Jane Haddam Reading Order

3 books (1998–2016)

Jane Haddam's mystery anthology series consists of three complete collections published between 1998 and 2016, featuring various crime stories. Though the series spans 18 years, readers should follow publication order to experience the stories as intended. The books include Once Upon a Crime, Criminal Records, and Silent Night, Deadly Night, offering a comprehensive collection of mystery and thriller tales across multiple installments.

Start with Once Upon a Crime and read in order.

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1	Once Upon a Crime 1998Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Criminal Records 2000Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	Silent Night, Deadly Night 2016Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

1 book (2018–2018)

30 books (1990–2020)

The Gregor Demarkian series is a 30-book mystery series by Jane Haddam published between 1990 and 2020, now complete. The books should be read in publication order, beginning with Not a Creature was Stirring. Readers following this series will encounter a consistent cast of characters and ongoing plot threads that develop across the full span of the completed collection.

Start with Not a Creature was Stirring, the first of 30 books in the Gregor Demarkian series.

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1	Not a Creature was Stirring 1990Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Act of Darkness 1991Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	Precious Blood 1991Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	Quoth the Raven 1991Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
5	A Great Day for the Deadly 1992Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
6	A Stillness in Bethlehem 1992Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
7	Feast of Murder 1992Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
8	Murder Superior 1993Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
9	Bleeding Hearts 1994Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
10	Dear Old Dead 1994Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
11	Festival of Deaths 1994Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
12	Fountain of Death 1995Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
13	And One to Die On 1996Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
14	Baptism in Blood 1996Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
15	Deadly Beloved 1997Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
16	Skeleton Key 2000Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
17	True Believers 2001Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
18	Somebody Else's Music 2002Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
19	Conspiracy Theory 2003Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
20	The Headmaster's Wife 2005Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
21	Hardscrabble Road 2006Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
22	Glass Houses 2007Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
23	Cheating at Solitaire 2008Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
24	Living Witness 2009Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
25	Wanting Sheila Dead 2010Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
26	Flowering Judas 2011Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
27	Blood in the Water 2012Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
28	Hearts of Sand 2013Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
29	Fighting Chance 2014Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
30	One of Our Own 2020Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

5 books (1984–1990)

The Patience McKenna series comprises five mystery novels published between 1984 and 1990, following publication order from beginning to end. This complete series should be read starting with Sweet, Savage Death and continuing through Wicked, Loving Murder, Death's Savage Passion, Rich, Radiant Slaughter, and concluding with Once and Always Murder. Each book builds on the previous installment, making sequential reading essential to fully appreciate the story arc.

Start with Sweet, Savage Death, the first of 5 books in the Patience McKenna series.

#	Title
1	Sweet, Savage Death 1984Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Wicked, Loving Murder 1985Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	Death's Savage Passion 1986Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	Rich, Radiant Slaughter 1988Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
5	Once and Always Murder 1990Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

1 book (2018–2018)

2 books (1986–1992)

Jane Haddam wrote two standalone mystery novels published between 1986 and 1992 under her earlier pen name Orania Papazoglou. Both books are now complete, and while they can be read independently, readers should start with Sanctity followed by Charisma to experience them in their original publication order. These works represent Haddam's early contributions to the mystery and thriller genre.

Start with Sanctity(As: Orania Papazoglou) and read in order.

#	Title
1	Sanctity(As: Orania Papazoglou) 1986Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Charisma(As: Orania Papazoglou) 1992Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible