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.
- 1Out of the Night1963 · confirmed 1/41963–1/4
- 2This Magic Scalpel1964 · confirmed 1/41964–1/4
- 3Murder at City Hall1965 · confirmed 1/41965–1/4
- 4Secret of Mallet Castle1966 · confirmed 1/41966–1/4
- 5The Third Spectre1967 · 223 pages · confirmed 1/419672231/4
- 6Cliffhaven1968 · 238 pages · confirmed 1/419682381/4
- 7Behind Locked Shutters1968 · confirmed 1/41968–1/4
- 8Dark Villa of Capri1968 · confirmed 1/41968–1/4
- 9Dark of the Moon1969 · confirmed 1/41969–1/4
- 10Fogbound1969 · confirmed 1/41969–1/4
- 11Nurse in Crisis1971 · 156 pages · confirmed 1/419711561/4
- 12The Pride of Nurse Edna1974 · confirmed 1/41974–1/4
- 13Dark Is My Shadow1976 · confirmed 1/41976–1/4
- 14Moscow Maze1983 · 340 pages · confirmed 1/419833401/4
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 books14 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



