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Start with The Murderer's Son and continue through all 10 books in the listed reading order.
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Start with The Murderer's Son
Book 1 by Joy Ellis • Published 2014
Twenty years after a brutal double murder on Gibbet Fen, a local woman is stabbed in her kitchen and a disturbed man calmly confesses. Jackman and Evans must probe his missing childhood to learn whether he’s a killer...
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Jackman And Evans reading order
Ends with Black Notice
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Book 1:The Murderer's Son
Joy Ellis • 2014
Twenty years after a brutal double murder on Gibbet Fen, a local woman is stabbed in her kitchen and a disturbed man calmly confesses. Jackman and Evans must probe his missing childhood to learn whether he’s a killer...
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Book 2:Their Lost Daughters
Joy Ellis • 2017
Two teenage girls go to a late‑night party on the Fens; only one staggers back, drugged and terrified, talking about a friend no one can trace. As Jackman and Evans investigate, they uncover a hidden trade in vulnerab...
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Book 3:The Fourth Friend
Joy Ellis • 2017
Detective Carter McLean survives the plane crash that kills his four closest friends and is consumed by guilt. While he secretly tackles the unfinished business they left behind, Jackman and Evans juggle a stalker cas...
- 4

Book 4:The Guilty Ones
Joy Ellis • 2018
Jackman’s sister‑in‑law appears to take her own life in a London river, then another woman dies the same way. Old witness statements and a decades‑old crime resurface, and Jackman and Evans hunt a manipulative predato...
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Book 5:The Stolen Boys
Joy Ellis • 2018
A crime wave hits town as teenagers are mugged and homes burgled for a wildly expensive streetwear brand. When young men start dying and steroids flood the estates, Jackman and Evans go after a shadowy leader called D...
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Book 6:The Patient Man
Joy Ellis • 2019
Serial killer Alistair Ashcroft returns to taunt Jackman’s team, sending chilling messages while a sniper begins executing local men. As rural thefts, old grudges and police targets collide, Jackman and Evans must out...
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Book 7:They Disappeared
Joy Ellis • 2020
IT genius Orla “Orac” Cracken vanishes, and at the same time urban explorers start going missing from abandoned sites on the Fens. When two bodies are found hanging in an ancient church, Jackman and Evans race to stop...
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Book 8:The Night Thief
Joy Ellis • 2021
While families sleep, someone breaks into their homes and steals only one thing: photographs of their children. After an elderly woman falls to her death confronting a prowler, Jackman and Evans track a night visitor...
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Book 9:Solace House
Joy Ellis • 2022
Holly Stewart moves her family into Solace House hoping for a fresh start, despite its violent history. Soon jobs are lost, the children are bullied and someone prowls the garden at night. As Jackman and Evans investi...
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Book 11:Black Notice
Patricia Cornwell
Use the reading order above to move through the series in the intended sequence.
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Jackman And Evans FAQ
What is the best order to read the Jackman And Evans series?
The recommended reading order is the numbered order shown on this page, starting with The Murderer's Son.
How many books are in the Jackman And Evans series?
There are 10 books currently listed in the Jackman And Evans series on GurusReads.
Where should I start with the Jackman And Evans series?
New readers should start with The Murderer's Son, the first book in the reading order.
Is the Jackman And Evans series complete?
Based on the publication years we have, the series appears likely complete and spans releases from 2014 to 2022.