John Jordan Mysteries Books in Order

Ex-cop turned prison chaplain John Jordan witnesses an inmate's bloody death at Potter Correctional Institution and cannot let it go. As he digs deeper, the prison closes ranks and his career, reputation, and life start to unravel.

This edition pairs two pivotal John Jordan mysteries. In one, a child is murdered inside the prison chapel. In the other, a young John returns to Atlanta and confronts the case that first marked him.

A collection of John Jordan cases that ranges from prison violence to spiritual puzzles and personal collapse. It shows him at his most compassionate and most damaged, balancing investigation, depression, and sobriety.

John sees an impossible murder inside a locked prison cell and has to solve a crime he can barely believe happened. The case tests his detective's mind and the fragile life he is trying to rebuild.

Seeking rest at a secluded retreat center, John finds himself drawn into the disturbing death of a young woman undergoing an exorcism. The case blurs faith, psychology, and murder in unsettling ways.

John chases an escaped inmate, investigates a brutal killing, and confronts violence along the river country he calls home. It is one of his busiest, roughest cases, with danger coming from every direction.

A young woman's body, strange suicides, a stolen corpse, and other desperate cases land on John's desk at once. He has to follow a messy trail of grief, greed, and manipulation to find the truth.

An escape, a killer, and a race against time trap John in one of his most dangerous nights. The case turns intensely personal as he fights to save the woman he loves.

A younger John Jordan keeps digging into the Atlanta child murders and the disappearance of Cedric Porter. The deeper he goes, the more the case shapes the detective he will become.

Back to carrying a badge, John juggles family life, prison chaplaincy, and two brutal investigations. One missing soldier and one vicious serial predator may be tied together in ways he does not expect.

Eighteen years after high school senior Angel Diaz vanished, her convicted boyfriend is still in prison and her friends still distrust one another. John reopens the case and finds old loyalties turning dangerous.

When Remington James's widow asks for help, John investigates a murder rooted in swamp country, corrupt cops, and deadly secrets. The case links past grief to fresh violence.

A nine-year-old girl is murdered inside a locked Gulf-front house on July 4, and everyone inside becomes a suspect. John must solve the impossible crime before a grieving family tears itself apart.

A cold case tied to the disappearance of Janet Leigh Lester drags John into old grief and family pain. With Ted Bundy looming over the past, he has one last chance to uncover what really happened.

After Randa Raffield crashes on a lonely stretch of Highway 98, she vanishes in the seven minutes before deputies arrive. John must untangle a baffling disappearance where every answer seems to slip away.

A short John Jordan story centered on love, commitment, and the people around him. Even in a moment meant for joy, Lister keeps an eye on the tensions and choices that shape a family.

In 1988 Atlanta, college student John Jordan gets his first law enforcement job and stumbles into a serial killer case. It is an origin story, and a dark one.

When Anna's abusive ex-husband is found dead, suspicion falls close to home. John has to investigate a murder tangled up with rage, fear, and the people he loves.

An attempted school shooting turns into a deeper mystery about hidden evil and old demons. John chases the truth while trying not to lose the hard-won life he has built.

Asked to protect activist Malia Goodman, John must also figure out who wants her dead. The suspects range from militants to supposed allies, and the moral stakes are as high as the physical ones.

John wants to hold his family and friends together through a difficult Christmas season. The novella mixes warmth, worry, and the quiet work of showing up for the people who need him.

John begins a routine homicide investigation, then a devastating superstorm changes the rules entirely. Solving the murder becomes inseparable from simply surviving.

Three-year-old Magdalene Dacosta vanishes from a locked home during a winter party, with cameras showing no obvious way in or out. John faces one of the most baffling child disappearance cases of his career.

In the wreckage after Hurricane Michael, John is on trial for wrongful death while hunting a killer who preys on a broken community. The storm damage is everywhere, including inside John himself.

Five years after Blake Scott's death was ruled accidental, her mother asks John to take a fresh look. What happened on that Apalachicola River bluff may be darker than anyone wants to admit.

With his father dying, John helps reopen the disappearance of two young women lost in the Apalachicola swamps. Cameras, phones, and haunting last images only deepen the mystery.

When the beloved Tupelo Queens begin turning up dead, John is pulled into a series of public, wicked killings during the pandemic era. One of the victims is family, which makes the case even more personal.

John investigates the brutal attack on two teenage girls, then a murder hits painfully close to home. Grief and rage sharpen the case, but they also threaten to cloud his judgment.

On Christmas Eve, preteen Tiana Capri disappears from her locked house without a trace. John teams up with his daughter Johanna to solve the mystery before the night turns tragic.

Still mourning a close friend, John is drawn into the disappearance of Carla Pearson from an isolated river cabin reachable only by boat. The case forces him to confront how little he may really know about the people he loves.

When a pregnant young woman vanishes on Christmas Eve, suspicion quickly settles on her husband and a bleak discovery washes ashore. John races through rumors, media noise, and damaged relationships to learn the truth.