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Jake Hines Books in Order

Jake Hines by Elizabeth Gunn contains 11 books, published between 1997 and 2014. The first book is Triple Play (1997) and the newest is Noontime Follies (2014). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
11
Published
1997–2014
Pages on record
1,693 in 7 of 11 books
Reading time
28–42 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 1,693 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 7 of 11 titles with a page count on record.

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Jake Hines is Elizabeth Gunn's police procedural series, set in Minnesota and named for its fictitious character Jake Hines. Subjects include murder investigation, serial murderers and lotteries. The 11 books run from Triple Play (1997) to Noontime Follies (2014), with a median length of 251 pages. Par Four, Five Card Stud, Six-Pound Walleye, Seventh Inning Stretch, Crazy Eights, McCafferty's Nine, The Ten-Mile Trials and Eleven Little Piggies are among the titles.

How many Jake Hines books are there?

Jake Hines has 11 books, released between 1997 and 2014.

Jake Hines Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 11 Jake Hines 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 Triple Play by Elizabeth Gunn, book 1 of the Jake Hines series (1997)
  2. Cover of Par Four by Elizabeth Gunn, book 2 of the Jake Hines series (1999)
  3. Cover of Five Card Stud by Elizabeth Gunn, book 3 of the Jake Hines series (2000)
  4. Cover of Six-Pound Walleye by Elizabeth Gunn, book 4 of the Jake Hines series (2001)
  5. Cover of Seventh Inning Stretch by Elizabeth Gunn, book 5 of the Jake Hines series (2002)
  6. Cover of McCafferty's Nine by Elizabeth Gunn, book 7 of the Jake Hines series (2007)
  7. Cover of The Ten-Mile Trials by Elizabeth Gunn, book 8 of the Jake Hines series (2010)
  8. Cover of Eleven Little Piggies by Elizabeth Gunn, book 10 of the Jake Hines series (2013)
  1. 1
    Triple Play1997 · 224 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1997224
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  2. 2
    Par Four1999 · 304 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1999304
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  3. 3
    Five Card Stud2000 · 251 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2000251
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  4. 4
    Six-Pound Walleye2001 · 253 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2001253
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  5. 5
    Seventh Inning Stretch2002 · 252 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2002252
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  6. 6
    Crazy Eights2005 · confirmed 1/4
    2005–
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  7. 7
    McCafferty's Nine2007 · 224 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2007224
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  8. 8
    The Ten-Mile Trials2010 · confirmed 1/4
    2010–
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  9. 9
    Too Many Santas2011 · confirmed 1/4
    2011–
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  10. 10
    Eleven Little Piggies2013 · 185 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2013185
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  11. 11
    Noontime Follies2014 · confirmed 1/4
    2014–
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Is there a chronological order for Jake Hines?

No separate chronological order is on record for Jake Hines, because none of the book listings this catalogue draws on publishes one; the publication order above is the only order given.

Do you have to read Jake Hines books in order?

You should read the Jake Hines books in publication order, the order of the numbered table above. The catalogue does not record whether each Jake Hines book also stands alone.

Where to start with Jake Hines

Start with Triple Play (1997), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Jake Hines book?

Noontime Follies (2014) is the newest Jake Hines book released so far.

Is there a new Jake Hines book coming?

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

Jake Hines at a glance

No recent titles
The newest Jake Hines title on record dates from 2014, 12 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
Release pace
Jake Hines books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
Length
1,693 pages across the 7 of 11 books with a recorded length, a median of 251 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Jake Hines books, 5 of 11, were published in the 2000s.

What the Jake Hines books are about

8 of the 11 Jake Hines books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: hines, jake (fictitious character) is tagged on 5 of 8. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.

More books by Elizabeth Gunn

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