William P. McGivern

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  • Bibliography:
    34 Books
  • First Book:
    January 1974
  • Latest Book:
    April 2019
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Book List in Order: 34 titles

  • A Choice of Assassins

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  • The Soldiers of `44

    It was the final, freezing hours before Christmas day, 1944 - in the last bitter winter of the war. High on a mountain ledge in Belgium, a handful of American GIs, trapped by ice and fear, were alone. They were surrounded by the final horror of the...

  • Soldiers of Forty-Four

    Sergeant Buell Docker and his fifteen-man mobile gun unit face some uncomfortable moments and decisions during the German Ardennes counteroffensive in December 1944, and Docker faces them again, months later, before a hostile board of old-line office...

  • The Seeing

  • The Big Heat

    When Detective Dave Bannion discovers the involvement of city officials in two deaths, he soon finds his own life in danger, in the unforgettable tale of murder, corruption, greed, and vengeance. Reprint....

  • Rogue Cop

    From the station houses to the joy houses, they knew about Mike Carmody. He was the best cop money could buy, and when the Syndicate boys said jump, Carmody knew just how high. But they couldn't buy Carmody's kid brother Eddie--and when Eddie turn...

  • Soldiers of '44

    Sergeant Buell Docker and his fifteen-man mobile gun unit face some uncomfortable moments and decisions during the German Ardennes counteroffensive in December 1944, and Docker faces them again, months later, before a hostile board of old-line office...

  • Matter of Honor

    Mark Weir, a Chicago police lieutenant, is killed investigating a smuggling ring set up by army servicemen in Germany. His father, a retired general, decides to solve the case and find his son's murderers. Meanwhile, Durham Lasari, an Army private...

  • Summit

    Beneath Summitt City's rationally planned, efficient surface lurks a mysterious, malevolent force responsible for the disappearance of Harry Selby's brother and the brutal rape of his daughter, and ruthlessly determined to conceal its own existence...



  • Very Cold for May

    Her corpse would be the hottest news in town.

    May Laval was as brilliant as a ten-carat diamond--and just as cold. As the calculating ruler of a social set, she influenced generals, politicians, and big businessmen. Slowly and shrewdly, she ...

  • Shield for Murder

  • Darkest Hour

  • But Death Runs Faster

  • Crooked Frame

    Webb Wilson has finally mustered the strength and will to crawl out of the boozy haze in which he has been existing, but he's facing more than he bargained for as he finds himself accused of a savagely brutal murder...

  • Odds Against Tomorrow

  • Night Extra

    [MP3-CD audiobook format in Vinyl case.]

    [Read by Johnny Heller]

    Crooked politics and twisted passions explode into murder and a terrifying frame-up!

    A scream of terror shatters the quiet of the big city's swank residential se...

  • Seven File

  • Convoy to Atlantis

    Beneath the waves of the ocean lay a great menace to America -- hundreds of Nazi submarines based in an incredible undersea city. Hitler's forces had discovered the lost, sunken land and were preparing to use it to strike across the Atlantic!...

  • The Chameleon Man

    William PeterMcGivern was an American novelist and television scriptwriter. He publishedmore than 20 novels, mostly mysteries and crime thrillers, some under thepseudonym Bill Peters....



  • The Galaxy Raiders/Space Station #1

    Armchair fiction presents the first in a new line of science fiction double novels The first novel, "The Galaxy Raiders," features an impending alien invasion from far outside the solar system. A rogue space captain, a beautiful stowaway, and an edg...

  • No Medal For Captain Manning

    When the Last two men on earth face each other across a battlefield, will they be willing to admit that was is for fools? excerpt On the morning that contact with N sector was broken, Captain Manning was resting in his lead-walled cubicle about a mil...

  • The Ghost That Haunted Hitler

    Terror walked out of Lidice on invisible feet, and Heydrich, the Hangman died. From that day on fear stalked the Gestapo, and a phantom of vengeance became famed throughout Europe as The Ghost that Haunted Hitler.A wartime adventure novelette writte...

  • The Visible Invisible Man

    William P. McGivern is well known for his hard-boiled detective and police action pieces, such as Night of the Juggler and Odds Against Tomorrow. He also wrote television screenplays in his later years including scripts for the TV series “Ben Casey...

  • Leprechaun Tales: The Fantastic Adventures of Tink, Jing and Nastee

    Tink, a leprechaun with the belief in goodness of people, is ever optimistic. He never fails in sharing his beliefs and even making bets on the goodness of people, despite Nastee’s persistent pessimism. Nastee never misses a trick to undo whatever ...

  • The Mad Robot, The, & Running Man

    Armchair Fiction presents extra large editions of classic science fiction double novels. The first novel is an outer space adventure by William P. McGivern, The Mad Robot. There were killer robots on Jupiter. It seemed like a fairly simple mission. M...

  • The Caper of the Golden Bulls

    This dramatic heist is planned for the jeweled Virgin Mary statues from the festival parade bull race in Pamplona, Spain. "The Dove," terror of Scotland Yard, Peter Churchman has retired quietly to a small village until nasty former team-mates Angela...

  • Caprifoil

    Published nearly 40 years ago, CAPRIFOIL delves into government duplicity and Israeli political tensions in ways that still resonate today. 'Caprifoil' is the code name of Leroi, a French agent who went missing after his partner was killed. One of th...

  • Savage Streets

    In McGivern's novel SAVAGE STREETS, upper-middle class children in a suburban community in New York City are being harassed by a gang of teenagers from the poorer part of town. When the adults of the community attempt to intervene, the situation esca...

  • Summitt

    The new Superthriller by the bestselling author of "Soldiers of 44" and "A Matter of Honor." The perfect planned city. The ultimate nightmare. Hard hitting and fast moving....



  • Kidnaped Into the Future

    Experience classical science fiction from the best and brightest writers of the genre. This Anthology contains five complete novels and novelletes and include: 1.....Kidnaped into the Future.....Sid Hunt hadn't counted on this act of his Follies of t...

  • Reprisal

    This fervently anti-drug thriller, set in Los Angeles, is one of the author’s later works. When three fathers all lose their children to overdose, they decide to seek revenge from the dealers in the downtown LA area. A must-listen for any fan of Mc...

  • Death Makes a Mistake

  • Heaven Ran Last

    Mad love and murder -- in a race fixed by fate! A classic novel by William P. McGivern, originally published in the famous pulp magazine Mammoth Mystery…...

  • Send Along a Wreath

    It was Jeff’s job to make sure the girl caught a train out of town. This time he earned his fee...the hard way!...

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

William P. McGivern has published 34 books.

William P. McGivern does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, Heaven Ran Last, was published in April 2019.

The first book by William P. McGivern, A Choice of Assassins, was published in January 1974.

No. William P. McGivern does not write books in series.
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