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Roger Smith / James Rayburn Books in Order

Roger Smith / James Rayburn has written 11 books, published between 2009 and 2019. The first book is Mixed Blood (2009) and the newest is Ash (As:James Rayburn) (2019). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
11
Published
2009–2019
Pages on record
972 in 3 of 11 books
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Roger Smith, who also writes as James Rayburn and Max Wilde, is a thriller author whose books are linked to South Africa, including the Cape Town series. Catalogue subjects include criminals, thieves, fugitives, assassins, psychopaths and fathers and sons. The 11 listed titles begin with Mixed Blood (2009) and Wake Up Dead (2009). Dust Devils (2011), Capture (2012), Vile Blood (2012, as Max Wilde), Man Down (2014) and Nowhere (2016) follow. Ash (2019), written as James Rayburn, is the newest.

How many Roger Smith / James Rayburn books are there?

Roger Smith / James Rayburn has 11 books, released between 2009 and 2019. 2 of them belong to the Cape Town series.

Roger Smith / James Rayburn Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 11 Roger Smith / James Rayburn 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 Mixed Blood by Roger Smith / James Rayburn, book 1 of the Cape Town series (2009)
  2. Cover of Wake Up Dead by Roger Smith / James Rayburn, book 2 of the Cape Town series (2009)
  3. Cover of Capture by Roger Smith / James Rayburn, book 2 of the RogerSmith Standalone Novels series (2012)
  1. 1
    Mixed BloodCape Town #12009 · 320 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2009320
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  2. 2
    Wake Up DeadCape Town #22009 · confirmed 1/4
    2009–
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  3. 3
    Dust DevilsRogerSmith Standalone Novels #12011 · 304 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2011304
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  4. 4
    Ishmael ToffeeRogerSmith Short Stories/Novellas #12012 · confirmed 1/4
    2012–
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  5. 5
    CaptureRogerSmith Standalone Novels #22012 · 348 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2012348
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  6. 6
    Vile Blood (As: Max Wilde)RogerSmith Standalone Novels #32012 · confirmed 1/4
    2012–
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  7. 7
    SacrificesRogerSmith Standalone Novels #42013 · confirmed 1/4
    2013–
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  8. 8
    Man DownRogerSmith Standalone Novels #52014 · confirmed 1/4
    2014–
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  9. 9
    NowhereRogerSmith Standalone Novels #62016 · confirmed 1/4
    2016–
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  10. 10
    The Truth Itself (As:James Rayburn)RogerSmith Standalone Novels #72019 · confirmed 1/4
    2019–
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  11. 11
    Ash (As:James Rayburn)RogerSmith Standalone Novels #82019 · confirmed 1/4
    2019–
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Roger Smith / James Rayburn 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.

RogerSmith Standalone Novels

8 books

8 titles published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.

Cape Town in order

2 books
  1. 1. Mixed Blood
  2. 2. Wake Up Dead

RogerSmith Short Stories/Novellas

1 book

1 title published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.

Do you have to read Roger Smith / James Rayburn books in order?

You only need to read Roger Smith / James Rayburn books in order within the Cape Town series, which holds 2 of the 11 Roger Smith / James Rayburn books listed here. The numbered table above gives every book in publication order.

Where to start with Roger Smith / James Rayburn

Start with Mixed Blood (2009), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Roger Smith / James Rayburn book?

Ash (As:James Rayburn) (2019) is the newest Roger Smith / James Rayburn book released so far.

Is there a new Roger Smith / James Rayburn book coming?

No next Roger Smith / James Rayburn book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.

Roger Smith / James Rayburn at a glance

No recent titles
The newest Roger Smith / James Rayburn title on record dates from 2019, 7 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
Release pace
Roger Smith / James Rayburn books have appeared about one a year on average.
Length
972 pages across the 3 of 11 books with a recorded length, a median of 320 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Roger Smith / James Rayburn books, 9 of 11, were published in the 2010s.

What the Roger Smith / James Rayburn books are about

5 of the 11 Roger Smith / James Rayburn books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: south africa is tagged on 4 of 5. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.