Lena Jones Books in Order
Betty Webb has written 10 Lena Jones books, published between 2001 and 2019. The first book is Desert Noir (2001) and the newest is Desert Redemption (2019). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 10
- Published
- 2001–2019
- Pages on record
- 2,483 in 9 of 10 books
- Reading time
- 41–62 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 2,483 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 9 of 10 titles with a page count on record.
Lena Jones is the recurring figure of Betty Webb's Lena Jones Mystery series, indexed under women private investigators and women sleuths. Subject headings place the books in Arizona, with Scottsdale named, and cover murder investigation, Mormons and Utah. Every catalogued title begins with Desert: Desert Noir (2001) opens the run, and Desert Wives (2003), Desert Shadows (2004), Desert Run (2006), Desert Cut (2008), Desert Lost (2009), Desert Wind (2012), Desert Rage (2014) and Desert Vengeance (2017) follow, with Desert Redemption (2019) the last of the 10.
How many Lena Jones books are there?
Lena Jones has 10 books, released between 2001 and 2019.
Lena Jones Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 10 Lena Jones 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.
- 120012662/4
- 220033122/4
- 320042882/4
- 420063462/4
- 520082772/4
- 6200912/4
- 72012–2/4
- 820143922/4
- 920172732/4
- 1020193282/4
Do you have to read Lena Jones books in order?
You should read the Lena Jones books in publication order, the order of the numbered table above. The catalogue does not record whether each Lena Jones book also stands alone.
Where to start with Lena Jones
Start with Desert Noir (2001), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Lena Jones book?
Desert Redemption (2019) is the newest Lena Jones book released so far.
Is there a new Lena Jones book coming?
No next Lena Jones book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Lena Jones at a glance
- No recent titles
- The newest Lena Jones title on record dates from 2019, 7 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
- Release pace
- Lena Jones books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
- Length
- 2,483 pages across the 9 of 10 books with a recorded length, a median of 288 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Lena Jones books, 6 of 10, were published in the 2000s.
What the Lena Jones books are about
9 of the 10 Lena Jones books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: mystery & detective, women sleuths is tagged on 5 of 9. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Mystery & detective, women sleuths 5 of 9 books
- Arizona 4 of 9 books
- Crime 4 of 9 books
- Private investigators 4 of 9 books
- Mystery & detective 3 of 9 books
- Scottsdale (ariz.) 3 of 9 books
- Women private investigators 3 of 9 books
- Investigation 2 of 9 books
- Murder 2 of 9 books
More books by Betty Webb
The author page linked below lists every book in publication order.
- Betty Webb books in order 18 books