Jon Land Books in Order - Complete List

Jon Land is a prolific New York Times bestselling author who has written so far over 50 books. The Jon Land novels include the popular Texas Ranger Caitlin Strong series and his Ben Kamal and Danielle Barnea books. In addition, he has written several other series, including the Blaine McCracken series, the Jared Kimberlain series, The Tyrant series, the new National Parks Thriller series, not to mention his standalone novels and his non-fiction books.

Here are the Jon Land books in order for his work written and published so far. The list will be updated with any new books the author will continue to write.

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National Parks Thriller Books in Publication Order

with Jeff Ayers as A.J. Landau

Leave No Trace, 2024
Cold Burn, 2025

Caitlin Strong Books in Publication Order

Caitlin Strong is a Texas Ranger, who is coming from a long family line of rangers, living and working in San Antonio, Texas. She sometimes works as a psychological therapist.

The Tyrant Books in Publication Order

The Tyrant is Michael Tiranno, owner of the Seven Sins, a Las Vegas casino, who is connected to the mob.

The Seven Sins: The Tyrant Ascending, 2007
Black Scorpion: The Tyrant Reborn, 2015

Ben Kamal and Danielle Barnea Books in Publication Order

Features Palestinian American Detroit police detective Ben Kamal and Israeli police inspector Danielle Barnea with the Shin Bet. The two have to put their political differences aside to work together in stopping killers.

Blaine McCracken Books in Publication Order

Blaine McCracken is a disgraced and deactivated CIA agent who is asked to return to work as a deep-cover operative to stop ongoing terrorist attacks on the US soil and save the world.

Jared Kimberlain Books in Publication Order

Jared Kimberlain is a rogue agent who is called to stop ruthless criminals from murdering again.

The Eighth Trumpet, 1989
The Ninth Dominion, 1991

Murder She Wrote Books in Publication Order

JL is taking over the Murder She Wrote Jessica Fletcher series after the author who used to write it, Donald Bain, passed away in 2017.

A Date with Murder, 2018 (#47)
Manuscript for Murder, 2018 (#48)
Murder in Red, 2019 (#49)
A Time for Murder, 2019 (#50)
The Murder of Twelve, 2020 (#51)
Murder in Season, 2020 (#52)

Rising Books in Publication Order

with Heather Graham

The Rising, 2017
Blood Moon, 2022

Capital Crimes Books in Publication Order

with Margaret Truman

Murder on the Metro, 2021
Murder at the CDC, 2022

Harold Middleton Books in Publication Order

A serial thriller co-authored with other prominent writers

Standalone Novels in Publication Order

Short Story Collections and Anthologies

Thriller 2: Stories You Just Can’t Put Down, 2010 (edited by Clive Cussler)
The Best American Mystery Stories 2010, 2010
Love is Murder, 2012 (edited by Sandra Brown)
At Risk, 2012
Nothing Good Happens After Midnight, 2020

Short Stories and Novellas

Killing Time, 2018 (The Thriller Shorts included in Thriller 2)

Non-Fiction Books in Publication Order

Betrayal, 2012
Takedown, 2016
Guardian: Life in the Crosshairs of the CIA’s War on Terror, 2019
White Robes and Broken Badges: Infiltrating the KKK and Exposing the Evil Among Us, 2024 (with Joe Moore)
Justice Never Rests: A U.S. Attorney’s Battle against Murderers, Drug Lords, Mob Kingpins & Cults, 2025

Jon Land Biography

Jon Land was born in 1957 in Rhode Island, but he grew up in Barrington. Later on, he moved back home where he continues to live until today.

He always had a vivid imagination, and as a child, he liked to ‘live in his own head,’ where his imagination could create the world around him. However, he did spend his childhood dreaming about becoming a lawyer.

Nevertheless, eventually he just went with the flow and let his innate imaginative personality open up with writing rather than going to law school.

He attended the Brown University from where he graduated in 1979 Phi Beta Kappa and Magna cum Laude. During his time at the university, he wrote a thriller as part of his Senior Honors Thesis.

That book was never published, but his next book was. It was the novel Doomsday Spiral, published four years after he graduated from the university as a standalone novel.

His first published work was an article in People Magazine in 1978. This assignment led to new work in the form of assignments for The Saturday Evening Post, where he got to interview celebrities, including Robert Wagner, Natalie Wood, and Jean Kelly.

Jon Land’s first series featuring Blaine McCracken was started during the last stage of the Cold War, which influenced his choice of character, setting, and plot. The various threats to the US soil, undercover agents who would give their lives for the country, and chilling stories of terror are all part of the author’s first successful series.

A second series in the same veins is Jared Kimberlain, a rogue agent who teams up with some strange characters (including a serial killer) to save the world from an unbelievable threat. Sadly, the series includes only two books.

Next came the Ben Kamal & Danielle Barnea series, featuring Israeli detective Danielle Barnea and Palestinian detective Ben Kamal, still tangentially related to politics, spies, and war. This time, the setting is the Middle East where a Palestinian has to work together with an Israeli to investigate murders.

This series switches gears, however, to crime mystery, one that the author would embrace fully with his next major series, Caitlin Strong, a Texas Ranger takes on all sorts of criminals, including neo-Nazis, drug traffickers, cult leaders, serial killers, and even ISIS.

This is the one series that is still going strong, with books that are written even today. Currently, the latest Caitlin Strong book was published in 2007 with the title Strong to the Bone.

Another series includes again two novels, with the title The Tyrant. While the first book was published in 2007, the second one came several years later, in 2015, so hopefully, we will soon see a third one our favorite Michael Tiranno, mafia Casino owner. The two books have been optioned for movies, and they will be turned into a movie to be released in 2019 with the title The Seven Sins.

Besides the series, there are several standalone novels, with two new ones published in 2017.

Jon Land bases most of his books on research during his extensive travel, along with his twenty-five-year career in martial arts. In addition, he is also a member and marketing chair of the International Thriller Writers Organization, where he often speaks on writing and research topics. He did mention that he doesn’t like to do much research ahead of time, so he researches the stories as he writes the manuscripts.

He is also taking over the Murder She Wrote series featuring Jessica Fletcher, after Donald Bain’s passing. He already wrote his first contribution to the series with A Date With Murder, to be published in 2018. Donald Bain passed away due to congestive heart failure on October 24, 2017, at the age of 82.

He agreed to take over the most popular series which was started by Donald Bain in 1989 with the title Gin & Daggers based on the famous Jessica Fletcher TV series.

Many of the Jon Land books won awards, such as the 2014 International Book Award and 2013 USA Best Book Award for Mystery-Suspense for Strong Rain Falling, and the 2014 USA Books Best Book Award and 2015 International Book Award for Thriller for Strong Darkness. Recently, the Strand Magazine called him “one of the most talented mystery writers in the world.”

The action scenes in his books are visual. In an interview, the author mentioned that he feels that he novelizes non-existing movies.

The latest Jon Land series is the Michael Walker National Park Thriller series, which he co-authores with Jeff Ayers under the pseudonym A.J. Landau. He writes this book series with Jeff Ayers. In an interview, Jeff Ayers mentioned that there will be additional books in the series, but they will be continued with Jon Lindstrom. The next book will be published in 2026.

Besides writing novels, in the later years he has also dabbing into screenwriting. His very first film, Dirty Deeds, was a teen comedy released in 2005, featuring starring Milo Ventimiglia and Zoe Saldana. He also wrote the screenplay for Chalk, Stranded, and Lucky Dog.

Jon Land currently lives in Providence, Rhode Island, where he works on his next book, while at the same time being active in the literary world. He curates “The Thrill List” for BookTrib, which is a site featuring and interviewing authors, giving latest book news, and just writing about books in general.

He is also a teacher at Outliers Writing University, and he is now also working as a ghostwriter, especially for non-fiction books, In fact, White Robes and Broken Badges published by Harper Collins is the first ghostwritten non-fiction work where his name also appears on the cover.

In addition he is still serving as vice president of the Brown Football Association, adviser to the Greek System, and Alumni President of the Brown Faculty Club. He is also an associate member of the Unites States Special Forces, and is Vice-President of Marketing for the International Thriller Writers.

Jon Land Awards and Nominations

Over the years, Jon Land received several awards and was nominated for awards as as well, including the following.

Pandora’s Temple was nominated for the International Thriller Writers Award in the Best E-Book Original Novel category in 2012. It also won the International Book Award in 2012
Strong Rain Falling won the USA Best Book Award in the Mystery-Suspense category in 2013
Strong Darkness won the USA Books Best Book Award in the Thriller category in 2014, and it won the International Book Award in the Thriller category in 2014
Strong Light of Day won the Books and Author Award in the Best Mystery Thriller category in 2015, and it won the Beverly Hills Book Award in the Best Mystery category in 2015
The author received the ThrillerMaster Award from the International Thriller Writers in 2016
The Rising won the International Book Award for best Sci-fi Novel in 2017
The author was honored the Rhode Island Authors Legacy Award in 2019
Strong as Steel won the International Book Award in the Best Thriller category in 2019
Strong from the Heart won the American Fiction Award in the Best Thriller category in 2020 and the American Book Fest Award for Best Mystery/Suspense Novel in 2020
Murder on the Metro won the American Fiction Award in the Best Thriller category in 2021

Jon Land Books in Order – Complete List