Jim Riley

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  • Bibliography:
    37 Books (4 Series)
  • First Book:
    October 2013
  • Latest Book:
    July 2023
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Full Series List in Order

Hawk Theriot and Kristi Blocker

1 - Murder in the Atchafalaya (Apr-2020)
2 - Murder In Lake Palourde (Oct-2020)
3 - Murder by Rougarou (Oct-2020)
3.5 - Murder At The Haunted House (Jan-2021)
3.6 - Murder In The Cemetery (Jan-2021)

A Niki Dupre Mystery

1 - Murder On Spirit Island (Sep-2020)
2 - Murder at Tiger Eye (Sep-2020)
3 - Murder And Billy Bailey (Jan-2021)
4 - Murder in Louisiana Politics (Feb-2021)
5 - Murder Under The Sun (Dec-2021)

A Niki Dupre Bullet Mystery

1 - Second Chance (Jun-2023)
2 - A Shot at Revenge (Jul-2023)
3 - Homeless For Profit (Jul-2023)

A Wade Dalton and Sam Cates Mystery

1 - The Girl In The Woods (Nov-2020)
2 - Murder By Moccasin (Nov-2020)
2.1 - Murder Of The Philandering Father (Jan-2021)
2.2 - Murder And Rubber Chicken (Jan-2021)
2.3 - Murder For Lease (Jan-2021)
2.4 - Murder Of The Mayor (Jan-2021)
3 - Stranded In The Swamp (Nov-2020)
4 - Murder in Evergreen (Apr-2023)

Book List in Order: 37 titles

  • Porcelain Dolls

    As a new agent, Wade Dalton is beginning to feel like the proverbial mushroom. The more he files reports for other agents, the more he dreams of the day he'll get his first case. When he is given his first assignment, to investigate the kidnapping of...

  • Murder in the Atchafalaya

    Hawk Theriot and Kristi Blocker - 1

    Kristi Blocker, a new Treasury agent, finds there is more to south Louisiana than Cajun music, hot boiled crawfish and cold oysters on the half shell. The petite agent flees into the vast Atchafalaya Basin after confronting the killers of her two ...

  • Murder at Tiger Eye

    A Niki Dupre Mystery - 2

    Niki Dupre is overwhelmed with cases. And then, her fiancee asks her to take two more. One is the murder of a friend, a partner at a stockbroker's office. The other, the sudden collapse of his nephew on the football field. Both cases seem clear at fi...

  • Murder On Spirit Island

    A Niki Dupre Mystery - 1

    Young private investigator Niki Dupre faces her first big case, as she's called to investigate an alleged conspiracy of construction tycoons. Strong-willed and resourceful, Niki faces more heat than any crawfish, gumbo or Boudin link she has ever tas...

  • Murder by Rougarou

    Hawk Theriot and Kristi Blocker - 3

    When an eviscerated body is discovered in the swamp, the residents of Morgan City - including the Mayor - blame the Rougarou. A swamp creature similar to Yeti or Bigfoot, the Rougarou is also known as the Werewolf of Louisiana, and Hawk - who's patro...

  • Murder In Lake Palourde

    Hawk Theriot and Kristi Blocker - 2

    Something salacious is afoot in Morgan City. After the discovery of Coach Leo McClure's body in Lake Palourde, Hawk and Kristi are called in to investigate. As they dig deeper, long-kept secrets about the late coach begin to surface. When a PI turns ...

  • Murder in the Cards

    After the cards were dealt, one player didn't make the cut. At a local poker tournament, a player is murdered after the first game day. A suspect is booked for the murder, but something doesn't add up. To root out the real killer, Niki joins the tour...

  • Murder Of The Sheriff

    When the Sheriff of West Feliciana Parish is found murdered in his own jail, Niki Dupre is called in to investigate. Soon, Niki learns that a local chapter of the infamous MS-13 gang is responsible. But they are hired thugs; gangs do not kill sheriff...

  • Murder On Autopilot

    When a self-driving car goes crazy and kills two people, the designer turns to Niki for help. He thinks something else than technology is responsible; his design was beyond fault. Weaving through the falsehoods and misdirections, Niki soon finds hers...



  • The Girl In The Woods

    A Wade Dalton and Sam Cates Mystery - 1

    After the body of teenager Rachel Chastain is discovered in the national forest, the town of Evergreen is surprised and shocked. What's even more surprising are the secrets the victim left behind. Sheriff Sam Cates is called in to investigate, along ...

  • Murder By Moccasin

    A Wade Dalton and Sam Cates Mystery - 2

    Rattlesnakes interrupt the poker game at Wade's lodge, leaving several people dead. After one of the surviving players gets murdered at the hospital, Wade gets on the case. Suspects range from the hospital nurse to an old foe, Woody. Wade has his han...

  • Stranded In The Swamp

    A Wade Dalton and Sam Cates Mystery - 3

    Murder can lead you down an unexpected path. When Wade and Mindy find a body in a deer stand, the trek to find the killer begins. But neither of them could have imagined where it would lead them: the dangerous Atchafalaya Basin. While tracking the ki...

  • Westburn Blues

    Dante Rinaldi is born to Italian immigrants in the West of Scotland. Stranded by World War Two in Italy during a summer with his grandfather, Dante grows roots in his family's rural homeland and, as a young adult, identifies with a band of mountain p...

  • Murder And Billy Bailey

    A Niki Dupre Mystery - 3

    When a high school football coach is accused of inappropriate behavior, his wife turns to Niki Dupre to clear his name and reputation. Soon, the investigation puts the strawberry blonde on a collision course with an eerie member of the Louisiana unde...

  • Murder And Rubber Chicken

    A Wade Dalton and Sam Cates Mystery - 2.2

    While attending a social function at the local library, Sam Cates's uncle keels over. Autopsy results confirm he was poisoned. After looking into the man's past for enemies, Sam receives a note that changes the direction of the investigation. But wha...

  • Murder At The Haunted House

    Hawk Theriot and Kristi Blocker - 3.5

    Twins Mindy and Mandy rely on shaky advice to find ghosts at an abandoned house. Discovered with a bloody knife in their hands, they turn to Hawk Theriot to clear them for the murder of the old man, Gramps Atkins, who once lived there. Hawk suspects ...

  • Murder For Lease

    A Wade Dalton and Sam Cates Mystery - 2.3

    Leasing is a cheap way to get the use of land... Until the checks get too high. Then, murder becomes a negotiating tactic. When farmers get murdered, Wade looks at the money trail. One is the lease of the hunting rights to the farms soon after the mu...

  • Murder In The Cemetery

    Hawk Theriot and Kristi Blocker - 3.6

    The twins are on the hunt for ghosts again, and trouble follows. Tripping into an open grave, they discover a dead man covered in fresh blood. They race to find Hawk Theriot, the only federal ranger in the vast Atchafalaya Basin. Hawk tracks the murd...

  • Murder Of The Mayor

    A Wade Dalton and Sam Cates Mystery - 2.4

    Two alligator hunters never dreamed that their catch of the day would be the mayor. Soon after, Wade Dalton is called in to investigate. After the mayor of Kiln is pulled from the Homochito River, Wade starts sifting through the long list of business...



  • Murder Of The Philandering Father

    A Wade Dalton and Sam Cates Mystery - 2.1

    Most people only have a few folks that would prefer them dead. In Warner's case, everyone he met felt that way. When Mindy Thomas's boyfriend is charged with murder, she turns to Wade for help. He soon learns that the victim was disliked by almost ev...

  • Murder in Louisiana Politics

    A Niki Dupre Mystery - 4

    Omar Philbin is the typical Louisiana politician, full of promises and bluster. After taking large campaign donations in exchange for empty promises, Omar is found murdered. Niki Dupre is called in to investigate, and she finds no shortage of su...

  • Murder Explodes With A Bang

    It started with a hostage and an odd ransom demand. After the members of the rescue team are killed trying to overcome the abductor, the real action begins. Bombs start going off in the yard, and when armored tanks fail, Niki is called on to free the...

  • Murder For Art

    Some art is worth dying for. After Niki Dupre buys a painting at a Starving Artist sale, she learns that the artwork is priceless, and that there are others who also want it in their possession. The church wants it back. Two mobsters want it back. An...

  • Murder On Loan

    This bank manager's clients were ready to recall his time. After manager Troy Arceneaux disappears, Niki Dupre finds out that not only did his staff hate him, but his clients despised him. Only his wife, Sandy, seemed to be on Troy's side. But when N...

  • Murder Burns

    When the heat gets too high, someone dies. But this time, Niki Dupre must investigate a different kind of heat. When young Randy Netterville dies in a warehouse fire, the insurance company asks Niki Dupre to investigate. After discovering evidence ou...

  • Murder By Decapitation

    Local thug Hector Gomez has a score to settle with Niki Dupre. She has upset his profitable businesses, and there will be hell to pay. After she's lured to a vacant warehouse, Niki discovers the corpse of a young girl. Soon after, two goons are after...

  • Murder By Mistake

    Revenge for the murder of your father is a powerful motive. Twigg Tidwell fits the identity of a killer, though he is only sixteen years old. Niki Dupre does not believe Twigg is guilty, but must overcome sloppy police work and predetermined biases t...

  • Murder In The Hills

    Deer hunting is not dangerous... unless the hunter becomes the prey. When young hunter John Rowinski goes missing from his deer stand, Niki Dupre volunteers to help find him. When she finds a pool of blood and no body, the plot thickens. Soon, the cl...

  • Murder Minus Toes

    When a girl's body is discovered with a missing toe, her father hires Niki Dupre to find the murderer. With prostitutes, pimps, a rehab clinic and a mysterious huge man all involved, Niki has to delve deep into the Baton Rouge underground to solve th...



  • Murder Steals

    Theft doesn't pay. Unless you take a roll of lottery tickets and one of them hits the jackpot. John David Netterville found said tickets on the ground outside a gas station. Unfortunately, they had been stolen. When the cashier identifies him as the ...

  • Murder Weighs On You

    After the smoke clears from the gym, Coach Andy Zuelke is found dead on a bench press. Niki Dupre must sort through the stories given by the boys, and their coaches, with the help of Livingston Parish detective Hardee Wild. She discovers the two assi...

  • Murder Hammers!

    Some people take fishing too seriously. Retired Admiral Bobby Burns did, and it cost him his life. There is no shortage of suspects. His wife, Pattie Grace, is also accused of the murder. Niki Dupre, the most famous private investigator in Louisiana,...

  • Murder Under The Sun

    A Niki Dupre Mystery - 5

    Tammy Campo breaks out in blisters while basking in the sun on her dock, and her husband David is suspected of murdering her. Convinced of his innocence, David's aunt hires Niki Dupre to find out what or who killed Tammy. Niki follows a trail of simi...

  • Murder in Evergreen

    A Wade Dalton and Sam Cates Mystery - 4

    The FBI send their newest agent, Wade Dalton, to interview a girl who turned up missing from Metairie. But when someone murders the girl in the room with Wade, everything in Evergreen changes. Wade teams with the petite acting sheriff, Sam Cates, to ...

  • Second Chance

    A Niki Dupre Bullet Mystery - 1

    FBI agent Sheila Richardson finds herself entangled in a twisted game of cat and mouse when the daughter of a powerful Louisiana congressman is kidnapped. As she leads the desperate search, Sheila discovers that the kidnapper possesses intimate knowl...

  • Homeless For Profit

    A Niki Dupre Bullet Mystery - 3

    When T-Rock Hernandez is tossed off a ten-story building, not much is made of it because he's homeless. Oddly, he had a life insurance policy amounting to $1,000,000. Red Stick Insurance asks Niki Dupre to investigate before paying this large amount,...

  • A Shot at Revenge

    A Niki Dupre Bullet Mystery - 2

    A series of perplexing murders leaves investigators puzzled. A man is shot in front of witnesses, but no one sees the gunman. When a similar murder occurs, fear of a serial killer grows. Private investigator Niki Dupre, a former student of one victim...

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Jim Riley has published 37 books.

Jim Riley does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, Homeless For Profit, was published in July 2023.

The first book by Jim Riley, Porcelain Dolls, was published in October 2013.

Yes. Jim Riley has 4 series.
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