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Chris Ewan Books in Order

Chris Ewan has written 15 books, published between 2007 and 2025. The first book is The Good Thief's Guide to Amsterdam (2007) and the newest is Strangers in the Car (As: C.M. Ewan) (2025). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
15
Published
2007–2025
Pages on record
3,643 in 10 of 15 books
Reading time
61–91 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 3,643 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 10 of 15 titles with a page count on record.

See all 15 books in order Printable Chris Ewan checklist

Chris Ewan, also credited as C.M. Ewan, is a British crime and mystery writer. The Good Thief's Guide series follows Charlie Howard, a thief who writes crime novels of his own, through Amsterdam (2007), Paris (2008), Vegas (2010), Venice (2011) and Berlin (2012). Fifteen books are catalogued to 2025, including Safe House (2012), Dark Tides (2014) and Long Time Lost (2017), with the Isle of Man among the recorded subjects.

How many Chris Ewan books are there?

Chris Ewan has 15 books, released between 2007 and 2025. 6 of them belong to the Good Thief's Guide series.

Chris Ewan Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 15 Chris Ewan 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 The Good Thief's Guide to Amsterdam by Chris Ewan, book 1 of the Good Thief's Guide series (2007)
  2. Cover of The Good Thief's Guide to Paris by Chris Ewan, book 2 of the Good Thief's Guide series (2008)
  3. Cover of The Good Thief's Guide to Vegas by Chris Ewan, book 3 of the Good Thief's Guide series (2010)
  4. Cover of The Good Thief's Guide to Venice by Chris Ewan, book 4 of the Good Thief's Guide series (2011)
  5. Cover of Safe House by Chris Ewan (2012)
  6. Cover of The Good Thief's Guide to Berlin by Chris Ewan, book 5 of the Good Thief's Guide series (2012)
  7. Cover of Dead Line by Chris Ewan (2013)
  8. Cover of Dark Tides by Chris Ewan (2014)
  9. Cover of Long Time Lost by Chris Ewan (2017)
  1. 1
    The Good Thief's Guide to AmsterdamGood Thief's Guide #12007 · 240 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2007240
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  2. 2
    The Good Thief's Guide to ParisGood Thief's Guide #22008 · 288 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2008288
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  3. 3
    The Good Thief's Guide to VegasGood Thief's Guide #32010 · 304 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2010304
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  4. 4
    The Good Thief's Guide to VeniceGood Thief's Guide #42011 · 386 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2011386
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  5. 5
    Safe House2012 · 448 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2012448
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  6. 6
    The Good Thief's Guide to BerlinGood Thief's Guide #52012 · 327 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2012327
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  7. 7
    Dead Line2013 · 347 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2013347
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  8. 8
    Scarlett Point2014 · confirmed 2/4
    2014–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  9. 9
    Dark Tides2014 · 439 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2014439
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  10. 10
    Long Time Lost2017 · 464 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2017464
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  11. 11
    A Window Breaks (As: C.M. Ewan)2019 · 400 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2019400
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  12. 12
    The Good Thief's Guide to ChristmasGood Thief's Guide #62021 · confirmed 2/4
    2021–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  13. 13
    The Interview (As: C.M. Ewan)2022 · confirmed 2/4
    2022–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  14. 14
    The House Hunt (As: C.M. Ewan)2023 · confirmed 2/4
    2023–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  15. 15
    Strangers in the Car (As: C.M. Ewan)2025 · confirmed 2/4
    2025–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK

Chris Ewan 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.

Good Thief's Guide in order

6 books
  1. 1. The Good Thief's Guide to Amsterdam
  2. 2. The Good Thief's Guide to Paris
  3. 3. The Good Thief's Guide to Vegas
  4. 4. The Good Thief's Guide to Venice
  5. 5. The Good Thief's Guide to Berlin
  6. 6. The Good Thief's Guide to Christmas

Standalone books

9 books

9 Chris Ewan titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Chris Ewan books in order?

You only need to read Chris Ewan books in order within the Good Thief's Guide series, which holds 6 of the 15 Chris Ewan books listed here. The numbered table above gives every book in publication order.

Where to start with Chris Ewan

Start with The Good Thief's Guide to Amsterdam (2007), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Chris Ewan book?

Strangers in the Car (As: C.M. Ewan) (2025) is the newest Chris Ewan book released so far.

Is there a new Chris Ewan book coming?

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

Chris Ewan at a glance

Still publishing
Chris Ewan published a book as recently as 2025.
Release pace
Chris Ewan books have appeared about one a year on average.
Length
3,643 pages across the 10 of 15 books with a recorded length, a median of 366 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Chris Ewan books, 9 of 15, were published in the 2010s.

What the Chris Ewan books are about

10 of the 15 Chris Ewan books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: mystery & detective is tagged on 5 of 10. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.