Gillian Galbraith Books in Order

Gillian Galbraith has written 8 books, published between 2007 and 2019. The first book is Blood in the Water (2007) and the newest is The End of the Line (2019). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
8
Published
2007–2019
Pages on record
1,176 in 5 of 8 books
Reading time
20–29 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 1,176 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200300 words a minute, covering the 5 of 8 titles with a page count on record.

Gillian Galbraith is a Scottish crime writer who practised as an advocate before turning to fiction. The detective at the centre of the work, DS Alice Rice, is based in Edinburgh. Eight books are catalogued between 2007 and 2019, from Blood in the Water (2007) to The End of the Line (2019), by way of Where the Shadow Falls (2008), Dying of the Light (2009), No Sorrow to Die (2010), The Road to Hell (2012), The Good Priest (2014) and Troubled Waters (2014). Recorded subjects include women detectives, police procedure, murder and investigation in Edinburgh. Two series carry the name: Alice Rice and Father Vincent Ross.

How many Gillian Galbraith books are there?

Gillian Galbraith has 8 books, released between 2007 and 2019. They include 2 series and 1 title listed outside any series.

Gillian Galbraith Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 8 Gillian Galbraith 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
    Blood in the WaterAlice Rice #12007 · 201 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2007201
  2. 2
    Where the Shadow FallsAlice Rice #22008 · 264 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2008264
  3. 3
    Dying of the LightAlice Rice #32009 · 243 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2009243
  4. 4
    No Sorrow to DieAlice Rice #42010 · confirmed 2/4
    2010
  5. 5
    The Road to HellAlice Rice #52012 · confirmed 2/4
    2012
  6. 6
    The Good PriestFather Vincent Ross #12014 · 276 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2014276
  7. 7
    Troubled WatersAlice Rice #62014 · confirmed 2/4
    2014
  8. 8
    The End of the Line2019 · 192 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2019192

Gillian Galbraith 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.

Alice Rice in order

6 books
  1. 1. Blood in the Water
  2. 2. Where the Shadow Falls
  3. 3. Dying of the Light
  4. 4. No Sorrow to Die
  5. 5. The Road to Hell
  6. 6. Troubled Waters

Father Vincent Ross in order

1 book
  1. 1. The Good Priest

Standalone books

1 book

1 Gillian Galbraith title here is not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Gillian Galbraith books in order?

You only need to read Gillian Galbraith 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 Gillian Galbraith

Start with Blood in the Water (2007), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Gillian Galbraith book?

The End of the Line (2019) is the newest Gillian Galbraith book released so far.

Is there a new Gillian Galbraith book coming?

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

Gillian Galbraith at a glance

No recent titles
The newest Gillian Galbraith title on record dates from 2019, 7 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
Release pace
Gillian Galbraith books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
Length
1,176 pages across the 5 of 8 books with a recorded length, a median of 243 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Gillian Galbraith books, 5 of 8, were published in the 2010s.

What the Gillian Galbraith books are about

All 8 Gillian Galbraith 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 4 of 8. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.