J.R. Ellis Books in Order
J.R. Ellis has written 13 books, published between 2017 and 2026. The first book is The Body in the Dales / The Body in Jingling Pot (2017) and the newest is The Secret Garden Murders (2026). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 13
- Published
- 2017–2026
- Confirmed
- 13 of 13 titles
- Pages on record
- 1,527 in 5 of 13 books
Yorkshire supplies the setting for every one of J.R. Ellis's crime novels, which run as a single series of English police mysteries. The Body in the Dales (2017), also published as The Body in Jingling Pot, opens the run, followed by The Quartet Murders, The Murder at Redmire Hall, The Royal Baths Murder, The Nidderdale Murders and The Whitby Murders. Thirteen books had appeared by 2026, ending at The Secret Garden Murders, at a median of 304 pages.
How many J.R. Ellis books are there?
J.R. Ellis has 13 books, released between 2017 and 2026.
J.R. Ellis Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 13 J.R. Ellis 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.
- 1The Body in the Dales / The Body in Jingling PotYorkshire Murder Mysteries #12017 · 320 pages · confirmed 3/420173203/4
- 220173043/4
- 320183003/4
- 420193193/4
- 52020–3/4
- 62021–3/4
- 72021–3/4
- 82022–3/4
- 92023–3/4
- 102024–3/4
- 112025–3/4
- 1220252843/4
- 132026–3/4
J.R. Ellis 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.
Yorkshire Murder Mysteries in order
13 books- 1. The Body in the Dales / The Body in Jingling Pot
- 2. The Quartet Murders
- 3. The Murder at Redmire Hall
- 4. The Royal Baths Murder
- 5. The Nidderdale Murders
- 6. The Whitby Murders
- 7. Murder at St Anne's
- 8. The Railway Murders
- 9. The Brewery Murders
- 10. The Canal Murders
- 11. The Otley Murders
- 12. Murder in York
- and 1 more in the table above
Do you have to read J.R. Ellis books in order?
You only need to read J.R. Ellis books in order within the Yorkshire Murder Mysteries series, which holds 13 of the 13 J.R. Ellis books listed here. The numbered table above gives every book in publication order.
What order should you read J.R. Ellis books in?
Read them in publication order, starting with The Body in the Dales / The Body in Jingling Pot (2017), the earliest published title. After it come The Quartet Murders (2017), The Murder at Redmire Hall (2018), The Royal Baths Murder (2019) and The Nidderdale Murders (2020); the numbered table above continues from there.
What is the newest J.R. Ellis book?
The Secret Garden Murders (2026) is the newest J.R. Ellis book released so far.
Is there a new J.R. Ellis book coming?
No next J.R. Ellis 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.R. Ellis at a glance
- Still publishing
- J.R. Ellis published a book as recently as 2026.
- Release pace
- J.R. Ellis books have appeared about one a year on average.
- Length
- 1,527 pages across the 5 of 13 books with a recorded length, a median of 304 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most J.R. Ellis books, 9 of 13, were published in the 2020s.
What the J.R. Ellis books are about
5 of the 13 J.R. Ellis books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: crime is tagged on 3 of 5. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Crime 3 of 5 books
- Mystery & detective 3 of 5 books
- English literature 2 of 5 books