George Harmon Coxe Books in Order
George Harmon Coxe has written 63 books, published between 1934 and 1975. The first book is The Tick-Tack-Toe Murders (1934) and the newest is No Place for Murder (1975). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 63
- Published
- 1934–1975
- Pages on record
- 2,662 in 11 of 63 books
George Harmon Coxe (23 April 1901 to 31 January 1984) was an American crime fiction writer. Coxe created Jack "Flashgun" Casey, a crime scene photographer whose series became a radio show that ran into the 1940s. The catalogue lists 63 books from 1934 to 1975, beginning with The Tick-Tack-Toe Murders and The Crime Castle (1934) and ending with No Place for Murder (1975). Kent Murdock Mystery, Flash Casey, Max Hale and Sam Crombie are the series, and Murder With Pictures (1935) and The Camera Clue (1937) are early titles.
Source: Wikidata
How many George Harmon Coxe books are there?
George Harmon Coxe has 63 books, released between 1934 and 1975. They include 4 series and 29 titles listed outside any series.
George Harmon Coxe Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 63 George Harmon Coxe 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.
- 11934–1/4
- 21934–1/4
- 319352881/4
- 41936–1/4
- 51937–1/4
- 61939–1/4
- 71940–1/4
- 81940–1/4
- 91941–1/4
- 101941–1/4
- 111942–1/4
- 12Alias the Dead1943 · confirmed 1/41943–1/4
- 131943–1/4
- 14Murder in Havana1943 · confirmed 1/41943–1/4
- 151944–1/4
- 16The Groom Lay Dead1944 · confirmed 1/41944–1/4
- 17Woman At Bay1945 · confirmed 1/41945–1/4
- 181945–1/4
- 191946–1/4
- 20Fashioned for Murder1947 · confirmed 1/41947–1/4
- 21No Time to Kill1947 · confirmed 1/41947–1/4
- 221947–1/4
- 23Venturous Lady1948 · confirmed 1/41948–1/4
- 241948–1/4
- 25Dangerous Legacy1949 · confirmed 1/41949–1/4
- 26Assignment in Guiana1949 · confirmed 1/41949–1/4
- 271949–1/4
- 281949–1/4
- 291950–1/4
- 30The Man Who Died Twice1951 · confirmed 1/41951–1/4
- 311951–1/4
- 32Never Bet Your Life1952 · confirmed 1/41952–1/4
- 331952–1/4
- 34Uninvited Guest1953 · confirmed 1/41953–1/4
- 35Death at the Isthmus1954 · confirmed 1/41954–1/4
- 3619542221/4
- 37Top Assignment1955 · confirmed 1/41955–1/4
- 38Suddenly a Widow1956 · confirmed 1/41956–1/4
- 391957–1/4
- 40One Minute Past Eight1957 · confirmed 1/41957–1/4
- 41Man on a rope1958 · 222 pages · confirmed 1/419582221/4
- 421958–1/4
- 43Slack Tide1958 · confirmed 1/41958–1/4
- 441959–1/4
- 45Inland Passage1959 · confirmed 1/41959–1/4
- 461960–1/4
- 47One Way Out1960 · confirmed 1/41960–1/4
- 481961–1/4
- 49Mission Fear1962 · confirmed 1/41962–1/4
- 50Moment of Violence1962 · confirmed 1/41962–1/4
- 51With Intent to Kill1962 · confirmed 1/41962–1/4
- 531964–1/4
- 5419651921/4
- 55The Ring of Truth1966 · confirmed 1/41966–1/4
- 5619691921/4
- 57Candid Impostor1969 · 191 pages · confirmed 1/419691911/4
- 5819713501/4
- 59Double Identity1971 · confirmed 1/41971–1/4
- 60Woman with a Gun1972 · 211 pages · confirmed 1/419722111/4
- 6119742111/4
- 62The Inside Man1974 · 214 pages · confirmed 1/419742141/4
- 63No Place for Murder1975 · 369 pages · confirmed 1/419753691/4
George Harmon Coxe 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.
Kent Murdock Mystery in order
23 books- 1. Murder With Pictures
- 2. The Barotique Mystery / Murdock's Acid Test
- 3. The Camera Clue
- 4. The Frightened Women / Four Frightened Women
- 5. The Glass Triangle
- 6. Mrs. Murdock Takes A Case
- 7. The Charred Witness
- 8. The Jade Venus
- 9. The Fifth Key
- 10. The Hollow Needle
- 11. Eye Witness
- 12. Lady Killer
- and 11 more in the table above
Flash Casey in order
5 booksMax Hale in order
2 booksSam Crombie in order
2 booksPhantom Detective in order
2 booksStandalone books
29 books29 George Harmon Coxe titles here are not listed as part of any series.
Do you have to read George Harmon Coxe books in order?
You only need to read George Harmon Coxe books in order within each series: the books listed here span 4 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.
Where to start with George Harmon Coxe
Start with The Tick-Tack-Toe Murders (1934), the earliest published title.
What is the newest George Harmon Coxe book?
No Place for Murder (1975) is the newest George Harmon Coxe book released so far.
Is there a new George Harmon Coxe book coming?
No next George Harmon Coxe book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
George Harmon Coxe at a glance
- Died
- George Harmon Coxe died in 1984, according to Wikidata.
- Last book
- The newest book credited to George Harmon Coxe on record dates from 1975.
- Release pace
- George Harmon Coxe books have appeared more than one a year on average.
- Length
- 2,662 pages across the 11 of 63 books with a recorded length, a median of 214 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most George Harmon Coxe books, 22 of 63, were published in the 1940s.
When George Harmon Coxe books were published
Publication distribution by decade, showing when George Harmon Coxe titles appeared. 1940s was the most productive decade with 22 titles.
63 books total across 5 decades. Decade reflects the year each title was first catalogued.
What the George Harmon Coxe books are about
10 of the 63 George Harmon Coxe books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: fiction in english is tagged on 7 of 10. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Fiction in English 7 of 10 books
- Mystery & detective 6 of 10 books