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Joanna Brady Books in Order

Joanna Brady by J.A. Jance contains 24 books, published between 1993 and 2025. The first book is Desert Heat (1993) and the newest is The Girl from Devil's Lake (2025). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
24
Published
1993–2025
Confirmed
24 of 24 titles
Pages on record
7,044 in 19 of 24 books
Reading time
117–176 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 7,044 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 19 of 24 titles with a page count on record.

See all 24 books in order Printable Joanna Brady checklist

Joanna Brady is the Arizona sheriff at the centre of J.A. Jance's mystery series, which starts with Desert Heat (1993). Twenty-four books follow through The Girl from Devil's Lake in 2025, built on murder and police investigation. Jance's other leads, J.P. Beaumont, Ali Reynolds and the Walker family, are catalogued alongside Brady. Median length is 387 pages, and the 2010s are the busiest decade.

How many Joanna Brady books are there?

Joanna Brady has 24 books, released between 1993 and 2025.

Joanna Brady Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 24 Joanna Brady 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 Desert Heat by J.A. Jance, book 1 of the Joanna Brady series (1993)
  2. Cover of Tombstone Courage by J.A. Jance, book 2 of the Joanna Brady series (1995)
  3. Cover of Shoot Don't Shoot by J.A. Jance, book 3 of the Joanna Brady series (1995)
  4. Cover of Dead to Rights by J.A. Jance, book 4 of the Joanna Brady series (1997)
  5. Cover of Rattlesnake Crossing by J.A. Jance, book 6 of the Joanna Brady series (1998)
  6. Cover of Outlaw Mountain by J.A. Jance, book 7 of the Joanna Brady series (1999)
  7. Cover of Devil's Claw by J.A. Jance, book 8 of the Joanna Brady series (2001)
  8. Cover of Paradise Lost by J.A. Jance, book 9 of the Joanna Brady series (2001)
  9. Cover of Dead Wrong by J.A. Jance, book 12 of the Joanna Brady series (2006)
  10. Cover of Damage Control by J.A. Jance, book 13 of the Joanna Brady series (2008)
  11. Cover of Fire and Ice by J.A. Jance, book 14 of the Joanna Brady series (2007)
  12. Cover of Judgment Call by J.A. Jance, book 15 of the Joanna Brady series (2012)
  13. Cover of The Old Blue Line by J.A. Jance, book 16 of the Joanna Brady series (2014)
  14. Cover of Remains of Innocence by J.A. Jance, book 17 of the Joanna Brady series (2014)
  15. Cover of No Honor Among Thieves by J.A. Jance, book 18 of the Joanna Brady series (2015)
  16. Cover of Random Acts by J.A. Jance, book 19 of the Joanna Brady series (2015)
  17. Cover of Downfall by J.A. Jance, book 20 of the Joanna Brady series (2016)
  18. Cover of Field of Bones by J.A. Jance, book 21 of the Joanna Brady series (2018)
  19. Cover of Missing and Endangered by J.A. Jance, book 22 of the Joanna Brady series (2021)
  20. Cover of Blessing of the Lost Girls by J.A. Jance, book 23 of the Joanna Brady series (2023)
  1. 1
    Desert Heat1993 · confirmed 3/4
    1993–
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  2. 2
    Tombstone Courage1995 · 416 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1995416
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  3. 3
    Shoot Don't Shoot1995 · 432 pages · confirmed 4/4
    1995432
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  4. 4
    Dead to Rights1997 · confirmed 3/4
    1997–
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  5. 5
    Skeleton Canyon1997 · 464 pages · confirmed 4/4
    1997464
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  6. 6
    Rattlesnake Crossing1998 · 384 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1998384
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  7. 7
    Outlaw Mountain1999 · 373 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1999373
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  8. 8
    Devil's Claw2001 · 416 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2001416
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  9. 9
    Paradise Lost2001 · 418 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2001418
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  10. 10
    Partner in Crime2002 · 400 pages · confirmed 4/4
    2002400
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  11. 11
    Exit Wounds2003 · 390 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2003390
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  12. 12
    Dead Wrong2006 · 362 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2006362
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  13. 13
    Damage Control2008 · 374 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2008374
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  14. 14
    Fire and Ice2007 · 464 pages · confirmed 4/4
    2007464
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  15. 15
    Judgment Call2012 · 387 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2012387
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  16. 16
    The Old Blue Line2014 · 124 pages · confirmed 4/4
    2014124
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  17. 17
    Remains of Innocence2014 · 389 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2014389
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  18. 18
    No Honor Among Thieves2015 · confirmed 3/4
    2015–
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  19. 19
    Random Acts2015 · 103 pages · confirmed 4/4
    2015103
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  20. 20
    Downfall2016 · 383 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2016383
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  21. 21
    Field of Bones2018 · 381 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2018381
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  22. 22
    Missing and Endangered2021 · confirmed 3/4
    2021–
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  23. 23
    Blessing of the Lost Girls2023 · 384 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2023384
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  24. 24
    The Girl from Devil's Lake2025 · confirmed 4/4
    2025–
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Is there a chronological order for Joanna Brady?

No separate chronological order is on record for Joanna Brady, 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 Joanna Brady books in order?

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

What order should you read Joanna Brady books in?

Read them in publication order, starting with Desert Heat (1993), the earliest published title. After it come Tombstone Courage (1995), Shoot Don't Shoot (1995), Dead to Rights (1997) and Skeleton Canyon (1997); the numbered table above continues from there.

What is the newest Joanna Brady book?

The Girl from Devil's Lake (2025) is the newest Joanna Brady book released so far.

Is there a new Joanna Brady book coming?

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

Joanna Brady at a glance

Still running
Joanna Brady is still running, with a title published as recently as 2025.
Release pace
Joanna Brady books have appeared about one a year on average.
Length
7,044 pages across the 19 of 24 books with a recorded length, a median of 387 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Joanna Brady books, 7 of 24, were published in the 2010s.
Corroboration
7 of the 24 titles appear in all four independent book listings, and every one of them in at least three.

What the Joanna Brady books are about

22 of the 24 Joanna Brady books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: policewomen is tagged on 18 of 22. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.

More books by J.A. Jance

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

Characters in the Joanna Brady books

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