H. Mitchell Caldwell Books in Order

H. Mitchell Caldwell has written 10 books, published between 1998 and 2024. The first book is Ladies And Gentlemen Of The Jury (1998) and the newest is Cost of Malice (2024). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
10
Published
1998–2024
Pages on record
867 in 2 of 10 books

H. Mitchell Caldwell's catalogue combines books on trial practice with the Jake Clearwater Legal Thriller series. Subjects include jury selection, examination of witnesses, expert and demonstrative evidence, mock trials and the study and teaching of law. The 10 books run from Ladies And Gentlemen Of The Jury (1998) to Cost of Malice (2024). The Art & Science of Trial Advocacy (2003), Criminal Mock Trials (2012) and Case Files for Basic Trial Advocacy (2017) sit alongside Cost of Arrogance (2021) and Cost of Deceit (2023).

How many H. Mitchell Caldwell books are there?

H. Mitchell Caldwell has 10 books, released between 1998 and 2024. 3 of them belong to the Jake Clearwater Legal Thriller series.

H. Mitchell Caldwell Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 10 H. Mitchell Caldwell 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. 11998
  2. 2
    The Art & Science of Trial Advocacy2003 · 531 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2003531
  3. 32006
  4. 4
    The Devil's Advocates2007 · confirmed 1/4
    2007
  5. 5
    Criminal Mock Trials2012 · 336 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2012336
  6. 6
    Criminal Pretrial Advocacy2013 · confirmed 1/4
    2013
  7. 72017
  8. 8
    Cost of ArroganceJake Clearwater Legal Thriller #12021 · confirmed 1/4
    2021
  9. 9
    Cost of DeceitJake Clearwater Legal Thriller #22023 · confirmed 1/4
    2023
  10. 10
    Cost of MaliceJake Clearwater Legal Thriller #32024 · confirmed 1/4
    2024

H. Mitchell Caldwell 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.

Standalone books

7 books

7 H. Mitchell Caldwell titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read H. Mitchell Caldwell books in order?

You only need to read H. Mitchell Caldwell books in order within the Jake Clearwater Legal Thriller series, which holds 3 of the 10 H. Mitchell Caldwell books listed here. The numbered table above gives every book in publication order.

Where to start with H. Mitchell Caldwell

Start with Ladies And Gentlemen Of The Jury (1998), the earliest published title.

What is the newest H. Mitchell Caldwell book?

Cost of Malice (2024) is the newest H. Mitchell Caldwell book released so far.

Is there a new H. Mitchell Caldwell book coming?

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

H. Mitchell Caldwell at a glance

Still publishing
H. Mitchell Caldwell published a book as recently as 2024.
Release pace
H. Mitchell Caldwell books have appeared about one every 3 years on average.
Length
867 pages across the 2 of 10 books with a recorded length, a median of 434 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most H. Mitchell Caldwell books, 3 of 10, were published in the 2020s.

What the H. Mitchell Caldwell books are about

2 of the 10 H. Mitchell Caldwell books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: trial practice is tagged on 2 of 2. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.

  • Trial practice 2 of 2 books
  • Demonstrative Evidence 1 of 2 books
  • Examination of witnesses 1 of 2 books
  • Expert Evidence 1 of 2 books
  • Jury selection 1 of 2 books
  • Law 1 of 2 books
  • Mock trials 1 of 2 books
  • Objections (Evidence) 1 of 2 books
  • Study and teaching 1 of 2 books