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Justin Scott Books in Order

Justin Scott has written 31 books, published between 1973 and 2024. The first book is Many Happy Returns (1973) and the newest is The Sister Queens (2024). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
31
Published
1973–2024
Confirmed
5 of 31 titles
Pages on record
6,009 in 17 of 31 books
Reading time
100–150 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 6,009 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 17 of 31 titles with a page count on record.

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Justin Scott is an American novelist who has also published as Paul Garrison and J. S. Blazer. Subjects name Ben Abbott, private investigators and Connecticut, and the Ben Abbott Mysteries are the one series recorded against the name. Isaac Bell appears in the subjects too, on a stretch of the listing where Clive Cussler shares the credit, 5 titles in all. The catalogue holds 31 books dated between 1973 and 2024, taking in The Shipkiller (1978), Normandie Triangle (1981), A Pride of Royals (1983) and Rampage (1986). Historical mystery, serial murders and treasure-trove are also recorded subjects.

How many Justin Scott books are there?

Justin Scott has 31 books, released between 1973 and 2024. 5 of them belong to the Ben Abbott Mysteries series.

Justin Scott Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 31 Justin Scott 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 Treasure Island by Justin Scott (1974)
  2. Cover of The Turning by Justin Scott (1978)
  3. Cover of Normandie Triangle by Justin Scott (1981)
  4. Cover of A Pride of Royals by Justin Scott (1983)
  5. Cover of Rampage by Justin Scott (1986)
  6. Cover of The Cossack's Bride by Justin Scott (1988)
  7. Cover of The Widow of Desire by Justin Scott (1989)
  8. Cover of The Nine Dragons by Justin Scott (1991)
  9. Cover of The Hong Kong Edge by Justin Scott (1992)
  10. Cover of HardScape by Justin Scott, book 1 of the Ben Abbott Mysteries series (1994)
  11. Cover of Stonedust by Justin Scott, book 2 of the Ben Abbott Mysteries series (1995)
  12. Cover of FrostLine by Justin Scott, book 3 of the Ben Abbott Mysteries series (2004)
  13. Cover of McMansion by Justin Scott, book 4 of the Ben Abbott Mysteries series (2006)
  14. Cover of The Wrecker, book 2 of the Isaac Bell Adventures series (2009)
  15. Cover of The Thief, book 5 of the Isaac Bell Adventures series (2012)
  16. Cover of The Gangster, book 9 of the Isaac Bell Adventures series (2016)
  17. Cover of The Cutthroat, book 10 of the Isaac Bell Adventures series (2017)
  1. 1
    Many Happy Returns1973 · confirmed 2/4
    1973–
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  2. 2
    Deal Me Out,1973 · 151 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1973151
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  3. 3
    Treasure Island1974 · 234 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1974234
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  4. 4
    Lend a Hand1975 · 184 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1975184
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  5. 5
    The Shipkiller1978 · confirmed 2/4
    1978–
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  6. 6
    The Turning1978 · confirmed 2/4
    1978–
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  7. 7
    Normandie Triangle1981 · 576 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1981576
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  8. 8
    A Pride of Royals1983 · 534 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1983534
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  9. 9
    The Auction1985 · 348 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1985348
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  10. 10
    Rampage1986 · confirmed 2/4
    1986–
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  11. 11
    The Cossack's Bride1988 · confirmed 2/4
    1988–
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  12. 12
    The Widow of Desire1989 · confirmed 2/4
    1989–
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  13. 13
    The Nine Dragons1991 · confirmed 2/4
    1991–
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  14. 14
    The Hong Kong Edge1992 · 656 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1992656
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  15. 15
    HardScapeBen Abbott Mysteries #11994 · 278 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1994278
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  16. 16
    The Empty Eye of the Sea1994 · 284 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1994284
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  17. 17
    StonedustBen Abbott Mysteries #21995 · 250 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1995250
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  18. 18
    Fire and Ice (As:Paul Garrison)1996 · confirmed 2/4
    1996–
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  19. 19
    Red Sky at Morning (As:Paul Garrison)2000 · confirmed 2/4
    2000–
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  20. 20
    Buried at Sea (As:Paul Garrison)2002 · confirmed 2/4
    2002–
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  21. 21
    FrostLineBen Abbott Mysteries #32004 · 336 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2004336
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  22. 22
    The Ripple Effect (As:Paul Garrison)2004 · confirmed 2/4
    2004–
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  23. 23
    McMansionBen Abbott Mysteries #42006 · 262 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2006262
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  24. 24
    MausoleumBen Abbott Mysteries #52007 · 250 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2007250
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  25. 25
    The WreckerIsaac Bell Adventures #22009 · 470 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2009470
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  26. 26
    The ThiefIsaac Bell Adventures #52012 · confirmed 3/4
    2012–
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  27. 27
    The StrikerIsaac Bell Adventures #62013 · 416 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2013416
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  28. 28
    The GangsterIsaac Bell Adventures #92016 · 387 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2016387
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  29. 29
    The CutthroatIsaac Bell Adventures #102017 · 393 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2017393
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  30. 30
    Forty Days and Forty Nights2021 · confirmed 2/4
    2021–
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  31. 31
    The Sister Queens2024 · confirmed 2/4
    2024–
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Justin Scott 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.

Ben Abbott Mysteries in order

5 books
  1. 1. HardScape
  2. 2. Stonedust
  3. 3. FrostLine
  4. 4. McMansion
  5. 5. Mausoleum

Isaac Bell Adventures in order

5 books
  1. 2. The Wrecker
  2. 5. The Thief
  3. 6. The Striker
  4. 9. The Gangster
  5. 10. The Cutthroat

Standalone books

21 books

21 Justin Scott titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Justin Scott books in order?

You only need to read Justin Scott books in order within the Ben Abbott Mysteries series, which holds 5 of the 31 Justin Scott books listed here. The numbered table above gives every book in publication order.

Where to start with Justin Scott

Start with Many Happy Returns (1973), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Justin Scott book?

The Sister Queens (2024) is the newest Justin Scott book released so far.

Is there a new Justin Scott book coming?

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

Justin Scott at a glance

Still publishing
Justin Scott published a book as recently as 2024.
Release pace
Justin Scott books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
Length
6,009 pages across the 17 of 31 books with a recorded length, a median of 336 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Justin Scott books, 7 of 31, were published in the 2000s.

What the Justin Scott books are about

17 of the 31 Justin Scott books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: private investigators is tagged on 10 of 17. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.