J.P. Delaney Books in Order

J.P. Delaney has written 9 books, published between 1997 and 2026. The first book is The Poison Tree (1997) and the newest is The Move (2026). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
9
Published
1997–2026
Confirmed
9 of 9 titles
Pages on record
1,964 in 5 of 9 books
Reading time
33–49 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 1,964 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200300 words a minute, covering the 5 of 9 titles with a page count on record.

J.P. Delaney writes psychological thrillers, and the name also covers earlier work published as Tony Strong, including the Terry Williams books and Believe Me, issued as The Decoy. The catalogue holds 9 titles, from The Poison Tree (1997) to The Move (2026), taking in The Girl Before (2017), The Perfect Wife (2019), Playing Nice (2020) and The New Wife (2023). Murder, entrapment, actresses and androids appear across the subject tags.

How many J.P. Delaney books are there?

J.P. Delaney has 9 books, released between 1997 and 2026. 2 of them belong to the Terry Williams Series as Tony Strong series.

J.P. Delaney Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 9 J.P. Delaney 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. 1
    The Poison TreeTerry Williams Series as Tony Strong #11997 · 368 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1997368
  2. 2
    The Death PitTerry Williams Series as Tony Strong #21999 · 434 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1999434
  3. 3
    The Girl BeforeJP Delaney Standalone Novels #12017 · confirmed 3/4
    2017
  4. 4
    Believe Me / The Decoy (As: Tony Strong)JP Delaney Standalone Novels #22018 · 334 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2018334
  5. 5
    The Perfect WifeJP Delaney Standalone Novels #32019 · 412 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2019412
  6. 6
    Playing NiceJP Delaney Standalone Novels #42020 · 416 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2020416
  7. 7
    My Darling DaughterJP Delaney Standalone Novels #52022 · confirmed 3/4
    2022
  8. 8
    The New WifeJP Delaney Standalone Novels #62023 · confirmed 3/4
    2023
  9. 9
    The MoveJP Delaney Standalone Novels #72026 · confirmed 3/4
    2026

J.P. Delaney 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.

JP Delaney Standalone Novels

7 books

7 titles published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.

Terry Williams Series as Tony Strong in order

2 books
  1. 1. The Poison Tree
  2. 2. The Death Pit

Do you have to read J.P. Delaney books in order?

You only need to read J.P. Delaney books in order within the Terry Williams Series as Tony Strong series, which holds 2 of the 9 J.P. Delaney books listed here. The numbered table above gives every book in publication order.

Where to start with J.P. Delaney

Start with The Poison Tree (1997), the earliest published title.

What is the newest J.P. Delaney book?

The Move (2026) is the newest J.P. Delaney book released so far.

Is there a new J.P. Delaney book coming?

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

J.P. Delaney at a glance

Still publishing
J.P. Delaney published a book as recently as 2026.
Release pace
J.P. Delaney books have appeared about one every 4 years on average.
Length
1,964 pages across the 5 of 9 books with a recorded length, a median of 412 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most J.P. Delaney books, 4 of 9, were published in the 2020s.

What the J.P. Delaney books are about

4 of the 9 J.P. Delaney books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: thrillers is tagged on 2 of 4. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.