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  • Bibliography:
    20 Books (2 Series)
  • First Book:
    March 2006
  • Latest Book:
    February 2024
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Full Series List in Order

Grace Street

1 - Stolen Hearts (Oct-2011)
2 - Mixed Signals (Oct-2012)
3 - Now You See It (Oct-2013)
4 - Just You Wait (Feb-2015)
5 - Baby, Take a Bow (Apr-2017)
6 - Death by Dragonfly (Dec-2018)
7 - Gone Daddy Blues (Sep-2020)
8 - Fatal Fantasy (Feb-2024)

A Madeline Maclin Mystery

1 - Case of Imagination (Mar-2006)
2 - Hard Bargain (Jan-2007)
3 - A Little Learning (Jun-2008)
4 - Bad Reputation (Mar-2014)
5 - Evil Turns (May-2016)
6 - A Wild Ride (May-2021)

Book List in Order: 20 titles



  • FINAL ELIMINATION Beauty pageants can be murder -- nobody knows that better than Madeline "Mac" Maclin, a former homegrown North Carolina beauty queen turned struggling private investigator. So when somebody starts sabotaging a local pageant, Mac kn...



  • STIFF COMPETITION Former beauty queen turned P.I. Madeline "Mac" Maclin has a freshly painted office in Celosia, North Carolina, and clients pouring in. First up: a missing persons case involving an eccentric inventor who vanished, but left behind...



  • Retired beauty queen Madeline Maclin, now married to her longtime best friend, Jerry, is finally being taken seriously as a private investigator. Almost before she's settled into her new office, she's offered a job to solve a riddle left in the will ...



  • David Randall used to be a lively, carefree fellow with a talent for finding things. But his perfect family life was derailed when he lost his little daughter Lindsey in a car crash. Thrown out by his second wife and wanting to leave a dead-end d...



  • Christmas isn’t a holiday when David Randall’s psychic friend Camden has harrowing flashbacks to a murder, Randall’s mother has a startling lifestyle change, and his girlfriend Kary decides to join a group of superheroes. Randall’s investigat...



  • Who is audacious enough to steal an antique box once owned by Harry Houdini? This collector’s treasure, skillfully hidden in the local Magic Club -- a nightclub where magicians perform -- is not merely an old theatrical prop. It is the prize in a ...



  • KILLER TALENT Private detective Madeline Maclin thought she'd seen scorched-earth take-no-prisoners catfighting back during her beauty queen days. But even she's stunned at the battle wealthy Wendall Clarke ignites upon his return to Celosia, Nor...



  • David Randall, a private detective short of work, invites his psychic friend Camden into a case. Miss Viola Mitchell, an aging local actress, has recently been reported missing. The Parkland PD’s Jordan Finley objects to Randall and Cam inspecting ...



  • Desmond Fairweather, a young musician whose creative efforts are hampered by fears he may possess destructive magical powers, is swept up in a world of mystery and intrigue as he helps his tabloid writer friend Jake Brenner, who is on the hunt for a ...






  • Murder by witchcraft?Private investigator and former beauty queen Madeline Maclin thought she'd seen it all in her small North Carolina town of Celosia. Yet Evil Turns, fifth in the lively series by Jane Tesh, opens with a young man's body covered in...



  • Belinda Banner promised her mother she'd look after her younger brother, Jay, but when a well-dressed stranger named Ivor comes to her door with a tempting job offer, she sets aside her normal caution. She regrets her decision when she and Jay are ca...



  • Camden's friend Rufus Jackson receives a letter from his ex-wife, Bobbi, and he's surprised to learn he's the father of a baby. When Bobbi is found murdered in her home and her baby stolen, Rufus becomes suspect number one. PI David Randall immediate...



  • Life isn't easy for a spider, especially for Flickfoot, an intelligent spider created by Dr. Vil, a mad scientist who has died, leaving him to fend for himself in Spiders' Rest with his two companions, Plinks and Jellyroll. The spiders are not alo...



  • Mel Worthington wasn't sure what he'd find when he went over the edge into Fairyland. There he was amazed to discover his mother was revered as a goddess known as the Diamond Queen. Mel has a rightful claim to the throne, but his fierce bodyguard ...



  • Flamboyant actor Leo Pierson's Art Nouveau treasures have been stolen, including a one-of-a-kind Lalique glass dragonfly he claims is cursed. David Randall, 302 Grace Street's private eye, agrees to recover the valuables before he realizes murder has...



  • Coronation Day looms for Mel Worthington, surprise heir to the throne of Eldenfair, a fairy tale land located on a vast alternate world called Andrea on the Other Side of his human home. Mel is also the grandson of Sorena, Eldenfair's most powerfu...



  • Discouraged by a recent deadbeat dad case, PI David Randall wonders if he should close the detective agency he operates from his psychic friend Camden's boarding house at 302 Grace Street in Parkland, North Carolina. But Doreen Padgett, a scrappy tee...



  • Madeline Maclin's mother never approved of her detective career. But when ten paintings are stolen from the Parkland Museum of Art, including Madeline's Blue Moon Garden, her mother's concerns she might be a suspect make her glad Madeline is on the c...



  • Part One: Spell Checked. Mel Worthington, newly crowned king of Eldenfair, is still learning how to handle all the fairy tale mishaps and keep Convention going. But when a mysterious computer virus attacks, he has to depend on a rebellious young sorc...






Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Jane Tesh has published 20 books.

Jane Tesh does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, Fatal Fantasy, was published in February 2024.

The first book by Jane Tesh, Case of Imagination, was published in March 2006.

Yes. Jane Tesh has 2 series.