Jordan Harper was born and educated in Missouri. He's worked as an ad man, a rock critic and a teevee writer. He is the former music editor of St. Louis's Riverfront Times and a former critic for Village Voice Media. He currently lives in Los Angeles and writes for Gotham on Fox.
Jordan collects trash fiction, true crime books and how-to manuals for dirty deeds.
Jordan collects trash fiction, true crime books and how-to manuals for dirty deeds.
Awards: CWA (2024), Edgar (2018) see all
Genres: Mystery
Novels
She Rides Shotgun (2017)
aka A Lesson in Violence
The Last King of California (2022)
Everybody Knows (2023)
aka A Lesson in Violence
The Last King of California (2022)
Everybody Knows (2023)
Collections
Books containing stories by Jordan Harper

Trouble in the Heartland (2014)
Crime Fiction Inspired by the Songs of Bruce Springsteen
(Gutter Books Rock Anthology)
edited by
Joe Clifford
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Jordan Harper recommends

Saint of the Narrows Street (2025)
William Boyle
"With Saint of the Narrows Street, a magnum opus of family and crime, blood both shared and spilled, William Boyle proves himself once more the poet laureate of Brooklyn, and a writer of true craft and depth. He shows once more how the crime novel can peer as deep into the human heart as any other artform. William Boyle is the real thing. I don't know how else to say it."

Something Bad Wrong (2023)
(Jess Keeler, book 1)
Eryk Pruitt
"A rising crime-fiction star, Eryk Pruitt is at the height of his powers with Something Bad Wrong, a page-turning story of people caught between truth and lies, justice and corruption, and life and death. Pruitt utilizes his experience as an (excellent) true crime podcaster to expertly plot a narrative that weaves two timelines, rich with twists and mystery. Above all, Pruitt has the crime writer's greatest gift of being able to slice into the human heart so he can show you its darkest, bloodiest chambers."

Cruz (2022)
Nicolás Ferraro
"As cold and shocking as a gun barrel against your neck, Cruz is about the blood you share with family, and the blood you spill because of it, set in the savage underbelly of Argentina. A darkly fun, fast-paced and compulsively readable noir thriller."
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