Muller has written many novels featuring her Sharon McCone female
private detective character. Vanishing Point won the
Shamus Award for Best P.I. Novel.[3] Muller had been nominated for the Shamus Award four times previously.[4]
The McCone Files (
Crippen & Landru,1994) (short story collection)
McCone and Friends (
Crippen & Landru,1999) (short story collection)
Carpenter and Quincannon Mysteries
The Bughouse Affair (2013) (co-written with Bill Pronzini)
The Spook Lights Affair (2013) (co-written with Bill Pronzini)
The Body Snatchers Affair (2015) (co-written with Bill Pronzini)
The Plagues of Thieves Affair (2016) (co-written with Bill Pronzini)
Dangerous Ladies Affair (2017) (co-written with Bill Pronzini)
Elena Oliverez series
The Tree of Death (1983)
The Legend of the Slain Soldiers (1985)
Beyond the Grave (1986) (co-written with Bill Pronzini)
Joanna Stark series
The Cavalier in White (1986)
There Hangs the Knife (1988)
Dark Star (1989)
Soledad County series
Point Deception (2001)
Cyanide Wells (2003)
Cape Perdido (2005)
Anthologies and collections
The Web She Weaves (1983) (co-written with Bill Pronzini)
Witches Brew: Horror and Supernatural Stories by Women (1984) (co-written with Bill Pronzini)
Child's Ploy: An Anthology of Mystery and Suspense Stories (1984) (co-written with Bill Pronzini)
She Won the West: An Anthology of Western and Frontier Stories by Women (1985) (co-written with Bill Pronzini)
Dark Lessons: Crime and Detection on Campus (1985) (co-written with Bill Pronzini)
Kill or Cure: Suspense Stories About the World of Medicine (1985) (co-written with Bill Pronzini)
The Deadly Arts: A Collection of Artful Suspense (1985) (co-written with Bill Pronzini)
Chapter and Hearse: Suspense Stories About the World of Books (1985) (co-written with Bill Pronzini)
The Wickedest Show on Earth: A Carnival of Circus Suspense (1985) (co-written with Bill Pronzini)
Lady on the Case: 21 Stories and 1 Complete Novel Starring the World's Great Female Sleuths (1988) (co-written with Bill Pronzini and Martin H. Greenberg)
Deceptions (1991) (short story collection)
Detective Duos: The Best Adventures of Twenty-Five Crime-Solving Twosomes (1997) (co-written with Bill Pronzini)
Duo (1998) (short story collection) (co-written with Bill Pronzini)
Time of the Wolves (2003) (Western short story collection)
Somewhere in the City (2007) (short story collection)
Crucifixion River (2007) (short story collection) (co-written with Bill Pronzini)
Non-fiction
1001 Midnights: The Aficionado's Guide to Mystery and Detective Fiction (1986) (co-written with Bill Pronzini)
Stand alone novels
The Lighthouse (1987) (co-written with Bill Pronzini)