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  • Bibliography:
    14 Books (1 Series)
  • First Book:
    April 1981
  • Latest Book:
    January 2021
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Full Series List in Order

Bruce Kohler

1 - Death Will Get You Sober (Apr-2008)
2 - Death Will Help You Leave Him (Oct-2009)
3 - Death Will Extend Your Vacation (May-2012)
4 - Death Will Save Your Life (Mar-2014)

Book List in Order: 14 titles





  • On Christmas Day, Bruce Kohler wakes up in detox on the Bowery in New York City. He knows it's time to change his life, but how can he stay sober without dying of boredom? When homeless alcoholics start to die unexpectedly, Bruce is surprised to find...



  • Sober alcoholic Bruce Kohler discovers that there’s a lot more to recovery than putting down the booze in the sequel to Death Will Get You Sober. With his friends, Jimmy the computer wiz and Barbara the world-class codependent, he gets drawn in...



  • Recovering alcoholic Bruce Kohler let a charming but unreliable Australian sleep on his couch, borrow his clothes, and bring women home. Now he has to figure out which one of them killed him. Zelvin has been nominated three times for the Agatha Award...



  • It's Bruce's first sober Christmas. And Chanukah. Barbara has her hands full making latkes. Jimmy supervises as Bruce wrestles with those pesky strings of lights. A trip to the hardware store leads to murder, but Bruce is on the case. The crucial clu...





  • A carefree summer in Deadhampton turns lethal when the tide washes in the body of Clea, an investigative journalist whose passions included environmental issues and more than her share of boyfriends. The suspects are all in 12-step programs, but some...



  • Home for Passover with the family? Or a full-moon run with a werewolf pack? When Amy Greenstein, aka Emerald Love, nice Jewish girl and rising country music star, says good-bye to her boyfriend after a show in Nashville, she doesn’t know she’ll n...



  • The characters in this collection of short stories by multiple award-nominated author Elizabeth Zelvin range from recovering alcoholic and amateur sleuth Bruce Kohler to two very different women who kill, a pair of treasure-hunting Brits, and a burne...







  • The year is 1493, and young Jewish sailor Diego Mendoza has returned from Columbus’s triumphant first voyage with tales of lush landscapes, rivers running with gold, and welcoming locals. But back home in Spain, Diego finds the Inquisition at its t...



  • 1493: Joanna is one of 2,000 Jewish children torn from their parents on the Lisbon docks and sent as slaves to a pestilential island off the African coast. 1495: Diego Mendoza and his sister Rachel return to Spain in 1495 after two years with Columbu...



  • What do women want? A voice. To be heard. Respect. To be believed. Justice. To be both safe and free. The women in these stories have daughters, sisters, friends. The minister worries about her parishioners. The banshee worries about the Hippocratic ...



  • The first Black Cat Mystery Magazine of 2021 presents 7 compelling original tales, plus a classic reprint by Donald Barr Chidsey. Included are:TRIP UP ON HIGH STREET, by John HegenbergerST. KILLIAN'S CHOICE, by M.A. MonninYOU LOSE, WE FIND, by Jon Ma...


Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Elizabeth Zelvin has published 14 books.

Elizabeth Zelvin does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, Black Cat Mystery Magazine #8, was published in January 2021.

The first book by Elizabeth Zelvin, I Am the Daughter, was published in April 1981.

Yes. Elizabeth Zelvin has 1 series.