Yellowthread Street is a 17-book series with 17 primary works first released in 1975 with contributions by William Marshall, Stuart M. Kaminsky, Jerome Charyn, Archer Mayor, Margaret Maron, James Crumley, Joe R. Lansdale, Lindsey Davis, Robert Greer, Charlotte Carter, Beth Saulnier, Donald E. Westlake, Loren D. Estleman, Joe Gores, Peter Lovesey, Marcia Muller, Ed McBain, and M.C. Beaton.