Mark Richard Zubro Books in Order
Mark Richard Zubro is an American mystery novelist, known for crafting bestselling mysteries set in Chicago and the surrounding Cook County area. His fast-paced novels, featuring interesting plots and well-rounded, likeable characters, are widely praised. Zubro's works frequently incorporate gay themes, reflecting his own identity. He is the author of two notable series: the Tom Mason and Scott Carpenter series, which follows the lives of a high school teacher and a professional baseball player, and the Paul Turner series, a part of the Stonewall Inn Mystery series published by St. Martin's Press. Zubro's work has earned him a Lambda Literary Award for Best Gay Men's Mystery for his book A Simple Suburban Murder. With a prolific career spanning multiple genres, including thriller, his writing continues to captivate readers.
Bibliography verified: January 2026
Book Series by Mark Richard Zubro
- #1AmazonSorry Now?(1991)
- #2AmazonPolitical Poison(1993)
- #3AmazonAnother Dead Teenager(1995)
- #4AmazonThe Truth Can Get You Killed(1997)
- #5AmazonDrop Dead(1999)
- #6AmazonSex and Murder.com(2001)
- #7AmazonDead Egotistical Morons(2003)
- #8AmazonNerds Who Kill(2005)
- #9AmazonHook, Line, and Homicide(2007)
- #10AmazonBlack And Blue And Pretty Dead Too(2011)
- #11AmazonPawn of Satan(2013)
- #12AmazonRing of Silence(2017)
- #1AmazonFoolproof (With: Jeanne M. Dams,Barbara D'Amato)(2009)
- #1AmazonA Simple Suburban Murder(1988)
- #2AmazonWhy Isn't Becky Twitchell Dead?(1990)
- #3AmazonThe Only Good Priest(1991)
- #4AmazonThe Principal Cause of Death(1992)
- #5AmazonAn Echo of Death(1994)
- #6AmazonRust on the Razor(1996)
- #7AmazonAre You Nuts?(1998)
- #8AmazonOne Dead Drag Queen(2000)
- #9AmazonHere Comes the Corpse(2002)
- #10AmazonFile Under Dead(2004)
- #11AmazonEveryone's Dead But Us(2006)
- #12AmazonSchooled in Murder(2008)
- #13AmazonAnother Dead Republican(2012)
- #14AmazonA Conspiracy of Fear(2014)
About Mark Richard Zubro
Mark Richard Zubro is an American mystery novelist, known for crafting bestselling mysteries set in Chicago and the surrounding Cook County area. His fast-paced novels, featuring interesting plots and well-rounded, likeable characters, are widely praised. Zubro's works frequently incorporate gay themes, reflecting his own identity. He is the author of two notable series: the Tom Mason and Scott Carpenter series, which follows the lives of a high school teacher and a professional baseball player, and the Paul Turner series, a part of the Stonewall Inn Mystery series published by St. Martin's Press. Zubro's work has earned him a Lambda Literary Award for Best Gay Men's Mystery for his book A Simple Suburban Murder. With a prolific career spanning multiple genres, including thriller, his writing continues to captivate readers.
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