Dan Ross Books in Order

Dan Ross has written 14 books, published between 1963 and 1983. The first book is Out of the Night (1963) and the newest is Moscow Maze (1983). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
14
Published
1963–1983
Pages on record
957 in 4 of 14 books

Dan Ross, born William Edward Daniel Ross, was a Canadian writer who lived from 1912 to 1995 and also worked as an actor and playwright. Ross produced more than 300 novels across several genres, including romance and Gothic fiction, and came to fiction only in middle age. This catalogue holds 14 of those books, from Out of the Night (1963) to Moscow Maze (1983), with Secret of Mallet Castle and Dark Villa of Capri among them.

How many Dan Ross books are there?

Dan Ross has 14 books, released between 1963 and 1983.

Dan Ross Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 14 Dan Ross 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 September 2026.

  1. 1
    Out of the Night1963 · confirmed 1/4
    1963
  2. 2
    This Magic Scalpel1964 · confirmed 1/4
    1964
  3. 3
    Murder at City Hall1965 · confirmed 1/4
    1965
  4. 4
    Secret of Mallet Castle1966 · confirmed 1/4
    1966
  5. 5
    The Third Spectre1967 · 223 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1967223
  6. 6
    Cliffhaven1968 · 238 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1968238
  7. 7
    Behind Locked Shutters1968 · confirmed 1/4
    1968
  8. 8
    Dark Villa of Capri1968 · confirmed 1/4
    1968
  9. 9
    Dark of the Moon1969 · confirmed 1/4
    1969
  10. 10
    Fogbound1969 · confirmed 1/4
    1969
  11. 11
    Nurse in Crisis1971 · 156 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1971156
  12. 12
    The Pride of Nurse Edna1974 · confirmed 1/4
    1974
  13. 13
    Dark Is My Shadow1976 · confirmed 1/4
    1976
  14. 14
    Moscow Maze1983 · 340 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1983340

Dan Ross 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.

Standalone books

14 books

14 Dan Ross titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Dan Ross books in order?

No. No source lists any of the 14 Dan Ross books here as part of a series. The numbered table above gives them by publication date.

Where to start with Dan Ross

Start with Out of the Night (1963), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Dan Ross book?

Moscow Maze (1983) is the newest Dan Ross book released so far.

Is there a new Dan Ross book coming?

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

Dan Ross at a glance

Died
Dan Ross died in 1995, according to Wikidata.
Last book
The newest book credited to Dan Ross on record dates from 1983.
Release pace
Dan Ross books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
Length
957 pages across the 4 of 14 books with a recorded length, a median of 230 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Dan Ross books, 10 of 14, were published in the 1960s.

What the Dan Ross books are about

3 of the 14 Dan Ross books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. No subject is tagged on more than one of them, so each one below describes a single book. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.

  • Married women 1 of 3 books
  • Mothers-in-law 1 of 3 books
  • Suicide 1 of 3 books