Mystery Novels
Sheriff Dan Rhodes Series
- * Too Late to Die (Walker, l986; Ivy, 1989) - Winner of the Anthony Award for Best First Novel
- * Shotgun Saturday Night (Walker, l987; Ivy, 1989)
- * Cursed to Death (Walker, l988; Ivy, 1990)
- * Death on the Move (Walker, 1989; Ivy, 1990)
- * Evil at the Root (St. Martin's, 1990; Ivy, 1991)
- * Booked for a Hanging (St. Martin's, 1992)
- * Murder Most Fowl (St. Martin's, 1994)
- * Winning Can Be Murder (St. Martin's, 1996; Worldwide, 2000)
- * Death by Accident (St. Martin's, 1998; Worldwide, 2000)
- * A Ghost of a Chance (St Martins, July 2000; Worldwide, October 2001)
- * A Romantic Way to Die (St. Martins, November 2001)
- * Red, White, and Blue Murder (St. Martin's, October 2003)
- * "The Empty Manger" (Worldwide, November 2001) - novella included in the collection Murder, Mayhem, and Mistletoe
- * A Mammoth Murder (St. Martin's, April 2006)
- * Murder Among the O.W.L.S. (St. Martin's, January 2007)
- * Of All Sad Words (St. Martin's, February 2008)
Carl Burns Series
- * One Dead Dean (Walker, l988)
- * Dying Voices (St. Martin's, 1989)
- * . . . A Dangerous Thing (Walker, 1994; Worldwide, 1996)
- * Dead Soldiers (Five Star, June 2004)
Truman Smith Series
- * Dead on the Island ( Walker, 1991) - nominated for the Shamus Award for Best First Private Eye Novel
- * Gator Kill ( Walker, 1992)
- * When Old Men Die (Walker, 1994)
- * The Prairie Chicken Kill (Walker, 1996)
- * Murder Takes a Break (Walker, 1996)
Stanley Waters Series
(co-authored with Willard Scott)
- * Murder under Blue Skies (Dutton, 1998; Onyx, 1999)
- * Murder in the Mist (Dutton, 1999; Onyx, 2000)
Sally Good Series
- * Murder Is An Art (St. Martin's, 1999)
- * A Knife in the Back (St. Martin's, 2002)
- * A Bond with Death (St. Martin's, 2004)
Stand-Alone Mystery and Suspense Novels
- * Blood Marks (St. Martin's, 1991; Gold Medal, 1993)
- * The Texas Capitol Murders (St. Martin's, 1992 )
- * Houston Homicide (with Clyde Wilson) (Five Star, December 2007)
House-Name Spy Fiction
- * The Coyote Connection (a Nick Carter book, in collaboration with Jack Davis) (Charter, 1981)
Western Novels
- * Ryan Rides Back (M. Evans, l988)
- * Galveston Gunman (M. Evans, l989)
- * A Time for Hanging (M. Evans, 1989)
- * Medicine Show (M. Evans, 1990)
- * Outrage at Blanco (Dell, 1999)
- * Texas Vigilante (Dell, 1999)
Horror Novels
(all published under the pseudonym "Jack MacLane")
- * Keepers of the Beast (Zebra, l988)
- * Goodnight, Moom (Zebra, l989)
- * Blood Dreams (Zebra,1989)
- * Rest in Peace (Zebra,1990)
- * Just before Dark (Zebra, 1990)
Stone: M.I.A. Hunter Series
(All published under the pseudonym "
Jack Buchanan." The entire series was co-written with Stephen Mertz, Michael Newton, and Joe R. Lansdale.)
- * Miami War Zone (Stone: MIA Hunter #10) (Jove, 1988)
- * Desert Death Raid (Stone: MIA Hunter #12) (Jove, 1989)
- * Back to 'Nam (Stone: MIA Hunter #14) (Jove, 1990)
Books for Young Readers
- * A Vampire Named Fred (Temple Books, 1990)
- * Muttketeer: A Wishbone Book (Big Red Chair Books, 1997)
- * Mike Gonzo and the Sewer Monster (Minstrel.1996)
- * Mike Gonzo and the Almost Invisible Man (Minstrel, 1996)
- * Mike Gonzo and the UFO Terror (Minstrel, 1997) - Winner of the 1997 Golden Duck Award for Best Juvenile SF Novel
Short Story Collections
- * The Nighttime is the Right Time (Five Star, 2000)