John Lutz (1939–2021)

Author of Darker Than Night

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About the Author

John Lutz is the author of more than 40 novels including Lazarus Man, Jericho Man, Dancing with the Dead, and Slaughter. He is also the author of several series including the Alo Nudger series, the Fred Carver Mystery series, and the Frank Quinn series. SWF Seeks Same was adapted into the hit movie show more Single White Female starring Bridget Fonda and Jennifer Jason Leigh and The Ex was adapted into a HBO feature. He has received several awards including an Edgar Award, a Shamus Award, the Shamus Lifetime Achievement Award, and the Short Mystery Fiction Society's Golden Derringer Lifetime Achievement Award. (Bowker Author Biography) show less

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Works by John Lutz

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Darker Than Night (2004) 272 copies

In for the Kill (2007) 264 copies

Urge To Kill (2009) 170 copies

Chill of Night (2006) 159 copies

Mister X (2010) 157 copies

Fear The Night (1601) 154 copies

Serial (2011) 145 copies

Night Kills (2008) 144 copies

The Night Spider (2003) 139 copies

Single White Female (1990) 135 copies

The Night Watcher (2002) 114 copies

The Night Caller (2001) 104 copies

Pulse (1728) 85 copies

Final Seconds (1864) 83 copies

The Ex (1996) 70 copies

Tropical Heat (1705) 60 copies

Twist (2013) 54 copies

Scorcher (1987) 53 copies

Slaughter (2015) 47 copies

Flame (1990) 46 copies

Kiss (1988) 45 copies

Frenzy (1681) 43 copies

Hot (1992) 39 copies

Bonegrinder (1977) 34 copies

The Truth of the Matter (1971) 31 copies

Nightlines (1984) 30 copies

Ride the Lightning (1987) 29 copies

The Right to Sing the Blues (1985) 28 copies

Bloodfire (1991) 27 copies

The Honorable Traitors (2018) 27 copies

Burn (1988) 24 copies

Escape from Virtual Island: An Audio Comedy (2020) 23 copies

Torch (1810) 22 copies

Buyer Beware (1976) 22 copies

Spark (1993) 20 copies

Dancing With the Dead (1992) 19 copies

Other Than Murder (2009) 18 copies

Oops! (1998) 18 copies

Lightning (1996) 17 copies

Death by Jury (1995) 17 copies

Switch (2012) 14 copies

Diamond Eyes (1990) 13 copies

Mister X Bundle with Urge to Kill, Night Kills, In for the Kill, & Darker than Night (2010) 13 copies

The Shadow Man (1981) 13 copies

Shadow-Town (1988) 12 copies

Thicker Than Blood (1993) 11 copies

Escape from Virtual Island 11 copies

Time Exposure (1989) 10 copies

The Havana Game (2019) 10 copies

Carnage (Frank Quinn series) (2014) 8 copies

Better Mousetraps: The Best Mystery Stories of John Lutz (1988) 7 copies

Jericho Man (1980) 7 copies

Lazarus Man (1979) 6 copies

Dancer's Debt (1988) 5 copies

The Real Shape of the Coast (1998) 5 copies

Endless Road and Other Stories (Five Star First Edition Mystery) (2003) 4 copies

An Introduction to Learning and Memory (1994) 4 copies

Until You Are Dead (1998) 3 copies

The Nudger Dilemmas (2001) 3 copies

Learning and Memory (2004) 3 copies

Mujer blanca soltera busca (1994) 3 copies

The Infernal Machine [Short story] 3 copies

Better Mousetraps and Other Stories 3 copies

Have You Ever Seen This Woman? 2 copies

La poupée qui tue (1991) 2 copies

Un trop bel innocent (1987) 2 copies

Shadows Everywhere (1994) 2 copies

Les contes de l'amère loi (1989) 2 copies

Before You Leap (1995) 2 copies

[No title] 2 copies

Jf partagerait appartement (POLICIER (A)) (1999) 2 copies

La deuda de Dancer (1988) 2 copies

Verivelka (1996) 2 copies

Ejecucion Inmediata (Spanish Edition) (2002) 2 copies

Hanson's Radio 2 copies

The Explosives Expert 2 copies

High Stakes (1997) 2 copies

New Orleans Blues (1993) 2 copies

Night Crawlers 1 copy

The Ex [1996 film] — Writer — 1 copy

Le lac d'epouvante 1 copy

Undercover cat : 1,000 piece jigsaw puzzle and story (1996) 1 copy

The Fred Carver Mysteries Volume Three: Spark, Torch, Burn, and Lightning (2018) 1 copy

Night Kills (Frank Quinn #3 1 copy

Single White Female Seeks Same (2022) 1 copy

Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine, May-June 2021 | "Tag, You're Dead" 1 copy

Teléfonos nocturnos (1984) 1 copy

Cabalga sobre el rayo (1987) 1 copy

Eye Of The Storm 1 copy

Finicky 1 copy

Mr. Lucrada 1 copy

Der Dating Killer (German) (2016) 1 copy

Es könnte auch Ihnen passieren [Kurzgeschichte] (1975) 1 copy

A QUALCUNO PIACE MORTA 1 copy

L'Innocent aux mains vides (2017) 1 copy

Blutschrei (2015) 1 copy

Cloak and Dagger — Author — 1 copy

Veterans 1 copy

Flowers From a Stranger (1994) 1 copy

With Anchovies 1 copy

Hard-Boiled: The Best in Mystery Fiction (1994) 1 copy

What You Don't Know Can Hurt You (2009) 1 copy

Satansbraten [Kurzgeschichte] (1977) 1 copy

The Fred Carver Mysteries Volume Two: Flame, Bloodfire, and Hot (2018) 1 copy

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Associated Works

Not Quite Dead Enough (1944) — Introduction, some editions — 841 copies

The Ultimate Dracula (1991) — Contributor — 477 copies

100 Malicious Little Mysteries (1981) — Contributor — 398 copies

The New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1976) — Contributor — 350 copies

Tales of Terror (1986) — Contributor — 310 copies

The Big Book of Christmas Mysteries (2013) — Contributor — 265 copies

Dark Love (1995) — Contributor — 249 copies

First Thrills (2010) — Contributor — 246 copies

The Mammoth Book of Pulp Fiction (1996) — Contributor — 233 copies

Mistletoe Mysteries (1989) — Contributor — 229 copies

The Mysterious West (1994) — Contributor — 226 copies

The Black Lizard Anthology of Crime Fiction (1987) — Contributor — 213 copies

Raymond Chandler's Philip Marlowe (1988) — Contributor, some editions — 196 copies

Arbor House Treasury of Horror and the Supernatural (1981) — Contributor — 192 copies

The Best American Mystery Stories 1998 (1998) — Contributor — 175 copies

Cat Crimes (1991) — Contributor — 161 copies

The Mammoth Book of Private Eye Stories (1988) — Contributor — 160 copies

A Century of Great Suspense Stories (2001) — Contributor — 154 copies

The Mammoth Book of New Historical Whodunits (1993) — Contributor — 138 copies

The Big Book of Sherlock Holmes Stories (2015) — Contributor — 131 copies

Once Upon a Crime (1998) — Contributor — 126 copies

Manhattan Noir (2006) — Contributor — 107 copies

Vampire Detectives (1995) — Contributor — 89 copies

Cat Crimes III (1992) — Contributor — 85 copies

A Century of Noir: Thirty-two Classic Crime Stories (2002) — Contributor — 79 copies

Tales to Take Your Breath Away (1976) — Contributor — 75 copies

Dracula: Prince of Darkness (1992) — Contributor — 69 copies

First Cases: First Appearances of Classic Private Eyes (1996) — Contributor — 68 copies

Deals with the Devil (1994) — Contributor — 62 copies

Guilty As Charged (1996) — Contributor — 61 copies

Master's Choice, Volume 1 (1999) — Contributor — 60 copies

Great Tales of Mystery and Suspense (1981) — Contributor — 60 copies

A Modern Treasury of Great Detective and Murder Mysteries (1994) — Contributor — 56 copies

Writing the Private Eye Novel: A Handbook by the Private Eye Writers of America (1997) — Contributor — 55 copies

Diagnosis Dead (1998) — Contributor — 54 copies

A Hot and Sultry Night for Crime (2003) — Contributor — 54 copies

The Arbor House Treasury of Mystery and Suspense (1981) — Contributor — 51 copies

Cat Crimes for the Holidays (1997) — Contributor — 50 copies

The World's Finest Mystery and Crime Stories: Second Annual Collection (2001) — Contributor — 45 copies

Deadly Allies: Private Eye Writers of America/Sisters in Crime Collaborative Anthology (1992) — Contributor — 43 copies

Cloak and Dagger: A Treasury of 35 Great Espionage Stories (1988) — Contributor — 43 copies

The First Lady Murders (1999) — Contributor — 42 copies

St. Louis Noir (2016) — Contributor — 42 copies

First Cases: New and Classic Tales of Detection (1999) — Contributor — 41 copies

Unusual Suspects: A New Anthology of Crime Stories from Black Lizard (1996) — Contributor — 39 copies

Murder on Route 66 (1998) — Contributor — 39 copies

Kansas City Noir (2012) — Contributor — 38 copies

Danger in D.C. (Anthology) (1993) — Contributor — 38 copies

Rolling Gravestones (1971) — Contributor — 34 copies

Death Cruise: Crime Stories on the Open Seas (1999) — Contributor — 34 copies

At the Scene of the Crime: Forensic Mysteries from Today's Best Writers (2008) — Contributor — 33 copies

Eye (1984) — Author, some editions — 33 copies

I am Curious (Bloody) (1971) — Contributor — 33 copies

Midnight Specials (1977) — Contributor — 33 copies

Irreconcilable Differences (1999) — Contributor — 32 copies

Canine Crimes (1993) — Contributor — 28 copies

Most Wanted (2002) — Contributor — 28 copies

Feline and Famous: Cat Crimes Goes Hollywood (1994) — Contributor — 27 copies

101 Mystery Stories (1986) — Contributor — 26 copies

The Eyes Still Have It: The Shamus Award-Winning Stories (1995) — Contributor — 26 copies

Deadly Allies II (1994) — Contributor — 26 copies

Murder Most Confederate: Tales of Crimes Quite Uncivil (2000) — Contributor — 23 copies

Mean Streets: The Second Private Eye Writers of America Anthology (1986) — Contributor — 23 copies

Murder Most Postal: Homicidal Tales That Deliver a Message (2001) — Contributor — 22 copies

The Shamus Game (2000) — Contributor — 20 copies

Small Felonies: Fifty Mystery Short Shorts (1988) — Contributor — 19 copies

The Mammoth Book of Legal Thrillers (2001) — Contributor — 19 copies

The Year's 25 Finest Crime and Mystery Stories: First Annual Edition (1992) — Contributor — 16 copies

First Thrills: Volume 4 (2011) — Contributor — 15 copies

The Eyes Have It: The First Private Eye Writers of America Anthology (1984) — Contributor — 15 copies

Mystery in the Sunshine State: Florida Short Stories by Florida's Mystery Writers (1999) — Contributor — 14 copies

Eye for Justice: Third "Private Eye" Writers of America Anthology (1988) — Contributor — 13 copies

Creature!: A Chrestomathy of "Monstery" (1981) — Contributor — 13 copies

Power and Place in the North American West (1999) — Contributor — 13 copies

Home Sweet Homicide (1991) — Contributor — 12 copies

Justice for Hire: The Fourth Private Eye Writers of America Anthology (1990) — Contributor — 12 copies

Crime After Crime (1998) — Contributor — 12 copies

Flesh & Blood: Dark Desires: Erotic Tales of Crime and Passion (2002) — Contributor — 11 copies

Alfred Hitchcock's Tales to Make Your Hair Stand on End (1981) — Contributor — 11 copies

Dark Sins, Dark Dreams: Crime in Science Fiction (1978) — Contributor — 9 copies

The New Edgar Winners: The Mystery Writers of America (1990) — Contributor — 9 copies

The Year's 25 Finest Crime and Mystery Stories: Seventh Annual Edition (1998) — Contributor — 9 copies

Tricks and Treats: An Anthology of Mystery Stories by the Mystery Writers of America (1976) — Contributor — 9 copies

Homicidal Acts (1988) — Contributor — 9 copies

Alfred Hitchcock's Mortal Errors (1983) — Contributor — 9 copies

Sex, Lies and Private Eyes (2009) — Contributor — 8 copies

Fields of Blood: Vampire Stories of the Heartland (1998) — Contributor — 8 copies

Best Detective Stories of the Year - 1976 (1976) — Contributor — 6 copies

Flesh & Blood: Guilty as Sin: Erotic Tales of Crime and Passion (2003) — Contributor — 6 copies

Parallel Destinies: Canadian-American Relations West of the Rockies (2002) — Contributor — 6 copies

Fifty Shades of Grey Fedora (2015) — Contributor — 6 copies

The Year's 25 Finest Crime and Mystery Stories: Sixth Annual Edition (1997) — Contributor — 5 copies

Alfred Hitchcock's Book of Horror Stories Book 1 (1983) — Contributor — 5 copies

Child's Ploy (1984) — Contributor — 4 copies

Mystery for Short: Short Story Collections (1999) — Contributor — 3 copies

First Cases [Unabridged Audiobook] (2002) — Contributor — 3 copies

Il giorno della paura 2 copies

Jeg er nysgerrig (blodrød) (1974) — Author, some editions — 1 copy

Dødens dagbog (1974) — Author, some editions — 1 copy

En rædselsfuld tid : 14 supergys (1989) — Author, some editions — 1 copy

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Common Knowledge

Canonical name: Lutz, John
Birthdate: 1939
Date of death: 2021-01-09
Gender: male
Nationality: USA
Cause of death: Lewy body dementia, Parkinson's disease, and COVID-19
Places of residence: St. Louis, Missouri, USA
Sarasota, Florida, USA
Awards and honors: Shamus Award (The Eye for Lifetime Achievement, 1995)

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SWF SEEKS SAME (SIGNET) by John Lutz

A good page turner

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therestlessmouse | 1 other review | Nov 2, 2023 |

Escape from Virtual Island by John Lutz

It's a pretty funny audio drama with a brilliant, talented cast. However, it sometimes felt like I was listening to a Sparks Nevada, Marshal on Mars script. I'd say it's a great story for anyone who is a bit nostalgic for the Thrilling Adventure Hour!

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ennuiprayer | Jan 14, 2022 |

The Havana Game (A Thomas Laker Thriller) by John Lutz

An excellent spy thriller. A well-paced caper that starts in Estonia and ends in Cuba, via Vladivostok and Mexico, with the US Marines coming to the rescue. The Russians and the Cubans are the bad guys with no Islamists in sight! A enjoyable and entertaining read.
Sad to learn that the author has died.

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BrianEWilliams | Jan 18, 2021 |