Claire Askew Books in Order
Claire Askew has written 9 books, published between 2016 and 2025. The first book is This Changes Things (2016) and the newest is Line of Sight (2025). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 9
- Published
- 2016–2025
- Pages on record
- 1,112 in 5 of 9 books
- Reading time
- 19–28 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 1,112 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 5 of 9 titles with a page count on record.
Claire Askew, born 10 March 1986, is a Scottish poet and novelist. Nine books are catalogued under the name, from This Changes Things (2016) to Line of Sight (2025). DI Helen Birch is the series the catalogue groups here, and All the Hidden Truths (2018), What You Pay For (2019), Cover Your Tracks (2020), A Matter of Time (2021) and The Dead Don't Speak (2023) sit in the run. Catalogue subjects record English poetry, mystery and detective fiction, suspense and thrillers. Novelista (2021) and How to burn a woman (2022) also appear.
How many Claire Askew books are there?
Claire Askew has 9 books, released between 2016 and 2025. 6 of them belong to the DI Helen Birch series.
Claire Askew Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 9 Claire Askew 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.
- 1This Changes Things2016 · 72 pages · confirmed 2/42016722/4
- 320193522/4
- 42020–2/4
- 5Novelista2021 · 224 pages · confirmed 2/420212242/4
- 62021–2/4
- 7How to burn a woman2022 · 80 pages · confirmed 2/42022802/4
- 82023–2/4
- 92025–2/4
Claire Askew 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.
DI Helen Birch in order
6 booksStandalone books
3 books3 Claire Askew titles here are not listed as part of any series.
Do you have to read Claire Askew books in order?
You only need to read Claire Askew books in order within the DI Helen Birch series, which holds 6 of the 9 Claire Askew books listed here. The numbered table above gives every book in publication order.
Where to start with Claire Askew
Start with This Changes Things (2016), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Claire Askew book?
Line of Sight (2025) is the newest Claire Askew book released so far.
Is there a new Claire Askew book coming?
No next Claire Askew book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Claire Askew at a glance
- Still publishing
- Claire Askew published a book as recently as 2025.
- Release pace
- Claire Askew books have appeared about one a year on average.
- Length
- 1,112 pages across the 5 of 9 books with a recorded length, a median of 224 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Claire Askew books, 6 of 9, were published in the 2020s.
What the Claire Askew books are about
6 of the 9 Claire Askew books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: english literature is tagged on 2 of 6. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- English literature 2 of 6 books
- Poetry 2 of 6 books