Kris Nelscott is an open pen name used by USA Today bestselling writer Kristine Kathryn Rusch.
The first Smokey Dalton novel, A Dangerous Road, won the Herodotus Award for Best Historical Mystery and was short-listed for the Edgar Award for Best Novel; the second, Smoke-Filled Rooms, was a PNBA Book Award finalist; and the third, Thin Walls, was one of the Chicago Tribunes best mysteries of the year.
Kirkus chose Days of Rage as one of the top ten mysteries of the year.
Entertainment Weekly says her equals are Walter Mosley and Raymond Chandler.
Booklist calls the Smokey Dalton books a high-class crime series and Salon says Kris Nelscott can lay claim to the strongest series of detective novels now being written by an American author.
The first Smokey Dalton novel, A Dangerous Road, won the Herodotus Award for Best Historical Mystery and was short-listed for the Edgar Award for Best Novel; the second, Smoke-Filled Rooms, was a PNBA Book Award finalist; and the third, Thin Walls, was one of the Chicago Tribunes best mysteries of the year.
Kirkus chose Days of Rage as one of the top ten mysteries of the year.
Entertainment Weekly says her equals are Walter Mosley and Raymond Chandler.
Booklist calls the Smokey Dalton books a high-class crime series and Salon says Kris Nelscott can lay claim to the strongest series of detective novels now being written by an American author.
Genres: Mystery
Series
Smokey Dalton
1. A Dangerous Road (2000)
2. Smoke-Filled Rooms (2001)
3. Thin Walls (2002)
4. Stone Cribs (2004)
5. War at Home (2005)
6. Days of Rage (2006)
Family Affair (2013)
Guarding Lacey (2013)
7. Street Justice (2014)
Sob Sisters (2014)
1. A Dangerous Road (2000)
2. Smoke-Filled Rooms (2001)
3. Thin Walls (2002)
4. Stone Cribs (2004)
5. War at Home (2005)
6. Days of Rage (2006)
Family Affair (2013)
Guarding Lacey (2013)
7. Street Justice (2014)
Sob Sisters (2014)
Novels
Novellas and Short Stories
Clinic (2013)
The Monster in Our Midst (2015)
Blaming the Arsonist (2017)
Combat Medic (2017)
Still Life 1931 (2019)
The Monster in Our Midst (2015)
Blaming the Arsonist (2017)
Combat Medic (2017)
Still Life 1931 (2019)
Books containing stories by Kris Nelscott
In Sunlight or In Shadow (2016)
Stories Inspired by the Paintings of Edward Hopper
edited by
Lawrence Block
More books
Award nominations
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