Editing J. Robert Janes

{{short description|Canadian writer (1935–2022)}}
{{Infobox writer
| name             = J. Robert Janes
| birth_name       = Joseph Robert Janes
| birth_date       = {{Birth date|1935|05|23}}
| birth_place      = [[Toronto]], [[Canada]]
| occupation       = Author
| language         = 
| alma_mater       = [[Brock University]]
| genre            = Mystery
| death_date       = February 28, 2022 (aged 86)
}}
'''Joseph Robert Janes''' (May 23, 1935 – February 28, 2022) was a [[Canadians|Canadian]] [[author]] born in [[Toronto]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/j/j-robert-janes/|title=J. Robert Janes|publisher=Fantastic Fiction|accessdate=2008-12-24}}</ref>

A mining engineer by profession, he taught geology, geography and high school mathematics and later geology at [[Brock University]] until he dedicated himself to writing full-time in 1970.

Janes has published more than 20 adult novels, five mystery novels for young adults, and textbooks on the subject of geology. His character-rich mysteries set in [[German military administration in occupied France during World War II|Occupied France]] during [[World War II]], and featuring Chief Inspector Jean-Louis St-Cyr of the [[Sûreté]] and Detektiv Inspektor Hermann Kohler of the Nazi [[Gestapo]], are his most popular works and have been critically acclaimed by ''[[The Wall Street Journal]]'', amongst others, for their historical accuracy. The U.S.-based Western Society for French History used his writings as a study of the convergence of fiction with history. Janes died on February 28, 2022, at the age of 86.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-03-01 |title=Canadian Author J. Robert Janes — R.I.P. – Deadly Pleasures |url=http://new.deadlypleasures.com/2022/03/01/canadian-author-j-robert-janes-r-i-p/ |access-date=2025-04-10 |language=en-US}}</ref>

== St-Cyr and Kohler series ==

* ''Mayhem'' (1992)
* ''Carousel'' (1992)
* ''Kaleidoscope'' (1993)
* ''Salamander'' (1994)
* ''Mannequin'' (1994)
* ''Dollmaker'' (1995)
* ''Stonekiller'' (1995)
* ''Sandman'' (1996)
* ''Gypsy'' (1997)
* ''Madrigal'' (1999)
* ''Beekeeper'' (2001)
* ''Flykiller'' (2002)
* ''Bellringer'' (2012)
* ''Tapestry'' (2013)
* ''Carnival'' (2014)
* ''Clandestine'' (2015)

== Other works ==
* ''The Odd-Lot Boys and the Tree-Fort War'' (1976)
* ''The Toy Shop'' (1981)
* ''Danger on the River'' (1982)
* ''The Watcher'' (1982)
* ''The Third Story'' (1983)
* ''The Hiding Place'' (1984)
* ''Murder in the Market'' (1985)
* ''Spies for Dinner'' (1985)
* ''The Alice Factor'' (1991)
* ''The Hunting Ground'' (2013)
* ''Betrayal'' (2014)
* ''The Sleeper'' (2015)
* ''The Little Parachute'' (2016)

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://archives.mcmaster.ca/index.php/j-robert-janes-fonds J. Robert Janes Archive] at [[McMaster University]]
* Pierce, J. Kingston. [http://therapsheet.blogspot.com/2012/05/solving-crimes-in-shadow-of-war.html “Solving Crimes in the Shadow of War”] ''The Rap Sheet,'' May 30, 2012.

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