Anne Emery Books in Order
Anne Emery has written 15 books, published between 2006 and 2026. The first book is Sign of the Cross (2006) and the newest is Declan (2026). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 15
- Published
- 2006–2026
- Pages on record
- 3,711 in 11 of 15 books
- Reading time
- 62–93 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 3,711 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 11 of 15 titles with a page count on record.
Anne Emery is a Canadian lawyer who writes murder mysteries. The Collins-Burke series pairs Monty Collins, a lawyer, with Father Brennan Burke, a Catholic priest and choirmaster, across twelve novels, and a standalone sits beside them. Emery won the Arthur Ellis Award for Best First Novel in 2007 and the Arthur Ellis Award for Best Novel in 2019, took a silver medal at the 2011 Independent Publisher Book Awards, and was shortlisted for the 2023 Whodunit Award for Fenian Street. Sign of the Cross (2006) opens the run.
How many Anne Emery books are there?
Anne Emery has 15 books, released between 2006 and 2026. 14 of them belong to the Collins-Burke Mystery series.
Anne Emery Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 15 Anne Emery books in the order they were published, with the release year, the page count where one is on record, and how many independent book listings confirm each title. Catalogue data as of September 2026.
- 120062802/4
- 220073062/4
- 320082802/4
- 420093022/4
- 520102972/4
- 620103802/4
- 720133362/4
- 820153782/4
- 920183442/4
- 1020184322/4
- 1120203762/4
- 12The Keening2021 · confirmed 2/42021–2/4
- 132022–2/4
- 142024–2/4
- 152026–2/4
Anne Emery books grouped by series
Each title below is a row in the publication-order table above. None of these groups has a reading-order page of its own on this site.
Collins-Burke Mystery in order
14 books- 1. Sign of the Cross
- 2. Obit
- 3. Barrington Street Blues
- 4. Cecilian Vespers
- 5. Children in the Morning
- 6. Death at Christy Burke's
- 7. Blood on a Saint
- 8. Ruined Abbey
- 9. Lament for Bonnie
- 10. Though the Heavens Fall
- 11. Postmark Berlin
- 12. Fenian Street
- and 2 more in the table above
Standalone books
1 book1 Anne Emery title here is not listed as part of any series.
Do you have to read Anne Emery books in order?
You only need to read Anne Emery books in order within the Collins-Burke Mystery series, which holds 14 of the 15 Anne Emery books listed here. The numbered table above gives every book in publication order.
Where to start with Anne Emery
Start with Sign of the Cross (2006), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Anne Emery book?
Declan (2026) is the newest Anne Emery book released so far.
Is there a new Anne Emery book coming?
No next Anne Emery book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Anne Emery at a glance
- Still publishing
- Anne Emery published a book as recently as 2026.
- Release pace
- Anne Emery books have appeared about one a year on average.
- Length
- 3,711 pages across the 11 of 15 books with a recorded length, a median of 336 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Anne Emery books, 6 of 15, were published in the 2010s.
What the Anne Emery books are about
11 of the 15 Anne Emery books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: murder is tagged on 6 of 11. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Murder 6 of 11 books
- Mystery & detective 6 of 11 books
- Priests 5 of 11 books
- American literature 4 of 11 books
- Investigation 3 of 11 books
- Bars (Drinking establishments) 2 of 11 books
- Clergy 2 of 11 books
- Crime 2 of 11 books
- Dublin (Ireland) 2 of 11 books
- Lawyers 2 of 11 books
- Mystery & detective, historical 2 of 11 books
- Mystery & detective, traditional 2 of 11 books