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Stephen Mertz


USA flag (b.1947)

aka Cliff Banks, Stephen Brett, Jack Buchanan, Jim Case, Don Pendleton

Stephen Mertz, is an American fiction author who is best known for his mainstream thrillers and novels of suspense. His work covers a wide variety of styles from paranormal dark suspense (Night Wind and Devil Creek) to historical speculative thrillers (Blood Red Sun) and hardboiled noir (Fade to Tomorrow).

Stephen Mertz has traveled widely and is a U.S. Army veteran. He presently lives in the American Southwest, and he is always at work on a new book.
 

Genres: Thriller, Western, Mystery
 
Series
Kilroy Mystery
   Some Die Hard (1979) (as by Stephen Brett)
   1. Cold In The Grave (2018)
   2. The Devil's Music (2019)
   3. Sweet Blackmail (2019)
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Steve Madison Mysteries
   1. The Vampire Chase (1979) (as by Stephen Brett)
   2. Fade to Tomorrow (2004)
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Executioner
   42. The Iranian Hit (1982)
   43. Return to Vietnam (1982)
   48. The Libya Connection (1982)
   52. Tuscany Terror (1983)
   62. Day of Mourning (1984)
   64. Dead Man Running (1984)
   67. Beirut Payback (1984)
   73. Appointment in Kabul (1985)
   76. Tehran Wipeout (1985)
   92. Moscow Massacre (1986)
   94. Save the Children (1986)
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Mack Bolan
   4. Dirty War (1985)
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Cody's Army (as by Jim Case)
   1. Cody's Army (1986)
   2. Assault Into Libya (1986)
   3. Philippine Hardpunch (1987)
   4. Belfast Blitz (1987)
   5. D.C. Firestrike (1987)
   6. Hellfire in Haiti (1988)
   7. Sword of the Prophet (1988)
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Tunnel Rats (as by Cliff Banks)
   1. Tunnel Rats (1989)
   2. Mud and Blood (1989)
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Night Wind
   1. Night Wind (2002)
   2. Devil Creek (2004)
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Stone M.I.A. Hunter
continued from the original series by Jack Buchanan
   17. Hostage Town (2019)
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Cody's War
   1. Dragonfire! (2019)
   2. Camp David Has Fallen! (2019)
   3. The Fires of Allah (2019)
   4. Day of Reckoning (2019)
   5. The Last Refuge (2019)
   6. Cody's Return (2022)
   7. Lethal Assault (2022)
   8. Final Strike (2022)
   9. Afghanistan Payback (2022)
   10. Hellfire in Syria (2023)
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Novels
   Blood Red Sun (1989)
   Sudden Death (1995)
   The Korean Intercept (2005)
   Dragon Games (2010)
   Hank & Muddy (2011)
   The Castro Directive (2013)
   Sherlock Holmes: Zombies Over London (2015)
   Jimi After Dark (2017)
   The Moses Deception (2017)
   North Of Tombstone (2020)
   Homicide: Saigon (2021)
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Collections
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Series contributed to
Blaze!
   1. Blaze! (2015)
   6. Zombies Over Yonder (2015)
   9. A Son of the Gun (2016)
   14. The Christmas Journey (2016)
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Stephen Mertz recommends
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Klaw (1980)
(Klaw, book 1)
W L Fieldhouse
"All hail the long overdue return of a master of action...No one does it like Fieldhouse!"

Anthologies containing stories by Stephen Mertz
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Blood & Tacos #3 (2012)
(Blood & Tacos, book 3)
edited by
Johnny Shaw
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Son of Retro Pulp Tales (2009)
edited by
Joe R Lansdale and Keith Lansdale
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Flesh and Blood: Dark Desires (2002)
(Flesh and Blood )
edited by
Max Allan Collins and Jeff Gelb

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