Adelaide Henson Mystery Reading Order
| Title | Published | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|
| Mrs. Jones | 2019 | Buy |
| Mr. Jones | 2019 | Buy |
| Mrs. Thomas | 2020 | Buy |
| The Thomas Girls | 2020 | Buy |
| To Save Just One | 2021 | Buy |
| To Find Just One | 2022 | Buy |
William Cain writes the Adelaide Henson Mystery series, six books published from 2019 to 2022. Adelaide Henson is a detective working in Asheville, North Carolina — a city large enough to support serious crime but specific enough to feel like a real place rather than a generic American backdrop.
The first two books, Mrs. Jones (2019) and Mr. Jones (2019), establish the series premise quickly: a mob-connected murder in a small mountain town pulls Henson into an investigation that reaches from the Blue Ridge Mountains to Chicago. The series blends traditional detective fiction with romantic threads and organized crime plotting, which gives the books a wider appeal than pure procedural mystery.