Caro Ramsay Books in Order
Caro Ramsay has written 19 books, published between 2007 and 2026. The first book is Absolution (2007) and the newest is My Sister’s Wedding (2026). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 19
- Published
- 2007–2026
- Confirmed
- 19 of 19 titles
- Pages on record
- 512 in 2 of 19 books
Caro Ramsay is a Scottish writer of crime fiction. The first ten novels are police procedurals set in Glasgow, with DI Colin Anderson and DS Freddie Costello as the investigating pair; the DCI Christine Caplan books and a set of standalone novels follow. Murder, missing persons and missing children drive the cases. Ramsay's catalogue holds 19 titles dated 2007 to 2026, opening with Absolution (2007) and running through Dark Water (2010), The Blood of Crows (2012), The Night Hunter (2014), Rat Run (2016) and The Sideman (2018). My Sister's Wedding is dated 2026.
How many Caro Ramsay books are there?
Caro Ramsay has 19 books, released between 2007 and 2026. They include 2 separate series.
Caro Ramsay Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 19 Caro Ramsay 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.
- 12007–3/4
- 22009–3/4
- 32010–3/4
- 42012–3/4
- 52014–3/4
- 62015–3/4
- 72016–3/4
- 82017–3/4
- 92018–3/4
- 1020182563/4
- 112019–3/4
- 1220202563/4
- 132021–3/4
- 142021–3/4
- 152022–3/4
- 162023–3/4
- 172024–3/4
- 182025–3/4
- 192026–3/4
Caro Ramsay 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.
Anderson and Costello in order
13 books- 1. Absolution
- 2. Singing to the Dead
- 3. Dark Water
- 4. The Blood of Crows
- 5. The Night Hunter
- 6. The Tears of Angels
- 7. Rat Run
- 8. Standing Still
- 9. The Suffering of Strangers
- 10. The Sideman
- 11. The Red, Red Snow
- 12. On an Outgoing Tide
- and 1 more in the table above
DCI Christine Caplan in order
4 booksCaro Ramsay Standalone Novels
2 books2 titles published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.
Do you have to read Caro Ramsay books in order?
You only need to read Caro Ramsay 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 Caro Ramsay
Start with Absolution (2007), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Caro Ramsay book?
My Sister’s Wedding (2026) is the newest Caro Ramsay book released so far.
Is there a new Caro Ramsay book coming?
No next Caro Ramsay book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Caro Ramsay at a glance
- Still publishing
- Caro Ramsay published a book as recently as 2026.
- Release pace
- Caro Ramsay books have appeared about one a year on average.
- Length
- 512 pages across the 2 of 19 books with a recorded length, a median of 256 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Caro Ramsay books, 9 of 19, were published in the 2010s.
What the Caro Ramsay books are about
11 of the 19 Caro Ramsay books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: mystery & detective, police procedural is tagged on 9 of 11. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Mystery & detective, police procedural 9 of 11 books
- Scotland 9 of 11 books
- Crime 6 of 11 books
- Police 4 of 11 books
- Colin Anderson (Fictitious character) 2 of 11 books
- English literature 2 of 11 books
- Missing persons 2 of 11 books