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Home / Authors / Janet Dawson Janet Dawson American author Janet Dawson is best known for her Jeri Howard mystery series featuring a California private investigator. Her debut novel, *Kindred Crimes*, won the St. Martin’s Press/PWA Best First Private Eye Novel contest. This page provides the Janet Dawson books in order, including both chronological and series reading order.
All books · chronological
1990 Kindred Crimes POoJHMB · 1 Buy ↗ 1993 Till the Old Men Die POoJHMB · 2 Buy ↗ 1993 Take a Number POoJHMB · 3 Buy ↗ 1994 Don't Turn Your Back On The Ocean POoJHMB · 4 Buy ↗ 1995 The Missing Child / Nobody's Child POoJHMB · 5 Buy ↗ 1996 A Credible Threat POoJHMB · 6 Buy ↗ 1997 Witness to Evil POoJHMB · 7 Buy ↗ 1998 Where the Bodies Are Buried POoJHMB · 8 Buy ↗ 2000 A Killing at the Track POoJHMB · 9 Buy ↗ 2002 Voice Mail POoSS · 1 Buy ↗ 2002 Scam and Eggs POoC · 1 Buy ↗ 2011 Candles on the Corner POoJHSS · 1 Buy ↗ 2011 Pack Rat POoSS · 2 Buy ↗ 2011 Little Red Corvette POoJHSS · 2 Buy ↗ 2011 By The Book POoSS · 3 Buy ↗ 2011 Slayer Statute POoJHSS · 3 Buy ↗ 2011 Invisible Time POoSS · 4 Buy ↗ 2011 Blue Eyes POoJHSS · 4 Buy ↗ 2011 Mrs. Lincoln's Dilemma POoSS · 5 Buy ↗ 2011 What The Cat Dragged In POoSS · 6 Buy ↗ 2011 Witchcraft POoSS · 7 Buy ↗ 2011 Bit Player POoJHMB · 10 Buy ↗ 2012 What You Wish for POoSN · 1 Buy ↗ 2013 Death Rides the Zephyr POoCZMB · 1 Buy ↗ 2015 Cold Trail POoJHMB · 11 Buy ↗ 2016 Death Deals a Hand POoCZMB · 2 Buy ↗ 2017 Water Signs POoJHMB · 12 Buy ↗ 2018 The Ghost in Roomette Four POoCZMB · 3 Buy ↗ 2018 But Not Forgotten POoSS · 8 Buy ↗ 2019 Hit the Books! POoNB · 1 Buy ↗ 2019 The Devil Close Behind POoJHMB · 13 Buy ↗ 2020 Death Above the Line POoCZMB · 4 Buy ↗ 2021 The Sacrificial Daughter POoSN · 2 Buy ↗ 2023 The Things We Keep POoJHMB · 14 Buy ↗ Book series · browse all →
Publication Order of California Zephyr Mystery Books 4 books · 2013–2020
01 Death Rides the Zephyr 2013 Buy ↗ 02 Death Deals a Hand 2016 Buy ↗ 03 The Ghost in Roomette Four 2018 Buy ↗ 04 Death Above the Line 2020 Buy ↗ Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books 1 book · 2019
01 Hit the Books! 2019 Buy ↗ Publication Order of Collections 1 book · 2002
Publication Order of Standalone Novels 2 books · 2012–2021
01 What You Wish for 2012 Buy ↗ 02 The Sacrificial Daughter 2021 Buy ↗ Publication Order of Jeri Howard Mystery Books 14 books · 1990–2023
01 Kindred Crimes 1990 Buy ↗ 02 Till the Old Men Die 1993 Buy ↗ 04 Don't Turn Your Back On The Ocean 1994 Buy ↗ 05 The Missing Child / Nobody's Child 1995 Buy ↗ 06 A Credible Threat 1996 Buy ↗ 07 Witness to Evil 1997 Buy ↗ 08 Where the Bodies Are Buried 1998 Buy ↗ 09 A Killing at the Track 2000 Buy ↗ 13 The Devil Close Behind 2019 Buy ↗ 14 The Things We Keep 2023 Buy ↗ Publication Order of Jeri Howard Short Stories/Novellas 4 books · 2011–2011
01 Candles on the Corner 2011 Buy ↗ 02 Little Red Corvette 2011 Buy ↗ 03 Slayer Statute 2011 Buy ↗ Publication Order of Short Stories/Novellas 8 books · 2002–2018
04 Invisible Time 2011 Buy ↗ 05 Mrs. Lincoln's Dilemma 2011 Buy ↗ 06 What The Cat Dragged In 2011 Buy ↗ 08 But Not Forgotten 2018 Buy ↗