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  • Bibliography:
    8 Books (2 Series)
  • First Book:
    November 2014
  • Latest Book:
    July 2023
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Full Series List in Order

Cantor Gold Crime

1 - Criminal Gold (Nov-2014)
2 - Tarnished Gold (Sep-2015)
3 - Genuine Gold (Jan-2017)
4 - Flesh and Gold (Oct-2018)
5 - Murder and Gold (Jul-2021)
6 - Hunting Gold (Jul-2022)

A Donner & Longstreet Mystery

1 - A Crime of Secrets (Jul-2023)

Book List in Order: 8 titles



  • Midnight, New York Harbor, 1949. Cantor Gold, dapper dyke-about-town, smuggler of fine art, waits in her boat under the Brooklyn Bridge for racketeer Gregory Ortine. In the shadow of the bridge, he’ll toss Cantor a satchel of cash, and she’ll tos...



  • New York City, 1950. Cantor Gold, art smuggler and dapper dyke-about-town, hunts for a missing masterpiece she’s risked her life to bring through the port of New York. She must outsmart the Law that wants to jail her; outrun the dockside gangsters ...



  • New York, 1952. From the shadowy docks of Athens, Greece, to the elegance of a Fifth Avenue penthouse, to the neon glare of Coney Island, art smuggler Cantor Gold must track down an ancient artifact, elude thugs and killers, protect a beautiful woman...



  • Havana, 1952, a city throbbing with pleasure and danger, where the Mob peddles glamor to the tourists and there's plenty of sex for sale. In the swanky hotels and casinos, and the steamy, secretive Red Light district of the Colón, Cantor Gold, dappe...



  • Assassination is Maureen Eckles' business. Vengeance is her quest. When Maureen learns that Leo Riddles Ridley is back in Chicago, the screaming harridan of violence and vengeance is unmuzzled in Maureen's troubled head. The harridan only quiets when...



  • New York City, 1954.Two women are found murdered. One is Lorraine Quinn, Cantor Gold’s most recent one-night-stand. The other is political power broker and aspiring New York socialite Eve Garraway, a regular client of Cantor’s stolen art trade. P...



  • Lambda Literary Award-winning author returns with a stunning mystery proving that Noir is the new black.A golden city of prosperity, energy, the exciting engine of the American Dream. Just underneath, though, is a dark city, with darker ambitions. Th...



  • Lambda Literary Award-winning author introduces readers to the crime-fighting duo of Fin Donner and Devorah Longstreet -- Lovers. Investigators. Women ahead of their time.New York City, 1899 -- a city on the cusp of a new century. A city growing...




Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Ann Aptaker has published 8 books.

Ann Aptaker does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, A Crime of Secrets, was published in July 2023.

The first book by Ann Aptaker, Criminal Gold, was published in November 2014.

Yes. Ann Aptaker has 2 series.