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Emily Littlejohn Books in Order

Emily Littlejohn has written 4 books, published between 2016 and 2019. The first book is Inherit the Bones (2016) and the newest is Shatter the Night (2019). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
4
Published
2016–2019
Pages on record
935 in 3 of 4 books
Reading time
16–23 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 935 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 3 of 4 titles with a page count on record.

See all 4 books in order Printable Emily Littlejohn checklist

Emily Littlejohn writes the Detective Gemma Monroe mysteries, police investigations set in Colorado. Four books are catalogued: Inherit the Bones (2016), A Season to Lie (2017), Lost Lake (2018) and Shatter the Night (2019). Murder, missing persons and town secrecy drive the plots, at a median length of 309 pages. No fifth book has been recorded.

How many Emily Littlejohn books are there?

Emily Littlejohn has 4 books, released between 2016 and 2019.

Emily Littlejohn Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 4 Emily Littlejohn 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 Inherit the Bones by Emily Littlejohn, book 1 of the Detective Gemma Monroe series (2016)
  2. Cover of A Season to Lie by Emily Littlejohn, book 2 of the Detective Gemma Monroe series (2017)
  3. Cover of Lost Lake by Emily Littlejohn, book 3 of the Detective Gemma Monroe series (2018)
  4. Cover of Shatter the Night by Emily Littlejohn, book 4 of the Detective Gemma Monroe series (2019)
  1. 1
    Inherit the BonesDetective Gemma Monroe #12016 · 336 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2016336
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  2. 2
    A Season to LieDetective Gemma Monroe #22017 · 290 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2017290
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  3. 3
    Lost LakeDetective Gemma Monroe #32018 · 309 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2018309
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  4. 4
    Shatter the NightDetective Gemma Monroe #42019 · confirmed 2/4
    2019–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK

Emily Littlejohn 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.

Detective Gemma Monroe in order

4 books
  1. 1. Inherit the Bones
  2. 2. A Season to Lie
  3. 3. Lost Lake
  4. 4. Shatter the Night

Do you have to read Emily Littlejohn books in order?

You only need to read Emily Littlejohn books in order within the Detective Gemma Monroe series, which holds 4 of the 4 Emily Littlejohn books listed here. The numbered table above gives every book in publication order.

Where to start with Emily Littlejohn

Start with Inherit the Bones (2016), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Emily Littlejohn book?

Shatter the Night (2019) is the newest Emily Littlejohn book released so far.

Is there a new Emily Littlejohn book coming?

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

Emily Littlejohn at a glance

No recent titles
The newest Emily Littlejohn title on record dates from 2019, 7 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
Release pace
Emily Littlejohn books have appeared about one a year on average.
Length
935 pages across the 3 of 4 books with a recorded length, a median of 309 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Emily Littlejohn books, 4 of 4, were published in the 2010s.

What the Emily Littlejohn books are about

All 4 Emily Littlejohn books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: colorado is tagged on 3 of 4. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.