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David Roberts Books in Order

David Roberts has written 11 books, published between 2001 and 2011. The first book is Sweet Poison (2001) and the newest is A Journal of Hope and Healing Focus on Health Vol. III, No. 3 (2011). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
11
Published
2001–2011
Pages on record
2,307 in 8 of 11 books
Reading time
38–58 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 2,307 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 8 of 11 titles with a page count on record.

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David Roberts writes historical mysteries set in Great Britain in the 1930s, and the subject records name Lord Edward Corinth and Verity Browne as fictitious characters. Lord Edward Corinth and Verity Browne is the listed series. The catalogue carries 10 titles from Sweet Poison (2001) to Sweet Sorrow (2009), among them Bones of the Buried (2002), Dangerous Sea (2003), A Grave Man (2005) and No More Dying (2008). Murder, investigation and social life and customs are further subjects.

How many David Roberts books are there?

David Roberts has 11 books, released between 2001 and 2011. 10 of them belong to the Lord Edward Corinth and Verity Browne series.

David Roberts Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 11 David Roberts 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 Sweet Poison by David Roberts, book 1 of the Lord Edward Corinth and Verity Browne series (2001)
  2. Cover of Hollow Crown by David Roberts, book 2 of the Lord Edward Corinth and Verity Browne series (2002)
  3. Cover of Bones of the Buried by David Roberts, book 3 of the Lord Edward Corinth and Verity Browne series (2002)
  4. Cover of Dangerous Sea by David Roberts, book 4 of the Lord Edward Corinth and Verity Browne series (2003)
  5. Cover of The More Deceived by David Roberts, book 5 of the Lord Edward Corinth and Verity Browne series (2004)
  6. Cover of A Grave Man by David Roberts, book 6 of the Lord Edward Corinth and Verity Browne series (2005)
  7. Cover of The Quality of Mercy by David Roberts, book 7 of the Lord Edward Corinth and Verity Browne series (2006)
  8. Cover of Something Wicked by David Roberts, book 8 of the Lord Edward Corinth and Verity Browne series (2007)
  9. Cover of No More Dying by David Roberts, book 9 of the Lord Edward Corinth and Verity Browne series (2008)
  10. Cover of Sweet Sorrow by David Roberts, book 10 of the Lord Edward Corinth and Verity Browne series (2009)
  1. 1
    Sweet PoisonLord Edward Corinth and Verity Browne #12001 · 288 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2001288
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  2. 2
    Hollow CrownLord Edward Corinth and Verity Browne #22002 · 288 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2002288
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  3. 3
    Bones of the BuriedLord Edward Corinth and Verity Browne #32002 · 352 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2002352
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  4. 4
    Dangerous SeaLord Edward Corinth and Verity Browne #42003 · 320 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2003320
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  5. 5
    The More DeceivedLord Edward Corinth and Verity Browne #52004 · 288 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2004288
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  6. 6
    A Grave ManLord Edward Corinth and Verity Browne #62005 · 224 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2005224
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  7. 7
    The Quality of MercyLord Edward Corinth and Verity Browne #72006 · 256 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2006256
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  8. 8
    Something WickedLord Edward Corinth and Verity Browne #82007 · 291 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2007291
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  9. 9
    No More DyingLord Edward Corinth and Verity Browne #92008 · confirmed 2/4
    2008–
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  10. 10
    Sweet SorrowLord Edward Corinth and Verity Browne #102009 · confirmed 2/4
    2009–
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  11. 11
    A Journal of Hope and Healing Focus on Health Vol. III, No. 3Recovering The Self: A Journal of Hope and Healing #82011 · confirmed 2/4
    2011–
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David Roberts 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.

Lord Edward Corinth and Verity Browne in order

10 books
  1. 1. Sweet Poison
  2. 2. Hollow Crown
  3. 3. Bones of the Buried
  4. 4. Dangerous Sea
  5. 5. The More Deceived
  6. 6. A Grave Man
  7. 7. The Quality of Mercy
  8. 8. Something Wicked
  9. 9. No More Dying
  10. 10. Sweet Sorrow

Recovering The Self: A Journal of Hope and Healing in order

1 book
  1. 8. A Journal of Hope and Healing Focus on Health Vol. III, No. 3

Do you have to read David Roberts books in order?

You only need to read David Roberts books in order within the Lord Edward Corinth and Verity Browne series, which holds 10 of the 11 David Roberts books listed here. The numbered table above gives every book in publication order.

Where to start with David Roberts

Start with Sweet Poison (2001), the earliest published title.

What is the newest David Roberts book?

A Journal of Hope and Healing Focus on Health Vol. III, No. 3 (2011) is the newest David Roberts book released so far.

Is there a new David Roberts book coming?

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

David Roberts at a glance

No recent titles
The newest David Roberts title on record dates from 2011, 15 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
Release pace
David Roberts books have appeared about one a year on average.
Length
2,307 pages across the 8 of 11 books with a recorded length, a median of 288 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most David Roberts books, 10 of 11, were published in the 2000s.

What the David Roberts books are about

9 of the 11 David Roberts books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: corinth, edward, lord (fictitious character) is tagged on 5 of 9. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.