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Arcane Society Books in Order

Part ofAmanda Quick Books in Order

This page lays out the Arcane Society series by Amanda Quick, Jayne Ann Krentz, and Jayne Castle in order, with book summaries, subseries notes, and tips on reading across time periods.

Last updated: December 18, 2025

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13 books

1

The Scargill Cove Case Files

by Jayne Ann Krentz

2011

In this Arcane Society novella, Fallon Jones investigates a body found locked in a bookstore vault in Scargill Cove. Scratched symbols on the door hint at encoded messages, forcing Fallon and his small team to decode the past before another psychic experiment turns lethal.

2

Quicksilver

by Amanda Quick

2011

Glass‑reader Virginia Dean awakens beside a dead body and a smoking psychic mirror, instantly branded a suspect. Owen Sweetwater, hunter for the Arcane Society, knows she was set up and joins forces with her to stop a murderer who uses Bridewell’s deadly inventions to trap his victims in reflections.

3

Midnight Crystal

by Various

2010

4

In Too Deep

by Amanda Quick

2010

Reclusive para‑detective Fallon Jones has turned the odd coastal town of Scargill Cove into his base. When efficient, secretive Isabella Valdez arrives fleeing dangerous men, she becomes his assistant and partner as they uncover a sinister clockwork artifact and a conspiracy rooted in both their families.

5

Burning Lamp

by Various

2010

Victorian crime lord Griffin Winters fears the family curse is turning him into something monstrous. To control the legendary Burning Lamp he needs glass‑light reader Adelaide Pyne, a woman who once escaped his enemies. Together they navigate London’s underworld, occult experiments, and a passion as dangerous as the artifact itself.

6

The Perfect Poison

by Amanda Quick

2009

Botanist Lucinda Bromley can identify poisons by touch, a talent that makes her invaluable and suspect when a rare fern from her conservatory turns up in a murder. Arcane investigator Caleb Jones needs her help to stop a deadly conspiracy, even as madness stalks his own powerful mind.

7

Fired Up

by Various

2009

Jack Winters, heir to a dangerous psychic curse, is plagued by nightmares and blackouts. To survive he must find the legendary Burning Lamp and a woman who can read its dreamlight, drawing private investigator Chloe Harper into a storm of mobsters, artifacts, and escalating psychic power.

8

The Third Circle

by Amanda Quick

2008

Crystal worker Leona Hewitt breaks into a private museum to steal back a family relic and instead collides with mesmerist Thaddeus Ware. Both linked to the Arcane Society, they must protect a powerful crystal from a ruthless nobleman and an assassin known as the Midnight Monster.

9

Sizzle and Burn

by Jayne Ann Krentz

2008

Raine Tallentyre hears disembodied voices, a psychic talent she keeps secret until it leads her to a kidnap victim hidden in her late aunt’s house. Investigator Zack Jones accepts her ability without flinching, and together they hunt a killer tied to the Arcane Society’s rogue enemies.

10

Running Hot

by Jayne Ann Krentz

2008

11

Running Hot

by Amanda Quick

2008

Ex‑cop Luther Malone, a burned‑out Arcane Society operative, is sent to protect librarian and aura reader Grace Renquist on a mission to Hawaii. Posing as honeymooners, they must track a psychic killer while rogue Nightshade sensitives converge on their resort, powered by a volatile new drug.

12

White Lies

by Jayne Ann Krentz

2007

Aura reader Clare Lancaster can sense every lie, a gift that has wrecked past relationships. Hired into her wealthy father’s business empire, she clashes and sparks with security consultant Jake Salter as they unravel a corporate conspiracy laced with murder and long‑buried family secrets.

13

Second Sight

by Amanda Quick

2006

Victorian photographer Venetia Milton spends one unforgettable night with Gabriel Jones while cataloging the Arcane Society’s artifacts, then believes him dead. When he reappears very much alive, their sham marriage and her psychic talent pull them into a deadly hunt for a stolen formula.

Series background & context

The Arcane Society books form the backbone of Jayne Ann Krentz’s cross‑pen‑name universe. The premise is simple and rich: more than two centuries ago, alchemist Sylvester Jones founded a secret society devoted to studying people with unusual psychic talents. His rival, Nicholas Winters, created his own line of dangerous experimentation. Their choices echo down the generations.

Each Arcane novel pairs a hero and heroine who share some form of psychic ability – from aura reading and dream walking to crystal work and talent for seeing order in chaos. They have a mystery to solve, a villain or cabal to confront, and a relationship to negotiate, all under the watchful eye of the Society and its enemies.

One of the joys of the series is its three‑stranded structure. As Amanda Quick, the author writes the historical novels, set in late Victorian or Regency England, where secret laboratories and occult clubs hum in the background of ballrooms and country houses. As Jayne Ann Krentz, she tells contemporary stories in modern America, where Jones & Jones, the Society’s investigative arm, operates out of odd little towns and sleek urban offices. As Jayne Castle, she pushes the timeline into the future on the colony world of Harmony.

Across these eras the same conflicts recur. The Jones family shoulders the responsibility of keeping Arcane on the side of order. The Winters line wrestles with a hereditary curse tied to lethal artifacts. Nightshade, a rogue organization, tries to twist psychic research into weapons. Artifacts such as the Burning Lamp, dangerous crystals, and sinister looking glasses move from hand to hand, sometimes resurfacing centuries later in a new guise.

For readers, the effect is a tapestry rather than a straight line. You can read Second Sight, The Third Circle, and The Perfect Poison as stand‑alone Victorian mysteries; White Lies, Sizzle and Burn, Running Hot, Fired Up, In Too Deep, and The Scargill Cove Case Files as contemporary thrillers; and then pick up the connected Harmony novels to see how the same psychic gifts play out in a different world.

What ties everything together is tone: fast‑moving plots, dry humor, strong partnership at the center, and a steady belief that talents other people call strange can be a source of strength when you find the right person to trust.

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