Carrie Stuart Parks Books in Order
Carrie Stuart Parks has written 11 books, published between 2014 and 2026. The first book is A Cry from the Dust (2014) and the newest is Survival in the Mountains (2026). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 11
- Published
- 2014–2026
- Pages on record
- 2,650 in 8 of 11 books
- Reading time
- 44–66 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 2,650 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 8 of 11 titles with a page count on record.
Forensic art is the engine of Carrie Stuart Parks's fiction: facial reconstruction, skeletal evidence and the women who do that work. Parks writes Christian suspense, and the Gwen Marcey books are the main series within a catalogue of 11 titles. A Cry from the Dust (2014) opens the run and Survival in the Mountains (2026) is the most recent. Montana and Utah are recurring settings, and the Mountain Meadows Massacre of 1857 sits among the subjects.
How many Carrie Stuart Parks books are there?
Carrie Stuart Parks has 11 books, released between 2014 and 2026. 4 of them belong to the Gwen Marcey series.
Carrie Stuart Parks Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 11 Carrie Stuart Parks 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.
- 120143682/4
- 220153272/4
- 320163302/4
- 420173112/4
- 5Formula of Deception2018 · 306 pages · confirmed 2/420183062/4
- 6Fragments of Fear2019 · 336 pages · confirmed 2/420193362/4
- 7Relative Silence2020 · 336 pages · confirmed 2/420203362/4
- 8Woman in Shadow2021 · 336 pages · confirmed 2/420213362/4
- 9Fallout2022 · confirmed 2/42022–2/4
- 10Escaping the Wilderness2025 · confirmed 2/42025–2/4
- 11Survival in the Mountains2026 · confirmed 2/42026–2/4
Carrie Stuart Parks 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.
Gwen Marcey in order
4 booksStandalone books
7 books7 Carrie Stuart Parks titles here are not listed as part of any series.
Do you have to read Carrie Stuart Parks books in order?
You only need to read Carrie Stuart Parks books in order within the Gwen Marcey series, which holds 4 of the 11 Carrie Stuart Parks books listed here. The numbered table above gives every book in publication order.
Where to start with Carrie Stuart Parks
Start with A Cry from the Dust (2014), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Carrie Stuart Parks book?
Survival in the Mountains (2026) is the newest Carrie Stuart Parks book released so far.
Is there a new Carrie Stuart Parks book coming?
No next Carrie Stuart Parks book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Carrie Stuart Parks at a glance
- Still publishing
- Carrie Stuart Parks published a book as recently as 2026.
- Release pace
- Carrie Stuart Parks books have appeared about one a year on average.
- Length
- 2,650 pages across the 8 of 11 books with a recorded length, a median of 333 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Carrie Stuart Parks books, 6 of 11, were published in the 2010s.
What the Carrie Stuart Parks books are about
8 of the 11 Carrie Stuart Parks books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: christian, suspense is tagged on 3 of 8. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Christian, suspense 3 of 8 books
- Forensic pathologists 3 of 8 books
- Mystery & detective 3 of 8 books
- American literature 2 of 8 books
- Facial reconstruction (Anthropology) 2 of 8 books
- Suspense 2 of 8 books