Carole Lawrence Books in Order

Carole Lawrence has written 13 books, published between 1999 and 2022. The first book is Who Killed Blanche DuBois? (As:Carole Buggé) (1999) and the newest is Cleopatra's Dagger (2022). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
13
Published
1999–2022
Pages on record
3,295 in 9 of 13 books
Reading time
55–82 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 3,295 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200300 words a minute, covering the 9 of 13 titles with a page count on record.

Carole Lawrence writes mystery and thriller fiction. Catalogue subjects record criminal profilers, serial murderers, murder and investigation, women sleuths, Edinburgh and New England, with Claire Rawlings named as a recurring fictional character. Three series are listed: Lee Campbell Mystery, Claire Rawlings and Ian Hamilton Mysteries. The 13 catalogued books run from 1999 to 2022, taking in Silent Screams (2009), Silent Victim (2010), Silent Kills (2011), Edinburgh Twilight (2017) and Edinburgh Dusk (2018), and closing with Cleopatra's Dagger (2022). Three titles from 1999 to 2001 are listed under the name Carole Bugge.

How many Carole Lawrence books are there?

Carole Lawrence has 13 books, released between 1999 and 2022. They include 3 series and 1 title listed outside any series.

Carole Lawrence Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 13 Carole Lawrence 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. 1
    Who Killed Blanche DuBois? (As:Carole Buggé)Claire Rawlings #11999 · 242 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1999242
  2. 2
    Who Killed Dorian Gray? (As:Carole Buggé)Claire Rawlings #22000 · confirmed 2/4
    2000
  3. 3
    Who Killed Mona Lisa? (As:Carole Buggé)Claire Rawlings #32001 · 245 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2001245
  4. 4
    Silent ScreamsLee Campbell Mystery #12009 · 405 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2009405
  5. 5
    Silent VictimLee Campbell Mystery #22010 · 414 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2010414
  6. 6
    Silent KillsLee Campbell Mystery #32011 · 320 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2011320
  7. 7
    Silent SlaughterLee Campbell Mystery #42012 · 464 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2012464
  8. 8
    Silent StalkerLee Campbell Mystery #52012 · confirmed 2/4
    2012
  9. 9
    Edinburgh TwilightIan Hamilton Mysteries #12017 · 444 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2017444
  10. 10
    Edinburgh DuskIan Hamilton Mysteries #22018 · 397 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2018397
  11. 11
    Edinburgh MidnightIan Hamilton Mysteries #32020 · confirmed 2/4
    2020
  12. 12
    Death and SensibilityA Jane Austen Society Mystery #22021 · confirmed 2/4
    2021
  13. 13
    Cleopatra's Dagger2022 · 364 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2022364

Carole Lawrence 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.

Lee Campbell Mystery in order

5 books
  1. 1. Silent Screams
  2. 2. Silent Victim
  3. 3. Silent Kills
  4. 4. Silent Slaughter
  5. 5. Silent Stalker

Claire Rawlings in order

3 books
  1. 1. Who Killed Blanche DuBois? (As:Carole Buggé)
  2. 2. Who Killed Dorian Gray? (As:Carole Buggé)
  3. 3. Who Killed Mona Lisa? (As:Carole Buggé)

Ian Hamilton Mysteries in order

3 books
  1. 1. Edinburgh Twilight
  2. 2. Edinburgh Dusk
  3. 3. Edinburgh Midnight

A Jane Austen Society Mystery in order

1 book
  1. 2. Death and Sensibility

Standalone books

1 book

1 Carole Lawrence title here is not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Carole Lawrence books in order?

You only need to read Carole Lawrence books in order within each series: the books listed here span 3 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.

Where to start with Carole Lawrence

Start with Who Killed Blanche DuBois? (As:Carole Buggé) (1999), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Carole Lawrence book?

Cleopatra's Dagger (2022) is the newest Carole Lawrence book released so far.

Is there a new Carole Lawrence book coming?

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

Carole Lawrence at a glance

Paused
No new Carole Lawrence title has appeared for 4 years. The last was published in 2022.
Release pace
Carole Lawrence books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
Length
3,295 pages across the 9 of 13 books with a recorded length, a median of 397 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Carole Lawrence books, 6 of 13, were published in the 2010s.

What the Carole Lawrence books are about

9 of the 13 Carole Lawrence books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: crime is tagged on 2 of 9. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.