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  • Bibliography:
    37 Books (2 Series)
  • First Book:
    January 2002
  • Latest Book:
    June 2024
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Full Series List in Order

A Chanse Macleod Mystery

1 - Murder in the Rue Dauphine (Jan-2002)
2 - Murder In The Rue St. Ann (Sep-2004)
3 - Murder in the Rue Chartres (Nov-2007)
4 - Murder in the Rue Ursulines (Oct-2008)
5 - Murder in the Garden District (Oct-2009)
6 - Murder in the Irish Channel (Dec-2011)
7 - Murder in the Arts District (Oct-2014)

Scotty Bradley

1 - Bourbon Street Blues (Apr-2003)
2 - Jackson Square Jazz (Apr-2004)
3 - Mardi Gras Mambo (Mar-2006)
4 - Vieux Carre Voodoo (May-2010)
5 - Who Dat Whodunnit (May-2011)
6 - Baton Rouge Bingo (Oct-2013)
7 - Garden District Gothic (Sep-2016)
8 - Royal Street Reveillon (Sep-2019)

Book List in Order: 37 titles



  • For gay New Orleans private eye Chanse MacLeod, it seemed like a simple case: find out who was blackmailing his pretty-boy client's rich, closeted boyfriend, collect a nice check, and take some time off. But then the pretty boy turns up dead in wh...




  • Ah, the French Quarter. The smell of fried fish and fresh coffee. The harlequin tchotckes and flammable drinks. The lazy days, wild nights, and hot muscle boys stuffing five-dollar bills into your thong. Welcome to New Orleans, Scotty Bradley style. ...



  • Greg Herren's Bourbon Street Blues, featuring Scotty Bradley--stripper, P.I., psychic, and droll commentator on gay life (his own and everyone else's)--hit a chord with readers everywhere. Now, the buff, blond ex-go-go boy is back, embroiled with a f...






  • When sexy gay private eye Chanse MacLeod investigates the financial shenanigans of club promoter Mark Williams, he discovers that not only does Williams have ties to the New Orleans judiciary, he also has ties to Chanse’s lover, Paul -- a connec...



  • A new tradition to perk up every gay man's Christmas! Upon A Midnight Clear: Queer Christmas Tales shatters traditional views of Christmas to portray what it is like to be gay during the most inescapable American holiday. In this stirring anthology o...



  • In Bourbon Street Blues and Jackson Square Jazz, Greg Herren introduced the wickedly naughty--and irrepressible--Scotty Bradley, who's never met a drink he didn't want, a decadence he could resist, or a hunky trick he won't treat to a little bit of h...






  • Murder hits the Big Easy.

    In the wake of Hurricane Katrina, Chanse MacLeod returns to a different, shattered New Orleans in an attempt to rebuild his own life and face his own future. When he discovers that his last client before the storm w...



  • As New Orleans continues to rebuild in the wake of Hurricane Katrina, Chanse MacLeod becomes involved in a high profile case involving a golden couple of Hollywood who have committed themselves to helping New Orleans recover.

    Greg Herren is ...



  • A leading candidate for the upcoming senatorial race and a scion of a Louisiana political dynasty is shot to death in his Garden District mansion, and the prime suspect is his much younger second wife with a checkered past. Detective Chanse MacLeo...




  • Laura Pryce, 17, has just completed her junior year of high school when her parents are killed in a car accident and she must go live with her Great Aunt Melisande, whom she has never met. Once at her aunt's huge and rambling house, she discovers a s...



  • Eric Matthews survives a near-fatal accident only to find his whole life has changed. Eric Matthews wakes up in the hospital with no memory of how he wound up there -- and soon learns that it’s vital that he remember. Apparently, he was in a car a...






  • For Tony Martin, being a senior means being a star on the football team, classes to get through, hanging out with his friends -- and dating Candy Dixon. And once he graduates, he’s getting out of Kansas and never looking back. But his best friend G...






  • “I shall always be in his shadow, unable to live up to the standard he set at Spindrift, hoping that someday Carlo might love me the way he loved his lost Timothy…” The memory of Timothy haunts every corner of Spindrift, the beautiful mansio...



  • It seemed like a good idea at the time. Every summer three families take a trip together - this year it's to a remote resort in the mountains of upstate New York. Scotty, a teenager who's just come out, is nervous about how his friends will react...




  • For Ricky Hackworth, a summer job to save money before he leaves for college is a necessity. When he lands a job as a lifeguard at the Mermaid Inn in Latona, Alabama, on the beautiful Gulf Coast, it’s like a dream come true. But once he moves into ...




  • Heath Brandon’s mother died when he was barely three years old. His father never spoke about her, or her family. So when her family reaches out to him after his father’s death, Heath decides to make the trip to Louisiana to get to know the only f...




  • The city of New Orleans was rocked to its very shaky foundations when the body of six-year-old beauty queen Delilah Metoyer was found, strangled, in the carriage house behind her family’s Garden District mansion. The crime was never solved, and the...



  • Edited by award-winning author/editor Greg Herren and featuring an introduction by New York Times bestselling author Tim Dorsey, Florida Happens is a riveting anthology featuring some of the brightest stars of mystery writing. Published in conjunctio...



  • A Katrina survivor waits for rescue on his roof in the brutal heat, reflecting on the life choices that brought him to this moment. A young woman discovers there's more to her perfect man than she thought. A gay journalist travels to Italy to inte...






  • Someone is killing the Grande Dames of New Orleans! It’s Christmas time, but the last thing in the world Scotty wants under his tree is a murder case that strikes close to home. The premiere party for a new reality show sets the stage for a murd...



  • Anthony had just planned on a quiet evening alone at home until he gets a frantic phone call from his tenant, Phillip--the guy that things just always seem to happen to. But it's not a plugged toilet or a leaky sink Phillip needs help with this t...



  • After landing in the hospital after a bad breakup and an ensuing drug-and-alcohol binge, college student Jake Chapman is given two options: rehab, or spend the summer at his dying grandmother’s decaying home in rural Alabama. The choice is ...



  • Liberty Center High School's football team has a long history of success, and the dying small town has nothing else to cling to. But when Lance, the star quarterback, is found dead, Alex Wheeler becomes the prime suspect in his best friend's murder. ...




  • But will it play in Peoria? For years, the Midwest has been used as a stand-in for average America. The sweeping great plains, the heavy snows of winter, ice fishing and mighty rivers and frozen lakes. Midwesterners have a reputation for being the sa...



  • Spring has returned to New Orleans, bringing with it the swarming termites! First-time homeowner Scotty Bradley is feeling like he may have made the biggest mistake of his life buying in the French Quarter. Between dealing with the Vieux Carré C...



  • The follow-up to "Death Drop," the second book in our drag queen "Killer Queen" mystery series. Having graduated now from drag school, Jem is thrilled when he's hired to help out Miss Queer Mississippi at the Miss Queer America pagean...


Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Greg Herren has published 37 books.

The next book by Greg Herren, You Gone Girl, will be published in June 2024.

The first book by Greg Herren, Murder in the Rue Dauphine, was published in January 2002.

Yes. Greg Herren has 2 series.