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Cath Staincliffe Books in Order

Cath Staincliffe has written 35 books, published between 1994 and 2026. The first book is Looking for Trouble (1994) and the newest is Secrets on the Fells (2026). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
35
Published
1994–2026
Pages on record
5,151 in 19 of 35 books
Reading time
86–129 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 5,151 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 19 of 35 titles with a page count on record.

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Cath Staincliffe writes crime fiction set in England, built around women investigators. Sal Kilkenny, a private investigator, is the recurring character, and the catalogue opens with Looking for Trouble (1994), continuing through Go Not Gently (1997), Dead Wrong (1998), Stone Cold Red Hot (2001) and Bitter Blue (2003). Staincliffe also writes the Janine Lewis novels, the Scott & Bailey books and the Detectives Donovan & Young series. The 35 catalogued titles reach Secrets on the Fells (2026).

How many Cath Staincliffe books are there?

Cath Staincliffe has 35 books, released between 1994 and 2026. They include 4 series and 17 titles listed outside any series.

Cath Staincliffe Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 35 Cath Staincliffe 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. Cover of Looking for Trouble by Cath Staincliffe, book 1 of the Sal Kilkenny series (1994)
  2. Cover of Dead Wrong by Cath Staincliffe, book 3 of the Sal Kilkenny series (1998)
  3. Cover of Stone Cold Red Hot by Cath Staincliffe, book 4 of the Sal Kilkenny series (2001)
  4. Cover of Trio by Cath Staincliffe (2002)
  5. Cover of Towers of Silence by Cath Staincliffe, book 5 of the Sal Kilkenny series (2002)
  6. Cover of Bitter Blue by Cath Staincliffe, book 6 of the Sal Kilkenny series (2003)
  7. Cover of Blue Murder by Cath Staincliffe, book 1 of the Janine Lewis series (2004)
  8. Cover of Hit & Run by Cath Staincliffe, book 2 of the Janine Lewis series (2006)
  9. Cover of Missing by Cath Staincliffe, book 7 of the Sal Kilkenny series (2007)
  10. Cover of The Kindest Thing by Cath Staincliffe (2010)
  11. Cover of Laptop by Cath Staincliffe (2011)
  12. Cover of Witness by Cath Staincliffe (2011)
  13. Cover of Crying Out Loud by Cath Staincliffe, book 8 of the Sal Kilkenny series (2011)
  14. Cover of Dead to Me by Cath Staincliffe, book 1 of the Scott & Bailey series (2012)
  15. Cover of Split Second by Cath Staincliffe (2012)
  16. Cover of Bleed Like Me by Cath Staincliffe, book 2 of the Scott & Bailey series (2013)
  17. Cover of Blink of an Eye by Cath Staincliffe (2013)
  18. Cover of Ruthless by Cath Staincliffe, book 3 of the Scott & Bailey series (2014)
  19. Cover of Letters To My Daughter's Killer by Cath Staincliffe (2014)
  20. Cover of Half the World Away by Cath Staincliffe (2015)
  1. 1
    Looking for TroubleSal Kilkenny #11994 · 261 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1994261
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  2. 2
    Go Not GentlySal Kilkenny #21997 · confirmed 2/4
    1997–
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  3. 3
    Dead WrongSal Kilkenny #31998 · confirmed 2/4
    1998–
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  4. 4
    Stone Cold Red HotSal Kilkenny #42001 · 199 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2001199
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  5. 5
    Trio2002 · 256 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2002256
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  6. 6
    Towers of SilenceSal Kilkenny #52002 · 246 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2002246
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  7. 7
    Bitter BlueSal Kilkenny #62003 · 288 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2003288
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  8. 8
    Blue MurderJanine Lewis #12004 · 256 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2004256
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  9. 9
    Hit & RunJanine Lewis #22006 · 288 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2006288
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  10. 10
    MissingSal Kilkenny #72007 · 271 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2007271
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  11. 11
    The Kindest Thing2010 · 263 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2010263
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  12. 12
    In The Heart of The City2011 · confirmed 2/4
    2011–
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  13. 13
    Violation2011 · confirmed 2/4
    2011–
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  14. 14
    Laptop2011 · confirmed 2/4
    2011–
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  15. 15
    Witness2011 · confirmed 2/4
    2011–
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  16. 16
    Crying Out LoudSal Kilkenny #82011 · 169 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2011169
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  17. 17
    Dead to MeScott & Bailey #12012 · 320 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2012320
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  18. 18
    Split Second2012 · confirmed 2/4
    2012–
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  19. 19
    Bleed Like MeScott & Bailey #22013 · confirmed 2/4
    2013–
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  20. 20
    Make BelieveJanine Lewis #32013 · confirmed 2/4
    2013–
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  21. 22
    RuthlessScott & Bailey #32014 · 384 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2014384
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  22. 23
    Letters To My Daughter's Killer2014 · 232 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2014232
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  23. 24
    Desperate MeasuresJanine Lewis #42015 · confirmed 2/4
    2015–
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  24. 25
    Half the World Away2015 · 336 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2015336
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  25. 26
    The Silence Between Breaths2016 · 192 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2016192
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  26. 27
    The Girl in the Green Dress2017 · 336 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2017336
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  27. 28
    Murder Shorts2018 · confirmed 2/4
    2018–
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  28. 29
    Fear of Falling2018 · 304 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2018304
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  29. 30
    Quiet Acts of Violence2020 · confirmed 2/4
    2020–
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  30. 31
    Running out of Road2021 · 288 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2021288
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  31. 32
    The FellsDetectives Donovan & Young #12024 · confirmed 2/4
    2024–
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  32. 33
    The Lost Girls of St. Ann's2024 · confirmed 2/4
    2024–
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  33. 34
    Fire on the FellsDetectives Donovan & Young #22025 · confirmed 2/4
    2025–
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  34. 35
    Secrets on the FellsDetectives Donovan & Young #32026 · confirmed 2/4
    2026–
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Cath Staincliffe 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.

Sal Kilkenny in order

8 books
  1. 1. Looking for Trouble
  2. 2. Go Not Gently
  3. 3. Dead Wrong
  4. 4. Stone Cold Red Hot
  5. 5. Towers of Silence
  6. 6. Bitter Blue
  7. 7. Missing
  8. 8. Crying Out Loud

Janine Lewis in order

4 books
  1. 1. Blue Murder
  2. 2. Hit & Run
  3. 3. Make Believe
  4. 4. Desperate Measures

Scott & Bailey in order

3 books
  1. 1. Dead to Me
  2. 2. Bleed Like Me
  3. 3. Ruthless

Detectives Donovan & Young in order

3 books
  1. 1. The Fells
  2. 2. Fire on the Fells
  3. 3. Secrets on the Fells

Standalone books

17 books

17 Cath Staincliffe titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Cath Staincliffe books in order?

You only need to read Cath Staincliffe books in order within each series: the books listed here span 4 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.

Where to start with Cath Staincliffe

Start with Looking for Trouble (1994), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Cath Staincliffe book?

Secrets on the Fells (2026) is the newest Cath Staincliffe book released so far.

Is there a new Cath Staincliffe book coming?

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

Cath Staincliffe at a glance

Still publishing
Cath Staincliffe published a book as recently as 2026.
Release pace
Cath Staincliffe books have appeared about one a year on average.
Length
5,151 pages across the 19 of 35 books with a recorded length, a median of 263 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Cath Staincliffe books, 19 of 35, were published in the 2010s.

What the Cath Staincliffe books are about

24 of the 35 Cath Staincliffe books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: england is tagged on 9 of 24. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.