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Arlene Hunt Books in Order

Arlene Hunt has written 11 books, published between 2004 and 2022. The first book is Vicious Circle (2004) and the newest is While She Sleeps (2022). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
11
Published
2004–2022
Pages on record
1,777 in 4 of 11 books
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Irish crime writer and reviewer Arlene Hunt has 11 books in the catalogue, from Vicious Circle (2004) to While She Sleeps (2022). The QuicK Investigations novels are set in Dublin and feature private investigators John Quigley and Sarah Kenny. Hunt also wrote stand-alone thrillers such as The Chosen, The Outsider and While She Sleeps, and Undertow was a nominee for Best Crime Novel at the 2009 Irish Book Awards. A second series, Detectives Eli Quinn and Roxy Malloy, also appears under Hunt's name.

How many Arlene Hunt books are there?

Arlene Hunt has 11 books, released between 2004 and 2022. They include 2 series and 5 titles listed outside any series.

Arlene Hunt Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 11 Arlene Hunt 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.

  1. Cover of Vicious Circle by Arlene Hunt (2004)
  2. Cover of False Intentions by Arlene Hunt, book 1 of the QuicK Investigations series (2005)
  3. Cover of Undertow by Arlene Hunt, book 4 of the QuicK Investigations series (2008)
  1. 1
    Vicious Circle2004 · 534 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2004534
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  2. 2
    False IntentionsQuicK Investigations #12005 · 541 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2005541
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  3. 3
    Black SheepQuicK Investigations #22006 · confirmed 1/4
    2006–
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  4. 4
    Missing Presumed DeadQuicK Investigations #32007 · confirmed 1/4
    2007–
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  5. 5
    UndertowQuicK Investigations #42008 · 352 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2008352
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  6. 6
    Blood MoneyQuicK Investigations #52010 · confirmed 1/4
    2010–
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  7. 7
    The Chosen / Last to Die2011 · 350 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2011350
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  8. 8
    The Outsider2013 · confirmed 1/4
    2013–
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  9. 9
    Last GoodbyeDetectives Eli Quinn and Roxy Malloy #12018 · confirmed 1/4
    2018–
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  10. 10
    No Escape2020 · confirmed 1/4
    2020–
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  11. 11
    While She Sleeps2022 · confirmed 1/4
    2022–
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Arlene Hunt 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.

QuicK Investigations in order

5 books
  1. 1. False Intentions
  2. 2. Black Sheep
  3. 3. Missing Presumed Dead
  4. 4. Undertow
  5. 5. Blood Money

Detectives Eli Quinn and Roxy Malloy in order

1 book
  1. 1. Last Goodbye

Standalone books

5 books

5 Arlene Hunt titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Arlene Hunt books in order?

You only need to read Arlene Hunt books in order within each series: the books listed here span 2 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.

Where to start with Arlene Hunt

Start with Vicious Circle (2004), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Arlene Hunt book?

While She Sleeps (2022) is the newest Arlene Hunt book released so far.

Is there a new Arlene Hunt book coming?

No next Arlene Hunt book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.

Arlene Hunt at a glance

Paused
No new Arlene Hunt title has appeared for 4 years. The last was published in 2022.
Release pace
Arlene Hunt books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
Length
1,777 pages across the 4 of 11 books with a recorded length, a median of 443 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Arlene Hunt books, 5 of 11, were published in the 2000s.

What the Arlene Hunt books are about

4 of the 11 Arlene Hunt books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: suspense is tagged on 4 of 4. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.