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Jane Isaac Books in Order

Jane Isaac has written 14 books, published between 2014 and 2023. The first book is An Unfamiliar Murder (2014) and the newest is In the Shadows (2023). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
14
Published
2014–2023
Pages on record
2,568 in 8 of 14 books
Reading time
43–64 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 2,568 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 8 of 14 titles with a page count on record.

See all 14 books in order Printable Jane Isaac checklist

Jane Isaac writes crime and mystery fiction, and the three series on record are DCI Helen Lavery, DC Beth Chamberlain and DI Will Jackman. The catalogue holds 14 books from An Unfamiliar Murder (2014) to In the Shadows (2023). Recorded subjects include murder, kidnapping, missing persons, thrillers and Great Britain. The Truth Will Out (2014), Beneath the Ashes (2017), After He's Gone (2018) and Hush Little Baby (2020) are other listed titles. Isaac is marked as dormant.

How many Jane Isaac books are there?

Jane Isaac has 14 books, released between 2014 and 2023. They include 3 series and 2 titles listed outside any series.

Jane Isaac Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 14 Jane Isaac 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 An Unfamiliar Murder by Jane Isaac, book 1 of the DCI Helen Lavery series (2014)
  2. Cover of Before It's Too Late by Jane Isaac, book 1 of the DI Will Jackman series (2015)
  3. Cover of Beneath the Ashes by Jane Isaac, book 2 of the DI Will Jackman series (2017)
  4. Cover of The Lies Within by Jane Isaac, book 3 of the DI Will Jackman series (2017)
  5. Cover of The Other Woman by Jane Isaac, book 1 of the DC Beth Chamberlain series (2018)
  1. 1
    An Unfamiliar MurderDCI Helen Lavery #12014 · 397 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2014397
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  2. 2
    The Truth Will OutDCI Helen Lavery #22014 · 256 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2014256
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  3. 3
    Before It's Too LateDI Will Jackman #12015 · 288 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2015288
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  4. 4
    Beneath the AshesDI Will Jackman #22017 · 291 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2017291
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  5. 5
    The Lies WithinDI Will Jackman #32017 · 360 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2017360
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  6. 6
    The Other WomanDC Beth Chamberlain #12018 · 300 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2018300
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  7. 7
    After He's GoneDC Beth Chamberlain #22018 · 388 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2018388
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  8. 8
    For Better, For WorseDC Beth Chamberlain #32018 · confirmed 1/4
    2018–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  9. 9
    A Deathly SilenceDCI Helen Lavery #32020 · 288 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2020288
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  10. 10
    Hush Little BabyDC Beth Chamberlain #42020 · confirmed 1/4
    2020–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  11. 11
    One Good Lie2021 · confirmed 1/4
    2021–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  12. 12
    One Fatal Secret2022 · confirmed 1/4
    2022–
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  13. 13
    Evil IntentDCI Helen Lavery #42022 · confirmed 1/4
    2022–
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  14. 14
    In the ShadowsDCI Helen Lavery #52023 · confirmed 1/4
    2023–
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Jane Isaac 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.

DCI Helen Lavery in order

5 books
  1. 1. An Unfamiliar Murder
  2. 2. The Truth Will Out
  3. 3. A Deathly Silence
  4. 4. Evil Intent
  5. 5. In the Shadows

DC Beth Chamberlain in order

4 books
  1. 1. The Other Woman
  2. 2. After He's Gone
  3. 3. For Better, For Worse
  4. 4. Hush Little Baby

DI Will Jackman in order

3 books
  1. 1. Before It's Too Late
  2. 2. Beneath the Ashes
  3. 3. The Lies Within

Standalone books

2 books

2 Jane Isaac titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Jane Isaac books in order?

You only need to read Jane Isaac 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 Jane Isaac

Start with An Unfamiliar Murder (2014), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Jane Isaac book?

In the Shadows (2023) is the newest Jane Isaac book released so far.

Is there a new Jane Isaac book coming?

No next Jane Isaac 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 Isaac at a glance

Paused
No new Jane Isaac title has appeared for 3 years. The last was published in 2023.
Release pace
Jane Isaac books have appeared more than one a year on average.
Length
2,568 pages across the 8 of 14 books with a recorded length, a median of 296 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Jane Isaac books, 8 of 14, were published in the 2010s.

What the Jane Isaac books are about

5 of the 14 Jane Isaac books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: mystery & detective is tagged on 4 of 5. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.