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ⓘ About Scott Pratt
“An Innocent Client” begins the Joe Dillard series with a captivating story about a dead priest. The presumed killer is a strip club employee whose boss pays over 250 thousand dollars in legal fees to prove her innocence. The defense attorney just happens to be the exhausted, burnt out Joe Dillard. The series is written from a first person perspective, and the protagonist reflects the author himself This murder case, which just landed in his lap, is enough to keep him in the legal field a little while longer. This mystery keeps its reader’s enthralled until the very end. “In Good Faith” is the second novel in the Joe Dillard series. In this novel, Attorney Joe Dillard is no longer defending the guilty; he’s prosecuting them to the fullest extent of the law!
All Book Series by Scott Pratt
Squeeze Play
Latest in the series · book 6 of 6 · published 2025 Anthology · Kelly Hodge
Vindicate
Latest in the series · book 11 of 11 · published 2025 Co-authored · J.D. Pratt
Redemption: Scott Pratt & the Birth of Joe Dillard
Single-title series · published 2025 Co-authored · J.D. Pratt,Dan Fleser
? Frequently Asked Questions
Who is Scott Pratt?
“An Innocent Client” begins the Joe Dillard series with a captivating story about a dead priest. The presumed killer is a strip club employee whose boss pays over 250 thousand dollars in legal fees to prove her innocence. The defense attorney just happens to be the exhausted, burnt out Joe Dillard.
Which Scott Pratt series should I start with?
The best place to start is the Joe Dillard series, the earliest of Scott Pratt's multi-book series: it opens with An Innocent Client (2008) and runs to 11 books across 2008–2025, ending with Vindicate (2025). Scott Pratt's other series stand alone, so they can be read in any order.
How many books has Scott Pratt written?
Scott Pratt has 27 books catalogued in this guide, published between 2007 and 2025. 22 of them belong to 5 named series — the largest being the Joe Dillard series with 11 books — and 5 are standalone titles, collections or anthologies.
In what order should Scott Pratt's series be read?
Read each series in publication order — the numbered entries in each series follow the year each book first appeared. Scott Pratt's series do not depend on one another, so they can be started in any order; by start date they are Joe Dillard (2008–2025, 11 books), Darren Street (2015–2018, 3 books) and Miller & Stevens (2018, 1 book), plus 2 more.
How are Scott Pratt's books organised into series?
This guide splits Scott Pratt's 27 books into 5 named series and 5 titles that stand alone or appear only in collections: Joe Dillard (11 books, 2008–2025); Billy Beckett (6 books, 2019–2025); Darren Street (3 books, 2015–2018); Miller & Stevens (1 book, 2018); Presley Carter (1 book, 2023).