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.

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 September 2026.

  1. 1
    The Tick-Tack-Toe MurdersPhantom Detective #61934 · confirmed 1/4
    1934
  2. 2
    The Crime CastlePhantom Detective #91934 · confirmed 1/4
    1934
  3. 3
    Murder With PicturesKent Murdock Mystery #11935 · 288 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1935288
  4. 41936
  5. 5
    The Camera ClueKent Murdock Mystery #31937 · confirmed 1/4
    1937
  6. 61939
  7. 7
    The Lady is AfraidMax Hale #11940 · confirmed 1/4
    1940
  8. 81940
  9. 9
    Silent Are the DeadFlash Casey #11941 · confirmed 1/4
    1941
  10. 101941
  11. 111942
  12. 12
    Alias the Dead1943 · confirmed 1/4
    1943
  13. 13
    Murder for TwoFlash Casey #21943 · confirmed 1/4
    1943
  14. 14
    Murder in Havana1943 · confirmed 1/4
    1943
  15. 15
    Murder For the AskingMax Hale #21944 · confirmed 1/4
    1944
  16. 16
    The Groom Lay Dead1944 · confirmed 1/4
    1944
  17. 17
    Woman At Bay1945 · confirmed 1/4
    1945
  18. 18
    The Jade VenusKent Murdock Mystery #81945 · confirmed 1/4
    1945
  19. 19
    Flash Casey: DetectiveFlash Casey #31946 · confirmed 1/4
    1946
  20. 20
    Fashioned for Murder1947 · confirmed 1/4
    1947
  21. 21
    No Time to Kill1947 · confirmed 1/4
    1947
  22. 22
    The Fifth KeyKent Murdock Mystery #91947 · confirmed 1/4
    1947
  23. 23
    Venturous Lady1948 · confirmed 1/4
    1948
  24. 24
    The Hollow NeedleKent Murdock Mystery #101948 · confirmed 1/4
    1948
  25. 25
    Dangerous Legacy1949 · confirmed 1/4
    1949
  26. 26
    Assignment in Guiana1949 · confirmed 1/4
    1949
  27. 27
    Eye WitnessKent Murdock Mystery #111949 · confirmed 1/4
    1949
  28. 28
    Lady KillerKent Murdock Mystery #121949 · confirmed 1/4
    1949
  29. 29
    The Frightened FiancéeSam Crombie #11950 · confirmed 1/4
    1950
  30. 30
    The Man Who Died Twice1951 · confirmed 1/4
    1951

George Harmon Coxe series in order

The series linked below has its own reading-order page.

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.

Flash Casey in order

5 books
  1. 1. Silent Are the Dead
  2. 2. Murder for Two
  3. 3. Flash Casey: Detective
  4. 4. Error of Judgement
  5. 5. Deadly Image

Max Hale in order

2 books
  1. 1. The Lady is Afraid
  2. 2. Murder For the Asking

Sam Crombie in order

2 books
  1. 1. The Frightened Fiancée
  2. 2. The Impetuous Mistress

Phantom Detective in order

2 books
  1. 6. The Tick-Tack-Toe Murders
  2. 9. The Crime Castle

Standalone books

29 books

29 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 Murder With Pictures (1935), the first Kent Murdock Mystery book. The earliest catalogued title overall is The Tick-Tack-Toe Murders (1934).

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.

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.