Thomas B. Dewey

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  • Bibliography:
    28 Books (1 Series)
  • First Book:
    March 1983
  • Latest Book:
    April 2021
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Full Series List in Order

Mac Detective

1 - Draw the Curtain Close (Jul-2015)
2 - Every Bet's a Sure Thing (Jul-2015)
3 - The Case of the Murdered Model (Jul-2015)

Book List in Order: 28 titles

  • A Sad Song Singing

    The girl had lost her guitar-playing boyfriend, but he had left her the most deadly legacy of all -- fear. And now it was up to me to protect her from the gun-carrying thugs who were relentlessly tracking her down. Hoodlums, hootenannies, and homicid...

  • Deadline

    Deadline sends Mac to a small town on a tight deadline to save a boy from execution for a brutal murder. Mac makes a beautiful job of it despite the townsfolk's violent hostility. #13 in the Mac detective series! "Mac is one of our best private eye...

  • The Mean Streets

    In this brilliant, enhanced edition of Barry Lyga’s stunningly edited comedy Edited, fans will delight in reading the author’s complete version, with additional scenes and new material not contained in the original.This is a book. It is w...

  • The Brave Bad Girls

  • Can a Mermaid Kill?

    So unmoving was the girl sitting on the wet rocks that, at first, she seemed a permanent feature of the rugged seascape. She was wearing an expensive evening dress and high-heel slippers. She seemed to be in a deep trance, her gaze fixed on the sea, ...

  • The Case of the Murdered Model

    Mac Detective - 3

    "Thomas B. Dewey is one of detective fiction's severely underrated writers!" -- Bill Pronzini The naked lady was very beautiful and very dead. The police found that she had circled Mac's name in her phone book -- yet Mac couldn't remember her! What's...

  • Draw the Curtain Close

    Mac Detective - 1

    PORTRAIT OF A PRIVATE COP... "Call me Mac... I'm just a guy. I go around and get in jams and then try to figure a way out of them. I don't make very much money and most people insult me one way or another... I'm a fairly good shot with small arms, sh...

  • Every Bet's a Sure Thing

    Mac Detective - 2

    "Thomas B. Dewey is one of detective fiction's severely underrated writers!" -- Bill Pronzini In his second adventure, Mac is hired to tail a mother and her two kids on the train from Chicago to Los Angeles. All is going well until he is thrown off o...

  • The Girl in the Punchbowl

    "Thomas B. Dewey is one of detective fiction's severely underrated writers!" -- Bill Pronzini Pete Schofield had been to art-colony parties before. Usually they were all the same, but this one had an added kick. A giant punchbowl, filled to the rim w...



  • The Girl with the Sweet Plump Knees

    "Thomas B. Dewey is one of detective fiction's severely underrated writers!" -- Bill Pronzini "A neatly contrived and lively mixture of fast action and sex!" -- The New York Times Doll Baby just sat there, blinking her long black lashes and drawing o...

  • Go, Honeylou

    "Thomas B. Dewey is one of detective fiction's severely underrated writers!" -- Bill Pronzini Pete thought he had it made. A cool half-grand, plus expenses, just to deliver Uncle Pierce Bonwell's bright-eyed and burstin' niece, Honeylou, to her Aunt ...

  • The Golden Hooligan

    "Thomas B. Dewey is one of detective fiction's severely underrated writers!" -- Bill Pronzini Pete Schofield tangles with marijuana and murder in a sizzling case that's almost too hot to handle!...

  • Nude in Nevada

    Her name was Shaara, and she was built like a technicolor dream. From tip to toe ... from back to front ... the lady was intricately tattooed. The designs intrigued Pete Schofield, and so did the background ... until he saw that thinking along her li...

  • Only on Tuesdays

    Carol Ann was very photogenic. Especially in certain pictures... But it was more than just a case of over-exposure. There was also a small matter of murder. For Pete Schofield, it was all in a day's -- and night's -- work. And very enjoyable work at ...

  • Run, Brother, Run!

    I had a dossier that made Dillinger look like a petty thief. This information was on a white card in a metal file in the prison records office. Attached to it was a newspaper clipping, describing the trial and the sentence and another describing the ...

  • A Season for Violence

    They hopped a boxcar and made a run for it. He was a wanted man -- she was a woman who thought she's found her man. It was an outlawed passion, and it was doomed from the start...for crime always has a cost, and a life on the run is no life at al...

  • Kiss Me Hard

    They hopped a boxcar and made a run for it. He was a wanted man -- she was a woman who thought she's found her man. It was an outlawed passion, and it was doomed from the start...for crime always has a cost, and a life on the run is no life at al...

  • Don't Cry For Long

    A slightly shady congressmen... His sulky 18-year-old daughter... A dead bodyguard... And blackmail! It's all in a day's work for Mac, the Chicago detective. Another classic entry in the detective series that could have been ripped from today's headl...

  • As Good As Dead

    #2 in the Singer Batts mystery series, by Thomas B. Dewey. Thomas B. Dewey wrote four novels featuring Singer Batts, bibliophile and hotel owner. Singer prefers the company of his books and an occasional foray into the Lonely Hearts Club world. But h...



  • Handle With Fear

    #4 in the Singer Batts mystery series, by Thomas B. Dewey. Thomas B. Dewey wrote four novels featuring Singer Batts, bibliophile and hotel owner. Singer prefers the company of his books and an occasional foray into the Lonely Hearts Club world. But h...

  • Hue and Cry

    Thomas B. Dewey wrote four novels featuring Singer Batts, bibliophile and hotel owner. Singer prefers the company of his books and an occasional foray into the Lonely Hearts Club world. But he keeps getting embroiled in murders! The Boston Herald ca...

  • The King Killers

    When Mac tries to help a friend collect an unpaid bill, he gets more than he bargained for...including a corpse! #15 in the Mac detective series. "Mac is one of our best private eyes." -- San Francisco Chronicle "Thomas B. Dewey is one of detective...

  • Mourning After

    #3 in the Singer Batts series, by Thomas B. Dewey. Thomas B. Dewey wrote four novels featuring Singer Batts, bibliophile and hotel owner. Singer prefers the company of his books and an occasional foray into the Lonely Hearts Club world. But he keeps ...

  • The Big Job

    Sam Brokaw was a crook and a heel. He had a big job planned as soon as he got out of jail. But he didn't count on his jilted girlfriend, who wanted him put away for life -- or Mac.This short story is counted as #18 in the Mac detective series. "Mac ...

  • The Taurus Trap

    #17 in the Mac detective series. "Mac is one of our best private eyes." -- San Francisco Chronicle "Thomas B. Dewey is one of detective fiction's severely underrated writers!" -- Bill Pronzini "Mac has been called one of the most believable and hu...

  • Death and Taxes

    When Mac, renowned Chicago private eye, took on his newest case, it looked like he was going to earn an easy ten grand fee. His assignment was to deliver one million dollars in cool cash to the daughter of his client, notorious ex-gangster Marco Paul...

  • Portrait of a Dead Heiress

    A shut-and-opened case?The beautiful heiress had done a foolproof job on herself. After a large dose of sleeping pills, she'd slashed her wrists, then climbed into the tub and drowned.Only her fiance said suicide was impossible and begged Mac to help...

  • Hunter at Large

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    I'd like to request a leave of absence, Captain.Naturally, if you're not feeling up to things . . .A year's leave of absence, Mickey said.What you're asking for is my blessing and the prestige of this department to see you through a private manhunt....

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Thomas B. Dewey has published 28 books.

Thomas B. Dewey does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, Portrait of a Dead Heiress, was published in April 2021.

The first book by Thomas B. Dewey, A Sad Song Singing, was published in March 1983.

Yes. Thomas B. Dewey has 1 series.
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