Shelley Singer Books in Order
Shelley Singer has written 14 books, published between 1980 and 2018. The first book is The Demeter Flower (1980) and the newest is Reveille (2018). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 14
- Published
- 1980–2018
- Pages on record
- 2,769 in 11 of 14 books
- Reading time
- 46–69 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 2,769 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 11 of 14 titles with a page count on record.
Shelley Singer has three catalogued series: Jake Samson Mystery, Barrett Lake Mystery and Blackjack. The 14 listed books date from The Demeter Flower (1980) to Reveille (2018). Subject headings name Jake Samson, Rosie Vicente and Barrett Lake as fictitious characters, and list women detectives, teachers, lesbians, feminist fiction and California. Titles include Samson's Deal (1983), Full House (1986), Following Jane (1993) and Searching for Sara (1994).
How many Shelley Singer books are there?
Shelley Singer has 14 books, released between 1980 and 2018. They include 3 series and 1 title listed outside any series.
Shelley Singer Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 14 Shelley Singer 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.
- 1The Demeter Flower1980 · 224 pages · confirmed 1/419802241/4
- 21983–1/4
- 319841951/4
- 419862191/4
- 519872191/4
- 619882191/4
- 719932561/4
- 819932551/4
- 919942561/4
- 1019952881/4
- 1119992371/4
- 1220074011/4
- 132014–1/4
- 142018–1/4
Shelley Singer 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.
Jake Samson Mystery in order
6 books- 1. Samson's Deal
- 2. Free Draw
- 3. Full House
- 4. Spit In The Ocean
- 5. Suicide King
- 6. Royal Flush
Barrett Lake Mystery in order
4 booksBlackjack in order
3 books- 1. Blackjack
- 2. Torch Song
- 3. Reveille
Standalone books
1 book1 Shelley Singer title here is not listed as part of any series.
Do you have to read Shelley Singer books in order?
You only need to read Shelley Singer books in order within each series: the books listed here span 3 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.
Where to start with Shelley Singer
Start with The Demeter Flower (1980), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Shelley Singer book?
Reveille (2018) is the newest Shelley Singer book released so far.
Is there a new Shelley Singer book coming?
No next Shelley Singer book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Shelley Singer at a glance
- No recent titles
- The newest Shelley Singer title on record dates from 2018, 8 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
- Release pace
- Shelley Singer books have appeared about one every 3 years on average.
- Length
- 2,769 pages across the 11 of 14 books with a recorded length, a median of 237 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Shelley Singer books, 6 of 14, were published in the 1980s.
What the Shelley Singer books are about
10 of the 14 Shelley Singer books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: mystery & detective is tagged on 9 of 10. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Mystery & detective 9 of 10 books
- California 5 of 10 books
- Samson, jake (fictitious character) 5 of 10 books
- Lake, barrett (fictitious character) 4 of 10 books
- Vicente, rosie (fictitious character) 4 of 10 books
- Teachers 3 of 10 books
- Mystery & detective, women sleuths 3 of 10 books
- Barrett Lake (Fictitious character) 2 of 10 books