Jilliane Hoffman Books in Order

Jilliane Hoffman has written 6 books, published between 2003 and 2015. The first book is Retribution (2003) and the newest is The Cutting Room (2015). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
6
Published
2003–2015
Pages on record
1,658 in 4 of 6 books
Reading time
28–41 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 1,658 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200300 words a minute, covering the 4 of 6 titles with a page count on record.

Jilliane Hoffman writes legal thrillers. Born on Long Island and trained in law at St. John's University in Queens, Hoffman puts prosecutors, murder trials and serial killers at the centre of her books, with Miami as the recurring setting. C.J. Townsend leads the first series, in Retribution (2003) and Last Witness (2005); FBI agent Bobby Dees the second, in Pretty Little Things (2010). Six books reach The Cutting Room (2015), at a median of 426 pages.

How many Jilliane Hoffman books are there?

Jilliane Hoffman has 6 books, released between 2003 and 2015. They include 2 series and 2 titles listed outside any series.

Jilliane Hoffman Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 6 Jilliane Hoffman 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
    RetributionC.J. Townsend #12003 · 448 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2003448
  2. 2
    Last WitnessC.J. Townsend #22005 · 326 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2005326
  3. 3
    Plea of Insanity2007 · confirmed 2/4
    2007
  4. 4
    Pretty Little ThingsFBI Agent Bobby Dees #12010 · 404 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2010404
  5. 5
    All the Little Pieces2015 · confirmed 2/4
    2015
  6. 6
    The Cutting RoomC.J. Townsend #32015 · 480 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2015480

Jilliane Hoffman 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.

C.J. Townsend in order

3 books
  1. 1. Retribution
  2. 2. Last Witness
  3. 3. The Cutting Room

FBI Agent Bobby Dees in order

1 book
  1. 1. Pretty Little Things

Standalone books

2 books

2 Jilliane Hoffman titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Jilliane Hoffman Books in Chronological Order

By publication date, the Jilliane Hoffman books run from Retribution (2003) to The Cutting Room (2015), the sequence in the table above. No separate story order is recorded for Jilliane Hoffman in the book listings this catalogue merges, so publication order is the only order on record.

Do you have to read Jilliane Hoffman books in order?

You only need to read Jilliane Hoffman 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 Jilliane Hoffman

Start with Retribution (2003), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Jilliane Hoffman book?

The Cutting Room (2015) is the newest Jilliane Hoffman book released so far.

Is there a new Jilliane Hoffman book coming?

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

Jilliane Hoffman at a glance

No recent titles
The newest Jilliane Hoffman title on record dates from 2015, 11 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
Release pace
Jilliane Hoffman books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
Length
1,658 pages across the 4 of 6 books with a recorded length, a median of 426 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Jilliane Hoffman books, 3 of 6, were published in the 2010s.

What the Jilliane Hoffman books are about

All 6 Jilliane Hoffman books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: thrillers is tagged on 3 of 6. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.