Joe Clifford

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  • Bibliography:
    18 Books (1 Series)
  • First Book:
    August 2012
  • Latest Book:
    February 2024
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Full Series List in Order

A Jay Porter Novel

1 - Lamentation (Oct-2014)
2 - December Boys (Jun-2016)
3 - Give Up the Dead (Jun-2017)
4 - Broken Ground (Jun-2018)

Book List in Order: 18 titles

  • Choice Cuts

    Clifford’s debut short story collection Choice Cuts mines the fractured territory of the marginalized, misanthropic, and short-changed. From morally bereft television producers desperate for a hit, to veterans suffering psychotic splits, Clifford ...

  • Junkie Love

    From the cow fields of Connecticut to the streets of San Francisco, Joe Clifford's Junkie Love traverses the lost highways of America, down the rocky roads of mental illness to the dead ends of addiction. Based on Clifford's own harrowing experience ...

  • Wake the Undertaker

    Wake the Undertaker is a noir thriller set in an alternative, darker Bay Area city. At nineteen, Colin Specter is an up-and-coming singer at The Lone Palm, a nightclub owned by the Christos’ crime family, headed by Cephalus “the Old Man” Christ...

  • The Big Click

    Issue 8 of The Big Click starts off with Tony Mason's "The Fifth Witness," about the fallout after a man unwittingly casts doubt on a police investigation. Then we have Joe Clifford's "Through the Fish-Eye Lens," a heartwarming tale that asks the har...

  • Lamentation

    A Jay Porter Novel - 1

    Anthony Award nominee for Best Mystery NovelHow much should one brother sacrifice for another? In a frigid New Hampshire winter, Jay Porter is trying to eke out a living and maintain some semblance of a relationship with his former girlfriend and the...

  • Trouble in the Heartland

    Like some born killers, this pairing of crime stories and the songs of Bruce Springsteen is a natural one. Each of the accomplished authors in this unique anthology chose a Springsteen title as a starting point, and in the criminally inclined spirit ...

  • December Boys

    A Jay Porter Novel - 2

    Prison-for-profit scheme thrusts insurance investigator into his disturbing past -- and extreme danger Jay Porter, the newest employee at NorthEastern Insurance in New Hampshire, is investigating a motor vehicle accident claim when he learns the teen...

  • Give Up the Dead

    A Jay Porter Novel - 3

    Anthony Award Nominee for Best Novel in a SeriesA brother's love knows no bounds -- even in death Three years have passed since estate-clearing handyman Jay Porter almost lost his life following a devastating accident on the thin ice of Echo Lake. Hi...

  • Broken Ground

    A Jay Porter Novel - 4

    Jay Porter Takes on the Brutality of Small-town Political Power and Insatiable Greed At an AA meeting, handyman and part-time investigator Jay Porter meets a recovering addict who needs his help. In the midst of another grueling northern New Hampshir...



  • The One That Got Away

    In the early 2000s, a string of abductions rocked the small upstate town of Reine, New York. Only one girl survived: Alex Salerno. The killer, Ken Parsons, was sent away. Life returned to normal. No more girls would have to die. Until another one did...

  • Rag and Bone

    Nominated BEST NOVEL by International Thriller WritersOne Man's Personal Crusade Against Corporate Greed Having spent ten months on the run after he was framed for the murder of an estate-clearing associate, handyman Jay Porter returns to his hometow...

  • Skunk Train

    Starting in the Humboldt wilds and ending on the Skid Row of Los Angeles, Skunk Train follows two teenagers, Kyle and Lizzie, who stumble upon stolen drug money and set off to find Kyle’s father, a Hollywood director he’s never met, with drug dea...

  • Occam's Razor

    Former top-flight prospect Oz Reyes heads security for Coastal Sports Network in Los Angeles. On the eve of the annual awards show, his boss Delma Dupree summons him to Miami. Since tearing his ACL in a bar fight eighteen years ago, Oz rarely retu...

  • The Lakehouse

    After being cleared of his wife’s murder, Todd Norman returns to her small Connecticut hometown in order to finish building their dream house by the lake. He is eager to restart his life and cast aside any remaining suspicious...but all of that is ...

  • The Shadow People

    A riveting, twisty psychological thriller from acclaimed author Joe Clifford, perfect for fans of The Whisper Man Brandon Cossey is finishing his last semester as an undergrad when he learns his childhood best friend, Jacob Balfour, has committed su...

  • Say My Name

    SAY MY NAME is a true-crime story about a crime that never happened. On the heels of a divorce, a midlist mystery writer returns to his hometown in Central CT and is dragged back into a decades-old, unsolved case involving former missing classma...

  • All Who Wander

    One snowy night in 1998, Brooke Mulcahy's car slides off the road in rural Vermont. Her car is discovered. She is not. Twenty-one years later, Robert Kirby, Brooke's stepbrother, is paid a visit from a young woman (Lily), claiming to be Brooke's daug...

  • A Moth to Flame

    Spanning twenty-five years, A MOTH TO FLAME tells the story of two sisters, Lydia-and Jessica Barrett, who is found, dead, at the bottom of a ravine in 1991 after attending a protest in a support of a recently fired, popular teacher.Twenty-five years...

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Joe Clifford has published 18 books.

Joe Clifford does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, A Moth to Flame, was published in February 2024.

The first book by Joe Clifford, Choice Cuts, was published in August 2012.

Yes. Joe Clifford has 1 series.
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