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Jane E. James Books in Order

Jane E. James is a series of 12 books written by Jane E. James.

Here, you can see them all in order! (publication year included)

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Jane E. James books in publication order

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12 books

1

The Crying Boy

by Jane E. James

2017

Grieving parents move to a house on the Yorkshire moors, where Avril becomes absorbed by a painting of a boy resembling their lost son. Her husband’s unsettling new friendship deepens the danger surrounding the apparently haunted portrait.

2

The Butcher's Daughter

by Jane E. James

2019

After years in psychiatric care, Natalie returns to her Welsh hometown hoping to discover why her mother disappeared. Troubling memories, her father’s silence, and doubts about her doctor leave her uncertain whom she can trust.

3

The Long Weekend

by Jane E. James

2019

Hazel Ladd reunites with her estranged daughters after fifteen years, hoping for a long weekend together on the Norfolk coast. Near a remote lighthouse, the family gathering exposes long-hidden feelings and secrets that turn their reunion into disaster.

4

Looking For Lucy

by Jane E. James

2021

Reluctant psychic Cindy Martin is blackmailed into finding a wealthy couple's missing daughter. At their secretive home, she must protect her own child while trying to understand troubling visions and the information the girl's parents refuse to share.

5

Her Second Husband

by Jane E. James

2023

Alone and struggling financially, Linda joins a dating app and recognises her supposedly dead second husband behind another man's profile. Investigating his return reveals a concealed past, and the person best placed to help is the husband she left first.

6

Not My Child

by Jane E. James

2023

After Tara dies in a hit-and-run, her husband discovers a letter revealing the secrets she kept from him. At her funeral, he abandons the expected eulogy, threatening to overturn everything their relatives believe about the family.

7

The Son-in-Law

by Jane E. James

2023

A woman welcomes her pregnant daughter and new son-in-law, only to discover that the groom is her own former husband. Convinced he will hurt her daughter, she sets out to uncover his motives before history repeats itself.

8

The Godmother

by Jane E. James

2024

A woman envies her best friend's comfortable life but treasures her relationship with the family's teenage son, her godchild. When he arrives at her door upset late one night, what follows threatens the friendship and the secrets beneath it.

9

The Grandmother

by Jane E. James

2024

After her estranged daughter is murdered, a grandmother takes in two young girls she barely knows. Convinced their father killed her daughter, she prepares to resist his efforts to reclaim them, determined to keep her new family together.

10

Before Us

by Jane E. James

2025

Lucy and Matt move into a Georgian townhouse hoping to begin again, but the house feels wrong. As Lucy investigates the couple who lived there before them, her search for answers exposes her family to unexpected danger.

11

The Honeymoon

by Jane E. James

2025

Three newlywed couples arrive on a Balinese island for a honeymoon, each concealing something from their spouse or fellow guests. As their carefully managed stories begin to unravel, the luxury retreat becomes the setting for a deadly reckoning.

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The Landlady

by Jane E. James

2026

A mother and her young daughter leave a refuge for a cottage on a quiet farm. Their apparently caring landlady imposes a ban on male visitors, but missing possessions, unsettling behavior, and a vanished former tenant suggest a deeper danger.

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