Brenda Chapman Books in Order
Brenda Chapman has written 26 books, published between 2004 and 2025. The first book is Running Scared (2004) and the newest is Who Lies in Wait (2025). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 26
- Published
- 2004–2025
- Confirmed
- 26 of 26 titles
- Pages on record
- 4,690 in 17 of 26 books
- Reading time
- 78–117 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 4,690 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 17 of 26 titles with a page count on record.
Brenda Chapman writes crime fiction set in Ontario. 26 books are catalogued between Running Scared (2004) and Who Lies in Wait (2025), across the Stonechild and Rouleau Mysteries, the Anna Sweet Mysteries, Hunter and Tate and a set of standalone novels. Policewomen, murder investigation and police procedure carry the subject tags. Chapman also writes for younger readers and for new literates, and the run is ongoing.
How many Brenda Chapman books are there?
Brenda Chapman has 26 books, released between 2004 and 2025. They include 3 separate series.
Brenda Chapman Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 26 Brenda Chapman 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.
- 120041223/4
- 220061333/4
- 320071363/4
- 42009–3/4
- 520102563/4
- 620111073/4
- 720122623/4
- 82013923/4
- 92013963/4
- 1020143923/4
- 112014–3/4
- 122014–3/4
- 1320153733/4
- 1420163913/4
- 152016–3/4
- 1620173843/4
- 172017–3/4
- 1820183923/4
- 1920194083/4
- 2020203923/4
- 212020–3/4
- 222020–3/4
- 232022–3/4
- 2420234223/4
- 2520243323/4
- 262025–3/4
Brenda Chapman 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.
Anna Sweet Mysteries in order
8 booksBrenda Chapman Standalone Novels
7 books7 titles published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.
Stonechild and Rouleau Mysteries in order
7 booksHunter and Tate in order
4 booksDo you have to read Brenda Chapman books in order?
You only need to read Brenda Chapman books in order within each series: the books listed here span 3 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.
What order should you read Brenda Chapman books in?
Read them in publication order, starting with Running Scared (2004), the earliest published title. After it come Hiding in Hawk's Creek (2006), Where Trouble Leads (2007), Trail of Secrets (2009) and In Winter's Grip (2010); the numbered table above continues from there.
What is the newest Brenda Chapman book?
Who Lies in Wait (2025) is the newest Brenda Chapman book released so far.
Is there a new Brenda Chapman book coming?
No next Brenda Chapman book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Brenda Chapman at a glance
- Still publishing
- Brenda Chapman published a book as recently as 2025.
- Release pace
- Brenda Chapman books have appeared about one a year on average.
- Length
- 4,690 pages across the 17 of 26 books with a recorded length, a median of 332 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Brenda Chapman books, 15 of 26, were published in the 2010s.
What the Brenda Chapman books are about
16 of the 26 Brenda Chapman books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: mystery & detective is tagged on 5 of 16. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Mystery & detective 5 of 16 books
- Children's fiction 4 of 16 books
- American literature 3 of 16 books
- Ontario 3 of 16 books
- Children of divorced parents 2 of 16 books
- Investigation 2 of 16 books
- Murder 2 of 16 books
- Mystery & detective, police procedural 2 of 16 books
- Policewomen 2 of 16 books
- Readers for new literates 2 of 16 books