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Jon A Jackson Books in Order

Find Jon A. Jackson’s books in publication order, with summaries of his Detective Sergeant Mulheisen mysteries and other fiction to choose your next read.

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The Diehard

by Jon A Jackson

1977

Detective Sergeant Mulheisen investigates an heiress's murder in an affluent Detroit neighborhood. Her husband's connection to a major embezzlement scandal raises questions about missing money, while another investigator follows the same trail and stays ahead of him.

The Blind Pig

by Jon A Jackson

1978

A seemingly ordinary breaking-and-entering case draws Detective Sergeant Mulheisen toward a stolen shipment of weapons from a train wreck. Federal investigators and Cuban revolutionaries complicate the inquiry as he works through Detroit's after-hours clubs and criminal circles.

Grootka

by Jon A Jackson

1990

Retired Detroit policeman Grootka returns as a mentor to Detective Sergeant Mulheisen, but an unresolved murder from thirty years earlier draws them together in dangerous ways. Investigating the old case entangles their histories with a crime that refuses to stay buried.

Hit on the House

by Jon A Jackson

1993

A contract killing of a Detroit mobster leads Mulheisen into an expanding investigation involving missing money and further deaths. An elusive assassin and a woman from the detective's past complicate his effort to connect the criminal network.

Deadman

by Jon A Jackson

1994

Mulheisen travels to Montana after a hospitalized man appears to be his longtime adversary Joe Service. With Helen Sedlacek and stolen mob money missing and another assassin dead, the detective must untangle competing crimes while keeping his quarry alive.

Dead Folks

by Jon A Jackson

1996

Recovering from a coma, Joe Service reaches Salt Lake City with gaps in his memory and a search for stolen millions. As deaths accumulate, Detective Sergeant Mulheisen follows clues toward his old adversary and the missing money.

Go by Go

by Jon A Jackson

1998

In 1917, young Pinkerton operative Goodwin Ryder arrives in Butte to infiltrate the miners' labor movement. The murder of organizer Frank Little draws him into a conflict between his assignment and his understanding of the people around him.

Man with an Axe

by Jon A Jackson

1998

Strange emailed cartoons depicting a murder interrupt Mulheisen's plans for a quiet interval. A historian's interest in Grootka and the retired detective's notebooks point toward links between Jimmy Hoffa's disappearance and a missing young jazz musician.

La Donna Detroit

by Jon A Jackson

2000

Mob boss Humphrey DiEbola unexpectedly offers Helen Sedlacek a management role despite her theft of Mafia money. A fatal poker gathering forces Mulheisen to investigate whether the apparent reconciliation conceals a new struggle for control of Detroit's underworld.

Badger Games

by Jon A Jackson

2001

Joe Service and Helen Sedlacek investigate a missing operative for a group of rogue government agents. Their search connects Kosovo with Montana, where a mercenary and uncertain allies complicate efforts to determine what happened to the vanished man.

No Man's Dog

by Jon A Jackson

2004

After a bombing nearly kills his mother at an environmental protest, Mulheisen leaves the police force to care for her. His own investigation brings him toward survivalists, federal operatives, and old adversaries amid conflicting theories about the attack.

Jon A Jackson sub-series and character series

Detective Sergeant Mulheisen books in order

Explore this series
  1. Book cover for "The Diehard"

    The Diehard

    by Jon A Jackson

    1977Detective Sergeant Mulheisen, Book 1
  2. Book cover for "The Blind Pig"

    The Blind Pig

    by Jon A Jackson

    1978Detective Sergeant Mulheisen, Book 2
  3. Book cover for "Grootka"

    Grootka

    by Jon A Jackson

    1990Detective Sergeant Mulheisen, Book 3
  4. Book cover for "Hit on the House"

    Hit on the House

    by Jon A Jackson

    1993Detective Sergeant Mulheisen, Book 4
  5. Book cover for "Deadman"

    Deadman

    by Jon A Jackson

    1994Detective Sergeant Mulheisen, Book 5
  6. Book cover for "Dead Folks"

    Dead Folks

    by Jon A Jackson

    1996Detective Sergeant Mulheisen, Book 6
  7. Book cover for "Man with an Axe"

    Man with an Axe

    by Jon A Jackson

    1998Detective Sergeant Mulheisen, Book 7
  8. Book cover for "La Donna Detroit"

    La Donna Detroit

    by Jon A Jackson

    2000Detective Sergeant Mulheisen, Book 8
  9. Book cover for "Badger Games"

    Badger Games

    by Jon A Jackson

    2001Detective Sergeant Mulheisen, Book 9
  10. Book cover for "No Man's Dog"

    No Man's Dog

    by Jon A Jackson

    2004Detective Sergeant Mulheisen, Book 10

Standalone Jon A Jackson books

  1. Book cover for "Go by Go"

    Go by Go

    by Jon A Jackson

    1998

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