J T Ellison Books in Order

Nashville homicide detective Taylor Jackson and FBI profiler John Baldwin join forces when a serial killer's trail reaches her city. An ambitious reporter's involvement complicates their hunt for a murderer leaving gruesome reminders of earlier victims.

Four new murders reproduce the signature of Nashville's long-dormant Snow White Killer. Lieutenant Taylor Jackson suspects a copycat studying notorious crimes, and must determine how the new killings connect to the city's unresolved past.

Taylor Jackson investigates a pregnant woman's brutal murder, initially suspecting her husband. Evidence of a trafficking network complicates the case, while private videos expose Taylor to public humiliation and threaten her career as she pursues the wider conspiracy.

A serial killer targeting young women in America and Europe brings Nashville detective Taylor Jackson together with FBI profiler John Baldwin and Scotland Yard's Memphis Highsmythe. Their investigation is complicated by personal tensions as they track the elusive murderer.

Eight Nashville teenagers are found dead on Halloween, their bodies marked with occult symbols. Newly reinstated Lieutenant Taylor Jackson investigates the apparent ritual killings while public fear and anger threaten to overwhelm a city desperate for answers.

Murders imitating notorious American serial killers signal the return of the Pretender and his followers. Taylor Jackson prepares for another confrontation, but protecting her loved ones leaves her isolated as the killings strain police and FBI resources.

Unable to speak after a violent confrontation, Taylor Jackson retreats to a Scottish castle to recover. Disturbing events, traumatic memories, and medication undermine her sense of reality as she struggles to distinguish haunting from a living threat.

Medical examiner Samantha Owens remains devastated by the loss of her husband and children. A request to reexamine an old boyfriend's death draws her to Washington, where forensic evidence reveals connections to soldiers and crimes reaching back to Afghanistan.

This short story considers the consequences of bargaining away a soul, using a pact with the devil as its central premise. It originally appeared in the anthology Surreal South 09.

Starting a new life at Georgetown University, forensic pathologist Samantha Owens investigates three deaths following a pathogen release in Washington's Metro. The unusually small victim count suggests targeted murder rather than indiscriminate terrorism, drawing Sam into a dangerous inquiry.

A wedding at a remote Scottish castle draws the attention of a sinister presence living in its attic. The creature requires a bride's blood, turning the approaching ceremony into an opportunity for a supernatural attack.

A young girl's friendship with someone drawn to wrongdoing reaches a dangerous breaking point. This crime story examines what happens when that influence pushes her too far, and first appeared in the anthology First Thrills.

A young woman faces a changed reality after her relationship deteriorates. This short story centers on her response to that rupture and originally appeared in Killer Year, an anthology edited by Lee Child.

A vast storm connects three crime stories featuring M.C. Riggio, Maggie O'Dell, and Taylor Jackson. A body recovered from a river, a missing senator's family, and killings at an intelligence conference complicate investigations already threatened by extreme weather.

Unreturned affection becomes dangerous when a stalker falls in love. This short story focuses on the obsessive, manipulative Michael, exploring the threat hidden within a fixation that its subject may mistake for a romantic attachment.

The woods behind a home conceal an unsettling threat in this short mystery. Originally published in Demolition Magazine and Nashville Lifestyles, the story turns the apparently familiar surroundings of a house into a source of unease.

Forensic pathologist Samantha Owens receives a letter asking her to solve its writer's murder. Examining his supposed suicide draws her into an investigation involving a missing child, aided by Xander Whitfield and detective Darren Fletcher.

A prominent Nashville resident's body is discovered after a protest, followed by another victim with matching wounds. Taylor Jackson follows evidence of a traveling killer whose earlier crimes suggest he has repeatedly evaded capture elsewhere.

A serial killer seeking to stage an apocalypse terrorizes Nashville. This prequel follows Lieutenant Taylor Jackson and FBI profiler John Baldwin as they meet and investigate ritual murders while coping with the damage left by their own pasts.

Three short stories explore affection turning destructive: a stalker's obsession in The Number of Man, a threat in the woods in X, and a girl's dangerous friendship in Killing Carol Ann. Each approaches violence through a different intimate fear.

Set during the twelve days of Christmas in Nashville, this ghost story brings together a broken heart, a disturbing killer, and a haunting. Its seasonal setting provides the backdrop for a tale of emotional pain and supernatural unease.

This collection combines Prodigal Me, Chimera, and Gray Lady, Lady Gray. A failed relationship, a bargain involving a soul, and a blood-hungry presence at a Scottish wedding provide three different approaches to psychological and supernatural horror.

An apparent murder-suicide in Samantha Owens's Georgetown neighborhood raises questions when officials demand secrecy. Her inquiry intersects with Xander Whitfield's bodyguard assignment, uncovering a bioterrorism threat that places their separate investigations on a dangerous shared path.

Taylor Jackson attends an intelligence conference in place of John Baldwin when a blizzard traps everyone at a Chesapeake Bay hotel. Missing guests and a murdered attendee reveal an assassin among the spies, with outside assistance impossible.

Five years after Josh Hamilton vanished, his wife Aubrey faces his official declaration of death and renewed uncertainty about their marriage. A strangely familiar man enters her life, raising questions about Josh's disappearance and her own perceptions.

This collection gathers a decade of Ellison's short fiction, including Taylor Jackson novellas and two previously unpublished stories. Obsessive love, dangerous friendships, and a ghost's interest in a wedding sit alongside the Nashville detective's investigations.

Sutton Montclair disappears, leaving a note asking her husband Ethan not to search for her. Police scrutiny and public suspicion expose the couple's financial troubles, betrayals, and carefully maintained lies, leaving Ethan struggling to explain what happened.

American art student Evie Williams falls for a dealer while studying in Edinburgh. Her fascination with a disturbing painting at a local exhibition becomes increasingly consuming, drawing her romance and her passion for art into something sinister.

Four stories follow a writer discovering a hidden cave, a Scottish wedding threatened by a ghost, an art student's dangerous fascination, and an undercover officer's pursuit of a lost lover. The collection includes Catwood and The Endarkening.

A skiing accident leads doctors to discover Mindy Wright has leukemia and needs a stem-cell transplant. Testing reveals that her parents are not her biological family, turning the search for a donor into an investigation of dangerous secrets.

After her parents' deaths, Ash Carlisle enters an exclusive Virginia girls' boarding school. Hazing and secret societies disrupt her hoped-for fresh start, and a student's death brings police attention to secrets Ash and the school would prefer to conceal.

On Bastille Day, a French private space agency launches a supposed communications satellite with a hidden nuclear electromagnetic pulse aboard. Nicholas and Mike must stop a catastrophe before a dangerous technology can be used.

Artist Claire Hunter arrives on an Italian island to marry Jack Compton at his family's luxurious villa. Discovered remains, threatening messages, and questions about his first wife disrupt the celebration before a storm leaves the guests isolated.

Sofia Thorne takes her sister Jayne to Miami in search of a witch who can remove magic from their lives. Caught between powerful magicians, Sofia confronts the danger she believes destroyed their parents and now threatens Jayne.

Librarian Jayne Thorne discovers a spell book that opens a magical dimension and makes her a target. Recruited by a secret CIA branch, she investigates an Irish manuscript that could resurrect powerful magicians and threaten the world.

College freshman Ruger Stern is recruited into the CIA’s secret magical branch and discovers his hidden powers. Hunting a group searching for destructive grimoires forces him to confront the choices that come with becoming a magical operative.

Guardian Karam Newport has devoted himself to containing the source of all magic. Falling in love makes him imagine another future, but a terrorist group threatens to unleash the power he is sworn to protect.

With her mentor missing, CIA magician Jayne Thorne pursues a lost grimoire sought by dark sorcerers. A mission in Paris exposes her to a magical poison and family secrets while enemies threaten to kill the person she must rescue.

After years of struggling to conceive, Olivia Bender learns that a murder suspect may be her husband’s unknown son. His past sperm donations expose secrets that threaten their marriage as the investigation uncovers increasingly disturbing truths.

Jayne Thorne’s search for her missing father is interrupted by a CIA mission to recover a Roman grimoire linked to a fire goddess. A difficult new partner and hunted secret society complicate her efforts to protect her family.

Finding her father exposes Jayne Thorne’s family to new enemies as magic awakens across the country. A goddess’s prophecy and a hidden mage force her to seek a protected grimoire while her allies race to safeguard newly gifted children.

A country singer’s murder shakes Nashville, then the college student who witnessed it disappears. Taylor Jackson follows the crimes beyond the music industry into a dangerous conspiracy, where a vengeful assassin threatens her career and moral certainty.

Bestselling novelist Columbia Jones collapses after seeing someone in the crowd at her book tour, then is found murdered. Her daughter reels as a reporter and detective uncover a hidden past that gave several people reasons to kill her.

Odin’s Wraith army threatens to corrupt magic, leaving Jayne Thorne to pursue Japanese manuscripts and the Spirits totem. With her mother at risk and young adepts preparing for war, she must prove herself worthy of Amaterasu’s power.

Returning home amid a collapsing marriage and family emergency, Halley James discovers her mother was murdered rather than killed in an accident. Following a lead to an apparently idyllic Tennessee town exposes secrets her father kept for decades.

With the magical world devastated by Odin, Jayne Thorne seeks the Norns within the World Tree. Their trials offer a chance to gain the power to unravel time, but saving those she loves demands an impossible choice.

Brooklyn Locke’s husband vanishes during a family trip to Italy, and a helpful stranger claims he was suspected of killing his first wife. After a violent accident, Brooklyn’s dependence on the woman deepens her doubts about both of them.