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Jon A. Jackson Books in Order

Jon A. Jackson has written 11 books, published between 1977 and 2004. The first book is The Diehard (1977) and the newest is No Man's Dog (2004). Publication order is the reading order below. 10 of the 11 books listed here are in the Detective Sergeant Mulheisen series, which has its own page: Detective Sergeant Mulheisen books in order.

Books
11
Published
1977–2004
Pages on record
2,519 in 9 of 11 books
Reading time
42–63 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 2,519 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 9 of 11 titles with a page count on record.

See all 11 books in order Printable Jon A. Jackson checklist

Jon A. Jackson wrote the Detective Sergeant Mulheisen police procedurals, with Detroit, Michigan and Montana among the catalogue settings. The 11 catalogued books run from The Diehard (1977) to No Man's Dog (2004). The Blind Pig followed in 1978, and Grootka did not appear until 1990. Later titles include Hit on the House (1993), Deadman (1994) and Badger Games (2001). Subjects also record drug traffic and copper miners.

How many Jon A. Jackson books are there?

Jon A. Jackson has 11 books, released between 1977 and 2004. 10 of them belong to the Detective Sergeant Mulheisen series.

Jon A. Jackson Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 11 Jon A. Jackson 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 Diehard by Jon A. Jackson, book 1 of the Detective Sergeant Mulheisen series (1977)
  2. Cover of Grootka by Jon A. Jackson, book 3 of the Detective Sergeant Mulheisen series (1990)
  3. Cover of Hit on the House by Jon A. Jackson, book 4 of the Detective Sergeant Mulheisen series (1993)
  4. Cover of Deadman by Jon A. Jackson, book 5 of the Detective Sergeant Mulheisen series (1994)
  5. Cover of Dead Folks by Jon A. Jackson, book 6 of the Detective Sergeant Mulheisen series (1996)
  6. Cover of Go by Go by Jon A. Jackson (1998)
  7. Cover of Man with an Axe by Jon A. Jackson, book 7 of the Detective Sergeant Mulheisen series (1998)
  8. Cover of La Donna Detroit by Jon A. Jackson, book 8 of the Detective Sergeant Mulheisen series (2000)
  9. Cover of Badger Games by Jon A. Jackson, book 9 of the Detective Sergeant Mulheisen series (2001)
  10. Cover of No Man's Dog by Jon A. Jackson, book 10 of the Detective Sergeant Mulheisen series (2004)
  1. 1
    The DiehardDetective Sergeant Mulheisen #11977 · 215 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1977215
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  2. 2
    The Blind PigDetective Sergeant Mulheisen #21978 · confirmed 1/4
    1978–
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  3. 3
    GrootkaDetective Sergeant Mulheisen #31990 · confirmed 1/4
    1990–
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  4. 4
    Hit on the HouseDetective Sergeant Mulheisen #41993 · 256 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1993256
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  5. 5
    DeadmanDetective Sergeant Mulheisen #51994 · 263 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1994263
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  6. 6
    Dead FolksDetective Sergeant Mulheisen #61996 · 272 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1996272
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  7. 7
    Go by Go1998 · 278 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1998278
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  8. 8
    Man with an AxeDetective Sergeant Mulheisen #71998 · 240 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1998240
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  9. 9
    La Donna DetroitDetective Sergeant Mulheisen #82000 · 304 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2000304
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  10. 10
    Badger GamesDetective Sergeant Mulheisen #92001 · 336 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2001336
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  11. 11
    No Man's DogDetective Sergeant Mulheisen #102004 · 355 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2004355
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Jon A. Jackson series in order

The series linked below has its own reading-order page.

Jon A. Jackson 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

1 book

1 Jon A. Jackson title here is not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Jon A. Jackson books in order?

You only need to read Jon A. Jackson books in order within the Detective Sergeant Mulheisen series, which holds 10 of the 11 Jon A. Jackson books listed here. The numbered table above gives every book in publication order.

Where to start with Jon A. Jackson

Start with The Diehard (1977), the first Detective Sergeant Mulheisen book. It is also the earliest catalogued title.

What is the newest Jon A. Jackson book?

No Man's Dog (2004) is the newest Jon A. Jackson book released so far.

Is there a new Jon A. Jackson book coming?

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

Jon A. Jackson at a glance

No recent titles
The newest Jon A. Jackson title on record dates from 2004, 22 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
Release pace
Jon A. Jackson books have appeared about one every 3 years on average.
Length
2,519 pages across the 9 of 11 books with a recorded length, a median of 272 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Jon A. Jackson books, 6 of 11, were published in the 1990s.

What the Jon A. Jackson books are about

10 of the 11 Jon A. Jackson books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: mystery & detective, police procedural is tagged on 6 of 10. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.