 Thomas H. Cook was born in Fort Payne, Alabama. He received degrees in English and philosophy from Georgia State College and graduate degrees in American history from Hunter College, City University of New York and from Columbia University. In 1980, he became a full-time writer. He is the creator of 'Frank Clemons', a homicide detective and later a private detective. |
Titles and year of publication:
| 'Frank Clemons' Novels | |
| 1) Sacrificial Ground | 1988 |
| 2) Flesh and Blood | 1989 |
| 3) Night Secrets | 1990 |
| Other Novels | |
| 1) Blood Innocents | 1980 |
| 2) The Orchids | 1982 |
| 3) Tabernacle | 1983 |
| 4) Elena | 1986 |
| 5) Streets of Fire | 1989 |
| 6) Evidence of Blood | 1991 |
| 7) The City When It Rains | 1991 |
| 8) Mortal Memory | 1993 |
| 9) Breakheart Hill | 1995 |
| 10) The Chatham School Affair (Edgar Award, Martin Beck Award) | 1996 |
| 11) Instruments of Night | 1998 |
| 12) Places in the Dark | 2000 |
| 13) The Interrogation | 2002 |
| 14) Peril | 2004 |
| 15) Into the Web | 2004 |
| 16) Red Leaves (Barry Award) | 2005 |
| 17) The Cloud of Unknowing (UK Title: The Murmur of Stones [2006]) | 2006 |
| 18) Master of the Delta | 2008 |
| 19) The Fate of Katherine Carr | 2009 |
| 20) The Last Talk with Lola Faye | 2010 |
| 21) The Quest for Anna Klein | 2011 |
| 22) The Crime of Julian Wells | 2012 |
| 23) Fatherhood: And Other Stories (short stories) | 2013 |
| 24) Sandrine's Case | 2013 |
| 25) A Dancer in the Dust | 2014 |
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