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Ed Noon Books in Order

Ed Noon by Michael Avallone contains 32 books, published between 1953 and 2014. The first book is The Spitting Image (1953) and the newest is Little Miss Murder (2014). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
32
Published
1953–2014
Pages on record
667 in 4 of 32 books
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Ed Noon is the detective at the centre of Michael Avallone's mystery series, which runs to 32 books between 1953 and 2014. The Spitting Image and The Tall Dolores open it in 1953, followed by Dead Game and Violence in Velvet. Three titles carry 1957 dates and three more 1960, among them The Crazy Mixed-Up Corpse, The Case of the Violent Virgin and Meanwhile Back at the Morgue. Median length is 168 pages, and the 1970s is the heaviest decade.

How many Ed Noon books are there?

Ed Noon has 32 books, released between 1953 and 2014.

Ed Noon Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 32 Ed Noon 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. Cover of The Big Stiffs by Michael Avallone, book 26 of the Ed Noon series (1977)
  2. Cover of 5 Minute Mysteries by Michael Avallone, book 27 of the Ed Noon series (1978)
  3. Cover of Little Miss Murder by Michael Avallone, book 32 of the Ed Noon series (2014)
  1. 1
    The Spitting Image1953 · confirmed 1/4
    1953–
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  2. 2
    The Tall Dolores1953 · confirmed 1/4
    1953–
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  3. 3
    Dead Game1954 · confirmed 1/4
    1954–
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  4. 4
    Violence in Velvet1956 · confirmed 1/4
    1956–
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  5. 5
    The Voodoo Murders1957 · confirmed 1/4
    1957–
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  6. 6
    The Crazy Mixed-Up Corpse1957 · confirmed 1/4
    1957–
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  7. 7
    The Alarming Clock1957 · confirmed 1/4
    1957–
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  8. 8
    The Case of the Violent Virgin1960 · confirmed 1/4
    1960–
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  9. 9
    The February Doll Murders1960 · confirmed 1/4
    1960–
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  10. 10
    Meanwhile Back at the Morgue1960 · confirmed 1/4
    1960–
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  11. 11
    There Is Something about a Dame1963 · confirmed 1/4
    1963–
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  12. 12
    The Bedroom Bolero1963 · confirmed 1/4
    1963–
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  13. 13
    The Living Bomb1963 · confirmed 1/4
    1963–
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  14. 14
    Lust Is No Lady1964 · confirmed 1/4
    1964–
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  15. 15
    The Fat Death1966 · confirmed 1/4
    1966–
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  16. 16
    The Flower-Covered Corpse1969 · confirmed 1/4
    1969–
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  17. 17
    The Doomsday Bag1969 · 141 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1969141
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  18. 18
    Death Dives Deep1971 · confirmed 1/4
    1971–
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  19. 19
    The Hot Body1973 · confirmed 1/4
    1973–
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  20. 20
    Killer on the Keys1973 · confirmed 1/4
    1973–
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  21. 21
    The X-Rated Corpse1973 · confirmed 1/4
    1973–
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  22. 22
    Shoot it Again, Sam1973 · confirmed 1/4
    1973–
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  23. 23
    The Girl in the Cockpit1974 · confirmed 1/4
    1974–
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  24. 24
    London Bloody London1974 · confirmed 1/4
    1974–
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  25. 25
    Kill Her-- You'll Like It!1974 · confirmed 1/4
    1974–
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  26. 26
    The Big Stiffs1977 · 224 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1977224
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  27. 27
    5 Minute Mysteries1978 · 106 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1978106
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  28. 28
    High Noon at Midnight1989 · 196 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1989196
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  29. 29
    The Case of the Bouncing Betty2012 · confirmed 1/4
    2012–
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  30. 30
    The Horrible Man2014 · confirmed 1/4
    2014–
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  31. 31
    Assassins Don't Die in Bed2014 · confirmed 1/4
    2014–
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  32. 32
    Little Miss Murder2014 · confirmed 1/4
    2014–
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Is there a chronological order for Ed Noon?

No separate chronological order is on record for Ed Noon, because none of the book listings this catalogue draws on publishes one; the publication order above is the only order given.

Do you have to read Ed Noon books in order?

You should read the Ed Noon books in publication order, the order of the numbered table above. The catalogue does not record whether each Ed Noon book also stands alone.

Where to start with Ed Noon

Start with The Spitting Image (1953), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Ed Noon book?

Little Miss Murder (2014) is the newest Ed Noon book released so far.

Is there a new Ed Noon book coming?

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

Ed Noon at a glance

No recent titles
The newest Ed Noon title on record dates from 2014, 12 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
Release pace
Ed Noon books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
Length
667 pages across the 4 of 32 books with a recorded length, a median of 168 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Ed Noon books, 10 of 32, were published in the 1970s.

What the Ed Noon books are about

1 of the 32 Ed Noon 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.

More books by Michael Avallone

The author page linked below lists every book in publication order.

Other series by Michael Avallone

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