Dan Ames

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  • Bibliography:
    76 Books (13 Series)
  • First Book:
    April 2012
  • Latest Book:
    February 2025
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Full Series List in Order

Angel

1 - Angel To Fear (Oct-2020)
2 - Angel of Truth (Oct-2020)
3 - Angel of Justice (Nov-2020)

A Cooper & Rockne Mystery

1 - Killer Groove (Dec-2016)

The Garbage Collector

1 - The Garbage Collector (Jan-2014)
2 - Bullet River (Jan-2014)
3 - School Girl (Nov-2016)
4 - SHOTGUN SUITE (Aug-2021)

The Jack Reacher Cases

1 - A Hard Man to Forget (Oct-2017)
2 - The Right Man For Revenge (Oct-2017)
3 - A Man Made for Killing (Dec-2017)
4 - The Last Man To Murder (Apr-2018)
5 - The Man With No Mercy (Jun-2018)
6 - A Man Out For Blood (Sep-2018)
7 - A Man Beyond The Law (Dec-2018)
8 - The Man Who Walks Away (Jan-2019)
9 - The Man Who Strikes Fear (Mar-2019)
10 - The Man Who Stands Tall (Jun-2019)
11 - The Man Who Works Alone (Aug-2019)
12 - A Man Built for Justice (Oct-2019)
13 - The Perfect Man For Payback (Apr-2020)
14 - The Man Whose Aim Is True (Jul-2020)
15 - A Man Born for Battle (Nov-2020)
16 - The Man Who Dies Here (Jan-2021)
17 - A Man With Nothing To Lose (Jun-2021)
18 - The Man Who Never Goes Back (Dec-2021)
19 - The Man From The Shadows (Aug-2022)
20 - The Man Behind The Gun (Feb-2023)
21 - The Man Who Went To War (Jan-2024)
22 - The Man Who Held The Key (Sep-2024)

Jack Reacher's Special Investigators

1 - Dead Men Walking (Feb-2020)
2 - Game Over (Jul-2020)
3 - Lights Out (Dec-2020)
4 - Never Forgive, Never Forget (Oct-2021)
5 - Hit Them Fast, Hit Them Hard (Oct-2021)
6 - Finish the Fight (Nov-2022)
7 - The Way Out (Sep-2023)
8 - Easy to Kill (Mar-2024)

A John Rockne Mystery

1 - Dead Wood (Jan-2014)
2 - Hard Rock (Nov-2014)
3 - Cold Jade (Oct-2015)
4 - Long Shot (Dec-2015)
5 - Easy Prey (Feb-2017)
6 - Body Blow (Mar-2017)

A Mary Cooper Mystery

1 - Death by Sarcasm (May-2014)
2 - Murder with Sarcastic Intent (Jan-2018)
3 - Gross Sarcastic Homicide (Jan-2018)

An Olive Jones Thriller

1 - The Butcher (Oct-2016)

A Pin-Up Mystery

1 - Miss January (Aug-2018)
2 - Miss February (Feb-2019)
3 - Miss March (Mar-2019)
4 - Miss April (Apr-2019)
5 - Miss May (May-2021)

Ray Mitchell

1 - Head Shot (Sep-2014)
2 - The Recruiter (Apr-2014)
3 - Kill the Rat (Jan-2015)

A Stolen Time Mystery

1 - The Lost Laco (Sep-2023)
2 - Bringing Back The Blancpain (Oct-2023)

A Wade Carver Thriller

1 - Molly (Jan-2018)
2 - Sugar (Jan-2018)
3 - Angel (Feb-2018)
4 - Crystal (Dec-2018)

A Wallace Mack Thriller

1 - The Killing League (Oct-2017)
2 - The Murder Store (Jan-2015)
3 - Finders Killers (Apr-2017)

Book List in Order: 76 titles

  • Take The Koi

    **A SHORT SHORT*** A man known simply as The Taker sets up an ambush at a bed-and-breakfast called The Cozy Koi. Because for this job, his orders are to simply take revenge. This is a short story and a prequel to a full-length novel featuring Take...

  • Hanging Curve

    USA TODAY BESTSELLING AUTHORAN AWARD-WINNING TALE OF HARDBOILED NOIR In this thriller, a man investigates the suicide of his brother, a former professional baseball player. He soon suspects the suicide was actually murder, and quickly uncovers dark a...

  • Bullet River

    The Garbage Collector - 2

    The Ultimate Bad Ass...Is Back.In this sequel, the private investigator/bounty hunter known simply as The Garbage Collector discovers the body of a dead woman floating in a river near his temporary hideout. The woman, it turns out,...

  • Dead Wood

    A John Rockne Mystery - 1

    John Rockne is a disgraced ex-cop working as a private investigator in Grosse Pointe, Michigan. When a woman who builds custom guitars is murdered, Rockne is hired to find her killer. He quickly becomes the target of a violent ex-con. And the case is...

  • The Garbage Collector

    The Garbage Collector - 1

  • The Recruiter

    Ray Mitchell - 2

    A USA TODAY BESTSELLING AUTHOR What would happen if a military recruiter refused to take no for an answer? In this gripping thriller, Samuel Ackerman has one dream: to become a Navy SEAL. But after dropping out of the legendary unit's training ...

  • Death by Sarcasm

    A Mary Cooper Mystery - 1

    Mary Cooper is a private investigator in Los Angeles with a penchant for solving crimes and extreme sarcasm. In DEATH BY SARCASM, Mary's uncle, a stand-up comedian, is brutally murdered. When Mary begins to investigate, she becomes the target of a sa...

  • Head Shot

    Ray Mitchell - 1

    A DEADLY CASE OF MISTAKEN IDENTITYFrom a USA TODAY bestselling authorWhen a struggling actor lands the part of a serial killer on a true crime show, he thinks it's just the break he was looking for.It turns out to be a horror film in the making.Becau...

  • Hard Rock

    A John Rockne Mystery - 2

    “Fast-paced, original, engaging…” New York Times bestselling author Thomas Perry Private Investigator John Rockne is determined to find out who is responsible for the brutal murder of a young man in Grosse Pointe. A contract killer known only a...



  • Dr. Slick

    A success coach who still stop at nothing. Tom Goddard is a corporate everyman with a loving wife and daughter. But he's stuck in a rut. His boss tells him he needs to "take things up a notch." Tom's wife isn't "satisfied" in many ways, and she's wor...

  • Choke

    The new pulse pounding thriller from international bestselling author Dan Ames. Vincent Keyes is an L.A. psychologist who specializes in peak performance. He helps some of Hollywood's brightest celebrities, sports stars, and corporate executives be t...

  • Beer Money

  • Kill the Rat

    Ray Mitchell - 3

    For Fans of THE SOPRANOS Mafia lowlife Tommy Abrocci wants two things: to disappear into the FBI's witness protection program, and to do so with as much of Detroit mob boss Vincenzo Romano's money as he can steal. Unfortunately for Abrocci, Romano ha...

  • The Murder Store

    A Wallace Mack Thriller - 2

    Money buys everything...even murder. When the young daughter of a powerful Senator is kidnapped from a shopping mall in Iowa, her father calls in his old friend, retired FBI profiler Wallace Mack. Soon, Mack begins to uncover a frightening prospect: ...

  • Until Death

  • Cold Jade

    A John Rockne Mystery - 3

    In a town full of secrets, a killer wants to keep them buried forever. Once a cop in the well-to-do Detroit suburb of Grosse Pointe, John Rockne was dismissed from the force after making a tragic mistake that resulted in the brutal murder of a young ...

  • Long Shot

    A John Rockne Mystery - 4

    Long Distance Murder. Nick Giordano is a renowned neurologist and family man living in the wealthy Detroit suburb of Grosse Pointe. When he is murdered during a sailboat race, no one sees it coming. Private investigator John Rockne investigates the k...

  • Room 729

    When commercial editor Tom Adams flies to Los Angeles, he has no idea what's in store for him. When he goes to check into his hotel room, he opens the door to a nightmare that will soon have him running for his life. "Dan Ames is a sensation." -Myste...

  • The Butcher

    An Olive Jones Thriller - 1

    She doesn't believe her sister was murdered. She wants the truth. and vengeance. On remote San Clemente Island, a woman is found dead. The island is owned by the military and shrouded in secrecy. Olive Jones has left the CIA, and returned home to nor...



  • School Girl

    The Garbage Collector - 3

  • Killer Groove

    A Cooper & Rockne Mystery - 1

    USA TODAY BESTSELLING AUTHORTwo bestselling mystery series collide! Legendary rock star Zack Hatter, lead singer of the equally legendary rock band Groovy Train, has gone missing. The living embodiment of 'sex, drugs, and rock 'n roll,' his disappea...

  • Easy Prey

    A John Rockne Mystery - 5

    A Gripping Mystery Thriller That Will Keep You Guessing Until The Final, Shocking Twist. A prominent Grosse Pointe doctor is found dead, in his car, in an abandoned section of Detroit with a rope around his neck. Private Investigator John Rockne know...

  • Body Blow

    A John Rockne Mystery - 6

    Something Very Bad Is Happening In Good Isle. A picture-postcard beautiful little town on the shore of Lake Michigan, Good Isle is where the wealthy buy summer homes. Bad things just don't happen in this quaint little town. That is, until Billy "Dyna...

  • Finders Killers

    A Wallace Mack Thriller - 3

    A series of brutal killings leads a former FBI profiler to confront his haunted past. A man is brutally attacked and then disappears. His wife calls an old flame, Wallace Mack, a former FBI profiler. As Mack looks into the man's disappearance, a brut...

  • A Hard Man to Forget

    The Jack Reacher Cases - 1

    Book One in The JACK REACHER Cases.Former FBI agent Lauren Pauling met Jack Reacher in THE HARD WAY, the 10th Jack Reacher novel by Lee Child. Now, in A HARD MAN TO FORGET, Pauling is a private investigator in New York and receives a mysterious lette...

  • The Killing League

    A Wallace Mack Thriller - 1

    YOU WIN. OR YOU DIE. Wallace Mack is a retired FBI profiler. When he is contacted by an old friend whose daughter is missing, he agrees to try to find her. Soon, he uncovers THE KILLING LEAGUE, a competition among active serial killers. Even worse, M...

  • The Right Man For Revenge

    The Jack Reacher Cases - 2

    Jack Reacher is dead. Or is he?In Book Two of the Jack Reacher Cases, written with permission from Lee Child, the body of a man who was murdered is discovered. In his pocket is a toothbrush and an ATM card with the name Jack Reacher.Lauren Pauling, a...

  • A Man Made for Killing

    The Jack Reacher Cases - 3

    A USA TODAY BESTSELLING BOOKBook Three in THE JACK REACHER CASES.Former FBI agent Lauren Pauling met Jack Reacher in THE HARD WAY, the 10th Jack Reacher novel by Lee Child.Now, in A MAN MADE FOR KILLING, Pauling is summoned to the home of a billionai...

  • Gross Sarcastic Homicide

    A Mary Cooper Mystery - 3

    Mary Cooper is back, and this time she's searching for a killer who seems to enjoy playing with his victims' minds as much as he does with their lives. The book begins with the brutal slaying of a corporate executive under circumstances that can only...



  • Molly

    A Wade Carver Thriller - 1

    Under the blazing Florida sun, anything can happen. And usually does. When the sun is high, the drinks are cold and the drugs are flowing freely, there’s no more dangerous place in the world than south Florida. Unless, that is, you’re Wade Carver...

  • Murder with Sarcastic Intent

    A Mary Cooper Mystery - 2

    In the follow-up to the international bestselling novel DEATH BY SARCASM, Los Angeles based private investigator Mary Cooper is hired to track down a missing child. The case quickly leads her into the seedy underworld of Los Angeles' pornography indu...

  • Sugar

    A Wade Carver Thriller - 2

    A USA TODAY Bestselling Author Wade Carver is a dangerous man. So when a shady lawyer needs to find a boat filled with extremely valuable - and highly illegal - cargo, she hires Carver. Unfortunately, he's not the only who's been hired to do a risky ...

  • Angel

    A Wade Carver Thriller - 3

    A USA TODAY Bestselling Author Wade Carver has searched the Florida underworld for his missing sister. Now, at long last, he has found her. The only problem? Her daughter is being held captive, and she needs Wade's help. It's a suicide mission, but o...

  • Murder Lake

  • The Last Man To Murder

    The Jack Reacher Cases - 4

    A USA TODAY BESTSELLERThe JACK REACHER Cases: Book Four.A man, barely alive and beaten within an inch of his life, collapses at Michael Tallon's door. He dies before Tallon has a chance to learn anything from him. The only clue? A crumpled piece of p...

  • The Man With No Mercy

    The Jack Reacher Cases - 5

    In this chilling thriller, a madman is targeting women who have only one thing in common: Jack Reacher. Book 5 in the USA TODAY bestselling series The JACK REACHER Cases. Former FBI agent and current private investigator Lauren Pauling is brought in ...

  • Lost Island

  • Miss January

    A Pin-Up Mystery - 1

    Book One in a thrilling new series: The Pin-Up Mysteries. When Alan Seymour, editor of the famous Glamour Girls Pin-up calendar, is found dead, all fingers point to the company's secretary. But when a glamour photographer gets involved, she's convinc...

  • A Man Out For Blood

    The Jack Reacher Cases - 6

    A USA TODAY BESTSELLER $10 million to kill Jack Reacher. When the family of one of the richest men in the world is murdered, evidence points to Jack Reacher as the killer. The billionaire puts a $10 million bounty on Reacher’s head. Soon, three ass...



  • Crystal

    A Wade Carver Thriller - 4

  • A Man Beyond The Law

    The Jack Reacher Cases - 7

    A murder case gone cold. A homicide file from Jack Reacher. Book 7 in the USA TODAY bestselling series The JACK REACHER Cases.When former FBI Agent Lauren Pauling receives a mysterious file from Jack Reacher, she quickly begins to i...

  • The Man Who Walks Away

    The Jack Reacher Cases - 8

    A USA TODAY BESTSELLING SERIESIn the remote landscape near Death Valley, a group of special ops soldiers has gone rogue.As the army desperately tries to stop the senseless killings, Michael Tallon and Lauren Pauling find themselves the target of not ...

  • Miss February

    A Pin-Up Mystery - 2

    A SHORT STORYPrivate Investigator Jake Palmer investigates Manny Tibbles, a man with a connection to Skin Deep Publishing.What he finds shocks him and only deepens the mystery of a case that gets more murderous with each new case.A USA TODAY BESTSELL...

  • The Man Who Strikes Fear

    The Jack Reacher Cases - 9

    A USA TODAY BESTSELLING SERIESBook 9 in The JACK REACHER Cases.When an FBI agent is violently murdered in his home, the killers leave a message."For Reacher."Lauren Pauling, who knew the murdered man, investigates the killing and soon uncovers a shoc...

  • Miss March

    A Pin-Up Mystery - 3

    A SHORT STORYMiss March, also known as Lana Tisdale, was an old flame of private investigator Jake Palmer. Someone has taken her daughter and she asks Palmer for help. Soon, Palmer becomes the target of someone who will do anything to get what they w...

  • Miss April

    A Pin-Up Mystery - 4

    A USA TODAY BESTSELLING AUTHORBOOK 4 IN THE PIN-UP MYSTERY SERIESJake Palmer is sent to Florida to continue his investigation of the Glamour Girls murders. In the Sunshine State, he finds Miss April embroiled in a mystery of her own...with deadly con...

  • The Man Who Stands Tall

    The Jack Reacher Cases - 10

    A USA TODAY BESTSELLING SERIESBook 10 in The JACK REACHER Cases.Ames is a sensation among readers who love fast-paced thrillers. -MysteryTribuneFast-paced, engaging, original. -New York Times bestselling author Thomas PerryEngrossing! -USA Today best...

  • The Man Who Works Alone

    The Jack Reacher Cases - 11

    A USA TODAY BESTSELLING THRILLER SERIESBOOK 11 IN THE JACK REACHER CASES In the explosive 11th installment of the bestselling Jack Reacher Cases series, a famous and wealthy Silicon Valley CEO is found murdered in Las Vegas. A merce...

  • A Man Built for Justice

    The Jack Reacher Cases - 12

    DOES JACK REACHER HAVE A SON? AND HAS HE BEEN KIDNAPPED? A USA TODAY BESTSELLING THRILLER SERIESBOOK 12 IN THE JACK REACHER CASES In the explosive 12th installment of the bestselling Jack Reacher Cases series, forme...



  • Dead Men Walking

    Jack Reacher's Special Investigators - 1

    MEET JACK REACHER'S SPECIAL INVESTIGATORSJack Reacher handpicked a group of the smartest, toughest and most fearless individuals in the Army's 110th MP to form an elite unit which he called "The Special Investigators."Their motto? "You do not mess w...

  • The Perfect Man For Payback

    The Jack Reacher Cases - 13

    A USA TODAY bestselling series.Set in the Jack Reacher universe by permission of Lee Child.In the exciting 14th installment of The Jack Reacher Cases, an ex-Mafia enforcer escapes from prison, leaving three dead men in his wake.Former FBI agent Laure...

  • Game Over

    Jack Reacher's Special Investigators - 2

    A USA TODAY BESTSELLING SERIESBOOK TWO In JACK REACHER'S SPECIAL INVESTIGATORSWhen former MP Dave O'Donnell learns that a former colleague has been savagely murdered, he launches his own investigation. Soon, he uncovers a deadly conspiracy and other ...

  • The Man Whose Aim Is True

    The Jack Reacher Cases - 14

    A USA Today BESTSELLING SERIESSet in the Reacher universe by permission of Lee Child.Book #15 in The Jack Reacher Cases. In the latest, action-packed installment of The Jack Reacher Cases, a sniper begins a reign of terror.Lauren Pauling learns someo...

  • Angel of Truth

    Angel - 2

    A USA TODAY BESTSELLING AUTHORBook Two in the explosive new series!Angel Pike has seen her world fall apart. The man she thought was her father has been murdered. And now, the same people who killed him are after Angel.Meanwhile, a mysterious man nam...

  • Angel To Fear

    Angel - 1

    From a USA TODAY bestselling author. A thrilling new series!THIS ANGEL SHOWS NO MERCYWar hero Timothy Pike is found dead of an apparent suicide. His daughter, Angel, is released from a halfway house and begins to put her life back together.Soon, she ...

  • Angel of Justice

    Angel - 3

    A USA TODAY BESTSELLING AUTHORBook Two in the explosive new series!You've never met an Angel like her. And you better pray you never do.Ames is a sensation among readers who love fast-paced thrillers. -MysteryTribune...

  • A Man Born for Battle

    The Jack Reacher Cases - 15

    A USA TODAY BESTSELLNG SERIESThree sisters are brutally murdered in a small town in Indiana.Michael Tallon receives a call from a fellow former Special Ops soldier with an urgent request: One of the women killed was his sister and ...

  • Lights Out

    Jack Reacher's Special Investigators - 3

    A USA TODAY BESTSELLING SERIESJack Reacher's Special Investigators: Book ThreeA fish and game officer in Florida is brutally murdered.A computer expert disappears in Chicago.Two members of Jack Reacher's Special Investigators look into the crimes and...

  • The Man Who Dies Here

    The Jack Reacher Cases - 16

    A USA TODAY BESTSELLING AUTHORIn the action-packed 16th installment of the Jack Reacher Cases, former FBI agent Lauren Pauling is asked to investigate the disappearance of a young woman in Paris.Pauling becomes the target of a contract killer while u...

  • Miss May

    A Pin-Up Mystery - 5

    A USA TODAY BESTSELLING AUTHORPrivate Investigator Jake Palmer travels to Las Vegas where he becomes embroiled in a web of murder, treachery and deceit. The fifth installment in the action-packed Pin-Up Mystery series.Ames is a sensation among reader...

  • A Man With Nothing To Lose

    The Jack Reacher Cases - 17

    A USA TODAY BESTSELLERA family is brutally murdered. The lone survivor asks former FBI agent Lauren Pauling for help.Soon, Pauling is immersed in a deep conspiracy and learns the survivor, a female private investigator, has ties to Jack Reacher.A MAN...

  • SHOTGUN SUITE

    The Garbage Collector - 4

    A USA TODAY BESTSELLING AUTHORIn this action-packed guns-a-blazing short story, The Garbage Collector is on a mission of vengeance. A hooker and her pimp chose the wrong girl to trap in a life of sex and drugs.Now it's their turn to pay the ultimate ...

  • Hit Them Fast, Hit Them Hard

    Jack Reacher's Special Investigators - 5

    A USA TODAY BESTSELLERJACK REACHER'S SPECIAL INVESTIGATORS #5When former Special Investigator John Heller discovers the bodies of two women, he quickly becomes the target of their killers.Soon, Heller and other members of Jack Reacher's Special Inves...

  • Never Forgive, Never Forget

    Jack Reacher's Special Investigators - 4

    A USA TODAY BESTSELLING SERIESPrivate Investigator Dave O'Donnell discovers one of his clients, the wife of a billionaire hedge fund manager, has been murdered.Dave investigates and soon discovers a web of organized crime and international intrigue i...

  • The Man Who Never Goes Back

    The Jack Reacher Cases - 18

    A USA TODAY BESTSELLING SERIESAmes is a sensation among readers who love fast-paced thrillers. -MysteryTribumeSet in the Reacher universe by permission of Lee Child.A young man disappears in Death Valley.His family believes it was a kidnapping and th...

  • The Man From The Shadows

    The Jack Reacher Cases - 19

    A BULLET FOR JACK REACHER.Two women. Two bullets. One man who will stop at nothing to get what he wants.In the latest thrilling book in the Jack Reacher Cases series, Lauren Pauling and Frances Neagley each receive a bullet with no note or explanatio...

  • Finish the Fight

    Jack Reacher's Special Investigators - 6

    A USA TODAY bestselling seriesBook 6 in JACK REACHER'S Special InvestigatorsFrances Neagley was Jack Reacher's second-in-command during her time in the Army, working as a Special Investigator.In this action-packed thriller, Neagley receives a mysteri...

  • The Man Behind The Gun

    The Jack Reacher Cases - 20

  • The Lost Laco

    A Stolen Time Mystery - 1

    A USA TODAY BESTSELLING AUTHORIn Book One of this exciting new series, former FBI Agent Jewel Savage teams up with watch expert Henry Bevel to catch a thief who has stolen an important and valuable Laco watch.As Savage and Bevel investigate, they qui...

  • The Way Out

    Jack Reacher's Special Investigators - 7

    A USA TODAY BESTSELLING SERIESJACK REACHER'S SPECIAL INVESTIGATORSIn this fast-paced action-packed thriller, Frances Neagley is on the trail of a woman who may have mysterious links to her own past.Soon, Neagley is caught up in a deadly game of cat-a...

  • Bringing Back The Blancpain

    A Stolen Time Mystery - 2

    A USA TODAY BESTSELLING AUTHORFormer FBI Agent Jewel Savage teams up with watch expert Henry Bevel to locate a pair of missing watches. They uncover a murderous web of lies and deceit and are soon fighting for their lives.Ames is a sensation among re...

  • Python

    A USA TODAY BESTSELLING AUTHORPrivate Investigator Clint Shockey is on the trail of a savage killer whose cruelty knows no bounds. Shockey is quickly swept up in a shocking case that takes him on a whirlwind of jaw-dropping twists and turns.PYTHON is...

  • The Man Who Went To War

    The Jack Reacher Cases - 21

    A USA TODAY BESTSELLING SERIESBOOK 21 IN THE AWARD-WINNING AND BESTSELLING SERIESIn this action-packed and fast-moving thriller, Michael Tallon prevents the murder of an assistant bank manager during a violent robbery.Soon, he is pulled into a larger...

  • Easy to Kill

    Jack Reacher's Special Investigators - 8

    A USA TODAY BESTSELLING AUTHORWhen a former member of Jack Reacher's Special Investigators is given a story written by a young woman, he is skeptical. Now a PI, Dave O'Donnell unravels the chilling story and slowly begins to believe it's not a work o...

  • The Man Who Held The Key

    The Jack Reacher Cases - 22

  • FIRST BULLET FIRED

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Dan Ames has published 76 books.

The next book by Dan Ames, FIRST BULLET FIRED, will be published in February 2025.

The first book by Dan Ames, Take The Koi, was published in April 2012.

Yes. Dan Ames has 13 series.
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