J.A. Jance Reading Order

22 books (2005–2025)

Start with Edge of Evil, the first of 22 books in the Ali Reynolds series.

#	Title
1	Edge of Evil 2005Buy 🇺🇸
2	Hand of Evil 2007Buy 🇺🇸
3	Web of Evil 2007Buy 🇺🇸
4	Cruel Intent 2008Buy 🇺🇸
5	Trial by Fire 2009Buy 🇺🇸
6	Fatal Error 2011Buy 🇺🇸
7	Left for Dead 2012Buy 🇺🇸
8	Deadly Stakes 2013Buy 🇺🇸
9	A Last Goodbye 2014Buy 🇺🇸
10	Moving Target 2014Buy 🇺🇸
11	Cold Betrayal 2015Buy 🇺🇸
12	No Honor Among Thieves 2015Buy 🇺🇸
13	Clawback 2016Buy 🇺🇸
14	Random Acts 2016Buy 🇺🇸
15	Man Overboard 2017Buy 🇺🇸
16	Duel to the Death 2018Buy 🇺🇸
17	Taking the Veil(With: Eric Van Lustbader) 2019Buy 🇺🇸
18	The A List 2019Buy 🇺🇸
19	Credible Threat 2020Buy 🇺🇸
20	Unfinished Business 2021Buy 🇺🇸
21	Collateral Damage 2023Buy 🇺🇸
22	OverKill 2025Buy 🇺🇸

11 books (1994–2017)

Start with Partners in Crime, the first of 11 books in the Anthologies series.

#	Title
1	Partners in Crime 1994Buy 🇺🇸
2	Crafty Cat Crimes 2000Buy 🇺🇸
3	The World's Finest Mystery and Crime Stories 1 2000Buy 🇺🇸
4	Naked Came the Phoenix 2001Buy 🇺🇸
5	Bark M For Murder 2006Buy 🇺🇸
6	The Deadly Bride and 19 of the Year's Finest Crime and Mystery Stories 2006Buy 🇺🇸
7	Writer in the Library: 41 Writers Reveal How They Use Libraries to Develop Their Skill, Craft & Careers 2008Buy 🇺🇸
8	Suspense Magazine January 2010 2010Buy 🇺🇸
9	No Rest for the Dead 2011Buy 🇺🇸
10	Mystery Writers of America Presents Ice Cold 2014Buy 🇺🇸
11	MatchUp 2017Buy 🇺🇸

31 books (1985–2026)

Start with Until Proven Guilty, the first of 31 books in the J.P. Beaumont series.

#	Title
1	Until Proven Guilty 1985Buy 🇺🇸
2	Injustice For All 1986Buy 🇺🇸
3	Trial by Fury 1986Buy 🇺🇸
4	Taking the Fifth 1987Buy 🇺🇸
5	A More Perfect Union 1988Buy 🇺🇸
6	Improbable Cause 1988Buy 🇺🇸
7	Dismissed with Prejudice 1989Buy 🇺🇸
8	Minor in Possession 1990Buy 🇺🇸
9	Payment In Kind 1991Buy 🇺🇸
10	Without Due Process 1992Buy 🇺🇸
11	Failure to Appear 1993Buy 🇺🇸
12	Lying in Wait 1994Buy 🇺🇸
13	Name Withheld 1996Buy 🇺🇸
14	Breach Of Duty 1999Buy 🇺🇸
15	Birds of Prey 2001Buy 🇺🇸
16	Partner in Crime 2002Buy 🇺🇸
17	Long Time Gone 2005Buy 🇺🇸
18	Justice Denied 2007Buy 🇺🇸
19	Fire and Ice 2009Buy 🇺🇸
20	Betrayal of Trust 2011Buy 🇺🇸
21	Ring In the Dead 2013Buy 🇺🇸
22	Second Watch 2013Buy 🇺🇸
23	Dance of the Bones 2015Buy 🇺🇸
24	Stand Down 2015Buy 🇺🇸
25	Proof of Life 2017Buy 🇺🇸
26	Still Dead 2017Buy 🇺🇸
27	Sins of the Fathers 2019Buy 🇺🇸
28	Nothing to Lose 2022Buy 🇺🇸
29	Den of Iniquity 2024Buy 🇺🇸
30	Girls' Night Out 2024Buy 🇺🇸
31	The Taken Ones 2026Buy 🇺🇸

24 books (1993–2025)

Start with Desert Heat, the first of 24 books in the Joanna Brady series.

#	Title
1	Desert Heat 1993Buy 🇺🇸
2	Shoot Don't Shoot 1995Buy 🇺🇸
3	Tombstone Courage 1995Buy 🇺🇸
4	Dead to Rights 1997Buy 🇺🇸
5	Skeleton Canyon 1997Buy 🇺🇸
6	Rattlesnake Crossing 1998Buy 🇺🇸
7	Outlaw Mountain 1999Buy 🇺🇸
8	Devil's Claw 2001Buy 🇺🇸
9	Paradise Lost 2001Buy 🇺🇸
10	Partner in Crime 2002Buy 🇺🇸
11	Exit Wounds 2003Buy 🇺🇸
12	Dead Wrong 2006Buy 🇺🇸
13	Damage Control 2008Buy 🇺🇸
14	Fire and Ice 2009Buy 🇺🇸
15	Judgment Call 2012Buy 🇺🇸
16	Remains of Innocence 2014Buy 🇺🇸
17	The Old Blue Line 2014Buy 🇺🇸
18	No Honor Among Thieves 2015Buy 🇺🇸
19	Downfall 2016Buy 🇺🇸
20	Random Acts 2016Buy 🇺🇸
21	Field of Bones 2018Buy 🇺🇸
22	Missing and Endangered 2021Buy 🇺🇸
23	Blessing of the Lost Girls 2023Buy 🇺🇸
24	The Girl from Devil's Lake 2025Buy 🇺🇸

31 books (1992–2016)

Start with Catnap / Cat in an Alphabet Soup(By: Carole Nelson Douglas), the first of 31 books in the Midnight Louie series.

#	Title
1	Catnap / Cat in an Alphabet Soup(By: Carole Nelson Douglas) 1992Buy 🇺🇸
2	Pussyfoot / Cat in an Aqua Storm(By: Carole Nelson Douglas) 1993Buy 🇺🇸
3	Cat On A Blue Monday(By: Carole Nelson Douglas) 1994Buy 🇺🇸
4	Cat in a Crimson Haze(By: Carole Nelson Douglas) 1995Buy 🇺🇸
5	Cat in a Diamond Dazzle(By: Carole Nelson Douglas) 1996Buy 🇺🇸
6	Cat in a Flamingo Fedora(By: Carole Nelson Douglas) 1997Buy 🇺🇸
7	Cat in a Golden Garland(By: Carole Nelson Douglas) 1997Buy 🇺🇸
8	Cat with an Emerald Eye(By: Carole Nelson Douglas) 1997Buy 🇺🇸
9	Cat on a Hyacinth Hunt(By: Carole Nelson Douglas) 1998Buy 🇺🇸
10	Midnight Louie's Pet Detectives(With: Carole Nelson Douglas,Nancy Pickard,Toni L.P. Kelner,Lilian Jackson Braun,Walter J. Stutzman) 1998Buy 🇺🇸
11	Cat in a Jeweled Jumpsuit(By: Carole Nelson Douglas) 1999Buy 🇺🇸
12	Cat in an Indigo Mood(By: Carole Nelson Douglas) 1999Buy 🇺🇸
13	Cat in a Kiwi Con(By: Carole Nelson Douglas) 2000Buy 🇺🇸
14	Cat in a Leopard Spot(By: Carole Nelson Douglas) 2001Buy 🇺🇸
15	Cat in a Midnight Choir(By: Carole Nelson Douglas) 2002Buy 🇺🇸
16	Cat in a Neon Nightmare(By: Carole Nelson Douglas) 2003Buy 🇺🇸
17	Midnight Louie In Something Fishy(By: Carole Nelson Douglas) 2003Buy 🇺🇸
18	Cat in an Orange Twist(By: Carole Nelson Douglas) 2004Buy 🇺🇸
19	Cat in a Hot Pink Pursuit(By: Carole Nelson Douglas) 2005Buy 🇺🇸
20	Cat in a Quicksilver Caper(By: Carole Nelson Douglas) 2006Buy 🇺🇸
21	Cat in a Red Hot Rage(By: Carole Nelson Douglas) 2007Buy 🇺🇸
22	Cat in a Sapphire Slipper(By: Carole Nelson Douglas) 2008Buy 🇺🇸
23	Cat in a Topaz Tango(By: Carole Nelson Douglas) 2009Buy 🇺🇸
24	Cat in an Ultramarine Scheme(By: Carole Nelson Douglas) 2010Buy 🇺🇸
25	Cat in a Vegas Gold Vendetta(By: Carole Nelson Douglas) 2011Buy 🇺🇸
26	Cat in a White Tie and Tails(By: Carole Nelson Douglas) 2012Buy 🇺🇸
27	Fruit of the Tomb(By: Carole Nelson Douglas) 2012Buy 🇺🇸
28	Cat in an Alien X-Ray(By: Carole Nelson Douglas) 2013Buy 🇺🇸
29	Cat in a Yellow Spotlight(By: Carole Nelson Douglas) 2014Buy 🇺🇸
30	Cat in a Zebra Zoot Suit(By: Carole Nelson Douglas) 2015Buy 🇺🇸
31	Cat in an Alphabet Endgame(By: Carole Nelson Douglas) 2016Buy 🇺🇸

1 book (1984–1984)

#	Title
1	After the Fire 1984Buy 🇺🇸

11 books (2017–2019)

Start with Deserves to Be Dead(By: John Sandford,Lisa Jackson), the first of 11 books in the The MatchUp Collection series.

6 books (1991–2023)

Start with Hour of the Hunter, the first of 6 books in the Walker Family Mysteries series.

#	Title
1	Hour of the Hunter 1991Buy 🇺🇸
2	Kiss of the Bees 1993Buy 🇺🇸
3	Day of the Dead 2004Buy 🇺🇸
4	Queen of the Night 2010Buy 🇺🇸
5	Dance of the Bones 2015Buy 🇺🇸
6	Blessing of the Lost Girls 2023Buy 🇺🇸