Author Information
John A. Connell's Latest Book

Newest Release

  • Bibliography:
    9 Books (1 Series)
  • First Book:
    May 2015
  • Latest Book:
    April 2022
  • Author Rating:
  • Share:

Full Series List in Order

A Mason Collins Novel

1 - Ruins of War (May-2015)
2 - Spoils of Victory (Feb-2016)

Book List in Order: 9 titles



  • A chilling novel of murder and madness in post-World War II Germany… Winter 1945. Seven months after the Nazi defeat, Munich is in ruins. Mason Collins -- a former Chicago homicide detective, U.S. soldier, and prisoner of war -- is now a U.S. Ar...



  • From the author of Ruins of War comes an electrifying novel featuring U.S. Army criminal investigator Mason Collins, set in the chaos of post-World War II Germany. When the Third Reich collapsed, the small town Garmisch-Partenkirchen became the h...



  • Mason Collins grapples with secrets and murder as he races against time to save the lives of abducted teenagers in a case a twisted as the streets of Tangier’s medina.

    Summer, 1946. Just as assassins from a shadowy organization close i...



  • Mason Collins investigates a series of brutal murders in a case that will take him from a Hollywood-style nightclub and a speeding train, to the icy slopes of the Bavarian Alps.

    When the Third Reich collapsed, the small town of Garmisch-Part...



  • From the ashes of World War II, a new monster rises in Munich…

    Munich, 1945. Mason Collins survived betrayal in the Chicago PD and the horrors of life in a Nazi POW camp. Now as the Chief Warrant Officer of the American Sector, he’s de...



  • “…may the God of vengeance now yield me His place to punish the wicked.”  -- Alexandre Dumas, The Count of Monte Cristo

    How far would you go to save the ones you love? For Mason, he’ll walk into the lion’s den to wreak as much...



  • 1958 San FranciscoStruggling jazz musician and Beat generation youth, Frank Valentine, suffers a midnight beating, leaving his left hand paralyzed. Jobless, penniless, and desperate, he agrees to join his best friend, George, and three other buddies ...



  • It is 1947. Mason is on the hunt for the man behind his worst nightmares, the Gestapo commander who, during the war, executed a little girl Mason had sworn to protect. The image of her lifeless body in the blood-stained snow haunts him nightly.Now he...



  • Former U.S. Army detective Mason Collins accompanies a group of Jewish refugees on board an illegal ship bound for Palestine. It is April 1947, a little over a year before the formation of the State of Israel, and hostilities in the region are reachi...





Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

John A. Connell has published 9 books.

John A. Connell does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, UPON A BLOODSTAINED LAND, was published in April 2022.

The first book by John A. Connell, Ruins of War, was published in May 2015.

Yes. John A. Connell has 1 series.