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  • Bibliography:
    15 Books (1 Series)
  • First Book:
    April 2010
  • Latest Book:
    October 2023
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Full Series List in Order

A Last Laff Mystery

1 - Killer Routine (Apr-2011)
2 - Deadly Campaign (Jan-2012)

Book List in Order: 15 titles



  • When Josh Handleman returns to his boyhood home to sit shiva for his estranged father, he gets the shock of his life: his frugal dad was a diamond collector worth millions. Now the gems are missing and Josh begins to suspect his father’s death migh...



  • Comedian Channing Hayes survived a tragic auto accident that claimed the life of his fiancée, Lauren. Physically and emotionally scarred, he's put his performing career on hold, resigned to getting laughs vicariously as co-owner of The Last Laff Come...



  • Comedy club owner and occasional performer Channing Hayes thought the comedy biz was tough, but it's a stroll in the park compared to politics. When he and his business partner Artie attend a congressional campaign event for their friend Thomas Lee's...



  • In shock radio, nothing is too far over-the-top in the pursuit of ratings. Not even murder. During his twenty-six-year career, D.C. radio talk show host Rick Jennings steered clear of outrageous radio. Wasn’t his thing. So when WTLK execs tap him f...



  • Trey Powers never killed a cop before. Never had to. But after his cousin Jimmy has been framed and murdered by Officer Karla Cheng, one of Hafton Police Department’s finest, Trey has no choice. He must avenge Jimmy’s death, one way or another. T...



  • After his mother dies, Jake Wheeler returns to his birthplace of Dark Springs, West Virginia, seeking solace among his kin. But his family’s unique comfort food includes some ingredients Jake's not sure he can stomach. They eat dead people. Discove...



  • After selling his company for millions, Colby Walker takes his family -- and his son’s friend Jess -- on vacation, wanting nothing more than to unwind in the sun and surf. But he spots the alarming signs in short order: Jess’s downcast eyes, a fa...



  • Alan Orloff is one of the most popular emerging mystery writers. His work has been nominated for Derringer and Agatha Awards, and one of his stories was selected for The Best American Mystery Stories (2018). For his debut appearance in the Black Cat ...







  • *WINNER - 2019 ITW THRILLER AWARD (BEST E-BOOK ORIGINAL)*Can former best-selling novelist Mathias King--now a rumpled, grizzled English professor--save America from a terrorist of his own making?In the shadow of the Pentagon, a secr...



  • When Anderson West takes on the pro-bono case of Jessica Smith, a twenty-something restaurant hostess being stalked, the last thing he expects is for his investigation to spiral into breaking and entering, assault, and legal threats from the suspects...



  • When Daniel Brickman returns home to visit his ailing father, he discovers that an old family friend has bilked his father out of his entire retirement savings. His first thought? Call the cops. But Daniel’s vengeful father would rather handle thin...



  • All's great for sixteen-year-old actor Dalton Black as he portrays a teen killer on a crime reenactment show. That is, until he realizes someone is stalking him. When that someone turns out to be Homer Lee Varney, the man convicted of the murder, thi...



  • Blackmail is such an ugly word. Even uglier when it's happening to you, especially when you don't know who's behind it, and defense lawyer Jefferson Bell doesn't have a clue. Disgruntled client? Current mistress? One of a handful of pissed-off ex-mis...



  • Mess Hopkins, proprietor of the seen-better-days Fairfax Manor Inn, never met a person in need who couldn't use a helping hand-his helping hand. So he's thrown open the doors of the motel to the homeless, victims of abuse, or anyone else who could be...


Award-Winning Books by Alan Orloff

I Play One on TV
2021 Agatha Award -- Children/Young Adult
2022 Anthony Award -- Children/Young Adult
Pray for the Innocent
2019 Thriller Award -- E-Book Original


Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Alan Orloff has published 15 books.

Alan Orloff does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, Sanctuary Motel, was published in October 2023.

The first book by Alan Orloff, Diamonds for the Dead, was published in April 2010.

Yes. Alan Orloff has 1 series.