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Debra Burroughs Books in Order

Debra Burroughs has written 16 books, published between 2011 and 2020. The first book is She Had No Choice (2011) and the newest is The Season of Lies (2020). Publication order is the reading order below. 10 of the 16 books listed here are in the Paradise Valley Mystery series, which has its own page: Paradise Valley Mystery books in order.

Books
16
Published
2011–2020
Pages on record
4,034 in 12 of 16 books
Reading time
67–101 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 4,034 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 12 of 16 titles with a page count on record.

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Debra Burroughs is the author of the Paradise Valley Mystery and Jenessa Jones Mystery series, with 16 books catalogued between 2011 and 2020. She Had No Choice (2011) is the earliest and The Season of Lies (2020) the latest. The word Lies recurs in sampled titles such as The Chain of Lies (2012), The Scent of Lies (2012) and The Color of Lies (2013). Private investigators, murder, suspense and romance are the listed subjects.

How many Debra Burroughs books are there?

Debra Burroughs has 16 books, released between 2011 and 2020. They include 2 series and 2 titles listed outside any series.

Debra Burroughs Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 16 Debra Burroughs books in the order they were published, with the release year, the page count where one is on record, and how many independent book listings confirm each title. Catalogue data as of September 2026.

  1. Cover of The Scent of Lies by Debra Burroughs, book 1 of the Paradise Valley Mystery series (2012)
  2. Cover of The Lake House Secret by Debra Burroughs, book 1 of the Jenessa Jones Mystery series (2013)
  3. Cover of The Pursuit of Lies by Debra Burroughs, book 6 of the Paradise Valley Mystery series (2013)
  4. Cover of The Harbor of Lies by Debra Burroughs, book 8 of the Paradise Valley Mystery series (2014)
  5. Cover of The Boat House Secret by Debra Burroughs, book 3 of the Jenessa Jones Mystery series (2015)
  1. 1
    She Had No Choice2011 · confirmed 1/4
    2011–
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  2. 2
    The Scent of LiesParadise Valley Mystery #12012 · 310 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2012310
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  3. 3
    The Heart of LiesParadise Valley Mystery #22012 · 335 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2012335
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  4. 4
    Three Days in Seattle2012 · 274 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2012274
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  5. 5
    The Chain of LiesParadise Valley Mystery #32012 · 361 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2012361
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  6. 6
    The Lake House SecretJenessa Jones Mystery #12013 · 362 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2013362
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  7. 7
    The Edge of LiesParadise Valley Mystery #42013 · confirmed 1/4
    2013–
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  8. 8
    The Betrayal of LiesParadise Valley Mystery #52013 · 270 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2013270
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  9. 9
    The Pursuit of LiesParadise Valley Mystery #62013 · 354 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2013354
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  10. 10
    The Color of LiesParadise Valley Mystery #72013 · confirmed 1/4
    2013–
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  11. 11
    The Stone House SecretJenessa Jones Mystery #22014 · 344 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2014344
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  12. 12
    The Harbor of LiesParadise Valley Mystery #82014 · 320 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2014320
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  13. 13
    The Boat House SecretJenessa Jones Mystery #32015 · 364 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2015364
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  14. 14
    The House of LiesParadise Valley Mystery #92017 · 350 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2017350
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  15. 15
    The Gate House SecretJenessa Jones Mystery #42018 · 390 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2018390
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  16. 16
    The Season of LiesParadise Valley Mystery #102020 · confirmed 1/4
    2020–
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Debra Burroughs series in order

The series linked below has its own reading-order page.

Debra Burroughs books grouped by series

Each title below is a row in the publication-order table above. None of these groups has a reading-order page of its own on this site.

Jenessa Jones Mystery in order

4 books
  1. 1. The Lake House Secret
  2. 2. The Stone House Secret
  3. 3. The Boat House Secret
  4. 4. The Gate House Secret

Standalone books

2 books

2 Debra Burroughs titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Debra Burroughs books in order?

You only need to read Debra Burroughs books in order within each series: the books listed here span 2 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.

Where to start with Debra Burroughs

Start with The Scent of Lies (2012), the first Paradise Valley Mystery book. The earliest catalogued title overall is She Had No Choice (2011).

What is the newest Debra Burroughs book?

The Season of Lies (2020) is the newest Debra Burroughs book released so far.

Is there a new Debra Burroughs book coming?

No next Debra Burroughs book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.

Debra Burroughs at a glance

No recent titles
The newest Debra Burroughs title on record dates from 2020, 6 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
Release pace
Debra Burroughs books have appeared more than one a year on average.
Length
4,034 pages across the 12 of 16 books with a recorded length, a median of 347 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Debra Burroughs books, 15 of 16, were published in the 2010s.

What the Debra Burroughs books are about

4 of the 16 Debra Burroughs books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: murder is tagged on 3 of 4. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.