JB Turner Books in Order
Browse J.B. Turner books in order, with quick summaries, reading order guides, and where to start across Jon Reznick, American Ghost, Deborah Jones, and more.
Last updated: July 1, 2026
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Publication Order
17 books
Dark Waters
by JB Turner
2013
A mutilated body in the Everglades pulls Deborah Jones into a case involving a dead source and missing pages from the 9/11 report. The deeper she digs, the clearer it becomes that she may be next on the assassin's list.
Hard Road
by JB Turner
2013
Sent to stage a suicide, black-ops operative Jon Reznick realizes the job is badly wrong and ends up fleeing with the man he was meant to kill. With terrorists closing in and his daughter used as leverage, he has to stop a far bigger threat.
Miami Requiem
by JB Turner
2013
Rookie Miami reporter Deborah Jones investigates an elderly war hero on death row for killing a senator's son. Her search for the truth uncovers blackmail, corruption, and powerful men who would rather silence her than face what she finds.
Hard Kill
by JB Turner
2014
When a senior U.S. security adviser vanishes, Martha Meyerstein pulls Jon Reznick off vacation to help. Everyone points to Iran, but Jon's instincts tell him the official story is too neat, and following his own lead could get him killed.
Gone Bad
by JB Turner
2015
A psychopathic militia leader escapes a maximum-security prison, and the FBI calls Jon Reznick in to hunt him down. The fugitive is an ex-Delta comrade with terror plans, and Jon must stop him before the plot reaches a former president.
Hard Wired
by JB Turner
2015
Jon Reznick investigates the supposed drunk-driving death of a former Delta colleague and finds a chain of murders tied to an old covert mission. Soon Iranian operatives and a Mexican cartel are hunting him, and innocent lives are caught in the middle.
Hard Way
by JB Turner
2017
When Martha Meyerstein is kidnapped, Jon Reznick ignores the FBI and follows the trail himself. The search leads to the Russian mob and a wider campaign aimed at American law and order, with Jon running out of allies and time.
Hard Fall
by JB Turner
2018
An old Delta buddy begs Jon Reznick for help after fleeing a top-security psychiatric facility. Jon's search leads him to a sinister institute, a powerful doctor, and a conspiracy that brings black-ops horrors onto American soil.
Reckoning
by JB Turner
2018
After striking back at the Commission, Nathan Stone learns they have kidnapped his sister and want journalist Mark Mahoney silenced. To save the only family he has left, he must choose between obeying his handlers and bringing them down.
Requiem
by JB Turner
2018
Off the grid in Miami, Nathan Stone thinks he has escaped the Commission for good. Then a trap sends him racing into the Everglades with mercenary killers on his heels, and this time he is the prey.
Rogue
by JB Turner
2018
Nathan Stone was supposed to be dead, but instead he has been remade as a covert assassin for the Commission. When a secret kill list leaks and a rising senator becomes his target, Stone finds himself hunted by the very machine that owns him.
Hard Hit
by JB Turner
2019
When Jon Reznick's daughter is left fighting for her life after a hit-and-run, he starts his own investigation. The car belongs to a well-connected diplomat, and Jon soon suspects the crash is tied to far darker crimes.
Hard Shot
by JB Turner
2019
A Fourth of July attack on police outside a New York baseball game puts Jon Reznick and his daughter in the crossfire. One gunman is still loose, the city is on edge, and leaks inside the system make every move harder.
Hard Target
by JB Turner
2020
Hacker Trevelle Williams uncovers documents that put whistleblower Rosalind Dyer in mortal danger and sends him running to Jon Reznick. To keep them both alive, Jon has to fight through a cover-up that reaches deep into the U.S. government.
Hard Vengeance
by JB Turner
2021
A voicemail from Martha Meyerstein gives Jon Reznick hope for a life beyond black-ops work, until a yacht explosion suggests she has walked into a trap. Jon heads to the Mediterranean for answers and finds a killer waiting for him.
No Way Back
by JB Turner
2022
NYPD detective Jack McNeal becomes a suspect when his estranged wife, White House reporter Caroline, disappears and is found dead in the Potomac. Hunting her killer pulls him into a brutal conspiracy protected by people close to the center of power.
Long Way Home
by JB Turner
2023
When Henry Graff's body is pulled from a reservoir, Jack McNeal's past crashes back into his life. Chasing the figure known as the Woodcutter draws him toward the White House, while the same shadowy network turns its sights on his family.
Where should I start?
If you want the signature black-ops series: Hard Road → Hard Kill → Hard Wired
If you want a darker conspiracy thriller: Rogue → Reckoning → Requiem
If you like journalist-led investigations: Miami Requiem → Dark Waters
If you want a newer detective story: No Way Back → Long Way Home
If you just want a quick sample: Gone Bad
Author bio
J.B. Turner was born in Edinburgh and still lives there. Before he turned to novels, he worked as a journalist, and that background runs through almost everything he writes. His thrillers are full of reporters, officials, leaked files, and the uneasy sense that somebody powerful is always trying to hide the real story.
That newsroom instinct matters.
Turner tends to build books around people who are good at their jobs but not especially comfortable with authority. Sometimes that means a black-ops specialist who has been told just enough to be dangerous. Sometimes it means a reporter or a detective who keeps asking questions long after common sense says stop. You can feel the reporter's eye in the way he follows money, procedure, and missing paperwork. Even when the plots move fast, the engine is usually the same, someone sees the wrong thing, or asks the wrong question, and then everything starts to come apart.
A lot of readers find him through Hard Road, the first Jon Reznick novel. It introduces a covert operative who works in the shadows, is still grieving his wife, and keeps getting pulled into missions where the official version of events makes no sense. Books like Hard Kill, Hard Wired, and Hard Vengeance expand that world, bringing in FBI assistant director Martha Meyerstein, hacker Trevelle Williams, and Reznick's daughter Lauren.
Reznick is tough, but he isn't simple.
Turner has also written outside that series without leaving his favorite territory. Miami Requiem and Dark Waters follow reporter Deborah Jones through investigations tied to corruption, violence, and political cover-ups in Florida. Rogue takes things into darker territory with Nathan Stone, a covert operative presumed dead and turned into an assassin by a secret organization. And No Way Back introduces Jack McNeal, an NYPD detective dragged into a conspiracy that reaches toward the White House.
Across those books, a few themes keep returning. Turner likes stories about loyalty, grief, revenge, state secrecy, and the mess created when official power decides the rules do not apply. He also likes damaged people who still have a line they are trying not to cross. That gives the books a grounded feel, even when the action gets big and the conspiracies start reaching across agencies and borders.
His thrillers have sold more than three million copies.
That success makes sense when you look at how much range he has inside one broad lane. He writes political thrillers, journalist-led crime stories, black-ops adventures, and detective novels, but the tone stays recognizably his, quick, tense, and interested in the human cost of hidden power. He moves easily from Florida heat to Manhattan streets to quieter overseas settings, but the focus stays close to the characters and the decisions that trap them.
Turner has said he is deeply interested in geopolitics, and that tracks with the books. So do his other enthusiasms, including music and film. He lives in Edinburgh, is married, and has two children. If you like thrillers where the institutions feel shaky and the people at the center have to improvise their way through a very bad day, J.B. Turner is very much writing in your lane.
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