Daniel Cole Books in Order

Daniel Cole has written 5 books, published between 2017 and 2023. The first book is Ragdoll (2017) and the newest is Jackdaw (2023). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
5
Published
2017–2023
Confirmed
5 of 5 titles
Pages on record
1,109 in 3 of 5 books
Reading time
18–28 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 1,109 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200300 words a minute, covering the 3 of 5 titles with a page count on record.

Daniel Cole writes serial-killer thrillers. Ragdoll (2017) opens a catalogue of five books and the Fawkes and Baxter series, followed by Hangman (2018) and Endgame (2019), and the catalogue also holds standalone novels, Mimic (2021) and Jackdaw (2023). Serial murder investigation and detective fiction are the subjects throughout, and no title has appeared since 2023.

How many Daniel Cole books are there?

Daniel Cole has 5 books, released between 2017 and 2023. 3 of them belong to the Fawkes and Baxter series.

Daniel Cole Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 5 Daniel Cole 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. 1
    RagdollFawkes and Baxter #12017 · 384 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2017384
  2. 2
    HangmanFawkes and Baxter #22018 · 373 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2018373
  3. 3
    EndgameFawkes and Baxter #32019 · 352 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2019352
  4. 4
    MimicDaniel Cole Standalone Novels #12021 · confirmed 3/4
    2021
  5. 5
    JackdawDaniel Cole Standalone Novels #22023 · confirmed 3/4
    2023

Daniel Cole 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.

Fawkes and Baxter in order

3 books
  1. 1. Ragdoll
  2. 2. Hangman
  3. 3. Endgame

Daniel Cole Standalone Novels

2 books

2 titles published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.

Do you have to read Daniel Cole books in order?

You only need to read Daniel Cole books in order within the Fawkes and Baxter series, which holds 3 of the 5 Daniel Cole books listed here. The numbered table above gives every book in publication order.

Where to start with Daniel Cole

Start with Ragdoll (2017), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Daniel Cole book?

Jackdaw (2023) is the newest Daniel Cole book released so far.

Is there a new Daniel Cole book coming?

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

Daniel Cole at a glance

Paused
No new Daniel Cole title has appeared for 3 years. The last was published in 2023.
Release pace
Daniel Cole books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
Length
1,109 pages across the 3 of 5 books with a recorded length, a median of 373 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Daniel Cole books, 3 of 5, were published in the 2010s.

What the Daniel Cole books are about

3 of the 5 Daniel Cole books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: serial murders is tagged on 2 of 3. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.