Jeffrey Round Books in Order

Jeffrey Round has written 16 books, published between 1997 and 2024. The first book is A Cage of Bones (1997) and the newest is The Sulphur Springs Cure (2024). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
16
Published
1997–2024
Pages on record
3,672 in 13 of 16 books
Reading time
61–92 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 3,672 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200300 words a minute, covering the 13 of 16 titles with a page count on record.

Jeffrey Round is a Canadian writer, director, playwright, publisher and songwriter who has supported the growth of LGBT literature in Canada. Round's output spans literary fiction, plays, poetry and mystery novels. The Dan Sharp Mystery and Bradford Fairfax Murder Mystery series are catalogued, with Toronto, private investigators, missing persons and gay men among the subjects. The 16 books run from A Cage of Bones (1997) to The Sulphur Springs Cure (2024), including The P-Town Murders (2007) and Lake on the Mountain (2012).

How many Jeffrey Round books are there?

Jeffrey Round has 16 books, released between 1997 and 2024. They include 2 series and 5 titles listed outside any series.

Jeffrey Round Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 16 Jeffrey Round 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. 1
    A Cage of Bones1997 · 224 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1997224
  2. 2
    The P-Town MurdersBradford Fairfax Murder Mystery #12007 · confirmed 1/4
    2007
  3. 3
    Death In Key WestBradford Fairfax Murder Mystery #22009 · 247 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2009247
  4. 4
    The Honey Locust2009 · 288 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2009288
  5. 5
    Vanished in VallartaBradford Fairfax Murder Mystery #32011 · 266 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2011266
  6. 6
    Lake on the MountainDan Sharp Mystery #12012 · confirmed 1/4
    2012
  7. 7
    In the Museum of Leonardo da Vinci2014 · 128 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2014128
  8. 8
    Pumpkin EaterDan Sharp Mystery #22014 · 413 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2014413
  9. 9
    The Jade ButterflyDan Sharp Mystery #32015 · 342 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2015342
  10. 10
    After the HorsesDan Sharp Mystery #42015 · 312 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2015312
  11. 11
    Endgame2016 · 228 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2016228
  12. 12
    Bon Ton RouletBradford Fairfax Murder Mystery #42017 · 280 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2017280
  13. 13
    The God GameDan Sharp Mystery #52018 · 328 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2018328
  14. 14
    Shadow PuppetDan Sharp Mystery #62019 · 312 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2019312
  15. 15
    Lion's Head RevisitedDan Sharp Mystery #72020 · 304 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2020304
  16. 16
    The Sulphur Springs Cure2024 · confirmed 1/4
    2024

Jeffrey Round 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.

Dan Sharp Mystery in order

7 books
  1. 1. Lake on the Mountain
  2. 2. Pumpkin Eater
  3. 3. The Jade Butterfly
  4. 4. After the Horses
  5. 5. The God Game
  6. 6. Shadow Puppet
  7. 7. Lion's Head Revisited

Bradford Fairfax Murder Mystery in order

4 books
  1. 1. The P-Town Murders
  2. 2. Death In Key West
  3. 3. Vanished in Vallarta
  4. 4. Bon Ton Roulet

Standalone books

5 books

5 Jeffrey Round titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Jeffrey Round books in order?

You only need to read Jeffrey Round 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 Jeffrey Round

Start with A Cage of Bones (1997), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Jeffrey Round book?

The Sulphur Springs Cure (2024) is the newest Jeffrey Round book released so far.

Is there a new Jeffrey Round book coming?

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

Jeffrey Round at a glance

Still publishing
Jeffrey Round published a book as recently as 2024.
Release pace
Jeffrey Round books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
Length
3,672 pages across the 13 of 16 books with a recorded length, a median of 288 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Jeffrey Round books, 10 of 16, were published in the 2010s.

What the Jeffrey Round books are about

13 of the 16 Jeffrey Round books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: gay men is tagged on 9 of 13. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.