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Den of Iniquity (J.P. Beaumont, #30) was the most recently released book by J.A. Jance, on September 10th, 2024.

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J.A. Jance Stats: The highest rated book by J.A. Jance on Book Notification is Girls' Night Out, the 29th novel in the J.P. Beaumont series. The second-highest rated book is Taking the Veil (Ali Reynolds #17).

The most read book by J.A. Jance on Book Notification is Until Proven Guilty, the first novel in the J.P. Beaumont series. The second most read book is Partner in Crime (J.P. Beaumont #16).

Below is a complete list of J.A. Jance books in publication and chronological order, broken down by series. The most popular series by J.A. Jance is the J.P. Beaumont Series.

List of J.P. Beaumont Books in Publication Order

# ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
7.6
Until Proven Guilty
1985
Go
2
7.5
Injustice For All
1986
Go
3
8
Trial by Fury
1986
Go
4
8.1
Taking the Fifth
1987
Go
5
8.1
Improbable Cause
1988
Go
6
7.8
A More Perfect Union
1988
Go
7
8.1
Dismissed with Prejudice
1989
Go
8
8
Minor in Possession
1990
Go
9
8.4
Payment In Kind
1991
Go
10
8.3
Without Due Process
1992
Go
11
8.3
Failure to Appear
1993
Go
12
8
Lying in Wait
1994
Go
13
8.1
Name Withheld
1996
Go
14
8.3
Breach Of Duty
1999
Go
15
8
Birds of Prey
2001
Go
16
8.1
Partner in Crime
2002
Go
17
8.1
Long Time Gone
2005
Go
18
7.4
Justice Denied
2007
Go
19
8.1
Fire and Ice
2009
Go
20
8.7
Betrayal of Trust
2011
Go
21
8.6
Second Watch
2013
Go
22
8.5
Ring In the Dead
2013
Go
23
8.2
Stand Down
2015
Go
24
7.1
Dance of the Bones
2015
Go
25
8.3
Still Dead
2017
Go
26
8.5
Proof of Life
2017
Go
27
8.6
Sins of the Fathers
2019
Go
28
8.8
Nothing to Lose
2022
Go
29
9.7
Girls' Night Out
2024
Go
30
8.9
Den of Iniquity
2024
Go

List of Joanna Brady Books in Publication Order

# ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
8.3
Desert Heat
1993
Go
2
8.4
Tombstone Courage
1995
Go
3
8.3
Shoot Don't Shoot
1995
Go
4
8.6
Dead to Rights
1997
Go
5
8.5
Skeleton Canyon
1997
Go
6
8.7
Rattlesnake Crossing
1998
Go
7
8.3
Outlaw Mountain
1999
Go
8
8.6
Devil's Claw
2001
Go
9
8.3
Paradise Lost
2001
Go
10
8.1
Partner in Crime
2002
Go
11
8.3
Exit Wounds
2003
Go
12
8.1
Dead Wrong
2006
Go
13
8.3
Damage Control
2008
Go
14
8.1
Fire and Ice
2009
Go
15
8.1
Judgment Call
2012
Go
16
9.3
The Old Blue Line
2014
Go
17
8.4
Remains of Innocence
2014
Go
18
8.9
No Honor Among Thieves
2015
Go
19
8
Random Acts
2016
Go
20
8.5
Downfall
2016
Go
21
8.8
Field of Bones
2018
Go
22
9
Missing and Endangered
2021
Go
23
7.7
Blessing of the Lost Girls
2023
Go

List of Ali Reynolds Books in Publication Order

# ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
8.2
Edge of Evil
2005
Go
2
8.2
Web of Evil
2007
Go
3
7.9
Hand of Evil
2007
Go
4
7.5
Cruel Intent
2008
Go
5
8.4
Trial by Fire
2009
Go
6
8.5
Fatal Error
2011
Go
7
8.7
Left for Dead
2012
Go
8
8.2
Deadly Stakes
2013
Go
9
8.2
Moving Target
2014
Go
10
8
A Last Goodbye
2014
Go
11
8.4
Cold Betrayal
2015
Go
12
8.9
No Honor Among Thieves
2015
Go
13
8.5
Clawback
2016
Go
14
8
Random Acts
2016
Go
15
8.8
Man Overboard
2017
Go
16
8.1
Duel to the Death
2018
Go
17
8.4
The A List
2019
Go
18
9.3
Taking the Veil (With: Eric Van Lustbader)
2019
Go
19
8.5
Credible Threat
2020
Go
20
8.9
Unfinished Business
2021
Go
21
8.8
Collateral Damage
2023
Go
22
OverKill
2025
Go

List of Walker Family Mysteries Books in Publication Order

# ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
8.5
Hour of the Hunter
1991
Go
2
8.5
Kiss of the Bees
1993
Go
3
8.5
Day of the Dead
2004
Go
4
8.5
Queen of the Night
2010
Go
5
7.1
Dance of the Bones
2015
Go
6
7.7
Blessing of the Lost Girls
2023
Go

List of Standalone Novels in Publication Order

# ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
After the Fire
1984
Go

List of Midnight Louie Books in Publication Order

# ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
9
Catnap / Cat in an Alphabet Soup ( By: Carole Nelson Douglas)
1992
Go
2
Pussyfoot / Cat in an Aqua Storm ( By: Carole Nelson Douglas)
1993
Go
3
Cat On A Blue Monday ( By: Carole Nelson Douglas)
1994
Go
4
6
Cat in a Crimson Haze ( By: Carole Nelson Douglas)
1995
Go
5
4
Cat in a Diamond Dazzle ( By: Carole Nelson Douglas)
1996
Go
6
10
Cat with an Emerald Eye ( By: Carole Nelson Douglas)
1997
Go
7
10
Cat in a Flamingo Fedora ( By: Carole Nelson Douglas)
1997
Go
8
Cat in a Golden Garland ( By: Carole Nelson Douglas)
1997
Go
9
Cat on a Hyacinth Hunt ( By: Carole Nelson Douglas)
1998
Go
10
Midnight Louie's Pet Detectives (With: Carole Nelson Douglas, Nancy Pickard, Toni L.P. Kelner, Lilian Jackson Braun, Walter J. Stutzman)
1998
Go
11
Cat in an Indigo Mood ( By: Carole Nelson Douglas)
1999
Go
12
Cat in a Jeweled Jumpsuit ( By: Carole Nelson Douglas)
1999
Go
13
Cat in a Kiwi Con ( By: Carole Nelson Douglas)
2000
Go
14
Cat in a Leopard Spot ( By: Carole Nelson Douglas)
2001
Go
15
Cat in a Midnight Choir ( By: Carole Nelson Douglas)
2002
Go
16
10
Cat in a Neon Nightmare ( By: Carole Nelson Douglas)
2003
Go
17
Midnight Louie In Something Fishy ( By: Carole Nelson Douglas)
2003
Go
18
10
Cat in an Orange Twist ( By: Carole Nelson Douglas)
2004
Go
19
Cat in a Hot Pink Pursuit ( By: Carole Nelson Douglas)
2005
Go
20
10
Cat in a Quicksilver Caper ( By: Carole Nelson Douglas)
2006
Go
21
10
Cat in a Red Hot Rage ( By: Carole Nelson Douglas)
2007
Go
22
9
Cat in a Sapphire Slipper ( By: Carole Nelson Douglas)
2008
Go
23
10
Cat in a Topaz Tango ( By: Carole Nelson Douglas)
2009
Go
24
10
Cat in an Ultramarine Scheme ( By: Carole Nelson Douglas)
2010
Go
25
10
Cat in a Vegas Gold Vendetta ( By: Carole Nelson Douglas)
2011
Go
26
Fruit of the Tomb ( By: Carole Nelson Douglas)
2012
Go
27
10
Cat in a White Tie and Tails ( By: Carole Nelson Douglas)
2012
Go
28
Cat in an Alien X-Ray ( By: Carole Nelson Douglas)
2013
Go
29
Cat in a Yellow Spotlight ( By: Carole Nelson Douglas)
2014
Go
30
Cat in a Zebra Zoot Suit ( By: Carole Nelson Douglas)
2015
Go
31
Cat in an Alphabet Endgame ( By: Carole Nelson Douglas)
2016
Go
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If you are reading the Midnight Louie series in chronological order, you will want to read the Cat and a Playing Card series prior to the Midnight Louie series. However, this is not required.

List of The MatchUp Collection Books in Publication Order

The MatchUp Collection is a series of short stories where famous authors team up their well-known characters, such as Temperance Brennan and Jack Reacher in the same story.

# ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
Honor & ... (By: C.J. Box, Sandra Brown)
2017
Go
2
8.7
Deserves to Be Dead (By: John Sandford, Lisa Jackson)
2017
Go
3
9
Getaway (By: Lisa Scottoline, Nelson DeMille)
2017
Go
4
Midnight Flame (By: Christopher Rice, Lara Adrian)
2018
Go
5
Short Story (By: Karin Slaughter, Michael Koryta)
2019
Go
6
Past Prologue (By: Diana Gabaldon, Steve Berry)
2019
Go
7
8
Faking a Murderer (By: Lee Child, Kathy Reichs)
2019
Go
8
Dig Here (By: Charlaine Harris, Andrew Gross)
2019
Go
9
9.3
Taking the Veil (With: Eric Van Lustbader)
2019
Go
10
10
Rambo on Their Minds (By: Gayle Lynds, David Morrell)
2019
Go
11
Footloose (By: Val McDermid, Peter James)
2019
Go
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List of J.A. Jance Anthologies in Publication Order

#ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
Partners in Crime
1994
Go
2
Crafty Cat Crimes
2000
Go
3
The World's Finest Mystery and Crime Stories 1
2000
Go
4
6
Naked Came the Phoenix
2001
Go
5
8
Bark M For Murder
2006
Go
6
The Deadly Bride and 19 of the Year's Finest Crime and Mystery Stories
2006
Go
7
Writer in the Library: 41 Writers Reveal How They Use Libraries to Develop Their Skill, Craft & Careers
2008
Go
8
Suspense Magazine January 2010
2010
Go
9
8.3
No Rest for the Dead
2011
Go
10
7
Mystery Writers of America Presents Ice Cold
2014
Go
11
6.6
MatchUp
2017
Go
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J.A. Jance

J.A. Jance (Judith Ann Jance) was born on October 27th, 1944 and is currently 80 years old. J.A. Jance was born in Watertown, South Dakota, USA. Jance attended University of Arizona where she received a B.A. Education and University of Arizona where she received an M.A. Library Science.

J.A. Jance is the author of the J.P. Beaumont series which currently consists of 30 novels. The J.P. Beaumont series started in 1985 with the novel Until Proven Guilty. The most recently released novel in the J.P. Beaumont series was Den of Iniquity which was released in 2024. There are no upcoming novels for the J.P. Beaumont series.

J.A. Jance (Judith Ann Jance) has also written the Joanna Brady series which has 23 books including Desert Heat and Tombstone Courage.

J.A. Jance: Awards & Accolades

J.A. Jance books have been nominated for multiple awards, Trial by Fury was nominated for the Anthony Award, Best Paperback Original, in 1987. Hour of the Hunter was nominated for the Anthony Award, Best Mystery Novel, in 1992 as well as the Dilys Award - Best Mystery Novel in 1992. Dance of the Bones was nominated for the Shamus Award, Best P.I. Novel, in 2016.

Related Authors

The most common authors followed by users who also follow J.A. Jance are:

  1. Michael Connelly, author of the Harry Bosch Series.
  2. David Baldacci, author of the Amos Decker Series.
  3. James Patterson, author of the Alex Cross Series.
  4. Lee Child, author of the Jack Reacher Series.
  5. John Grisham, author of the Jake Brigance Series.

J.A. Jance: F.A.Q

When was J.A. Jance Born? How old is J.A. Jance?

J.A. Jance was born on October 27th, 1944. J.A. Jance is currently 80 years old.

Where was J.A. Jance Born?

J.A. Jance was born in Watertown, South Dakota, USA and is American.

What was the first book J.A. Jance wrote?

The first book written by J.A. Jance was After the Fire, published in 1984.

What was the most recent book J.A. Jance wrote?

Her most recently released work was Den of Iniquity on September 10th, 2024.

Will there be any more books by J.A. Jance?

J.A. Jance has a new book coming out on April 1st, 2025 called OverKill.

How many books has J.A. Jance written?

J.A. Jance has written 77 books excluding contributions to anthologies. 30 books in the J.P. Beaumont Series, 23 books in the Joanna Brady Series, 22 books in the Ali Reynolds Series, 6 books in the Walker Family Mysteries Series, 1 Standalone Novel, 1 book in the Midnight Louie Series, 1 book in The MatchUp Collection Series.

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