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Sue Henry Books in Order

Sue Henry has written 16 books, published between 1991 and 2009. The first book is Murder on the Iditarod Trail (1991) and the newest is The End of the Road (2009). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
16
Published
1991–2009
Confirmed
16 of 16 titles
Pages on record
4,316 in 14 of 16 books
Reading time
72–108 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 4,316 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 14 of 16 titles with a page count on record.

See all 16 books in order Printable Sue Henry checklist

Alaska is the setting for Sue Henry's mysteries, which pair the sled-dog musher Jessie Arnold with the investigator Alex Jensen. Murder on the Iditarod Trail (1991) opens the catalogue, followed by Termination Dust (1995), Sleeping Lady (1996), Murder on the Yukon Quest (1999) and Dead North (2001); the Maxie and Stretch books form a second series. Sixteen titles are catalogued and the list is likely complete.

How many Sue Henry books are there?

Sue Henry has 16 books, released between 1991 and 2009. They include 2 separate series.

Sue Henry Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 16 Sue Henry 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 Murder on the Iditarod Trail by Sue Henry, book 1 of the Jessie Arnold & Alex Jensen series (1991)
  2. Cover of Termination Dust by Sue Henry, book 2 of the Jessie Arnold & Alex Jensen series (1995)
  3. Cover of Death Takes Passage by Sue Henry, book 4 of the Jessie Arnold & Alex Jensen series (1997)
  4. Cover of Deadfall by Sue Henry, book 5 of the Jessie Arnold & Alex Jensen series (1998)
  5. Cover of Murder on the Yukon Quest by Sue Henry, book 6 of the Jessie Arnold & Alex Jensen series (1999)
  6. Cover of Beneath the Ashes by Sue Henry, book 7 of the Jessie Arnold & Alex Jensen series (2000)
  7. Cover of Dead North by Sue Henry, book 8 of the Jessie Arnold & Alex Jensen series (2001)
  8. Cover of Cold Company by Sue Henry, book 9 of the Jessie Arnold & Alex Jensen series (2002)
  9. Cover of Death Trap by Sue Henry, book 10 of the Jessie Arnold & Alex Jensen series (2003)
  10. Cover of The Serpents Trail by Sue Henry, book 1 of the Maxie and Stretch series (2004)
  11. Cover of Murder at Five Finger Light by Sue Henry, book 11 of the Jessie Arnold & Alex Jensen series (2005)
  12. Cover of The Tooth of Time by Sue Henry, book 2 of the Maxie and Stretch series (2006)
  13. Cover of The Refuge by Sue Henry, book 3 of the Maxie and Stretch series (2007)
  14. Cover of Degrees of Separation by Sue Henry, book 12 of the Jessie Arnold & Alex Jensen series (2008)
  15. Cover of The End of the Road by Sue Henry, book 4 of the Maxie and Stretch series (2009)
  1. 1
    Murder on the Iditarod TrailJessie Arnold & Alex Jensen #11991 · 246 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1991246
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  2. 2
    Termination DustJessie Arnold & Alex Jensen #21995 · 320 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1995320
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  3. 3
    Sleeping LadyJessie Arnold & Alex Jensen #31996 · 308 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1996308
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  4. 4
    Death Takes PassageJessie Arnold & Alex Jensen #41997 · 352 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1997352
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  5. 5
    DeadfallJessie Arnold & Alex Jensen #51998 · 312 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1998312
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  6. 6
    Murder on the Yukon QuestJessie Arnold & Alex Jensen #61999 · 305 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1999305
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  7. 7
    Beneath the AshesJessie Arnold & Alex Jensen #72000 · 336 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2000336
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  8. 8
    Dead NorthJessie Arnold & Alex Jensen #82001 · 384 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2001384
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  9. 9
    Cold CompanyJessie Arnold & Alex Jensen #92002 · 336 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2002336
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  10. 10
    Death TrapJessie Arnold & Alex Jensen #102003 · 292 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2003292
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  11. 11
    The Serpents TrailMaxie and Stretch #12004 · confirmed 3/4
    2004–
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  12. 12
    Murder at Five Finger LightJessie Arnold & Alex Jensen #112005 · 288 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2005288
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  13. 13
    The Tooth of TimeMaxie and Stretch #22006 · 277 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2006277
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  14. 14
    The RefugeMaxie and Stretch #32007 · 288 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2007288
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  15. 15
    Degrees of SeparationJessie Arnold & Alex Jensen #122008 · 272 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2008272
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  16. 16
    The End of the RoadMaxie and Stretch #42009 · confirmed 3/4
    2009–
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Sue Henry characters in order

Each character linked below has its own reading-order page.

Sue Henry 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.

Jessie Arnold & Alex Jensen in order

12 books
  1. 1. Murder on the Iditarod Trail
  2. 2. Termination Dust
  3. 3. Sleeping Lady
  4. 4. Death Takes Passage
  5. 5. Deadfall
  6. 6. Murder on the Yukon Quest
  7. 7. Beneath the Ashes
  8. 8. Dead North
  9. 9. Cold Company
  10. 10. Death Trap
  11. 11. Murder at Five Finger Light
  12. 12. Degrees of Separation

Maxie and Stretch in order

4 books
  1. 1. The Serpents Trail
  2. 2. The Tooth of Time
  3. 3. The Refuge
  4. 4. The End of the Road

Sue Henry Books in Chronological Order

By publication date, the Sue Henry books run from Murder on the Iditarod Trail (1991) to The End of the Road (2009), the sequence in the table above. No separate story order is recorded for Sue Henry in the book listings this catalogue merges, so publication order is the only order on record.

Do you have to read Sue Henry books in order?

You only need to read Sue Henry 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 Sue Henry

Start with the first book of the Sue Henry series you want to read: Alex Jensen & Jessie Arnold starts with Murder on the Iditarod Trail (1991) and Alex Jensen & Jessie Arnold / Alaska Mysteries starts with Murder on the Iditarod Trail (1991). The earliest catalogued title overall is Murder on the Iditarod Trail (1991).

What is the newest Sue Henry book?

The End of the Road (2009) is the newest Sue Henry book released so far.

Is there a new Sue Henry book coming?

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

Sue Henry at a glance

Died
Sue Henry died in 2020, according to Wikidata.
Last book
The newest book credited to Sue Henry on record dates from 2009.
Release pace
Sue Henry books have appeared about one a year on average.
Length
4,316 pages across the 14 of 16 books with a recorded length, a median of 306 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Sue Henry books, 10 of 16, were published in the 2000s.

What the Sue Henry books are about

All 16 Sue Henry books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: alaska is tagged on 10 of 16. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.