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Jeri Howard Mystery Books in Order

Jeri Howard Mystery by Janet Dawson contains 14 books, published between 1990 and 2023. The first book is Kindred Crimes (1990) and the newest is The Things We Keep (2023). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
14
Published
1990–2023
Pages on record
3,251 in 11 of 14 books
Reading time
54–81 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 3,251 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 11 of 14 titles with a page count on record.

See all 14 books in order Printable Jeri Howard Mystery checklist

Janet Dawson's Jeri Howard Mystery series is catalogued under subject tags for women private investigators and the fictitious character Jeri Howard. The series holds 14 books, from Kindred Crimes (1990) to The Things We Keep (2023). Till the Old Men Die, Take a Number, A Credible Threat, Witness to Evil, A Killing at the Track and Bit Player are among them. Further tags include murder, missing persons, neo-Nazis, horse racing and film actors.

How many Jeri Howard Mystery books are there?

Jeri Howard Mystery has 14 books, released between 1990 and 2023.

Jeri Howard Mystery Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 14 Jeri Howard Mystery 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 Kindred Crimes by Janet Dawson, book 1 of the Jeri Howard Mystery series (1990)
  2. Cover of Till the Old Men Die by Janet Dawson, book 2 of the Jeri Howard Mystery series (1993)
  3. Cover of The Missing Child / Nobody's Child by Janet Dawson, book 5 of the Jeri Howard Mystery series (1995)
  4. Cover of A Credible Threat by Janet Dawson, book 6 of the Jeri Howard Mystery series (1996)
  5. Cover of Witness to Evil by Janet Dawson, book 7 of the Jeri Howard Mystery series (1997)
  6. Cover of Where the Bodies Are Buried by Janet Dawson, book 8 of the Jeri Howard Mystery series (1998)
  7. Cover of A Killing at the Track by Janet Dawson, book 9 of the Jeri Howard Mystery series (2000)
  8. Cover of Bit Player by Janet Dawson, book 10 of the Jeri Howard Mystery series (2011)
  9. Cover of Cold Trail by Janet Dawson, book 11 of the Jeri Howard Mystery series (2015)
  1. 1
    Kindred Crimes1990 · 249 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1990249
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  2. 2
    Till the Old Men Die1993 · 275 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1993275
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  3. 3
    Take a Number1993 · 360 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1993360
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  4. 4
    Don't Turn Your Back On The Ocean1994 · confirmed 2/4
    1994–
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  5. 5
    The Missing Child / Nobody's Child1995 · 439 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1995439
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  6. 6
    A Credible Threat1996 · 308 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1996308
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  7. 7
    Witness to Evil1997 · 298 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1997298
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  8. 8
    Where the Bodies Are Buried1998 · 296 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1998296
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  9. 9
    A Killing at the Track2000 · 310 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2000310
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  10. 10
    Bit Player2011 · 275 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2011275
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  11. 11
    Cold Trail2015 · 213 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2015213
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  12. 12
    Water Signs2017 · 228 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2017228
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  13. 13
    The Devil Close Behind2019 · confirmed 2/4
    2019–
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  14. 14
    The Things We Keep2023 · confirmed 2/4
    2023–
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Is there a chronological order for Jeri Howard Mystery?

No separate chronological order is on record for Jeri Howard Mystery, 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 Jeri Howard Mystery books in order?

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

Where to start with Jeri Howard Mystery

Start with Kindred Crimes (1990), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Jeri Howard Mystery book?

The Things We Keep (2023) is the newest Jeri Howard Mystery book released so far.

Is there a new Jeri Howard Mystery book coming?

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

Jeri Howard Mystery at a glance

Paused
No new Jeri Howard Mystery title has appeared for 3 years. The last was published in 2023.
Release pace
Jeri Howard Mystery books have appeared about one every 3 years on average.
Length
3,251 pages across the 11 of 14 books with a recorded length, a median of 296 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Jeri Howard Mystery books, 8 of 14, were published in the 1990s.

What the Jeri Howard Mystery books are about

9 of the 14 Jeri Howard Mystery books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: jeri howard (fictitious character) is tagged on 8 of 9. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.

More books by Janet Dawson

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

Characters in the Jeri Howard Mystery books

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