Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Three Little Words | 2015 | Melissa Tagg | N/A |
| 2 | Hour of the Hunter | 1991 | Melissa Tagg | Buy |
| 3 | Keep You | 2012 | Melissa Tagg | N/A |
| 4 | Kiss of the Bees | 1993 | Melissa Tagg | Buy |
| 5 | Dream of You | 2012 | Melissa Tagg | N/A |
| 6 | Day of the Dead | 2004 | Melissa Tagg | Buy |
| 7 | Keep Holding On | 2016 | Melissa Tagg | N/A |
| 8 | Queen of the Night | 2010 | Melissa Tagg | Buy |
| 9 | All this Time | 2017 | Melissa Tagg | N/A |
| 10 | A Place to Belong | 2018 | Melissa Tagg | N/A |
| 11 | Dance of the Bones | 2015 | Melissa Tagg | Buy |
| 12 | Blessing of the Lost Girls | 2023 | Melissa Tagg | Buy |
This listing brings together twelve books under the Walker Family Mysteries name, but it actually contains two completely separate series. Melissa Tagg’s contributions are Christian romance novels following the Walker siblings in a small-town setting: Three Little Words (2015), Keep You (2012), Dream of You (2012), Keep Holding On (2016), All this Time (2017), and A Place to Belong (2018). These are the same books that appear in Tagg’s Walker Family series.
J.A. Jance’s contributions are mystery thrillers set in the American Southwest, centered on a different Walker family in Tucson, Arizona. Hour of the Hunter (1991) began this series, followed by Kiss of the Bees (1993), Day of the Dead (2004), Queen of the Night (2010), Dance of the Bones (2015), and Blessing of the Lost Girls (2023). Jance’s books follow characters dealing with crime, family history, and the desert landscape of the Tohono O’odham Nation. The two sets of books share nothing beyond the Walker family name, and readers looking for one author’s work should consult the individual series pages for the correct reading order.