I've gained a lot of new readers lately, including some who only know me by my new pen name, Max Austin. But I'm a 20-year veteran with 25 books to my credit.
Latest to hit the public eye is DUKE CITY SPLIT, a crime novel that is Max Austin's debut. DUKE CITY SPLIT was published this month by Alibi, the new mystery imprint at Random House. Next in the series, DUKE CITY HIT, is scheduled for December release.
It's been 20 years since my first novel, LONELY STREET, introduced bumbling private eye Bubba Mabry to the world. Since then, Bubba has starred in eight other stories and a Hollywood film.
Lots of mystery readers prefer to read series (and authors' work in general) in chronological order, so I thought I'd share my body of work with you. The ones with asterisks are the Bubba Mabry series.
"Lonely Street,"
1994, Pocket Books*
"Baby Face," 1995,
Pocket Books*
"Witchy Woman,"
1996, St. Martin's
Press*
"Shaky Ground,"
1997, St. Martin's
Press*
"Dirty Pool," 1999, St. Martin's Press*
"End Run," 2000,
Intrigue Press
"Crazy Love," 2001,
Intrigue Press*
"Cheap Shot," 2002, Intrigue Press
"Trophy Husband,"
2003, University of New Mexico
Press
"Bullets," 2003,
Intrigue Press
"Fool's Paradise,"
2003, UNM Press
"Boost," 2004, Speck
Press
"Sanity Clause," a
novella, in "The Last Noel," 2004, Worldwide*
"Bank Job," 2005,
Intrigue Press
"Whipsaw," 2006,
Intrigue Press
"Monkey Man," 2006,
Intrigue Press*
"Payoff," a short
story in the anthology "Damn Near Dead," 2006, Busted Flush
"Cutthroat," 2007,
Bleak House
"Limbo," a short
story in the Mystery Writers of America anthology "Crimes by
Moonlight," 2010, Berkley
"Firepower," 2010,
Amazon/Smashwords
"1500 Rules for
Successful Living," 2011, Amazon/Smashwords
"Calabama," 2011,
Amazon/Smashwords
"The Big Wink,"
2011, Amazon/Smashwords
"Lost Vegas," 2011,
Amazon/Smashwords
"Surf
City," a
short story, 2011, West Coast Crime Wave
"Party Doll," a
novella, 2012, Amazon/Smashwords*
"A Box
of Pandoras," 2012, Amazon/Smashwords
"Showdown," a short story, 2012,
Amazon/Smashwords
"Found Money," a short story, 2012,
Amazon/Smashwords
"Yvonne's Gone," a short story, 2012,
Amazon/Smashwords
"Cemetery Plot," a short story, 2013, Amazon
Writing as Max Austin:
"Duke City Split," Random House/Alibi, 2014
Quite a list, eh? I'm proud of every one of those stories. I hope to write many more.
