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Carter Brown Books in Order

Carter Brown has written 262 books, published between 1949 and 1984. The first book is Hypnotic Death (As:) (1949) and the newest is Stab in the Dark (1984). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
262
Published
1949–1984
Pages on record
747 in 5 of 262 books
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Carter Brown was the pen name of Alan Geoffrey Yates (1923-1985), an English-born Australian writer of detective fiction. The Carter Brown catalogue holds 262 books published between 1949 and 1984, beginning with Hypnotic Death (1949) and ending with Stab in the Dark (1984). Recurring leads include Al Wheeler, Rick Holman, Danny Boyd, Mavis Seidlitz and Paul Donovan, several of whom head series of their own. The 1950s were the peak decade, and the books run to a median 140 pages.

Source: Wikidata

How many Carter Brown books are there?

Carter Brown has 262 books, released between 1949 and 1984. They include 8 series and 110 titles listed outside any series.

Carter Brown Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 262 Carter Brown books in the order they were published, with the release year, the page count where one is on record, and how many independent book listings confirm each title. Catalogue data as of November 2026.

  1. Cover of The Blonde by Carter Brown, book 1 of the Al Wheeler series (1955)
  2. Cover of The Million Dollar Babe by Carter Brown, book 1 of the Mike Farrell series (1961)
  3. Cover of The Lady Is Transparent by Carter Brown, book 28 of the Al Wheeler series (1962)
  4. Cover of The Jade-Eyed Jungle / The Jade-Eyed Jinx by Carter Brown, book 7 of the Rick Holman series (1963)
  5. Cover of Nymph to the Slaughter by Carter Brown, book 15 of the Danny Boyd series (1963)
  6. Cover of A Corpse for Christmas by Carter Brown, book 34 of the Al Wheeler series (1965)
  7. Cover of A Castle In Spain (As: Caroline Farr) by Carter Brown (1966)
  8. Cover of Die Anytime, After Tuesday by Carter Brown, book 20 of the Rick Holman series (1969)
  9. Cover of Streaked-Blond Slave by Carter Brown, book 22 of the Rick Holman series (1969)
  10. Cover of The Aseptic Murders by Carter Brown, book 44 of the Al Wheeler series (1972)
  11. Cover of The Hammer of Thor by Carter Brown, book 49 of the Al Wheeler series (1975)
  12. Cover of Sinister House (As:Caroline Farr) by Carter Brown (1978)
  13. Cover of The Spanking Girls by Carter Brown, book 51 of the Al Wheeler series (1979)
  14. Cover of Secret at Ravenswood (As:Caroline Farr) by Carter Brown (1980)
  1. 1
    Hypnotic Death (As:)1949 · confirmed 1/4
    1949–
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  2. 2
    The Fatal Focus (As:)1950 · confirmed 1/4
    1950–
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  3. 3
    Killer by Night (As:)1951 · confirmed 1/4
    1951–
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  4. 4
    Celluloid Suicide (As:)1951 · confirmed 1/4
    1951–
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  5. 5
    Flight Into Horror (As:)1951 · confirmed 1/4
    1951–
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  6. 6
    Ghosts Don’t Kill (As:)1951 · confirmed 1/4
    1951–
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  7. 7
    Kill Him Gently (As:)1951 · confirmed 1/4
    1951–
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  8. 8
    Murder Gives Notice (As:)1951 · confirmed 1/4
    1951–
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  9. 9
    Satan’s Sabbath (As:)1951 · confirmed 1/4
    1951–
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  10. 10
    The Time Thief (As:)1951 · confirmed 1/4
    1951–
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  11. 11
    You Can’t Keep Murder Out (As:)1951 · confirmed 1/4
    1951–
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  12. 12
    The Crook Who Wasn’t There! (As:)1952 · confirmed 1/4
    1952–
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  13. 13
    Feline Frame-Up (As:)1952 · confirmed 1/4
    1952–
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  14. 14
    Maniac Murders (As:)1952 · confirmed 1/4
    1952–
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  15. 15
    The Murder I Don’t Remember (As:)1952 · confirmed 1/4
    1952–
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  16. 16
    There’s No Future in Murder (As:)1952 · confirmed 1/4
    1952–
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  17. 17
    Venus Unarmed1953 · confirmed 1/4
    1953–
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  18. 18
    The Lady Is Chased / Trouble is a Dame1953 · confirmed 1/4
    1953–
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  19. 19
    The Mermaid Murmurs Murder1953 · confirmed 1/4
    1953–
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  20. 20
    The Hoodlum Was a Honey / Penthouse Passout / Hot Seat for a Honey1953 · confirmed 1/4
    1953–
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  21. 21
    The Frame Is Beautiful1953 · confirmed 1/4
    1953–
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  22. 22
    Fraulein Is Feline1953 · confirmed 1/4
    1953–
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  23. 23
    Rope for a Redhead / Model of No Virtue1953 · confirmed 1/4
    1953–
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  24. 24
    Lethal in Love / The Minx is Murder1953 · confirmed 1/4
    1953–
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  25. 25
    Wreath for Rebecca1954 · confirmed 1/4
    1954–
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  26. 26
    Murder—Paris Fashion1954 · confirmed 1/4
    1954–
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  27. 27
    The Black Widow Weeps1954 · confirmed 1/4
    1954–
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  28. 28
    Strip Without Tease / Stripper, You've Sinned1954 · confirmed 1/4
    1954–
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  29. 29
    Nemesis Wore Nylons1954 · confirmed 1/4
    1954–
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  30. 30
    Yoga Shrouds Yolande1954 · confirmed 1/4
    1954–
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Carter Brown books grouped by series

Each title below is a row in the publication-order table above. None of these groups has a reading-order page of its own on this site.

Al Wheeler in order

47 books
  1. 1. The Blonde
  2. 2. The Wench is Wicked
  3. 5. Eve, It's Extortion / The Victim / Walk Softly, Witch
  4. 8. No Law Against Angels / The Body
  5. 9. Chorine Makes a Killing
  6. 11. The Corpse / Death on the Downbeat
  7. 12. The Lover
  8. 14. The Dame
  9. 15. The Passionate
  10. 16. The Wanton
  11. 17. The Bombshell
  12. 18. The Desired
  13. and 35 more in the table above

Rick Holman in order

37 books
  1. 1. The Ever-Loving Blues / Death of a Doll
  2. 2. The Swingers
  3. 3. Zelda
  4. 4. A Murderer Among Us
  5. 5. Murder in the Key Club / Murder in the Harem Club
  6. 6. Blonde on the Rocks
  7. 7. The Jade-Eyed Jungle / The Jade-Eyed Jinx
  8. 8. The White Bikini / The Ballad of Loving Jenny
  9. 9. Wind-Up Doll
  10. 10. The Never-Was Girl
  11. 11. Murder Is a Package Deal
  12. 12. Who Killed Dr. Sex?
  13. and 25 more in the table above

Danny Boyd in order

32 books
  1. 3. Tempt a Tigress
  2. 4. Suddenly By Violence
  3. 5. Terror Comes Creeping
  4. 6. The Dream Is Deadly
  5. 7. Graves, I Dig! / Cutie Wins a Corpse
  6. 8. The Wayward Wahine / The Wayward
  7. 9. The Myopic Mermaid / A Siren Sounds Off
  8. 10. The Sad-Eyed Seductress / The Seductress
  9. 11. The Savage Salome
  10. 13. The Ice-Cold Nude
  11. 14. Lover Don't Come Back!
  12. 15. Nymph to the Slaughter
  13. and 20 more in the table above

Mavis Seidlitz in order

12 books
  1. 1. A Bullet For My Baby
  2. 2. The Killer Is Kissable
  3. 3. Honey, Here's Your Hearse
  4. 4. Good Morning, Mavis!
  5. 5. Murder Wears a Mantilla
  6. 6. The Loving and the Dead
  7. 7. None But the Lethal Heart / The Fabulous
  8. 9. Tomorrow Is Murder
  9. 10. The Bump and Grind Murder
  10. 11. Seidlitz and the Super-Spy / The Super Spy
  11. 12. Murder Is So Nostalgic!
  12. 13. And the Undead Sing

Larry Baker in order

6 books
  1. 1. Charlie Sent Me!
  2. 2. No Blond Is an Island
  3. 3. So What Killed the Vampire?
  4. 4. The Witches / Had I But Groaned
  5. 5. The True Son of the Beast!
  6. 6. The Iron Maiden

Randy Roberts in order

5 books
  1. 1. Murder in Family Way
  2. 2. The Seven Sirens
  3. 3. The Angry Amazons
  4. 4. Murder on High
  5. 5. The Sex Trap

Paul Donovan in order

4 books
  1. 1. Donavan
  2. 2. Donovan's Day
  3. 3. Chinese Donavan
  4. 4. Donavan's Delight

Max Dumas in order

3 books
  1. 1. Goddess Gone Bad
  2. 2. Deadly Miss
  3. 3. Luck Was No Lady

Barney Blaine in order

2 books
  1. 1. Madame, You’re Mayhem
  2. 2. Ice-Cold in Ermine

Andy Kane in order

2 books
  1. 1. The Guilt-Edged Cage / Bird in a Guilt-Edged Cage / That's Piracy, My Pet
  2. 2. The Hong Kong Caper / Blonde, Bad, and Beautiful

Mike Farrell in order

2 books
  1. 1. The Million Dollar Babe
  2. 2. The Scarlet Flush

Standalone books

110 books

110 Carter Brown titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Carter Brown books in order?

You only need to read Carter Brown books in order within each series: the books listed here span 8 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.

Where to start with Carter Brown

Start with Hypnotic Death (As:) (1949), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Carter Brown book?

Stab in the Dark (1984) is the newest Carter Brown book released so far.

Is there a new Carter Brown book coming?

No next Carter Brown book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.

Carter Brown at a glance

Died
Carter Brown died in 1985, according to Wikidata.
Last book
The newest book credited to Carter Brown on record dates from 1984.
Release pace
Carter Brown books have appeared more than one a year on average.
Length
747 pages across the 5 of 262 books with a recorded length, a median of 140 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Carter Brown books, 104 of 262, were published in the 1950s.

When Carter Brown books were published

Publication distribution by decade, showing when Carter Brown titles appeared. 1950s was the most productive decade with 104 titles.

1940s
1
1950s
104
1960s
77
1970s
72
1980s
8

262 books total across 5 decades. Decade reflects the year each title was first catalogued.

What the Carter Brown books are about

83 of the 262 Carter Brown books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: mystery & detective is tagged on 57 of 83. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.

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