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 William George Tapply was born in Waltham, Massachusetts. He is the creator of 'Brady Coyne', a private investigator. Tapply was married to Vicki Stiefel. Visit also this site.  | 
Titles and year of publication:
| 'Brady Coyne' Novels | |
| 1) Death at Charity's Point | 1984 | 
| 2) The Dutch Blue Error | 1985 | 
| 3) Follow the Sharks | 1985 | 
| 4) The Marine Corpse (UK Title: A Rodent of Doubt [1987]) | 1986 | 
| 5) Dead Meat | 1987 | 
| 6) The Vulgar Boatman | 1987 | 
| 7) A Void in Hearts | 1988 | 
| 8) Dead Winter | 1989 | 
| 9) Client Privilege | 1989 | 
| 10) The Spotted Cats | 1991 | 
| 11) Tight Lines | 1992 | 
| 12) The Snake Eater | 1993 | 
| 13) The Seventh Enemy | 1995 | 
| 14) Close to the Bone | 1996 | 
| 15) Cutter's Run | 1998 | 
| 16) Muscle Memory | 1999 | 
| 17) Scar Tissue | 2000 | 
| 18) Past Tense | 2001 | 
| 19) First Light (with Philip R. Craig) | 2001 | 
| 20) A Fine Line | 2002 | 
| 21) Shadow of Death | 2003 | 
| 22) Second Sight (with Philip R. Craig) | 2004 | 
| 23) Nervous Water | 2005 | 
| 24) Out Cold | 2006 | 
| 25) One Way Ticket | 2007 | 
| 26) Third Strike (with Philip R. Craig) | 2007 | 
| 27) Hell Bent | 2008 | 
| 28) Outwitting Trolls | 2010 | 
| Other Novels | |
| 1) Bitch Creek | 2004 | 
| 2) Gray Ghost | 2007 | 
| 3) Dark Tiger | 2009 | 
| 4) The Nomination | 2011 |