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.

  1. 1
    Listen to the Shadows1991 · 324 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1991324
  2. 2
    Nowhere to Hide1993 · 320 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1993320
  3. 3
    Chill Waters2004 · confirmed 1/4
    2004
  4. 4
    Night Corridor2011 · confirmed 1/4
    2011
  5. 5
    The Abduction of Mary Rose2011 · confirmed 1/4
    2011
  6. 6
    I Hitched A Ride Into Hell2013 · confirmed 1/4
    2013
  7. 7
    Defective2013 · 206 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2013206
  8. 8
    The Deepest Dark2014 · confirmed 1/4
    2014
  9. 9
    Tragic Spawn2015 · confirmed 1/4
    2015
  10. 10
    And Then He Was Gone2016 · confirmed 1/4
    2016
  11. 11
    A Long Dark Road2023 · confirmed 1/4
    2023

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 books

11 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.