Miami Jones Florida Mysteries Books in Order
Part ofAJ Stewart Books in OrderExplore the Miami Jones Florida Mysteries by A.J. Stewart in order, with short summaries, series background, and simple where-to-start help.
Last updated: July 1, 2026
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Publication Order
13 books
Stiff Arm Steal
by AJ Stewart
2012
A Palm Beach break-in leaves only one item missing, and Miami Jones is the investigator with the right history to understand why it matters. Chasing the thief across Florida, he finds a case about memory, violence, and what people cannot let go.
Offside Trap
by AJ Stewart
2013
Miami Jones is hired to look into the drug overdose of a star student-athlete, and the case drags him into university politics and the South Florida drug world. Solving it may be the only way to protect the people he loves.
High Lie
by AJ Stewart
2014
After a boy is dumped in the water off South Florida, Miami Jones follows the trail into crooked gambling, casino money, and a forgotten sport. The deeper he goes, the clearer it becomes that someone is willing to kill to keep control.
Crash Tack
by AJ Stewart
2015
When a yacht race ends with a missing captain and a crew member friend under arrest, Miami Jones heads for the Caribbean. He and mentor Lenny Cox face shifting suspects, a hungry prosecutor, and a boatload of secrets.
Dead Fast
by AJ Stewart
2015
A vacation in Jamaica turns into protection work after Miami Jones and Danielle Castle witness an assault in Montego Bay. To keep a young runner alive, they have to outrun corrupt officials, dirty managers, and police who may be in on it.
Deep Rough
by AJ Stewart
2016
On the eve of a big golf tournament, Miami Jones is called to a club rocked by suspicious incidents. When a caddy disappears after clashing with him, Miami becomes part of the story and not just the man trying to solve it.
King Tide
by AJ Stewart
2017
As a hurricane closes in on Palm Beach, a guest dies inside one of the coast's grand hotels. Trapped by the storm, Miami Jones and a local police rival have to sort accident from murder before the danger rises.
No Right Turn
by AJ Stewart
2017
Miami Jones wants to spend the post-hurricane cleanup fixing his house and favorite bar, not taking a new job. Then the daughter of a NASCAR legend hires him, and he is pulled into a fast, messy case.
Cruise Control
by AJ Stewart
2018
Miami Jones takes a delicate case aboard a cruise ship and quickly ends up in deeper water than he expected. Between Palm Beach egos, a mystery man, and grudges that will not stay buried, the trip turns into a floating headache.
Red Shirt
by AJ Stewart
2018
When Miami Jones's old football coach is ruined by financial fraud, Miami heads back to Connecticut to help. The case forces him to face hometown ghosts, Russian gangsters, and an FBI agent who may blow the whole thing wide open.
Half Court Press
by AJ Stewart
2019
A Palm Beach detective asks Miami Jones to look into threats against the top pick in the basketball draft. What starts as a protection job turns messy fast as family, friends, and hangers-on circle for a piece of the spotlight.
Past The Post
by AJ Stewart
2020
A jockey collapses during what should be an easy day at the races, and Miami Jones starts asking questions. The deeper he digs, the more he finds old secrets and a tricky clash between his instincts and Danielle's official investigation.
The Ninth Inning
by AJ Stewart
2020
Miami Jones takes a blackmail case involving a major league ballplayer, only to find it tied to a night he has never forgotten. The job pulls him back toward his own baseball past and truths someone wants buried.
Series background & context
The Miami Jones Florida Mysteries are Stewart's Florida engine, a private-eye series that mixes sunshine, sports, class tension, and crime. Miami Jones is a New England transplant, a former ballplayer turned investigator, and the sort of man who would usually rather be at his favorite bar than at a mansion in Palm Beach. Unfortunately for him, Palm Beach keeps producing cases that are just strange enough, or personal enough, that he cannot leave them alone.
In these books, bright water and dark motives live side by side.
Stiff Arm Steal sets the tone with a high-profile theft that turns into something far more serious, and the series keeps building from there. Stewart likes cases that look small or local at first, a break-in, an overdose, a suspicious death, a threat against an athlete, then open out into bigger systems of money, influence, and dishonesty. Miami moves through that world with a good eye for people, a dry sense of humor, and a steady irritation with the rich and crooked people who think rules are for somebody else.
Sports are part of the series' DNA. Offside Trap goes into college athletics and the drug world. High Lie pulls Miami toward crooked gambling and a forgotten sport. Dead Fast uses track and field in Jamaica. Deep Rough, King Tide, No Right Turn, Cruise Control, Red Shirt, Half Court Press, Past the Post, and The Ninth Inning keep circling golf clubs, hurricanes, racing, cruises, football history, basketball, horse racing, and baseball. The sports angle gives each book color, but it also lets Stewart show how ambition and money can warp almost any arena.
Miami does not work alone. Mentor Lenny Cox gives the series some backbone and history. Danielle Castle brings a more official law-enforcement presence, plus a useful contrast to Miami's freer style. Around them is a whole orbit of friends, clients, suspects, and oddballs that makes the books feel lived in rather than merely plotted. Miami himself is smart but unshowy, good with people when he wants to be, and stubborn enough to keep pushing when common sense says stop.
That mix is why the series works. These are breezy Florida mysteries on the surface, but they are not weightless. There is corruption, danger, grief, and the occasional bruise, yet the voice stays warm and conversational. If you like private-eye fiction with salty local color, sports-world sidelines, and a hero who would rather have a drink than make a speech, Miami Jones is the series that makes Stewart easy to stick with.
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