Jack Arbor Books in Order

Jack Arbor has written 9 books, published between 2016 and 2025. The first book is The Russian Assassin (2016) and the newest is Ghosts of Mendoza (2025). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
9
Published
2016–2025
Pages on record
1,178 in 3 of 9 books

Jack Arbor writes espionage thrillers around assassins and former Soviet intelligence. Russians, the KGB and a bombing in London appear among the catalogued subjects. Arbor's 9 books divide into the Max Austin, Kira Nomura Thriller and Joe Pound series. The Russian Assassin, Cat & Mouse and The Pursuit all appeared in 2016, followed by The Attack (2017), The Hunt (2019), The Abyss (2020), Endgame (2022) and The Japanese Assassin (2023). Ghosts of Mendoza is dated 2025.

How many Jack Arbor books are there?

Jack Arbor has 9 books, released between 2016 and 2025. They include 3 separate series.

Jack Arbor Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 9 Jack Arbor 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 Russian AssassinMax Austin #12016 · 366 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2016366
  2. 2
    Cat & MouseMax Austin #22016 · confirmed 2/4
    2016
  3. 3
    The PursuitMax Austin #32016 · 408 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2016408
  4. 4
    The AttackMax Austin #42017 · 404 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2017404
  5. 5
    The HuntMax Austin #52019 · confirmed 2/4
    2019
  6. 6
    The AbyssMax Austin #62020 · confirmed 2/4
    2020
  7. 7
    EndgameMax Austin #72022 · confirmed 2/4
    2022
  8. 8
    The Japanese AssassinKira Nomura Thriller #12023 · confirmed 2/4
    2023
  9. 9
    Ghosts of MendozaJoe Pound #12025 · confirmed 2/4
    2025

Jack Arbor 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.

Max Austin in order

7 books
  1. 1. The Russian Assassin
  2. 2. Cat & Mouse
  3. 3. The Pursuit
  4. 4. The Attack
  5. 5. The Hunt
  6. 6. The Abyss
  7. 7. Endgame

Kira Nomura Thriller in order

1 book
  1. 1. The Japanese Assassin

Joe Pound in order

1 book
  1. 1. Ghosts of Mendoza

Do you have to read Jack Arbor books in order?

You only need to read Jack Arbor books in order within each series: the books listed here span 3 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.

Where to start with Jack Arbor

Start with The Russian Assassin (2016), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Jack Arbor book?

Ghosts of Mendoza (2025) is the newest Jack Arbor book released so far.

Is there a new Jack Arbor book coming?

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

Jack Arbor at a glance

Still publishing
Jack Arbor published a book as recently as 2025.
Release pace
Jack Arbor books have appeared about one a year on average.
Length
1,178 pages across the 3 of 9 books with a recorded length, a median of 404 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Jack Arbor books, 5 of 9, were published in the 2010s.

What the Jack Arbor books are about

3 of the 9 Jack Arbor books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: assassins is tagged on 2 of 3. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.

  • Assassins 2 of 3 books
  • Thrillers 2 of 3 books
  • Espionage 2 of 3 books
  • Assassins -- Fiction 1 of 3 books
  • Bombings 1 of 3 books
  • Bombings -- England -- London -- Fiction 1 of 3 books
  • London (England) -- Fiction 1 of 3 books
  • Romans, nouvelles 1 of 3 books
  • Russes 1 of 3 books
  • Russians 1 of 3 books