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Kirk Alex

9 Series • 22 Books

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🎯 Where Should I Start?

Best Starting Point
Publication Order of Chance “Cash” Register Working Stiff Books
Start with: Blood, Sweat and Chump Change (2003)
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Publication Order of Eddie “Doc” Holiday Books
Start with: Hush-Hush Holiday (2021)
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Publication Order of L.A. Cab Exploits Books
Start with: Working the Hard Side of the Street (2012)

ⓘ About Kirk Alex

Have been at this writing game for a few decades now. Love of/for books came at a young age for me, probably way back when I was around 13 or 14, and am glad it did, because writing/reading saved my butt way too many times to count. How so? Well, you get your heart shredded a few times and there you are, hanging on by your fingertips; or else you got no money to buy food or make rent, no car, living in a dump of a furnished room.The way it was for me for many many years while living in hellish Los Angeles. What are the choices? Take yourself out? Drugs? Heavy booze? Sure, did my share of drinking, but it was beer all those years. Drugs? Had no use for drugs. Life was tough enough. Saw what drugs did to a few pals while in the jungles of Nam. So what kept me going? Books. Writing.

All Book Series by Kirk Alex

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Blood, Sweat and Chump Change

Series opener · book 1 of 4 · published 2003

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2003
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Nonentity

Book 2 of 4 · published 2005

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2005
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Paycheck to Paycheck

Book 3 of 4 · published 2022

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2022
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Loopy Soupy's Motley Crew

Latest in the series · book 4 of 4 · published 2022

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2022
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Hush-Hush Holiday

Series opener · book 1 of 4 · published 2021

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2021
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Hubba-Hubba Holiday

Book 2 of 4 · published 2021

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2021
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Hollow-Point Holiday

Book 3 of 4 · published 2021

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2021
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Hard Noir Holiday

Latest in the series · book 4 of 4 · published 2021

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2021
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Working the Hard Side of the Street

Single-title series · published 2012

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2012
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Throwback

Series opener · book 1 of 2 · published 2018

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2018
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Backlash

Latest in the series · book 2 of 2 · published 2018

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2018
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Book One

Series opener · book 1 of 2 · published 2013

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2013
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Book Two

Latest in the series · book 2 of 2 · published 2017

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2017
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Bone

Series opener · book 1 of 5 · published 2014

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2014
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Angel--the Crazy Woman

Book 2 of 5 · published 2014

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2014
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The Case of the Vengeful Vixen

Book 3 of 5 · published 2014

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2014
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My Kind of Client

Book 4 of 5 · published 2014

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2014
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The Hard Bitch

Latest in the series · book 5 of 5 · published 2014

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2014
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Zook

Single-title series · published 2016

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2016
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Death in the Fast Lane

Series opener · book 1 of 2 · published 2014

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2014
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Walking Time Bomb

Latest in the series · book 2 of 2 · published 2014

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2014
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Ziggy Popper at Large

Single-title series · published 2016

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2016

? Frequently Asked Questions

Who is Kirk Alex?

Have been at this writing game for a few decades now. Love of/for books came at a young age for me, probably way back when I was around 13 or 14, and am glad it did, because writing/reading saved my butt way too many times to count. How so? Well, you get your heart shredded a few times and there you are, hanging on by your fingertips; or else you got no money to buy food or make rent, no car, living in a dump of a furnished room.The way it was for me for many many years while living in hellish Los Angeles.

Which Kirk Alex series should I start with?

The best place to start is the Chance “Cash” Register Working Stiff series, the earliest of Kirk Alex's multi-book series: it opens with Blood, Sweat and Chump Change (2003) and runs to 4 books across 2003–2022, ending with Loopy Soupy's Motley Crew (2022). Kirk Alex's other series stand alone, so they can be read in any order.

How many books has Kirk Alex written?

Kirk Alex has 22 books catalogued in this guide, published between 2003 and 2022. 18 of them belong to 6 named series — the largest being the PI Choo-Choo Buschitski series with 5 books — and 4 are standalone titles, collections or anthologies.

In what order should Kirk Alex's series be read?

Read each series in publication order — the numbered entries in each series follow the year each book first appeared. Kirk Alex's series do not depend on one another, so they can be started in any order; by start date they are Chance “Cash” Register Working Stiff (2003–2022, 4 books), L.A. Cab Exploits (2012, 1 book) and Lustmord: Anatomy of a Serial Butcher (2013–2017, 2 books), plus 3 more.

How are Kirk Alex's books organised into series?

This guide splits Kirk Alex's 22 books into 6 named series and 4 titles that stand alone or appear only in collections: PI Choo-Choo Buschitski (5 books, 2014); Chance “Cash” Register Working Stiff (4 books, 2003–2022); Eddie “Doc” Holiday (4 books, 2021); Love, Lust & Murder (2 books, 2018); Lustmord: Anatomy of a Serial Butcher (2 books, 2013–2017), plus 1 further series.