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Standalone Books in Order
Below you'll find the complete list of Standalone books in publication order. This is generally the recommended reading order for the series.
Reading order verified: March 2026
Quick Answer
What order should I read the Standalone series? Start with "Twice Checked" (1959) and follow publication order through all 75 books.
The complete Standalone reading order is listed below in publication sequence.
Publication Order
Twice Checked
1959
Counsel for the Defense (As: Jeffrey Ashford)
1960
Deadly game
1961
Evidence of the Accused
1961
The Burden of Proof
1962
Exhibit no. 13
1962
The Benefits of Death
1963
Will Anyone Who Saw the Accident (As: Jeffrey Ashford)
1963
Against Time!
1964
An Embarrassing Death
1965
The Hand of Innocence (As: Jeffrey Ashford)
1965
Police Dog (As: Jeffrey Ashford)
1965
Consider the Evidence (As: Jeffrey Ashford)
1966
Dead Against the Lawyers
1966
Death in the Coverts
1966
Hit and run (As: Jeffrey Ashford)
1966
A Deadly Marriage
1967
Forget What You Saw (As: Jeffrey Ashford)
1967
Patrol Car (As: Jeffrey Ashford)
1967
Police Car
1967
A Traitor's Crime
1968
Prisoner at the bar
1969
Dead Man's Bluff
1970
To Protect the Guilty
1970
Police Patrol Boat
1971
Bent Copper (As: Jeffrey Ashford)
1971
A Man Will Be Kidnapped Tomorrow (As: Jeffrey Ashford)
1972
Trapped
1973
The Double Run
1973
Colour of Violence (As: Jeffrey Ashford)
1974
Three Layers of Guilt
1975
The riddle in the parchment
1976
Slow down the world (As: Jeffrey Ashford)
1976
The Boy Who Knew Too Much
1977
Hostage To Death
1978
The Anger of Fear
1978
Missing Man
1980
A Recipe for Murder
1980
The Loss of the Culion
1981
Voyage into Danger
1981
Eighteen Desperate Hours
1982
Guilt with Honour
1982
Peril at Sea
1983
A Sense of Loyalty
1983
Presumption of Guilt
1984
Sunken Danger Jeffries
1985
An Ideal Crime
1985
Meeting Trouble
1986
A Question of Principle (As: Jeffrey Ashford)
1986
The Man Who Couldn't Be
1987
A Crime Remembered
1987
The Honourable Detective
1988
A Conflict of Interests
1989
An Illegal Solution (As: Jeffrey Ashford)
1990
Deadly Reunion (As: Jeffrey Ashford)
1991
Twisted Justice (As: Jeffrey Ashford)
1992
Judgment Deferred (As: Jeffrey Ashford)
1993
The Bitter Bite (As: Jeffrey Ashford)
1994
The Price of Failure (As: Jeffrey Ashford)
1995
Loyal Disloyalty (As: Jeffrey Ashford)
1996
A Web of Circumstances (As: Jeffrey Ashford)
1997
The Cost of Innocence (As: Jeffrey Ashford)
1999
An Honest Betrayal (As: Jeffrey Ashford)
1999
Murder Will Out (As: Jeffrey Ashford)
2000
Looking-Glass Justice (As: Jeffrey Ashford)
2001
A Truthful Injustice (As: Jeffrey Ashford)
2002
A Fair Exchange Is Robbery (As: Jeffrey Ashford)
2003
Evidentially Guilty (As: Jeffrey Ashford)
2004
Deadly Corruption (As: Jeffrey Ashford)
2005
Illegal Guilt (As: Jeffrey Ashford)
2007
A Dangerous Friendship (As: Jeffrey Ashford)
2009
Jigsaw Guilt (As: Jeffrey Ashford)
2009
Criminal Innocence (As: Jeffrey Ashford)
2010
Justice Deferred (As: Jeffrey Ashford)
2012
Damned by Logic (As: Jeffrey Ashford)
2013
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