Order of J.A. Jance Books
J.A. Jance is the pseudonym of American novelist Judith Ann Jance. Jance’s publishers convinced her to use the gender-neutral pen name “J.A. Jance” because she was writing mystery novels about a male detective. Jance’s novels fall into the mystery and horror genres.
J.A. Jance has been writing ever since her first book, Until Proven Guilty, debuted in 1985. Jance has four different series, all of which are active and have new books coming out in them. Below is the order in which J.A. Jance’s novels have been published in, divided by series:
Publication Order of J.P. Beaumont Books
| Until Proven Guilty | (1985) |    |
| Injustice For All | (1986) | |
| Trial by Fury | (1986) | |
| Taking the Fifth | (1987) | |
| Improbable Cause | (1988) | |
| A More Perfect Union | (1988) | |
| Dismissed with Prejudice | (1989) | |
| Minor in Possession | (1990) | |
| Payment In Kind | (1991) | |
| Without Due Process | (1992) | |
| Failure to Appear | (1993) | |
| Lying in Wait | (1994) | |
| Name Withheld | (1996) | |
| Breach Of Duty | (1999) | |
| Birds of Prey | (2001) | |
| Partner in Crime | (2002) | |
| Long Time Gone | (2005) | |
| Justice Denied | (2007) | |
| Fire and Ice | (2009) | |
| Betrayal of Trust | (2011) | |
| Second Watch | (2013) | |
| Ring In the Dead | (2013) | |
| Stand Down | (2015) | |
| Dance of the Bones | (2015) | |
| Still Dead | (2017) | |
| Proof of Life | (2017) | |
| Sins of the Fathers | (2019) | |
| Nothing to Lose | (2022) | |
Publication Order of Joanna Brady Books
| Desert Heat | (1993) | |
| Tombstone Courage | (1995) | |
| Shoot Don't Shoot | (1995) | |
| Dead to Rights | (1997) | |
| Skeleton Canyon | (1997) | |
| Rattlesnake Crossing | (1998) | |
| Outlaw Mountain | (1999) | |
| Devil's Claw | (2001) | |
| Paradise Lost | (2001) | |
| Partner in Crime | (2002) | |
| Exit Wounds | (2003) | |
| Dead Wrong | (2006) | |
| Damage Control | (2008) | |
| Fire and Ice | (2009) | |
| Judgment Call | (2012) | |
| The Old Blue Line | (2014) | |
| Remains of Innocence | (2014) | |
| Random Acts | (2016) | |
| Downfall | (2016) | |
| Field of Bones | (2018) | |
| Missing and Endangered | (2021) | |
Publication Order of Ali Reynolds Books
| Edge of Evil | (2005) | |
| Web of Evil | (2007) | |
| Hand of Evil | (2007) | |
| Cruel Intent | (2008) | |
| Trial by Fire | (2009) | |
| Fatal Error | (2011) | |
| Left for Dead | (2012) | |
| Deadly Stakes | (2013) | |
| Moving Target | (2014) | |
| A Last Goodbye | (2014) | |
| Cold Betrayal | (2015) | |
| No Honor Among Thieves | (2015) | |
| Clawback | (2016) | |
| Random Acts | (2016) | |
| Man Overboard | (2017) | |
| Duel to the Death | (2018) | |
| The A List | (2019) | |
| Taking the Veil | (2019) | |
| Credible Threat | (2020) | |
| Unfinished Business | (2021) | |
| Collateral Damage | (2023) | |
Publication Order of Walker Family Mysteries Books
| Hour of the Hunter | (1991) | |
| Kiss of the Bees | (1993) | |
| Day of the Dead | (2004) | |
| Queen of the Night | (2010) | |
| Dance of the Bones | (2015) | |
Publication Order of Standalone Novels
| After the Fire | (1984) | |
Publication Order of The MatchUp Collection Books
| Honor & ... | (2017) | |
| Deserves to Be Dead | (2017) | |
| Getaway | (2017) | |
| Midnight Flame | (2018) | |
| Short Story | (2019) | |
| Past Prologue | (2019) | |
| Faking a Murderer | (2019) | |
| Dig Here | (2019) | |
| Taking the Veil | (2019) | |
| Rambo on Their Minds | (2019) | |
| Footloose | (2019) | |
Publication Order of World's Finest Mystery and Crime Stories Books
| The World's Finest Mystery and Crime Stories 1 | (2000) | |
| The World's Finest Mystery and Crime Stories 2 | (2000) | |
| The World's Finest Mystery and Crime Stories 3 | (2002) | |
| The World's Finest Mystery and Crime Stories 4 | (2003) | |
| The World's Finest Mystery and Crime Stories 5 | (2004) | |
Publication Order of Anthologies
| Partners in Crime | (1994) | |
| Midnight Louie's Pet Detectives | (1998) | |
| The World's Finest Mystery and Crime Stories 1 | (2000) | |
| Naked Came the Phoenix | (2001) | |
| Bark M For Murder | (2006) | |
| No Rest for the Dead | (2011) | |
| Mystery Writers of America Presents Ice Cold | (2014) | |
| MatchUp | (2017) | |
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I just finished LONG TIME GONE, in which J.P.Beaumont and Melissa Soames get together in a budding romance. Which of the subsequent Jance books feature these two and their relationship?
Which book focuses on the 86-ing of Dr Machett?
In which J.A.Janice book do Ali Reynolds and B. Simpson get together as a couple?
Is there a way to number the items in your lists? When an author has 10 or more books in a series, it is hard to keep counting from the top down to determine the correct number – is it #17 or 18????
Thanks!
It’s something we are looking to offer in the near future 🙂
I want a CHRONOLOGICAL list, not one separated by main character. What is this obsession with sorting them by character?
where is the list in order of j a jance standalone novels
Please send me a list of all your books in order.
Do you have to read them in order or is each book it’s own story with the same character?
You have to read them in order because there is an on-going personal story in addition to the story in each book. Also you should intersperse Beaumont and Brady since they intersect.
There is one book missing, an Ali Reynolds book. “Left for Dead”, published 2012, which puts it after “Fatal Error”.
Fixed. Thanks!
please send me a list ofallyour books in order