Joan Hall Hovey Books in Order
Joan Hall Hovey has written 11 books, published between 1991 and 2023. The first book is Listen to the Shadows (1991) and the newest is A Long Dark Road (2023). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 11
- Published
- 1991–2023
- Pages on record
- 850 in 3 of 11 books
Joan Hall Hovey writes romantic suspense and psychological thrillers, with 11 books catalogued between 1991 and 2023. Listen to the Shadows (1991) and Nowhere to Hide (1993) are the earliest titles. Chill Waters (2004), Night Corridor (2011), The Abduction of Mary Rose (2011), The Deepest Dark (2014) and And Then He Was Gone (2016) follow. A Long Dark Road (2023) is the newest. Subjects include women psychologists, authors and escaped prisoners.
How many Joan Hall Hovey books are there?
Joan Hall Hovey has 11 books, released between 1991 and 2023.
Joan Hall Hovey Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 11 Joan Hall Hovey 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.
- 1Listen to the Shadows1991 · 324 pages · confirmed 1/419913241/4
- 2Nowhere to Hide1993 · 320 pages · confirmed 1/419933201/4
- 3Chill Waters2004 · confirmed 1/42004–1/4
- 4Night Corridor2011 · confirmed 1/42011–1/4
- 5The Abduction of Mary Rose2011 · confirmed 1/42011–1/4
- 6I Hitched A Ride Into Hell2013 · confirmed 1/42013–1/4
- 7Defective2013 · 206 pages · confirmed 1/420132061/4
- 8The Deepest Dark2014 · confirmed 1/42014–1/4
- 9Tragic Spawn2015 · confirmed 1/42015–1/4
- 10And Then He Was Gone2016 · confirmed 1/42016–1/4
- 11A Long Dark Road2023 · confirmed 1/42023–1/4
Joan Hall Hovey 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.
Standalone books
11 books11 Joan Hall Hovey titles here are not listed as part of any series.
Do you have to read Joan Hall Hovey books in order?
No. No source lists any of the 11 Joan Hall Hovey books here as part of a series. The numbered table above gives them by publication date.
Where to start with Joan Hall Hovey
Start with Listen to the Shadows (1991), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Joan Hall Hovey book?
A Long Dark Road (2023) is the newest Joan Hall Hovey book released so far.
Is there a new Joan Hall Hovey book coming?
No next Joan Hall Hovey book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Joan Hall Hovey at a glance
- Paused
- No new Joan Hall Hovey title has appeared for 3 years. The last was published in 2023.
- Release pace
- Joan Hall Hovey books have appeared about one every 3 years on average.
- Length
- 850 pages across the 3 of 11 books with a recorded length, a median of 320 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Joan Hall Hovey books, 7 of 11, were published in the 2010s.
What the Joan Hall Hovey books are about
3 of the 11 Joan Hall Hovey 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.
- Authors 1 of 3 books
- Escaped prisoners 1 of 3 books
- Psychological fiction 1 of 3 books
- Romantic suspense 1 of 3 books
- Thrillers 1 of 3 books
- Women psychologists 1 of 3 books



