Order of Samuel Craddock Books
Samuel Craddock is the protagonist in a series of mysteries by American novelist Terry Shames. Samuel Craddock is a retired police chief who works in the small Texas town of Jarrett Creek.
Terry Shames began her Samuel Craddock series in 2013 with the novel A Killing at Cotton Hill. The series is currently ongoing. Below is a list of Terry Shames’ Samuel Craddock books in order of when they were first released (which is the same as their chronological order):
Publication Order of Samuel Craddock Mystery Books
A Killing at Cotton Hill | (2013) | |
The Last Death of Jack Harbin | (2014) | |
Dead Broke in Jarrett Creek | (2014) | |
A Deadly Affair at Bobtail Ridge | (2015) | |
The Necessary Murder of Nonie Blake | (2016) | |
An Unsettling Crime for Samuel Craddock | (2017) | |
A Reckoning in the Back Country | (2018) | |
A Risky Undertaking for Loretta Singletary | (2019) | |
Murder at the Jubilee Rally | (2022) | |
Guilt Strikes at Granger’s Store | (2023) | |
The Troubling Death of Maddy Benson | (2024) | |
An Unsettling Crime for Samuel Craddock is a prequel to the series and would be read first chronologically. |