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Guiness Gang
The Guiness Gang series by Alicia Scott has 5 books and is best read in publication order, starting with At the Midnight Hour (1995).
- Books
- 5 books
- First published
- 1995
- Status
- completed
- Last checked
Start here: At the Midnight Hour (1995) — then read straight through in publication order.
Reading order
The order the books were released — the default way to read the series.
- Book 1:
At the Midnight Hour
Alternative text for cover: Cover of At the Midnight Hour - Book 2:
Hiding Jessica
Alternative text for cover: Cover of Hiding Jessica - Book 3:
The Quiet One
Alternative text for cover: Cover of The Quiet One - Book 4:
The One Worth Waiting For
Alternative text for cover: Cover of The One Worth Waiting For - Book 5:
The One Who Almost Got Away
Alternative text for cover: Cover of The One Who Almost Got Away
About the Guiness Gang series
Early in her career, before writing as Lisa Gardner, the author published category romantic suspense as Alicia Scott, and the five-book Guiness Gang series follows members of the Guiness family through interconnected small-town romantic-suspense plots. At the Midnight Hour opens the series and was later adapted into a CBS television film; the following four books -- Hiding Jessica, The Quiet One, The One Worth Waiting For and The One Who Almost Got Away -- continue through the extended Guiness family circle, each pairing a family member with a new love interest against a backdrop of danger, secrets and small-town suspicion.
Written for Silhouette Intimate Moments across 1995 and 1996, the series shows an early version of the trauma-and-suspense instincts the author would later bring to D.D. Warren and Frankie Elkin as Lisa Gardner, scaled down to the shorter category-romance format and paired with a guaranteed happy ending rather than the darker, more procedural tone of her later crime fiction.
How to read this series
Publication order, starting with At the Midnight Hour (1995). The extended Guiness family recurs across all five books with the romantic focus moving to a different member each time, so reading in order lets the family's connections build naturally, though each book's central romance and suspense plot resolves on its own.
Frequently asked questions
How many books are in the Guiness Gang series?
Five, published in 1995 and 1996 under the Alicia Scott pen name: At the Midnight Hour, Hiding Jessica, The Quiet One, The One Worth Waiting For, and The One Who Almost Got Away.
Who is Alicia Scott?
A pen name used early in her career by thriller author Lisa Gardner, before she began publishing under her own name.
Was At the Midnight Hour adapted for TV?
Yes -- it was adapted into a television film that aired on CBS.
What order should I read the Guiness Gang books in?
Publication order: At the Midnight Hour, Hiding Jessica, The Quiet One, The One Worth Waiting For, and The One Who Almost Got Away.
Is this connected to Lisa Gardner's D.D. Warren or Frankie Elkin series?
No shared characters -- this is earlier category romantic suspense written under a different name, before the author's crime-fiction career under her own name began.
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