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James Hankins Books in Order

James Hankins has written 8 books, published between 2012 and 2018. The first book is Brothers and Bones (2012) and the newest is A Blood Thing (2018). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
8
Published
2012–2018
Pages on record
1,036 in 3 of 8 books
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James Hankins writes thrillers and suspense. Eight Hankins novels are catalogued between 2012 and 2018, opening with Brothers and Bones and Drawn, both dated 2012. Jack of Spades followed in 2013, then Shady Cross and The Prettiest One in 2015, Last to Die and The Inside Dark in 2017, and A Blood Thing in 2018. Subjects filed against the books record crime, robbery, thieves, missing persons, conscience, authors, and settings in Massachusetts and Indiana. Hankins is the sole credit on every title, and three of the books have page counts recorded, at a median of 336.

How many James Hankins books are there?

James Hankins has 8 books, released between 2012 and 2018.

James Hankins Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 8 James Hankins 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 Shady Cross by James Hankins (2015)
  2. Cover of The Prettiest One by James Hankins (2015)
  3. Cover of The Inside Dark by James Hankins (2017)
  1. 1
    Brothers and Bones2012 · confirmed 1/4
    2012–
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  2. 2
    Drawn2012 · confirmed 1/4
    2012–
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  3. 3
    Jack of Spades2013 · confirmed 1/4
    2013–
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  4. 4
    Shady Cross2015 · 298 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2015298
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  5. 5
    The Prettiest One2015 · 402 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2015402
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  6. 6
    Last to Die2017 · confirmed 1/4
    2017–
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  7. 7
    The Inside Dark2017 · 336 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2017336
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  8. 8
    A Blood Thing2018 · confirmed 1/4
    2018–
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James Hankins 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

8 books

8 James Hankins titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read James Hankins books in order?

No. No source lists any of the 8 James Hankins books here as part of a series. The numbered table above gives them by publication date.

Where to start with James Hankins

Start with Brothers and Bones (2012), the earliest published title.

What is the newest James Hankins book?

A Blood Thing (2018) is the newest James Hankins book released so far.

Is there a new James Hankins book coming?

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

James Hankins at a glance

No recent titles
The newest James Hankins title on record dates from 2018, 8 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
Release pace
James Hankins books have appeared about one a year on average.
Length
1,036 pages across the 3 of 8 books with a recorded length, a median of 336 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most James Hankins books, 8 of 8, were published in the 2010s.

What the James Hankins books are about

3 of the 8 James Hankins 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 3 of 3. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.