Melissa Lenhardt Books in Order

Melissa Lenhardt has written 8 books, published between 2015 and 2023. The first book is Stillwater (2015) and the newest is Run Baby Run (2023). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
8
Published
2015–2023
Pages on record
2,697 in 7 of 8 books
Reading time
45–67 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 2,697 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200300 words a minute, covering the 7 of 8 titles with a page count on record.

Melissa Lenhardt writes crime, mystery and western fiction. The catalogue records 8 books published between 2015 and 2023, and two series sit under the name: Laura Elliston and Jack McBride. Stillwater (2015) opens the run and Run Baby Run (2023) is the newest entry. Subjects filed against the books record murder and its investigation, women physicians, police chiefs, false personation, drug traffic and small-city life. Sawbones (2016), Badlands (2017), Heresy (2018) and The Secret of You and Me (2020) also appear, at a median length of 371 pages.

How many Melissa Lenhardt books are there?

Melissa Lenhardt has 8 books, released between 2015 and 2023. They include 2 series and 3 titles listed outside any series.

Melissa Lenhardt Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 8 Melissa Lenhardt 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
    StillwaterJack McBride #12015 · 312 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2015312
  2. 2
    SawbonesLaura Elliston #12016 · 421 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2016421
  3. 3
    The Fisher KingJack McBride #22016 · 371 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2016371
  4. 4
    Blood OathLaura Elliston #22017 · 359 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2017359
  5. 5
    BadlandsLaura Elliston #32017 · 416 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2017416
  6. 6
    Heresy2018 · 466 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2018466
  7. 7
    The Secret of You and Me2020 · 352 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2020352
  8. 8
    Run Baby Run2023 · confirmed 2/4
    2023

Melissa Lenhardt 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.

Laura Elliston in order

3 books
  1. 1. Sawbones
  2. 2. Blood Oath
  3. 3. Badlands

Jack McBride in order

2 books
  1. 1. Stillwater
  2. 2. The Fisher King

Standalone books

3 books

3 Melissa Lenhardt titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Melissa Lenhardt books in order?

You only need to read Melissa Lenhardt 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 Melissa Lenhardt

Start with Stillwater (2015), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Melissa Lenhardt book?

Run Baby Run (2023) is the newest Melissa Lenhardt book released so far.

Is there a new Melissa Lenhardt book coming?

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

Melissa Lenhardt at a glance

Paused
No new Melissa Lenhardt title has appeared for 3 years. The last was published in 2023.
Release pace
Melissa Lenhardt books have appeared about one a year on average.
Length
2,697 pages across the 7 of 8 books with a recorded length, a median of 371 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Melissa Lenhardt books, 6 of 8, were published in the 2010s.

What the Melissa Lenhardt books are about

6 of the 8 Melissa Lenhardt books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: investigation is tagged on 3 of 6. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.