pieces he was producing.

A friend suggested screenwriting. That changed the direction of his work.

McGregor studied at the Canadian Film Centre and worked as a screenwriter, with three feature films produced during that period. The job taught him how much structure matters, how scenes need to move, and how a story has to earn its scares. When the DVD market collapsed around the financial crisis of 2008, the screen work slowed down. He began looking toward ebooks and self-publishing instead.

His first novel, Bad Wolf, grew out of his final screenplay, turning a police story into a werewolf horror novel. It launched the Bad Wolf Chronicles, following homicide detectives Lara Mendes and John Gallagher as a brutal case becomes something far stranger than either of them expects.

Then came the long-running Spookshow books. Set in Hamilton, Ontario, the series follows reluctant psychic Billie Culpepper, who can see the dead and would very much prefer they leave her alone. Across eleven books, Billie faces haunted houses, cold cases, family secrets, and the messy realities of friendship and love. The series started as a shorter project, but McGregor kept returning to its characters and expanding their world.

His later work has moved through historical horror, folk horror, dark fantasy, and stories with a strong streak of doomed romance. Hearts Strange and Dreadful sends an outsider with unusual gifts into a fearful New England town during a plague. Lure takes readers to a hungry fishing village shaken by a godlike arrival from the sea. Wasps in the Ice Cream looks back to a tense 1987 summer, when a cruel prank pulls a teenage boy into the orbit of three isolated sisters. In Eynhallow, he revisits the world of Frankenstein on an Orkney island in 1797.

McGregor lives in Toronto with his wife and two children. He is also a former screenwriter and an active member of the Horror Writers Association.

His stories tend to move quickly, but they leave room for people who make bad choices, carry old grief, and discover that the past is rarely finished with them.

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