Helen Fields Books in Order

Helen Fields has written 15 books, published between 2011 and 2025. The first book is The Immolation of Eve (2011) and the newest is Watching You (2025). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
15
Published
2011–2025
Confirmed
13 of 15 titles
Pages on record
2,880 in 7 of 15 books

Edinburgh police procedurals are Helen Fields's main line, with D.I. Callanach as the recurring detective. The Perfect titles sit in the middle of the listing: Perfect Remains and Perfect Prey (2017), Perfect Death and Perfect Silence (2018), Perfect Crime (2019) and Perfect Kill (2020). Fifteen entries run from The Immolation of Eve (2011) to Watching You (2025), with Eve MacKenzie's Demons as a second series.

Before writing, Helen Fields worked as a criminal barrister, and draws on that legal background in her novels.

How many Helen Fields books are there?

Helen Fields has 15 books, released between 2011 and 2025. They include 2 series and 6 titles listed outside any series.

Helen Fields Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 15 Helen Fields 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
    The Immolation of EveEve MacKenzie's Demons #12011 · confirmed 2/4
    2011
  2. 2
    The Vengeance of LegionEve MacKenzie's Demons #22012 · confirmed 2/4
    2012
  3. 3
    Perfect RemainsD.I. Callanach #12017 · 416 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2017416
  4. 4
    Perfect PreyD.I. Callanach #22017 · confirmed 3/4
    2017
  5. 5
    Perfect DeathD.I. Callanach #32018 · 448 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2018448
  6. 6
    Perfect SilenceD.I. Callanach #42018 · 432 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2018432
  7. 7
    Perfect CrimeD.I. Callanach #52019 · 400 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2019400
  8. 8
    These Lost & Broken Things2020 · confirmed 3/4
    2020
  9. 9
    Perfect KillD.I. Callanach #62020 · confirmed 3/4
    2020
  10. 10
    The Shadow Man2021 · 400 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2021400
  11. 11
    The Last Girl to Die2022 · 384 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2022384
  12. 12
    One for SorrowD.I. Callanach #72022 · 400 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2022400
  13. 13
    The Institution2023 · confirmed 3/4
    2023
  14. 14
    The Profiler / Profile K2024 · confirmed 3/4
    2024
  15. 15
    Watching You2025 · confirmed 3/4
    2025

Helen Fields series in order

The series linked below has its own reading-order page.

Helen Fields 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.

Eve MacKenzie's Demons in order

2 books
  1. 1. The Immolation of Eve
  2. 2. The Vengeance of Legion

Standalone books

6 books

6 Helen Fields titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Helen Fields Books in Chronological Order

By publication date, the Helen Fields books run from The Immolation of Eve (2011) to Watching You (2025), the sequence in the table above. No separate story order is recorded for Helen Fields in the book listings this catalogue merges, so publication order is the only order on record.

Do you have to read Helen Fields books in order?

You only need to read Helen Fields 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 Helen Fields

Start with Perfect Remains (2017), the first D.I. Callanach book. The earliest catalogued title overall is The Immolation of Eve (2011).

What is the newest Helen Fields book?

Watching You (2025) is the newest Helen Fields book released so far.

Is there a new Helen Fields book coming?

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

Helen Fields at a glance

Still publishing
Helen Fields published a book as recently as 2025.
Release pace
Helen Fields books have appeared about one a year on average.
Length
2,880 pages across the 7 of 15 books with a recorded length, a median of 400 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Helen Fields books, 8 of 15, were published in the 2020s.

What the Helen Fields books are about

6 of the 15 Helen Fields books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: edinburgh (scotland) is tagged on 4 of 6. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.