Carol Higgins Clark Books in Order
Carol Higgins Clark has written 19 books, published between 1991 and 2012. The first book is Decked (1991) and the newest is Gypped / Scammed (2012). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 19
- Published
- 1991–2012
- Confirmed
- 19 of 19 titles
- Pages on record
- 4,930 in 16 of 19 books
- Reading time
- 82–123 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 4,930 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 16 of 19 titles with a page count on record.
Carol Higgins Clark (July 28, 1956 - June 12, 2023) was an American mystery author, and Regan Reilly is the one series in this catalogue. Recorded subjects name Regan Reilly as a fictitious character and cover women private investigators, detective and mystery stories, and Los Angeles. Nineteen titles are listed, from Decked (1991) to Gypped (2012). One of them carries a joint credit with her mother, the suspense writer Mary Higgins Clark, with whom she wrote Christmas novels.
How many Carol Higgins Clark books are there?
Carol Higgins Clark has 19 books, released between 1991 and 2012. 17 of them belong to the Regan Reilly Mystery series.
Carol Higgins Clark Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 19 Carol Higgins Clark books in the order they were released, 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.
- 119912884/4
- 219932274/4
- 319943203/4
- 419973364/4
- 520003204/4
- 620013684/4
- 720023364/4
- 820032724/4
- 920042984/4
- 1020053584/4
- 1120062874/4
- 1220064004/4
- 1320073294/4
- 1420082534/4
- 152008–4/4
- 162009–4/4
- 172010–4/4
- 1820113364/4
- 1920122024/4
Carol Higgins Clark characters in order
The character linked below has its own reading-order page.
- Regan Reilly books in order 17 books
Carol Higgins Clark books grouped by series
Each title below is a row in the publication-order table above. A group whose heading is a link has its own reading-order page; the other groups have no page of their own on this site.
Regan Reilly Mystery in order
17 booksAlvirah and Willy books in order
2 books by Carol Higgins ClarkCarol Higgins Clark Books in Chronological Order
By publication date, the Carol Higgins Clark books run from Decked (1991) to Gypped / Scammed (2012), the sequence in the table above. No separate story order is recorded for Carol Higgins Clark in the book listings this catalogue merges, so publication order is the only order on record.
Do you have to read Carol Higgins Clark books in order?
You only need to read Carol Higgins Clark books in order within the Regan Reilly Mystery series, which holds 17 of the 19 Carol Higgins Clark books listed here. The numbered table above gives every book in publication order.
Where to start with Carol Higgins Clark
Start with Decked (1991), the first Regan Reilly book. It is also the earliest catalogued title.
What is the newest Carol Higgins Clark book?
Gypped / Scammed (2012) is the newest Carol Higgins Clark book released so far.
Is there a new Carol Higgins Clark book coming?
No next Carol Higgins Clark book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Carol Higgins Clark at a glance
- Died
- Carol Higgins Clark died in 2023, according to Wikidata.
- Last book
- The newest book credited to Carol Higgins Clark on record dates from 2012.
- Release pace
- Carol Higgins Clark books have appeared about one a year on average.
- Length
- 4,930 pages across the 16 of 19 books with a recorded length, a median of 320 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Carol Higgins Clark books, 12 of 19, were published in the 2000s.
- Corroboration
- 18 of the 19 titles appear in all four independent book listings, and every one of them in at least three.
What the Carol Higgins Clark books are about
All 19 Carol Higgins Clark books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: women private investigators is tagged on 17 of 19. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Women private investigators 17 of 19 books
- Regan Reilly (Fictitious character) 16 of 19 books
- Mystery & detective, women sleuths 9 of 19 books
- Reilly, regan (fictitious character) 9 of 19 books
- Private investigators 7 of 19 books
- Mystery & detective 6 of 19 books
- Christmas 2 of 19 books
- Los Angeles (Calif.) 2 of 19 books
- Missing persons 2 of 19 books
- New York (N.Y.) 2 of 19 books
- Regan Reilly (Fictional character) 2 of 19 books