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.
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.
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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 November 2026.
- 120132352/4
- 22014–2/4
- 320142652/4
- 420152712/4
- 520162552/4
- 620172712/4
- 720182832/4
- 8A Risky Undertaking for Loretta SingletarySamuel Craddock Mystery #82019 · 264 pages · confirmed 2/420192642/4
- 92022–2/4
- 102023–2/4
- 112024–2/4
- 122024–2/4
- 132025–2/4
- 142025–2/4
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. A Killing at Cotton Hill
- 2. The Last Death of Jack Harbin
- 3. Dead Broke in Jarrett Creek
- 4. A Deadly Affair at Bobtail Ridge
- 5. The Necessary Murder of Nonie Blake
- 6. An Unsettling Crime for Samuel Craddock
- 7. A Reckoning in the Back Country
- 8. A Risky Undertaking for Loretta Singletary
- 9. Murder at the Jubilee Rally
- 10. Guilt Strikes at Granger's Store
- 11. The Troubling Death of Maddy Benson
- 12. The Curious Poisoning of Jewel Barnes
Jessie Madison in order
2 books- 1. Perilous Waters
- 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 A Killing at Cotton Hill (2013), the earliest published title.
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.
When Terry Shames books were published
Publication distribution by decade, showing when Terry Shames titles appeared. 2010s was the most productive decade with 8 titles.
14 books total across 2 decades. Decade reflects the year each title was first catalogued.
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.
- Mystery & detective 5 of 9 books
- Investigation 4 of 9 books
- Murder 4 of 9 books
- Mystery & detective, police procedural 4 of 9 books
- Texas 4 of 9 books
- Ex-police officers 3 of 9 books
- City and town life 2 of 9 books
- Crimes against 2 of 9 books
- Family secrets 2 of 9 books
- Police chiefs 2 of 9 books