Elinore Denniston Books in Order: All 51 books (1936

How many Elinore Denniston books are there?

Elinore Denniston has 51 books, released between 1936 and 1977. They include 2 series and 37 titles listed outside any series.

Elinore Denniston Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 51 Elinore Denniston 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 November 2026.

Cover of Girl From Nowhere by Elinore Denniston, book 1 of the John Harland series (1950)

Cover of The Velvet Web / An Ape in Velvet by Elinore Denniston, book 3 of the John Harland series (1951)

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Elinore Denniston 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.

Mr. Potter in order

11 books

1. Death and Mr. Potter / The Peacock Is a Bird of Prey (As:Rae Foley)
2. The Last Gamble (As:Rae Foley)
3. Run For Your Life (As:Rae Foley)
4. Where is Mary Bostwick? / Escape to Fear (As:Rae Foley)
5. Dangerous to Me
6. It\'s Murder, Mr. Potter / Curtain Call
7. Repent At Leisure / The Deadly Noose (As:Rae Foley)
8. Back Door to Death / Nightmare Honeymoon
9. Fatal Lady
10. Call It Accident
11. A Calculated Risk

John Harland in order

3 books

1. Girl From Nowhere
2. The Hundredth Door (As:Rae Foley)
3. The Velvet Web / An Ape in Velvet

Standalone books

37 books

37 Elinore Denniston titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Elinore Denniston books in order?

You only need to read Elinore Denniston books in order within each series: the books listed here span 2 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.

Where to start with Elinore Denniston

Start with House of Treason (As:Dennis Allan) (1936), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Elinore Denniston book?

The Slippery Step (As: Rae Foley) (1977) is the newest Elinore Denniston book released so far.

Is there a new Elinore Denniston book coming?

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

Elinore Denniston at a glance

Died: Elinore Denniston died in 1978, according to Wikidata.
Last book: The newest book credited to Elinore Denniston on record dates from 1977.
Release pace: Elinore Denniston books have appeared about one a year on average.
Length: 6,226 pages across the 23 of 51 books with a recorded length, a median of 276 pages each.
Busiest decade: Most Elinore Denniston books, 19 of 51, were published in the 1970s.

When Elinore Denniston books were published

Publication distribution by decade, showing when Elinore Denniston titles appeared. 1970s was the most productive decade with 19 titles.

1930s

1

1940s

4

1950s

13

1960s

14

1970s

19

51 books total across 5 decades. Decade reflects the year each title was first catalogued.

What the Elinore Denniston books are about

29 of the 51 Elinore Denniston books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: suspense is tagged on 12 of 29. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.

Suspense 12 of 29 books
Mystery & detective 9 of 29 books
Fiction in English 7 of 29 books
Thrillers 7 of 29 books
New York (N.Y.) 3 of 29 books