Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Murderer’s Son | 2014 | DI Rowan Jackman & DS Maria Evans | Buy |
| 2 | Their Lost Daughters | 2017 | DI Rowan Jackman & DS Maria Evans | Buy |
| 3 | The Fourth Friend | 2017 | DI Rowan Jackman & DS Maria Evans | Buy |
| 4 | The Guilty Ones | 2018 | DI Rowan Jackman & DS Maria Evans | Buy |
| 5 | The Stolen Boys | 2018 | DI Rowan Jackman & DS Maria Evans | Buy |
| 6 | The Patient Man | 2019 | DI Rowan Jackman & DS Maria Evans | Buy |
| 7 | They Disappeared | 2020 | DI Rowan Jackman & DS Maria Evans | Buy |
| 8 | The Night Thief | 2021 | DI Rowan Jackman & DS Maria Evans | Buy |
| 9 | Solace House | 2022 | DI Rowan Jackman & DS Maria Evans | Buy |
| 10 | The River’s Edge | 2023 | DI Rowan Jackman & DS Maria Evans | Buy |
| 11 | Black Notice | 2025 | DI Rowan Jackman & DS Maria Evans | Buy |
The DI Rowan Jackman and DS Maria Evans series by Joy Ellis is an eleven-book run of British police procedurals set in the Fenland region. Starting with The Murderer’s Son in 2014, each novel gives the detective pair a new case while building on their working relationship and personal lives. The crimes range from missing persons to serial killers, with the bleak Fenland landscape adding atmosphere throughout.
The series benefits from being read in order. Jackman and Evans grow as characters from book to book, and some investigations leave traces that surface again in later entries. With eleven novels now available, it is one of Joy Ellis’s longest-running series and a solid choice for readers who want a detective partnership they can follow over many books.