Mrs. Norris Series

• A Gentleman Called (1958)
• Old Sinners Never Die (1960)
• Death of an Old Sinner (1961)

Julie Hayes Series

• A Death in the Life (1976)
• Scarlet Night (1980)
• Lullaby of Murder (1984)
• The Habit of Fear (1987)

Novels

• The Judas Cat (1949)
• A Gentle Murderer (1951)
• A Town of Masks (1952; reprint edition, 2001)
• The Clay Hand (1952)
• Black Sheep, White Lamb (1964)
• The Pale Betrayer (1965)
• Enemy and Brother (1967)
• God Speed the Night (1969) (with Jerome Ross)
• Where the Dark Streets Go (1970)
• Crime without Murder (1972)
• Shock Wave (1974)
• Little Brothers (1974)
• In the Still of the Night (2001)

Collections

• Tales for a Stormy Night (1984)

Anthologies containing stories by Dorothy Salisbury Davis

• The Fantastic Universe Omnibus (1960)
• Great Tales of Mystery and Suspense (1981)

Short stories

• Spring Fever (1952)
• Matter of Public Notice, a (1957)
• The Muted Horn (1957)
• Mrs. Norris Visits the Library (1959)
• By the Scruff of the Soul (1963)
• Old Friends (1975)
• Last Party, the (1980)
• Devil and His Due, the (1981)
• Natural Causes (1983)
• Justina (1989)
• Silver Thimble, a (1990)
• Puppet, the (1991)
• To Forget Mary Ellen (1992)
• Now Is Forever (1994)
• Miles to Go (1996)
• Scream, the (1998)
• Hank's Tale (2000)
• Letter, the (2002)