Wallace Stroby Books in Order
Wallace Stroby has written 10 books, published between 2003 and 2021. The first book is The Barbed-Wire Kiss (2003) and the newest is Heaven's a Lie (2021). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 10
- Published
- 2003–2021
- Pages on record
- 2,734 in 9 of 10 books
- Reading time
- 46–68 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 2,734 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 9 of 10 titles with a page count on record.
Wallace Stroby, born in 1960, is an American crime novelist and journalist. Four of the novels feature Crissa Stone, a professional thief. Two series are catalogued to the name: Crissa Stone and Harry Rane. Recorded subjects include crime, female offenders, hard-boiled mystery, private investigators, policewomen and New Jersey. Ten books run from The Barbed-Wire Kiss (2003) to Heaven's a Lie (2021), taking in Gone 'til November (2010), Cold Shot to the Heart (2011), Shoot the Woman First (2013) and Some Die Nameless (2018).
How many Wallace Stroby books are there?
Wallace Stroby has 10 books, released between 2003 and 2021. They include 2 series and 4 titles listed outside any series.
Wallace Stroby Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 10 Wallace Stroby 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.
- 120033522/4
- 220053522/4
- 3Gone 'til November2010 · 304 pages · confirmed 2/420103042/4
- 420113042/4
- 5Lovers in the Cold2011 · confirmed 2/42011–2/4
- 620122722/4
- 720132762/4
- 820152632/4
- 9Some Die Nameless2018 · 339 pages · confirmed 2/420183392/4
- 10Heaven's a Lie2021 · 272 pages · confirmed 2/420212722/4
Wallace Stroby 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.
Crissa Stone in order
4 booksHarry Rane in order
2 booksStandalone books
4 books4 Wallace Stroby titles here are not listed as part of any series.
Do you have to read Wallace Stroby books in order?
You only need to read Wallace Stroby books in order within each series: the books listed here span 2 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.
Where to start with Wallace Stroby
Start with The Barbed-Wire Kiss (2003), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Wallace Stroby book?
Heaven's a Lie (2021) is the newest Wallace Stroby book released so far.
Is there a new Wallace Stroby book coming?
No next Wallace Stroby book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Wallace Stroby at a glance
- Paused
- No new Wallace Stroby title has appeared for 5 years. The last was published in 2021.
- Release pace
- Wallace Stroby books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
- Length
- 2,734 pages across the 9 of 10 books with a recorded length, a median of 304 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Wallace Stroby books, 7 of 10, were published in the 2010s.
What the Wallace Stroby books are about
9 of the 10 Wallace Stroby books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: crime is tagged on 4 of 9. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Crime 4 of 9 books
- Crissa Stone 4 of 9 books
- Female offenders 4 of 9 books
- Suspense 3 of 9 books
- Mystery & detective 2 of 9 books
- Mystery & detective, hard-boiled 2 of 9 books
- Mystery & detective, women sleuths 2 of 9 books
- New Jersey 2 of 9 books
- Thrillers 2 of 9 books