Bobby Underwood is a prolific writer who dips his pen into the world of many genres: crime and mystery, old-fashioned noir, ethereal and old-fashioned romantic fantasy, westerns, and light science fiction. His touching romantic fantasy novellas and tender short stories are stand-alone entries, while his series detective and crime novels are best read in sequence. His influences are Elizabeth Linington, John D. MacDonald, Fletcher Flora, Jack Williamson, Robert Nathan, Zane Grey, Cornell Woolrich and Tony Hillerman, to name a few. His series include:



ROMANTIC NOIR: Holly, FANDANGO, Costa del Sol, Pink Sangría, Softer Than Rain, Down Mexico Way



SETH HALLIDAY: The Turquoise Shroud, The Long Gray Goodbye, Eight Blonde Dolls, A Candy Red Christmas, Blue Spanish Sky, A Bright Silver Sea, The Deadly Green Hills



MATT RANSOM: The Velvet Sea, A Matt Ransom Halloween, The Tender Shore, The Gentle Tide, A Matt Ransom Thanksgiving, The Lovely Harbor, The Sandy Shore, The Beautiful Island, The Sensual Sea, A Matt Ransom Christmas, The Sapphire Sea, The Dreamless Sea, Crazy Rhythm, The Black Dahlia, Just Beyond Love, and The Romantic Shore (series finale).



NOIR SHOTS: Dangerous Crossing, One Good Thing, Where the Busses Don't Run, Not Dark Yet, Angel in the Rain, Glass Alibi, Carousel, Hornet's Nest, You Were Wonderful, She Always Loved the Sea, State Route 43, World Full of Dreams, If I Should Die Before You Wake, Hurricane, The Leafy Glade, Last Semester, Nebraska, The Kelly Martin Story



NOSTALGIA CRIME: Beautiful Detour, Where Flamingos Fly, Nightside



THE WILD COUNTRY TRILOGY: The Wild Country, The Trail to Santa Rosa, Whisper Valley -- Related Short Stories: Where the Grass Grows Green, Colton County, A Wild Country Christmas



SPICY PULP STORIES: Havana, Running Hot, Lucky Penny -- Collection of all three in paperback: Too Hot to Handle



THE TEAGAN & ALLESSANDRO ADVENTURES: The Amalfi Caper



SHERIFF JACE WILKINSON: The Idaho Affairs



His Non-Series stories include: Winsome Creek, Atelier, Beyond Heaven's Reach, Chance at Heaven, Passage to Tomorrow, I Died Twice, Grover's Creek, White Lace & Promises, Euphoria, The City, and Saturday's Children. His gathered Collections include: Outward Bound: Hope & Light (Late to Prom, Joy Island, Summer Picnic, and Atelier), Escapade (FANDANGO, Costa del Sol, Juggernaut, and Pink Sangría), Lonely Street (Night Run, City of Angels, Gypsy Summer, Requiem, Christmas Eve, Night Cry), Getaway (Holly, Down Mexico Way, and Softer Than Rain), Jeopardy (You Were Wonderful, She Always Loved the Sea, and Hornet's Nest), Too Hot to Handle (Havana, Running Hot, and Lucky Penny), Silver Screen Dreams (Beautiful Detour, Where Flamingos Fly, and Nightside), Lovers' Tide (Holly, Joy Island, Galveston, and Surfer Girl), The Unlocked Window (Dark Corridor, Slow Hot Wind, No Holiday From Murder, Johnny's Girl, I Won't Forget You, The Day Kathy Died, Glass Alibi, Voodoo Road, and The Unlocked Window), Silhouettes (Dangerous Crossing, One Good Thing, Where the Busses Don't Run, and Not Dark Yet), Peril in the Rain (Glass Alibi, Angel in the Rain, and Carousel), Matt Ransom: The Early Years (The Velvet Sea, The Tender Shore, and The Gentle Tide), Matt Ransom: Harbors & Shores (The Lovely Harbor and The Sandy Shore), Matt Ransom: Winter Surprises (The Sensual Sea and A Matt Ransom Christmas), Seth Halliday: Double Shot (The Turquoise Shroud and The Long Gray Goodbye), Seth Halliday: Candy Colored Dreams (Eight Blonde Dolls and A Candy Red Christmas), Trouble in the Wind: (World Full of Dreams, If I Should Die Before You Wake, Hurricane, The Leafy Glade, Dark Corridor), Ghost Rider: The Wyn Witcomb Saga (The Wild Country, The Trail to Santa Rosa, Whisper Valley), Trouble in the Wind (World Full of Dreams, If I Should Die Before You Wake, Hurricane, The Leafy Glade, Dark Corridor), Down Every Road (State Route 43, Nebraska, Last Semester, Endless Night, Galvesto