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Alex Jensen & Jessie Arnold Books in Order

Sue Henry has written 12 Alex Jensen & Jessie Arnold books, published between 1991 and 2008. The first book is Murder on the Iditarod Trail (1991) and the newest is Degrees of Separation (2008). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
12
Published
1991–2008
Confirmed
12 of 12 titles
Total pages
3,751 across 12 books
Reading time
63–94 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 3,751 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute.

See all 12 books in order Printable Alex Jensen & Jessie Arnold checklist

Sue Henry's Alaska mysteries feature Alex Jensen and Jessie Arnold, both catalogued as fictitious characters, across 12 books from 1991 to 2008. Murder on the Iditarod Trail (1991) opens the run and Degrees of Separation (2008) is the newest. Subject headings cover women mushers, sled dog racing, the Iditarod race and homicide, and the books sit under both police procedural and women sleuths. Other titles include Termination Dust (1995), Murder on the Yukon Quest (1999) and Dead North (2001). The listing is likely complete.

How many Alex Jensen & Jessie Arnold books are there?

Alex Jensen & Jessie Arnold has 12 books, released between 1991 and 2008.

Alex Jensen & Jessie Arnold Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 12 Alex Jensen & Jessie Arnold 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 Murder at Five Finger Light by Sue Henry, book 11 of the Jessie Arnold & Alex Jensen series (2005)
  11. Cover of Degrees of Separation by Sue Henry, book 12 of the Jessie Arnold & Alex Jensen series (2008)
  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
    Murder at Five Finger LightJessie Arnold & Alex Jensen #112005 · 288 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2005288
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  12. 12
    Degrees of SeparationJessie Arnold & Alex Jensen #122008 · 272 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2008272
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Do you have to read Alex Jensen & Jessie Arnold books in order?

You should read the Alex Jensen & Jessie Arnold books in publication order, the order of the numbered table above. The catalogue does not record whether each Alex Jensen & Jessie Arnold book also stands alone.

Where to start with Alex Jensen & Jessie Arnold

Start with Murder on the Iditarod Trail (1991), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Alex Jensen & Jessie Arnold book?

Degrees of Separation (2008) is the newest Alex Jensen & Jessie Arnold book released so far.

Is there a new Alex Jensen & Jessie Arnold book coming?

No next Alex Jensen & Jessie Arnold book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.

Alex Jensen & Jessie Arnold at a glance

No recent titles
The newest Alex Jensen & Jessie Arnold title on record dates from 2008, 18 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
Release pace
Alex Jensen & Jessie Arnold books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
Length
3,751 pages across all 12 books with a recorded length, a median of 310 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Alex Jensen & Jessie Arnold books, 6 of 12, were published in the 2000s.

What the Alex Jensen & Jessie Arnold books are about

All 12 Alex Jensen & Jessie Arnold 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 9 of 12. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.

More books by Sue Henry

The author page linked below lists every book in publication order.