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Terry Shames Books in Order

Terry Shames has written 14 books, published between 2013 and 2025. The first book is A Killing at Cotton Hill (2013) and the newest is The Curious Poisoning of Jewel Barnes (2025). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
14
Published
2013–2025
Pages on record
1,844 in 7 of 14 books
Reading time
31–46 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 1,844 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 7 of 14 titles with a page count on record.

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Terry Shames writes small-town police procedural mystery, set in Texas. The Samuel Craddock Mystery series opens with A Killing at Cotton Hill (2013) and continues through Guilt Strikes at Granger's Store (2023); a second series, Jessie Madison, runs alongside it. Murder investigations, family secrets, police chiefs and town life recur across the 14 catalogued books, which date from 2013 to 2025 at a median 265 pages.

How many Terry Shames books are there?

Terry Shames has 14 books, released between 2013 and 2025. They include 2 separate series.

Terry Shames Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 14 Terry Shames 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 The Last Death of Jack Harbin by Terry Shames, book 2 of the Samuel Craddock Mystery series (2014)
  2. Cover of Dead Broke in Jarrett Creek by Terry Shames, book 3 of the Samuel Craddock Mystery series (2014)
  3. Cover of A Deadly Affair at Bobtail Ridge by Terry Shames, book 4 of the Samuel Craddock Mystery series (2015)
  4. Cover of The Necessary Murder of Nonie Blake by Terry Shames, book 5 of the Samuel Craddock Mystery series (2016)
  5. Cover of A Reckoning in the Back Country by Terry Shames, book 7 of the Samuel Craddock Mystery series (2018)
  1. 1
    A Killing at Cotton HillSamuel Craddock Mystery #12013 · 235 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2013235
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  2. 2
    The Last Death of Jack HarbinSamuel Craddock Mystery #22014 · confirmed 2/4
    2014–
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  3. 3
    Dead Broke in Jarrett CreekSamuel Craddock Mystery #32014 · 265 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2014265
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  4. 4
    A Deadly Affair at Bobtail RidgeSamuel Craddock Mystery #42015 · 271 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2015271
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  5. 5
    The Necessary Murder of Nonie BlakeSamuel Craddock Mystery #52016 · 255 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2016255
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  6. 6
    An Unsettling Crime for Samuel CraddockSamuel Craddock Mystery #62017 · 271 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2017271
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  7. 7
    A Reckoning in the Back CountrySamuel Craddock Mystery #72018 · 283 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2018283
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  8. 8
    A Risky Undertaking for Loretta SingletarySamuel Craddock Mystery #82019 · 264 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2019264
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  9. 9
    Murder at the Jubilee RallySamuel Craddock Mystery #92022 · confirmed 2/4
    2022–
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  10. 10
    Guilt Strikes at Granger's StoreSamuel Craddock Mystery #102023 · confirmed 2/4
    2023–
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  11. 11
    Perilous WatersJessie Madison #12024 · confirmed 2/4
    2024–
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  12. 12
    The Troubling Death of Maddy BensonSamuel Craddock Mystery #112024 · confirmed 2/4
    2024–
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  13. 13
    Deep DiveJessie Madison #22025 · confirmed 2/4
    2025–
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  14. 14
    The Curious Poisoning of Jewel BarnesSamuel Craddock Mystery #122025 · confirmed 2/4
    2025–
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Terry Shames characters in order

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

Terry Shames 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.

Samuel Craddock Mystery in order

12 books
  1. 1. A Killing at Cotton Hill
  2. 2. The Last Death of Jack Harbin
  3. 3. Dead Broke in Jarrett Creek
  4. 4. A Deadly Affair at Bobtail Ridge
  5. 5. The Necessary Murder of Nonie Blake
  6. 6. An Unsettling Crime for Samuel Craddock
  7. 7. A Reckoning in the Back Country
  8. 8. A Risky Undertaking for Loretta Singletary
  9. 9. Murder at the Jubilee Rally
  10. 10. Guilt Strikes at Granger's Store
  11. 11. The Troubling Death of Maddy Benson
  12. 12. The Curious Poisoning of Jewel Barnes

Jessie Madison in order

2 books
  1. 1. Perilous Waters
  2. 2. Deep Dive

Do you have to read Terry Shames books in order?

You only need to read Terry Shames 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 Terry Shames

Start with the first book of the Terry Shames series you want to read: Samuel Craddock starts with A Killing at Cotton Hill (2013) and Samuel Craddock Mysteries starts with A Killing at Cotton Hill (2013). The earliest catalogued title overall is A Killing at Cotton Hill (2013).

What is the newest Terry Shames book?

The Curious Poisoning of Jewel Barnes (2025) is the newest Terry Shames book released so far.

Is there a new Terry Shames book coming?

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

Terry Shames at a glance

Still publishing
Terry Shames published a book as recently as 2025.
Release pace
Terry Shames books have appeared about one a year on average.
Length
1,844 pages across the 7 of 14 books with a recorded length, a median of 265 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Terry Shames books, 8 of 14, were published in the 2010s.

What the Terry Shames books are about

9 of the 14 Terry Shames 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 5 of 9. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.