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Diane Janes Books in Order

Diane Janes has written 13 books, published between 2007 and 2022. The first book is Edwardian Murder (2007) and the newest is The Poisoned Chalice Murder (2022). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
13
Published
2007–2022
Pages on record
2,079 in 8 of 13 books
Reading time
35–52 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 2,079 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 8 of 13 titles with a page count on record.

See all 13 books in order Printable Diane Janes checklist

Diane Janes has 13 catalogued books dated 2007 to 2022, including the Black & Dod series. Edwardian Murder (2007) comes first and The Poisoned Chalice Murder (2022) last. Subject tags include murder in Great Britain, England, judicial error, history, thrillers and romantic suspense. Pull of the Moon, Why Don't You Come For Me?, The Case of the Poisoned Partridge, Death at Wolf's Nick and The Magic Chair Murder are among the titles.

How many Diane Janes books are there?

Diane Janes has 13 books, released between 2007 and 2022. 3 of them belong to the Black & Dod series.

Diane Janes Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 13 Diane Janes 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 Pull of the Moon by Diane Janes (2010)
  2. Cover of Poisonous Lies by Diane Janes (2010)
  3. Cover of Why Don't You Come For Me? by Diane Janes (2011)
  4. Cover of Swimming in the Shadows by Diane Janes (2014)
  5. Cover of The Missing Diamond Murder by Diane Janes, book 2 of the Black & Dod series (2019)
  6. Cover of The Skeleton Tree by Diane Janes (2021)
  1. 1
    Edwardian Murder2007 · confirmed 1/4
    2007–
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  2. 2
    Pull of the Moon2010 · 327 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2010327
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  3. 3
    Poisonous Lies2010 · 224 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2010224
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  4. 4
    Why Don't You Come For Me?2011 · confirmed 1/4
    2011–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  5. 5
    The Case of the Poisoned Partridge2013 · confirmed 1/4
    2013–
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  6. 6
    Swimming in the Shadows2014 · 256 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2014256
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  7. 7
    Stick or Twist2016 · 240 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2016240
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  8. 8
    Death at Wolf's Nick2017 · 344 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2017344
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  9. 9
    The Magic Chair MurderBlack & Dod #12018 · confirmed 1/4
    2018–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  10. 10
    The Missing Diamond MurderBlack & Dod #22019 · 224 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2019224
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  11. 11
    A Stroke of Bad Luck2019 · 240 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2019240
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  12. 12
    The Skeleton Tree2021 · 224 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2021224
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  13. 13
    The Poisoned Chalice MurderBlack & Dod #32022 · confirmed 1/4
    2022–
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Diane Janes 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.

Black & Dod in order

3 books
  1. 1. The Magic Chair Murder
  2. 2. The Missing Diamond Murder
  3. 3. The Poisoned Chalice Murder

Standalone books

10 books

10 Diane Janes titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Diane Janes books in order?

You only need to read Diane Janes books in order within the Black & Dod series, which holds 3 of the 13 Diane Janes books listed here. The numbered table above gives every book in publication order.

Where to start with Diane Janes

Start with Edwardian Murder (2007), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Diane Janes book?

The Poisoned Chalice Murder (2022) is the newest Diane Janes book released so far.

Is there a new Diane Janes book coming?

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

Diane Janes at a glance

Paused
No new Diane Janes title has appeared for 4 years. The last was published in 2022.
Release pace
Diane Janes books have appeared about one a year on average.
Length
2,079 pages across the 8 of 13 books with a recorded length, a median of 240 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Diane Janes books, 10 of 13, were published in the 2010s.

What the Diane Janes books are about

9 of the 13 Diane Janes 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 9. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.