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Claire Booth Books in Order

Claire Booth has written 8 books, published between 2008 and 2025. The first book is The False Prophet (2008) and the newest is Throwing Shadows (2025). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
8
Published
2008–2025
Pages on record
1,552 in 5 of 8 books
Reading time
26–39 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 1,552 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 5 of 8 titles with a page count on record.

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Claire Booth is an American journalist and crime writer. Non-fiction true crime, serial killers and murder case studies sit in the catalogue alongside the Sheriff Hank Worth police procedurals, which run from The Branson Beauty in 2016 to Throwing Shadows in 2025. Eight books are recorded in total, the first being The False Prophet in 2008. Missouri supplies the setting and criminal investigation the subject, and Booth continues to publish.

How many Claire Booth books are there?

Claire Booth has 8 books, released between 2008 and 2025. 7 of them belong to the Sheriff Hank Worth series.

Claire Booth Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 8 Claire Booth 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 False Prophet by Claire Booth (2008)
  2. Cover of The Branson Beauty by Claire Booth, book 1 of the Sheriff Hank Worth series (2016)
  3. Cover of Another Man's Ground by Claire Booth, book 2 of the Sheriff Hank Worth series (2017)
  4. Cover of A Deadly Turn by Claire Booth, book 3 of the Sheriff Hank Worth series (2020)
  5. Cover of Dangerous Consequences by Claire Booth, book 5 of the Sheriff Hank Worth series (2022)
  1. 1
    The False Prophet2008 · 288 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2008288
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  2. 2
    The Branson BeautySheriff Hank Worth #12016 · 320 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2016320
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  3. 3
    Another Man's GroundSheriff Hank Worth #22017 · 320 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2017320
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  4. 4
    A Deadly TurnSheriff Hank Worth #32020 · 384 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2020384
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  5. 5
    Fatal DivisionsSheriff Hank Worth #42021 · 240 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2021240
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  6. 6
    Dangerous ConsequencesSheriff Hank Worth #52022 · confirmed 1/4
    2022–
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  7. 7
    Home FiresSheriff Hank Worth #62024 · confirmed 1/4
    2024–
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  8. 8
    Throwing ShadowsSheriff Hank Worth #72025 · confirmed 1/4
    2025–
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Claire Booth 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.

Sheriff Hank Worth in order

7 books
  1. 1. The Branson Beauty
  2. 2. Another Man's Ground
  3. 3. A Deadly Turn
  4. 4. Fatal Divisions
  5. 5. Dangerous Consequences
  6. 6. Home Fires
  7. 7. Throwing Shadows

Standalone books

1 book

1 Claire Booth title here is not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Claire Booth books in order?

You only need to read Claire Booth books in order within the Sheriff Hank Worth series, which holds 7 of the 8 Claire Booth books listed here. The numbered table above gives every book in publication order.

Where to start with Claire Booth

Start with The False Prophet (2008), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Claire Booth book?

Throwing Shadows (2025) is the newest Claire Booth book released so far.

Is there a new Claire Booth book coming?

No next Claire Booth 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 Booth at a glance

Still publishing
Claire Booth published a book as recently as 2025.
Release pace
Claire Booth books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
Length
1,552 pages across the 5 of 8 books with a recorded length, a median of 320 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Claire Booth books, 5 of 8, were published in the 2020s.

What the Claire Booth books are about

5 of the 8 Claire Booth books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: crime is tagged on 2 of 5. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.