J. L. Abramo Books in Order

J. L. Abramo is a Shamus Award-winning American crime writer best known for his Jake Diamond private eye series and the Brooklyn-set Gravesend crime novels. His fiction incorporate hardboiled PI storytelling, crime mystery, and noir-influenced suspense.

This page lists all J. L. Abramo books in order, including his series, standalone novels, short stories, collections, and nonfiction books, organized primarily by publication order.

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Jake Diamond Series (Books in Order)

The Jake Diamond series follows private investigator Jake Diamond as he takes on dangerous cases in San Francisco, California.

Reading Order

  1. Catching Water in a Net, 2001
  2. Clutching at Straws, 2003
  3. Counting to Infinity, 2004
  4. Chasing Charlie Chan, 2013
  5. Circling The Runway, 2015
  6. Crossing the Chicken, 2019

Reading notes: Chasing Charlie Chan is a prequel to the Jake Diamond series. It can be read before the main Jake Diamond novels if you want earlier background, but the core series still works well in publication order.

Gravesend Books in Publication Order

The Gravesend series follows homicide detectives of Brooklyn’s 61st Precinct as they investigate brutal crimes and violent murders set in New York.

  1. Gravesend, 2012
  2. Coney Island Avenue, 2017

Standalone Novels

Short Story Collections

Anthologies

Non Fiction Books

J. L. Abramo Biography

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J. L. Abramo is an American crime writer best known for the Jake Diamond private eye series and for noir-leaning crime novels such as Gravesend and Coney Island Avenue. He has also written short fiction, standalone novels, and nonfiction.
Official website: jlabramo.com

Her was born in  Brooklyn, New York City, in 1947 and studied at the City College of New York from where he got a BA in Sociology. Later, he received a master’s degree in social psychology from the  University of Cincinnati.

J. J. Abramo launched his fiction career with Catching Water in a Net, the first Jake Diamond novel, which won the St. Martin’s Press/Private Eye Writers of America Award for Best First Private Eye Novel. He later won the Shamus Award for Circling the Runway.

His later work expanded beyond Jake Diamond to include the Gravesend books, standalone crime fiction, short-story collections, and the nonfiction title Homeland Insecurity.

J. L. Abramo Awards and Honors

Awards

  • Catching Water in a Net – St. Martin’s Press/Private Eye Writers of America Award for Best First Private Eye Novel (2000)
  • Circling the Runway – Shamus Award for Best Original PI Paperback (2016)

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Marika

Founder of Mystery Sequels, a reference site focused on listing mystery and thriller books in the correct reading order. I maintain and update the site’s bibliographies as new titles are released, ensuring accuracy and consistency across author and series pages.

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