The Beat Generation (Scribners, 1971; Morrow, 1994)
Listen to the Blues (Scribners, 1973; Da Capo, 1995)
Dalton Trumbo (Scribners, 1977)
Brecht in Exile (Holt, Rinehart & Winston, 1983)
The Town that Country Built (Avon, 1993)
Sex Life (Evans, 1979; Dell, 1980)
Mexican Standoff (Watts, 1988)
Rough Cut (St. Martin’s, 1990)
Death as a Career Move (St. Martin’s, 1992)
The Sidewalk Hilton (St. Martin’s, 1994)
The Judgement, by William Coughlin (uncredited by publisher) (St. Martin’s, 1997)
Young Will: The Confessions of William Shakespeare (Truman Talley Books / St. Martin’s, 2004; Griffin, 2005)
Blind Justice (Putnam, 1994; Berkley, 1995, 2009)
Murder in Grub Street (Putnam, 1995; Berkley, 1996, 2010)
Watery Grave (Putnam, 1996; Berkley, 1996)
Person or Persons Unknown (Putnam, 1997; Berkley 1998)
Jack, Knave and Fool (Putnam, 1998; Berkley, 1999)
Death of a Colonial (Putnam, 1999; Berkley, 2000)
The Color of Death (Putnam, 2000; Berkley, 2001)
Smuggler’s Moon (Putnam, 2001; Berkley, 2002)
An Experiment in Treason (Putnam, 2002; Berkley, 2003)
The Price of Murder (Putnam, 2003; Berkley, 2004)
Rules of Engagement (Putnam, 2005; Berkley, 2006)