Jane Kelly Books in Order
Jane Kelly has written 8 books, published between 1997 and 2023. The first book is Killing Time in Ocean City (1997) and the newest is Strangers in the Avalon Dunes (2023). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 8
- Published
- 1997–2023
- Pages on record
- 1,534 in 5 of 8 books
- Reading time
- 26–38 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 1,534 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 5 of 8 titles with a page count on record.
Jane Kelly's catalogue runs to eight books published between 1997 and 2023, divided between the Meg Daniels Bonus Mystery and Widow Lady Mysteries listings. Women detectives and women sleuths are the recorded subjects, New Jersey the recorded setting, and place names run through the titles from Ocean City to Seaside Heights, Atlantic City and Ventnor City. Killing Time in Ocean City (1997) is the earliest and Strangers in the Avalon Dunes (2023) the most recent. Five books total 1,534 pages.
How many Jane Kelly books are there?
Jane Kelly has 8 books, released between 1997 and 2023. They include 2 separate series.
Jane Kelly Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 8 Jane Kelly 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.
- 119973251/4
- 219992481/4
- 320023271/4
- 42006–1/4
- 520142741/4
- 620203601/4
- 72020–1/4
- 82023–1/4
Jane Kelly 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.
Meg Daniels Mysteries in order
6 booksMeg Daniels Bonus Mystery in order
1 bookWidow Lady Mysteries in order
1 book- 1. Widow Lady
Do you have to read Jane Kelly books in order?
You only need to read Jane Kelly books in order within each series: the books listed here span 2 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.
Where to start with Jane Kelly
Start with Killing Time in Ocean City (1997), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Jane Kelly book?
Strangers in the Avalon Dunes (2023) is the newest Jane Kelly book released so far.
Is there a new Jane Kelly book coming?
No next Jane Kelly 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 Kelly at a glance
- Paused
- No new Jane Kelly title has appeared for 3 years. The last was published in 2023.
- Release pace
- Jane Kelly books have appeared about one every 4 years on average.
- Length
- 1,534 pages across the 5 of 8 books with a recorded length, a median of 325 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Jane Kelly books, 3 of 8, were published in the 2020s.
What the Jane Kelly books are about
4 of the 8 Jane Kelly books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: mystery & detective, women sleuths is tagged on 4 of 4. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Mystery & detective, women sleuths 4 of 4 books
- New Jersey 1 of 4 books