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Charlie Donlea Books in Order

Charlie Donlea has written 9 books, published between 2016 and 2025. The first book is Summit Lake (2016) and the newest is Guess Again (2025). One more title is announced: Behind Every Face (2027). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
9 + 1 announced
Published
2016–2025
Confirmed
10 of 10 titles
Pages on record
1,964 in 6 of 10 books
Reading time
33–49 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 1,964 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 6 of 10 titles with a page count on record.

See all 10 books in order Printable Charlie Donlea checklistNext: Behind Every Face (2027)

Psychological thrillers about murder investigations make up Charlie Donlea's 10 catalogued books, which start at Summit Lake (2016) and reach Guess Again. Rory Moore/Lane Phillips is the only named series in the list. Missing persons, kidnapping, women sleuths and documentary television run through the subject tags. Behind Every Face is scheduled for 2027.

How many Charlie Donlea books are there?

Charlie Donlea has 9 published books, released between 2016 and 2025. 2 of them belong to the Rory Moore/Lane Phillips series. One more, Behind Every Face (2027), is announced.

Charlie Donlea Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 10 Charlie Donlea 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.

  1. Cover of The Girl Who Was Taken by Charlie Donlea (2017)
  2. Cover of The Suicide House by Charlie Donlea, book 2 of the Rory Moore/Lane Phillips series (2020)
  3. Cover of Twenty Years Later by Charlie Donlea (2021)
  4. Cover of Those Empty Eyes by Charlie Donlea (2023)
  1. 1
    Summit Lake2016 · 294 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2016294
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  2. 2
    The Girl Who Was Taken2017 · 352 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2017352
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  3. 3
    Don't Believe It2018 · 342 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2018342
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  4. 4
    Some Choose DarknessRory Moore/Lane Phillips #12019 · 304 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2019304
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  5. 5
    The Suicide HouseRory Moore/Lane Phillips #22020 · 368 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2020368
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  6. 6
    Twenty Years Later2021 · confirmed 3/4
    2021–
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  7. 7
    Those Empty Eyes2023 · 304 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2023304
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  8. 8
    Long Time Gone2024 · confirmed 3/4
    2024–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  9. 9
    Guess Again2025 · confirmed 3/4
    2025–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  10. 10
    Behind Every Face2027 · confirmed 3/4
    2027–
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Charlie Donlea 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.

Rory Moore/Lane Phillips in order

2 books
  1. 1. Some Choose Darkness
  2. 2. The Suicide House

Standalone books

8 books

8 Charlie Donlea titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Charlie Donlea Books in Chronological Order

By publication date, the Charlie Donlea books run from Summit Lake (2016) to Guess Again (2025), the sequence in the table above. No separate story order is recorded for Charlie Donlea in the book listings this catalogue merges, so publication order is the only order on record.

Do you have to read Charlie Donlea books in order?

You only need to read Charlie Donlea books in order within the Rory Moore/Lane Phillips series, which holds 2 of the 10 Charlie Donlea books listed here. The numbered table above gives every book in publication order.

What order should you read Charlie Donlea books in?

Read them in publication order, starting with Summit Lake (2016), the earliest published title. After it come The Girl Who Was Taken (2017), Don't Believe It (2018), Some Choose Darkness (2019), The Suicide House (2020), Twenty Years Later (2021), Those Empty Eyes (2023), Long Time Gone (2024), Guess Again (2025) and Behind Every Face (2027).

What is the newest Charlie Donlea book?

Guess Again (2025) is the newest Charlie Donlea book released so far.

Is there a new Charlie Donlea book coming?

Yes. Behind Every Face (2027) is the next Charlie Donlea book announced in the catalogue. A publication year announced this far ahead moves, so it is worth rechecking: every announced title dated after 2026 sits on the upcoming book releases page.

Charlie Donlea at a glance

Still publishing
Charlie Donlea is still publishing. Behind Every Face is announced for 2027.
Release pace
Charlie Donlea books have appeared about one a year on average.
Length
1,964 pages across the 6 of 10 books with a recorded length, a median of 323 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Charlie Donlea books, 5 of 10, were published in the 2020s.

What the Charlie Donlea books are about

5 of the 10 Charlie Donlea books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: american literature is tagged on 3 of 5. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.