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    90 Books (9 Series)
  • First Book:
    March 1999
  • Latest Book:
    February 2024
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Full Series List in Order

The Bluesman

1 - Killer of Monsters (Jul-2012)
2 - Tattoo Magic Showdown (Aug-2012)
3 - Death House Jam Session (Oct-2012)
4 - Hospital Blood Night (Nov-2012)
5 - Sacrifice (Jan-2013)
6 - Blood Music (Aug-2013)
7 - Mountaintop Doom (Nov-2013)
8 - Honky Tonk Horror (Mar-2014)
9 - Death Kiss (Sep-2014)

Gillian Boone

1 - A Glimpse of Her Soul (Feb-2013)
2 - Pathway to Spirit (Mar-2014)

The Malja Chronicles

1 - The Way of the Black Beast (Sep-2011)
2 - The Way of the Sword and Gun (Jan-2012)
3 - The Way of the Brother Gods (Sep-2012)
4 - The Way of the Blade (Dec-2013)
5 - The Way of the Power (Oct-2014)
6 - The Way of the Soul (Jul-2015)

Marshall Drummond Case Files

1 - The Butcher's Witch (Nov-2017)
2 - The Amnesia Dealer (Nov-2017)
3 - Witch's Brew (Nov-2017)
4 - The Fate of Laura McCullen (Dec-2017)
5 - Apartment 2A (Mar-2018)
6 - The Essence of the Problem (Dec-2018)
7 - Bones in the Woods (Mar-2019)
8 - The Haunting (May-2019)
9 - The Blood Witch (Sep-2019)
10 - The Connected Ones (Mar-2020)
11 - In the Bag (Dec-2020)
12 - The Loyalty of Dogs and Men (Sep-2021)
13 - Mr. Howe's Final Victim (Dec-2021)
14 - A Case of Innocence (Mar-2022)
15 - Whistles (Jul-2022)
16 - The Unwanted Death of Clarence Tunk (Dec-2022)
17 - Late Night Call (Sep-2023)

Marshall Drummond Cabinet

1 - The Marshall Drummond Case Files: Cabinet 1 (Aug-2018)
2 - The Marshall Drummond Case Files: Cabinet 2 (Jan-2020)
3 - The Marshall Drummond Case Files: Cabinet 3 (Aug-2022)

A Max Porter Paranormal Mystery

1 - Southern Bound (Oct-2012)
2 - Southern Charm (Sep-2012)
3 - Southern Belle (Sep-2013)
4 - Southern Gothic (Jan-2015)
5 - Southern Haunts (Dec-2015)
6 - Southern Curses (May-2016)
7 - Southern Rites (Oct-2016)
8 - Southern Craft (Mar-2017)
9 - Southern Spirit (Nov-2017)
10 - Southern Flames (Apr-2018)
11 - Southern Fury (Feb-2019)
12 - Southern Souls (Oct-2019)
13 - Southern Blood (Aug-2020)
14 - Southern Graves (Mar-2021)
15 - Southern Dead (Dec-2021)
16 - Southern Hexes (Mar-2023)

Nathan K

1 - Immortal Killers (Feb-2016)
2 - Killing Machine (Jun-2016)
3 - The Cardinal (Nov-2016)
4 - Yukon Massacre (Mar-2017)
5 - The First Battle (Jul-2017)
6 - Immortal Darkness (Dec-2017)
7 - A Spy for Eternity (Jun-2018)
8 - Prisoner (Apr-2019)
9 - Desert Takedown (Dec-2019)
10 - Lone Star Standoff (Oct-2020)
11 - The Puppeteer (Oct-2021)
12 - Blowback (Aug-2022)
13 - Prime (Jun-2023)

Parallel Society

1 - The Infinity Caverns (Jul-2017)
2 - Book on the Isle (Feb-2018)
3 - Rift Angel (Nov-2018)
4 - Lost Time (Feb-2020)
5 - Pages of Glass (Aug-2021)
6 - The Bold Warrior (Feb-2022)
7 - City of Infinity (Oct-2022)

Ridnight Chronicles

1 - The Water Blade (Jun-2021)
2 - The Waters of Taladoro (Jul-2021)
3 - Waterfire (Aug-2021)

Book List in Order: 90 titles






  • A SHORT HORROR STORY about a man seeking revenge. But his vengeance brings him up against Leon Boyton -- a man haunted by his own shadow -- a living shadow that sends him to desperate lengths to control it....



  • This is a SHORT STORY.Laurel is about to do something very dangerous. She's going to lie to a witch. But she needs to find out if her dreams are just dreams, or if that world is the true reality and this one just the dream. The answer lies in confron...



  • Malja wants answers. She wants to know why the two most powerful magicians in all of Corlin ripped her from her mother's arms, raised her only to fight, and then tossed her away to die at age ten. She wants to know why they are trying to recreate the...





  • THIS IS A FANTASY/MYSTERY SHORT STORY. A bizarre murder has occurred and everything points to a dragon as the culprit. But everything also points to a man as the culprit. In a world where human/dragon relations are verging on violence, this case may ...



  • For the past year, Malja and her companions have traveled the ruined lands of Corlin trying to bring order to the chaos of a world destroyed by magic. But when Owl, a warrior skilled in the Way of the Sword and Gun, enlists their aid in facing a new ...



  • SURVIVING IS JUST THE BEGINNING The job is simple -- land illegally on the mysterious and unspoiled planet Cicora, drop off two aliens and a human, collect the pay, and go home to life as a tourist pilot. Oh, and ask no questions. But when Fiona Quin...






  • The Bluesman - musician, magician, lethal killer. Thrown into our world from a parallel universe, the Bluesman seeks to save the Earth from being overrun by the horrid, mutated creatures that came with him. Armed with magic, sk...



  • The Bluesman - musician, magician, lethal killer. Thrown into our world from a parallel universe, the Bluesman seeks to save the Earth from being overrun by the horrid, mutated creatures that came with him. Armed with magic, sk...



  • When Max and the gang are hired by an art forging ghost to find a lost painting, he thinks it'll be easy money. But villains old and new come out, and the race is on for the painting and the secrets it contains. Since his partner, the ghost of 1940s ...



  • Stolen from another world, the great warrior Malja has sought one thing above all else - a way home. With the help of her companions, Tommy and Fawbry, she may finally have her chance. Cole Watts, the genius at melding magic and machinery from the ru...



  • The Bluesman - musician, magician, lethal killer. Thrown to Earth from a parallel universe, the Bluesman seeks to save our world from being overrun by the horrid, mutated creatures that came with him. Armed with magic, skill, and his companion, Sco...



  • "Southern Bound gets it right! A great blend of ghosts and gumshoes. If you like haunting mysteries you'll love Southern Bound!" - Edgar-nominated author, Joel Goldman When Max and Sandra moved down to North Carolina, they thought they were getting a...



  • The Bluesman - musician, magician, lethal killer. Thrown into our world from a parallel universe, the Bluesman seeks to save the Earth from being overrun by the horrid, mutated creatures that came with him. Armed with magic, skill, and his snarky com...



  • This is the one you don't want to miss! The world of Scotch, Fuller, and Dee will never be the same after they encounter a tattooed magician on a vengeance -- a vicious killer who wants blood for all the monsters our heroes have dispatched in the pas...



  • When 16-year-old Gillian Boone discovers that a secret message has been etched into her soul, her world of normal teenage life is destroyed. Now, bizarre monstrosities try to kill her so they can read this message as her soul departs and use its info...



  • Duncan Rose hustles his way through life, taking advantage of the foolish and overindulged. His weapon of choice - a deck of cards. Despite the dangers, he uses his skills with sleight-of-hand tricks to cheat at poker and tilt life in his favor. But ...






  • The Bluesman - musician, magician, lethal killer. Thrown to Earth from a parallel universe, the Bluesman seeks to save our world from being overrun by the horrid, mutated creatures that came with him. Armed with magic, skill, and his companion, Sco...



  • From the tiny life of a fly to the far reaches of space, from an elderly witch in WWII's Lublin ghetto to a dragon detective in the modern world's harsh streets, from tattoos and chess games to robberies and betrayals, these ten stories are packed wi...



  • OLD PASSIONS, NEW ENEMIES Max thought he had enough trouble dealing with one witch in Winston-Salem. But a new case brings to light an entire coven of witches. Angry, cursed, dead witches. Lucky for Max he has the aid of his partner, the ghost of 194...



  • The Bluesman - musician, magician, lethal killer. Thrown to Earth from a parallel universe, the Bluesman seeks to save our world from being overrun by the horrid, mutated creatures that came with him. Armed with magic, skill, and his companion, Scotc...



  • When Malja leaves her post-apocalyptic world, she has one goal in mind -- find Harskill and make him lead her to the rest of her kind. But when she discovers a world ravaged by a civil war that Harskill created, she is compelled to stop his madness b...



  • The Bluesman - musician, magician, lethal killer. Thrown to Earth from a parallel universe, the Bluesman seeks to save our world from being overrun by the horrid, mutated creatures that came with him. Armed with magic, skill, and his companion, Scotc...



  • After defeating an army of Callers, Gillian Boone wants nothing more than to return to the life of a normal teenager. But when her new boyfriend is abducted by something even worse than a Caller -- a Proxy of Spirit -- she has no choice but to jump b...



  • Stuart Jaffe returns with ten more stories from his unique and boundless imagination. Apocalyptic madness, pirates, blues music, murder, and steampunk are just a little of the wonders you’ll uncover in these pages. Strange and beautiful, action-pac...



  • The Bluesman - musician, magician, lethal killer. Thrown into our world from a parallel universe, the Bluesman seeks to save the Earth from being overrun by the horrid, mutated creatures that came with him. Armed with magic, skill, and his companion,...



  • The Bluesman - musician, magician, lethal killer. Thrown to Earth from a parallel universe, the Bluesman seeks to save our world from being overrun by the horrid, mutated creatures that came with him. Armed with magic, skill, and his companion, Scotc...






  • Power corrupts, and magic is power. On the world of Reo-Koll, a little girl called the Artisoll possesses all of the magic -- all of it. Whoever can control the Artisoll controls the world, and battle ignites between three armies bent on gaining that...



  • Times are rough for Max and Sandra. The resurrected Tucker Hull has reduced them to living in a trailer and taken away any decent income they could find. The ghost detective, Marshall Drummond, refuses to move on and takes up residence in their trail...



  • MALJA’S LAST BATTLE It’s been a long journey for Malja. From vengeful renegade to savior of worlds, she has defeated every challenge with strength and determination. Yet one enemy remains. Harskill. Unsatisfied by the slow pace of taking over wor...



  • Old Tragedies, New Horrors Max and Sandra Porter have encountered many frightening things in North Carolina -- witches, curses, covens, and evil families to name a few -- encounters that left them broke and broken. Now, just as Max and Sandra are get...



  • HE SHOULD HAVE DIEDNathan Flynn is trying to get a start in life - law school, internship, and a fiancé. But when he finds himself on the wrong end of a knife, everything changes. He should have died. Instead, he acquires a unique ability - he harb...



  • OLD SCORES, NEW RULES When Max and Sandra moved to North Carolina, they walked into a world of ghost, witches, and curses. Over the years, and with the help of the ghost of 1940s detective Marshall Drummond, they have fought to build a life for thems...



  • The action-packed series that began with Immortal Killers is back!Nathan K -- he can hold two souls in his body. If he dies, he loses one yet lives on with the other. As long as he replenishes his second soul, he cannot be killed. Nathan K is immorta...



  • To found a colony on a new world, they left everything they knew behind. With no possibility to return, only the hope of a better life keeps them going. But for Rica, Pimly, and Craig, the bizarre death of a friend leads them into a twisting maze of ...



  • Old Power, Older Magic After spending years in North Carolina, Max and Sandra thought they knew how the world of ghosts, witches, and curses worked. With the aid of the ghost of 1940s detective Marshall Drummond, they had carved out a space to live, ...



  • Nathan K -- he can hold two souls in his body. If he dies, he loses one yet lives on with the other. As long as he replenishes his second soul, he cannot be killed. Nathan K is immortal.DEADLY GAMESIn the world of the Immortals, none is more feared...






  • Old Relics, New Power Max and the gang are no strangers to battling ghosts, witches, and curses. But when they are hired to free a family of witches who have been locked in their mansion by magic, they find themselves on strange ground. After all, he...



  • Nathan K -- he can hold two souls in his body. If he dies, he loses one yet lives on with the other. As long as he replenishes his second soul, he cannot be killed. Nathan K is immortal.ONLY TWELVE HOURSHiding out in Canada, the last thing Nathan K...



  • Nathan K -- he can hold two souls in his body. If he dies, he loses one yet lives on with the other. As long as he replenishes his second soul, he cannot be killed. Nathan K is immortal.AGAINST AN IMMORTAL ARMYAfter learning how some Immortal group...



  • There are other worlds. Other universes. And sometimes, they slip into our own.When Veronica “Roni” Rider discovers this, she also learns that there are three people tasked with saving our universe -- her grandmother and two seventy-year-old fr...



  • When a man walks into the Winston-Salem police station wearing only a toga and claims that somebody has stolen his mind, there are two choices -- send him to the asylum or call Marshall Drummond, 1940s private investigator of the weird and unexplai...



  • As a private investigator, most of Marshall Drummond’s cases involve that other world -- the one with ghosts and spells, the one with witches and curses, the one most people never see nor want to see. When his Drummond’s old patrol buddy, Coope...



  • Old Power, New Corruption Max Porter has had his share of odd cases. That goes with the territory when one of your partners is the ghost of a 1940s detective. But the idea of being hired by a witch coven to save witches seems wrong from the start, an...



  • By the early 1930s, PI Marshall Drummond had built up an underground reputation in North Carolina as the man to turn to with cases involving the weird and unexplained. So, it should have come as no shock when a notorious gangster wanted to hire him. ...



  • In a farmhouse on the outskirts of Winston-Salem, PI Marshall Drummond is hired to help a girl accidentally cursed. But soon he is in a fight for his life when the girl’s parents prove to be more dangerous than the curse itself.Welcome to the Marsh...



  • Nathan K -- he can hold two souls in his body. If he dies, he loses one yet lives on with the other. As long as he replenishes his second soul, he cannot be killed. Nathan K is immortal.ABDUCTEDWhen Nathan and Robin are taken against their will, th...






  • With a year in the Parallel Society under her belt, Veronica “Roni” Rider still feels like an outsider. Relegated to the basement library, she seeks some way to assert herself and find her place. Her chance arrives when she is sent on a mission i...



  • When Marshall Drummond is called to a local apartment building because tenants are complaining of a ghost, he thinks it will amount to nothing. Turns out, there is a ghost. And when it locks Drummond in the building, he has only one way to get free -...



  • When a boyfriend from Sandra’s past hires the Porter Agency to investigate a haunted firehouse, Max and Drummond know there’s going to be trouble. Yet nobody is prepared for the twisted path they embark on. A path that takes them into a harrowing...



  • Nathan K -- he can hold two souls in his body. If he dies, he loses one yet lives on with the other. As long as he replenishes his second soul, he cannot be killed. Nathan K is immortal.OCEAN OF DEATHWhen Nathan discovers two informants willing to tu...



  • As a private investigator in North Carolina, most of Marshall Drummond’s cases involve that other world -- the one with ghosts and spells, the one with witches and curses, the one most people never see or want to see. Welcome to the Marshall Drum...



  • Roni and Gram head to Ireland to inspect an open rift beneath an Abbey church. Just another day closing universes for the Parallel Society, but an exciting day for Roni. It's a chance for her to get out of the library and into the real world. It's a ...



  • Marshall Drummond has faced many challenging cases in the past, but nothing could prepare him for taking on a case for his old boss, the Chief of Police. Caught in a web of lies and secrets, Drummond must figure out why the Chief's wife and maid are ...



  • OLD RIVALS, NEW ENEMIESFor many years, Max Porter and his team have been caught between Mother Hope and Grandma Mobley, two witches that hated each other for over a century. Both witches hold power and both are dangerous.But now, their hatred has fin...



  • When Leroy Parker discovers a full skeleton in the woods, one with a curse carved into the bone, he calls the only detective who specializes in the strange and unusual -- Marshall Drummond. Together, their investigation will take them to something st...



  • Nathan K -- he can hold two souls in his body. If he dies, he loses one yet lives on with the other. As long as he replenishes his second soul, he cannot be killed. Nathan K is immortal.BREAKOUTAfter a year keeping a low profile in England, Nathan is...



  • Marshall Drummond has faced many ghosts, witches, and curses. It comes with the territory of being North Carolinas Investigator of the Bizarre. But never before has he been the target. A ghost is haunting him. Worse, his newfound flame, Catalina, is ...



  • Some cases are just another job. Some change a person. And some cases change many lives forever. When a witch visits Marshall Drummond and then a series of murders falls his way, he knows this is going to be the worst kind of case. Nobody will get ou...



  • OLD TRAGEDIES, NEW DANGERSFor Max and Sandra Porter, building a family seemed unattainable. But since moving to Winston-Salem and starting a business with the ghost of a 1940s detective, the unattainable did not sound so far-fetched. Over time, they ...



  • Nathan K — he can hold two souls in his body. If he dies, he loses one yet lives on with the other. As long as he replenishes his second soul, he cannot be killed. Nathan K is immortal.BURN IT TO THE GROUNDDeanna Altman, the new member to the t...



  • As a private investigator in North Carolina, most of Marshall Drummond’s cases involve that other world -- the one with ghosts and spells, the one with witches and curses, the one most people never see or want to see.Welcome to the Marshall Drumm...



  • In her short time with the Parallel Society, Roni Rider has faced many deadly creatures and horrifying situations. But nothing haunts her more than her Lost Time -- the large gaps in her memory stolen when she was a child. For Roni, it is a constant ...



  • A stage magician who performs real witchcraft. A group of novices who attempt an expert spell. A police detective forced to face the secret world he has denied. And Marshall Drummond stuck in the middle of it all. Welcome to the Marshall Drummon...



  • OLD FAMILIES, NEW KINThe case is simple enough — spend the night in the famed Reynolda House to discover what's haunting the place. Then, take care of it. But for Max, Sandra, and Drummond, nothing is ever simple. Over the course of o...



  • Nathan K -- he can hold two souls in his body. If he dies, he loses one yet lives on with the other. As long as he replenishes his second soul, he cannot be killed. Nathan K is immortal. ON THE HUNT Nathan, Robin, and Altman have been after...



  • Sometimes getting information is tough for a P.I. But when Marshall Drummond visits his ol' pal, Leroy, for some Christmas drinking and a little information, things become downright bizarre. Add in a couple of amateur thieves and spellcasters and Dru...



  • Old Wars, New Battles Fighting ghosts, witches, and curses is nothing new for Max and Sandra Porter. But when a Civil War ghost gets tethered to their teenage son, J, everything is new. And terrifying. With the help of their partner and gho...



  • When a team quests to destroy the evil Beast of the West, death is to be expected. But murder by one of their own? Nobody expected that.Zev Asterling, a brilliant yet strange man, is asked to go undercover and join this group as a new adventurer in h...



  • The Shield of Taladoro. A mythic artifact recovered by the valiant efforts of Axon Coponiv along with brave adventurers from the East and the Feral Lands.But now, during the unveiling celebration at Ridnight Castle, the Shield has been stolen. The Ki...



  • The Pages of Glass. Myth to some. Legend to others.For the creature, Yal-hara, it is a truth which could reveal how to return to her own universe. And how she can choose other universes to conquer. Only one thing stands her way. The Parallel Society....



  • The thrilling conclusion to The Ridnight Mysteries!After returning to the East, Zev Asterling attempts to put away his Master-Solver days and rebuild his life. Political tensions have run high since the events at Ridnight Castle, and a summit between...



  • Marshall Drummond, private investigator of the strange and bizarre, can't seem to avoid trouble. It doesn't help that he has a knack for ticking off magic-wielding people. When his past exploits catch up with him, the time arrives to deal with those ...



  • Nathan K — he can hold two souls in his body. If he dies, he loses one yet lives on with the other. As long as he replenishes his second soul, he cannot be killed. Nathan K is immortal. FACING A MADMAN Years ago, Nathan had one encoun...



  • Loose ends never sit well with Marshall Drummond, so when most of his case regarding the strange Mr. Howe has finished, he still has one leftover clue to deal with -- a bizarre coin etched with an odd symbol. But what starts as a simple closing of a ...



  • Old Crimes, New PainsFor Max and the gang, the idea that dead is not the end has become second nature. But the idea that a ghost who has moved on could be ripped back into the world? That is new.And terrifying.When a woman hires the Porter Agency to ...



  • The Parallel Society has a singular task — to protect the universe from the troubles caused by other universes intersecting with ours. But recent disruptions to the Society have place Veronica Roni Rider in the position of team leader, and they...



  • Upon finishing a difficult and disturbing case, Marshall Drummond is thrust right back into the thick of danger when two hitmen pay him a visit. But these hitmen have cursed bullets and that can mean only one thing — witches. Now Drummond races...



  • Taking a train home, Marshall Drummond thinks he'll be able to sleep and look forward to a shot of whiskey. Or two. But when a supernatural visit wakes him, he finds that the dead have other plans for him. There's never any rest for Marshall Drummond...



  • Nathan K — he can hold two souls in his body. If he dies, he loses one yet lives on with the other. As long as he replenishes his second soul, he cannot be killed. Nathan K is immortal. ON THE RUN After killing Russo, one of the top I...



  • As a private investigator in North Carolina, most of Marshall Drummond's cases involve that other world — the one with ghosts and spells, the one with witches and curses, the one most people never see or want to see.Welcome to the Marshall Drum...



  • For Veronica Roni Ryder, the journey to becoming leader of the Parallel Society has been tough. She has fought people and monsters, experienced magic and mayhem, traveled the Earth and universes beyond. But one creature, one vile monstrosity, has bee...



  • What begins as a chance for a quick buck turns into a terrifying run-in with amateur witches, lost books of magic, dark séances, and more. For Marshall Drummond, it might also take his life.Welcome to the Marshall Drummond Case Files. These st...



  • Old Magic, New WitchThere are many challenges to keeping a family together. One of the hardest is change.When The Porter Agency takes on a case involving hex bags, magic stones, and a tragic train crash from the 1890s, the last thing Max Porter expec...



  • Nathan K — he can hold two souls in his body. If he dies, he loses one yet lives on with the other. As long as he replenishes his second soul, he cannot be killed. Nathan K is immortal.THE FINAL SHOWDOWNFor years, Nathan has sought to be free. ...



  • When a distraught woman calls Drummond in the middle of night, he races across the city to stop her from being murdered. Only problem — she's been dead for hours.Welcome to the Marshall Drummond Case Files. These stories explore the dark myster...



  • The magic continues when North Carolina history mixes with the paranormal in the Max Porter Paranormal Mysteries. This highly addictive series will keep you turning pages late into the night. Fun, funny, suspenseful, and scary, this edition of the be...



Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Stuart Jaffe has published 90 books.

Stuart Jaffe does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, The Max Porter Paranormal Mysteries: Volume 2, was published in February 2024.

The first book by Stuart Jaffe, The Juggernaut, was published in March 1999.

Yes. Stuart Jaffe has 9 series.