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Janet Neel Books in Order

Janet Neel has written 11 books, published between 1988 and 2002. The first book is Death's Bright Angel / A Fatal Blow (1988) and the newest is Ticket to Ride (2002). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
11
Published
1988–2002
Pages on record
1,304 in 3 of 11 books
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Janet Neel wrote detective fiction, 11 books of it catalogued between 1988 and 2002. The Wilson & McLeish series carries most of the run, from Death's Bright Angel (1988) through Death on Site (1989), Death of a Partner (1991), Death Among the Dons (1993) and A Timely Death (1996) to O Gentle Death (2000); two titles, The Highest Bidder (1992) and Children of a Harsh Winter (1994), appeared as Janet Cohen. Many of the books carry two titles. Lawyers and legal stories supply the material, and Ticket to Ride (2002) closes the catalogue.

How many Janet Neel books are there?

Janet Neel has 11 books, released between 1988 and 2002. 7 of them belong to the Wilson & McLeish series.

Janet Neel Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 11 Janet Neel 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 The Highest Bidder (As: Janet Cohen) by Janet Neel (1992)
  2. Cover of Children of a Harsh Winter (As: Janet Cohen) by Janet Neel (1994)
  3. Cover of Ticket to Ride by Janet Neel (2002)
  1. 1
    Death's Bright Angel / A Fatal BlowWilson & McLeish #11988 · confirmed 1/4
    1988–
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  2. 2
    Death on Site / A Fatal FallWilson & McLeish #21989 · confirmed 1/4
    1989–
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  3. 3
    A Family Affair1990 · confirmed 1/4
    1990–
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  4. 4
    Death of a Partner / A Fatal EncounterWilson & McLeish #31991 · confirmed 1/4
    1991–
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  5. 5
    The Highest Bidder (As: Janet Cohen)1992 · 569 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1992569
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  6. 6
    Death Among the Dons / A Fatal PointWilson & McLeish #41993 · confirmed 1/4
    1993–
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  7. 7
    Children of a Harsh Winter (As: Janet Cohen)1994 · 448 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1994448
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  8. 8
    A Timely Death / A Fatal ChoiceWilson & McLeish #51996 · confirmed 1/4
    1996–
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  9. 9
    A Fatal Gasp / To Die ForWilson & McLeish #61998 · confirmed 1/4
    1998–
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  10. 10
    O Gentle Death / A Fatal EndWilson & McLeish #72000 · confirmed 1/4
    2000–
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  11. 11
    Ticket to Ride2002 · 287 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2002287
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Janet Neel 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.

Wilson & McLeish in order

7 books
  1. 1. Death's Bright Angel / A Fatal Blow
  2. 2. Death on Site / A Fatal Fall
  3. 3. Death of a Partner / A Fatal Encounter
  4. 4. Death Among the Dons / A Fatal Point
  5. 5. A Timely Death / A Fatal Choice
  6. 6. A Fatal Gasp / To Die For
  7. 7. O Gentle Death / A Fatal End

Standalone books

4 books

4 Janet Neel titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Janet Neel books in order?

You only need to read Janet Neel books in order within the Wilson & McLeish series, which holds 7 of the 11 Janet Neel books listed here. The numbered table above gives every book in publication order.

Where to start with Janet Neel

Start with Death's Bright Angel / A Fatal Blow (1988), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Janet Neel book?

Ticket to Ride (2002) is the newest Janet Neel book released so far.

Is there a new Janet Neel book coming?

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

Janet Neel at a glance

No recent titles
The newest Janet Neel title on record dates from 2002, 24 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
Release pace
Janet Neel books have appeared about one a year on average.
Length
1,304 pages across the 3 of 11 books with a recorded length, a median of 448 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Janet Neel books, 7 of 11, were published in the 1990s.

What the Janet Neel books are about

3 of the 11 Janet Neel books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. No subject is tagged on more than one of them, so each one below describes a single book. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.