Scott Blade Books in Order

Scott Blade has written 25 books, published between 2013 and 2025. The first book is The Secret of Lions (2013) and the newest is The Midnight Memory (2025). Publication order is the reading order below. 21 of the 25 books listed here are in the Jack Widow series, which has its own page: Jack Widow books in order.

Books
25
Published
2013–2025
Confirmed
25 of 25 titles
Pages on record
4,618 in 12 of 25 books

Jack Widow is the recurring lead in Scott Blade's thrillers, working undercover operations, missing-person cases and terrorism plots. The Secret of Lions (2013) opens the catalogue, and Gone Forever, Winter Territory and Name Not Given follow in the mid-2010s. S. Lasher & Associates and standalone novels round out 25 catalogued titles, the most recent of them The Midnight Memory in 2025.

How many Scott Blade books are there?

Scott Blade has 25 books, released between 2013 and 2025. They include 2 separate series.

Scott Blade Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 25 Scott Blade 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
    The Secret of LionsScott Blade Standalone Novels #12013 · confirmed 3/4
    2013
  2. 2
    The StoneCutterS. Lasher & Associates #12013 · 274 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2013274
  3. 3
    Cut and DryS. Lasher & Associates #22014 · confirmed 3/4
    2014
  4. 4
    Gone ForeverJack Widow #12016 · 426 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2016426
  5. 5
    Reckoning RoadScott Blade Short Stories/Novellas #12016 · confirmed 3/4
    2016
  6. 6
    Winter TerritoryJack Widow #22016 · 266 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2016266
  7. 7
    A Reason to KillJack Widow #32016 · 386 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2016386
  8. 8
    Without MeasureJack Widow #42017 · 372 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2017372
  9. 9
    Once QuietJack Widow #52017 · 416 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2017416
  10. 10
    Name Not GivenJack Widow #62017 · 346 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2017346
  11. 11
    The Midnight CallerJack Widow #72017 · 382 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2017382
  12. 12
    Fire WatchJack Widow #82018 · confirmed 3/4
    2018
  13. 13
    The Last RainmakerJack Widow #92018 · 392 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2018392
  14. 14
    The Devil's StopJack Widow #102018 · 340 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2018340
  15. 15
    Black DaylightJack Widow #112018 · 400 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2018400
  16. 16
    The StandoffJack Widow #122019 · 618 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2019618
  17. 17
    Foreign and DomesticJack Widow #132019 · confirmed 3/4
    2019
  18. 18
    Patriot LiesJack Widow #142020 · confirmed 3/4
    2020
  19. 19
    The Double ManJack Widow #152020 · confirmed 3/4
    2020
  20. 20
    Nothing LeftJack Widow #162021 · confirmed 3/4
    2021
  21. 21
    The ProtectorJack Widow #172021 · confirmed 3/4
    2021
  22. 22
    The Kill PromiseJack Widow #182022 · confirmed 3/4
    2022
  23. 23
    The Shadow ClubJack Widow #192023 · confirmed 3/4
    2023
  24. 24
    The Ghost LineJack Widow #202024 · confirmed 3/4
    2024
  25. 25
    The Midnight MemoryJack Widow #212025 · confirmed 3/4
    2025

Scott Blade series in order

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

Scott Blade 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.

S. Lasher & Associates in order

2 books
  1. 1. The StoneCutter
  2. 2. Cut and Dry

Scott Blade Standalone Novels

1 book

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

Scott Blade Short Stories/Novellas

1 book

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

Do you have to read Scott Blade books in order?

You only need to read Scott Blade 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 Scott Blade

Start with Gone Forever (2016), the first Jack Widow book. The earliest catalogued title overall is The Secret of Lions (2013).

What is the newest Scott Blade book?

The Midnight Memory (2025) is the newest Scott Blade book released so far.

Is there a new Scott Blade book coming?

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

Scott Blade at a glance

Still publishing
Scott Blade published a book as recently as 2025.
Release pace
Scott Blade books have appeared more than one a year on average.
Length
4,618 pages across the 12 of 25 books with a recorded length, a median of 384 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Scott Blade books, 17 of 25, were published in the 2010s.

What the Scott Blade books are about

4 of the 25 Scott Blade 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.

  • Man-woman relationships 1 of 4 books
  • Man-woman relationships -- Fiction 1 of 4 books
  • Mass murder investigation 1 of 4 books
  • Mass shootings 1 of 4 books
  • Mass shootings -- California -- Fiction 1 of 4 books
  • Meurtre -- Enquêtes -- Romans, nouvelles 1 of 4 books
  • Missing persons 1 of 4 books
  • Montana -- Fiction 1 of 4 books
  • Murder -- Investigation 1 of 4 books
  • Murder -- Investigation -- Fiction 1 of 4 books
  • Mystery & detective 1 of 4 books
  • Opérations secrètes 1 of 4 books