Jane A. Adams Books in Order
Jane A. Adams has written 49 books, published between 1994 and 2025. The first book is The Transformation of Rural Life: Southern Illinios, 1860-1990 (1994) and the newest is Murder At The Folly (2025). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 49
- Published
- 1994–2025
- Pages on record
- 3,818 in 17 of 49 books
Jane A. Adams is a British writer of psychological thrillers and crime novels, born in Leicester in 1960 and the author of more than thirty of them. The Greenway (1995) was nominated for a John Creasey Award and took an Authors' Club Best First Novel Award. 49 catalogued titles reach Murder At The Folly (2025), across the Naomi Blake, Rina Martin, Henry Johnstone, Detective Mike Croft, Detective Rozlyn Priest, Ray Flowers and Merrow & Clarke series. Adams holds a sociology degree, teaches at De Montfort University and is a Royal Literary Fund fellow.
How many Jane A. Adams books are there?
Jane A. Adams has 49 books, released between 1994 and 2025. They include 8 series and 3 titles listed outside any series.
Jane A. Adams Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 49 Jane A. Adams 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 Transformation of Rural Life: Southern Illinios, 1860-1990Studies in Rural Culture #11994 · 321 pages · confirmed 2/419943212/4
- 219952262/4
- 31996–2/4
- 4The Other Woman / Bird1997 · confirmed 2/41997–2/4
- 51999–2/4
- 62000–2/4
- 72002–2/4
- 82002–2/4
- 92002–2/4
- 102003–2/4
- 11The Woman in the Painting / Kiss Goodbye2006 · confirmed 2/42006–2/4
- 1220062182/4
- 1320071882/4
- 1420082382/4
- 152008–2/4
- 162009–2/4
- 1720102422/4
- 182011–2/4
- 192011–2/4
- 202011–2/4
- 212012–2/4
- 2220132042/4
- 232014–2/4
- 242014–2/4
- 2520152182/4
- 2620162042/4
- 2720172362/4
- 2820172162/4
- 2920182242/4
- 3020182032/4
- 3120192242/4
- 322019–2/4
- 332020–2/4
- 3420202082/4
- 352021–2/4
- 36Then She Was Dead / Dangerous to Know2021 · confirmed 2/42021–2/4
- 372021–2/4
- 3820212242/4
- 3920212242/4
- 402022–2/4
- 412022–2/4
- 422023–2/4
- 432023–2/4
- 442023–2/4
- 452023–2/4
- 462024–2/4
- 472024–2/4
- 482024–2/4
- 492025–2/4
Jane A. Adams series in order
The series linked below has its own reading-order page.
- Rina Martin books in order 11 books
Jane A. Adams 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.
Naomi Blake in order
11 books- 1. Mourning The Little Dead / Two Little Blonde Girls
- 2. Touching The Dark / The Camera Never Lies
- 4. Killing A Stranger
- 5. Legacy Of Lies
- 6. Blood Ties / What Lies Beneath
- 7. Night Vision / Dead Silence
- 8. The Secrets / Darkest Secrets
- 9. Gregory's Game / Out for Blood
- 10. Paying the Ferryman / Without A Trace
- 11. A Murderous Mind
- 12. Fakes and Lies
Henry Johnstone Mystery in order
10 booksDetective Mike Croft in order
5 booksRay Flowers in order
5 booksMerrow & Clarke in order
2 booksStudies in Rural Culture in order
1 bookDetective Rozlyn Priest in order
1 book- 1. Bury Me Deep
Standalone books
3 books3 Jane A. Adams titles here are not listed as part of any series.
Do you have to read Jane A. Adams books in order?
You only need to read Jane A. Adams books in order within each series: the books listed here span 8 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.
Where to start with Jane A. Adams
Start with Murder on Sea / A Reason to Kill (2008), the first Rina Martin book. The earliest catalogued title overall is The Transformation of Rural Life: Southern Illinios, 1860-1990 (1994).
What is the newest Jane A. Adams book?
Murder At The Folly (2025) is the newest Jane A. Adams book released so far.
Is there a new Jane A. Adams book coming?
No next Jane A. Adams book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Jane A. Adams at a glance
- Still publishing
- Jane A. Adams published a book as recently as 2025.
- Release pace
- Jane A. Adams books have appeared more than one a year on average.
- Length
- 3,818 pages across the 17 of 49 books with a recorded length, a median of 224 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Jane A. Adams books, 17 of 49, were published in the 2020s.
What the Jane A. Adams books are about
16 of the 49 Jane A. Adams books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: murder is tagged on 8 of 16. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Murder 8 of 16 books
- Investigation 7 of 16 books
- Ex-police officers 6 of 16 books
- Mystery & detective 6 of 16 books
- Naomi Blake (Fictitious character) 6 of 16 books
- Blind women 4 of 16 books
- Crime 4 of 16 books
- England 3 of 16 books
- English literature 3 of 16 books
- Mystery & detective, historical 2 of 16 books
- Mystery & detective, police procedural 2 of 16 books
- Mystery & detective, women sleuths 2 of 16 books