1. Too Late to Die   '86
2. Shotgun Saturday Night    '87
3. Cursed to Death    '88
4. Death on the Move    '89
5. Evil at the Root   '91
6. Booked for a Hanging    '92
7. Murder Most Fowl    '94
8. Winning Can Be Murder   '96
9. Death by Accident    '98
10. A Ghost of a Chance    '00
11. A Romantic Way To Die    '01
12. Red, White and Blue Murder    '03
13. A Mammoth Murder    '06
14. Murder Among the O.W.L.S.    '07
15. Of All Sad Words    '08
16. Murder in Four Parts    '09

SALLY GOOD MYSTERY Series:
Main Character: Dr. Sally Good, Professor, Texas

1. Murder Is an Art   '99
2. A Knife in the Back    '02
3. A Bond with Death    '04

CARL BURNS MYSTERY Series:
Main Character: Carl Burns, Professor, Texas

1. One Dead Dean    '88
2. Dying Voices    '89
3. ... A Dangerous Thing    '94
4. Dead Soldiers    '04

TRUMAN SMITH MYSTERY Series:
Main Character: Truman Smith, PI, Galveston

1. Dead on the Island    '91
2. Gator Kill    '92
3. When Old Men Die    '94
4. The Prairie Chicken Kill    '96
5. Murder Takes a Break    '97

Written with Willard Scott:
STANLEY WATERS MYSTERY Series:
Main Character: Stanley Waters, Ex-Weatherman, Virginia

1. Murder under Blue Skies     '98
2. Murder in the Mist    '99

HUMPHREY BOGART MYSTERY Series:

We'll Always Have Murder    '04

STAND ALONES:

Blood Marks    '91
The Texas Capitol Murders    '92
Nighttime Is the Right Time: A Collection of Stories    '00
Houston Homicide    '07 (with Clyde Wilson)

Western Novels:

Ryan Rides Back   '88
Galveston Gunman    '89
A Time for Hanging    '89
Medicine Show    '90
Outrage at Blanco    '99
Texas Vigilante    '99

Books for Young Readers:

A Vampire Named Fred    '90
Muttketeer    '97 (Wishbone book)
Mike Gonzo and the Sewer Monster    '96
Mike Gonzo and the Almost Invisible Man    '96
Mike Gonzo and the UFO Terror    '97

Written as Jack MacLane:
Horror Novels:

Keepers of the Beast    '88
Goodnight, Moom    '89
Blood Dreams    '89
Rest in Peace    '90
Just before Dark    '90