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ⓘ About Jess Kidd
Despite the fact that Jess Kidd was born and raised in London, her family is from the small town of Mayo. Deal’s familiarity with the landscape and dialect as well is evident in her writing. Jess Deal possess an exceedingly lovely and unforceful style. Immediately after completing her undergraduate degree from Open University, Jess Kidd was blessed with a daughter. Kidd continued to study and work part-time before she eventually received her Ph.D. in creative writing studies. Jess Kidd’s dissertation focused on the ways and manner is which disparate genres and modes can be brought into correspondence so as to create new hybrid forms of crime fiction.
All Book Series by Jess Kidd
The Witching Hour: Haunting Tales for Long Dark Nights
Book 2 of 3 · published 2025
Banshee: Mythological Irish Women Retold
Latest in the series · book 3 of 3 · published 2026
? Frequently Asked Questions
Who is Jess Kidd?
Despite the fact that Jess Kidd was born and raised in London, her family is from the small town of Mayo. Deal’s familiarity with the landscape and dialect as well is evident in her writing. Jess Deal possess an exceedingly lovely and unforceful style.
Which Jess Kidd series should I start with?
The best place to start is the Nora Breen Investigates series, the earliest of Jess Kidd's multi-book series: it opens with Murder at Gulls Nest (2025) and runs to 2 books across 2025–2026, ending with Murder at the Spirit Lounge (2026).
How many books has Jess Kidd written?
Jess Kidd has 10 books catalogued in this guide, published between 2017 and 2026. 3 of them belong to 2 named series — the largest being the Nora Breen Investigates series with 2 books — and 7 are standalone titles, collections or anthologies.
In what order should Jess Kidd's series be read?
Read each series in publication order — the numbered entries in each series follow the year each book first appeared. Jess Kidd's series do not depend on one another, so they can be started in any order; by start date they are Alfie Blackstack (2020, 1 book) and Nora Breen Investigates (2025–2026, 2 books).
How are Jess Kidd's books organised into series?
This guide splits Jess Kidd's 10 books into 2 named series and 7 titles that stand alone or appear only in collections: Nora Breen Investigates (2 books, 2025–2026); Alfie Blackstack (1 book, 2020).