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Hilary Bonner Books in Order

Hilary Bonner has written 22 books, published between 1989 and 2023. The first book is Rene and Me (1989) and the newest is The Deadliest Legacy (2023). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
22
Published
1989–2023
Pages on record
4,631 in 14 of 22 books
Reading time
77–116 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 4,631 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 14 of 22 titles with a page count on record.

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Hilary Bonner, born in 1949, is an English crime novelist whose psychological thrillers mostly draw on real events and her years in journalism. Biography and television actors appear among the subjects, and early titles include Rene and Me (1989) and Benny: The True Story (1992). A Fancy To Kill For (1997) and A Passion So Deadly (1998) came later. DI David Vogel is the series listed, and The Deadliest Legacy (2023) is the last of 22 books.

How many Hilary Bonner books are there?

Hilary Bonner has 22 books, released between 1989 and 2023. 5 of them belong to the DI David Vogel series.

Hilary Bonner Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 22 Hilary Bonner 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 Rene and Me by Hilary Bonner (1989)
  2. Cover of The Cruelty Of Morning by Hilary Bonner (1995)
  3. Cover of A Fancy To Kill For by Hilary Bonner (1997)
  4. Cover of A Passion So Deadly by Hilary Bonner (1998)
  5. Cover of For Death Comes Softly by Hilary Bonner (1999)
  6. Cover of A Deep Deceit by Hilary Bonner (2001)
  7. Cover of The Strange and Saucy World of Benny Hill by Hilary Bonner (2002)
  8. Cover of A Kind Of Wild Justice by Hilary Bonner (2002)
  9. Cover of No Reason to Die by Hilary Bonner (2005)
  10. Cover of The Cruellest Game by Hilary Bonner (2013)
  11. Cover of Friends to Die for by Hilary Bonner (2014)
  12. Cover of Death Comes First by Hilary Bonner (2015)
  13. Cover of Wheel of Fire by Hilary Bonner, book 2 of the DI David Vogel series (2019)
  14. Cover of Cry Darkness by Hilary Bonner (2021)
  1. 1
    Rene and Me1989 · 192 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1989192
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  2. 2
    Benny: The True Story1992 · 224 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1992224
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  3. 3
    Heartbeat1994 · 128 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1994128
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  4. 4
    The Cruelty Of Morning1995 · 373 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1995373
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  5. 5
    A Fancy To Kill For1997 · 400 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1997400
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  6. 6
    A Passion So Deadly1998 · 400 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1998400
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  7. 7
    For Death Comes Softly1999 · 480 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1999480
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  8. 8
    A Deep Deceit2001 · 369 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2001369
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  9. 9
    The Strange and Saucy World of Benny Hill2002 · 318 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2002318
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  10. 10
    A Kind Of Wild Justice2002 · 435 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2002435
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  11. 11
    A Moment Of Madness2002 · 400 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2002400
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  12. 12
    When the Dead Cry Out2004 · confirmed 1/4
    2004–
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  13. 13
    No Reason to Die2005 · confirmed 1/4
    2005–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  14. 14
    The Cruellest Game2013 · 384 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2013384
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  15. 15
    Friends to Die for2014 · confirmed 1/4
    2014–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  16. 16
    Death Comes First2015 · confirmed 1/4
    2015–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  17. 17
    Deadly DanceDI David Vogel #12017 · confirmed 1/4
    2017–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  18. 18
    Wheel of FireDI David Vogel #22019 · 256 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2019256
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  19. 19
    Dreams of FearDI David Vogel #32020 · confirmed 1/4
    2020–
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  20. 20
    The Danger WithinDI David Vogel #42021 · confirmed 1/4
    2021–
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  21. 21
    Cry Darkness2021 · 272 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2021272
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  22. 22
    The Deadliest LegacyDI David Vogel #52023 · confirmed 1/4
    2023–
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Hilary Bonner 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.

DI David Vogel in order

5 books
  1. 1. Deadly Dance
  2. 2. Wheel of Fire
  3. 3. Dreams of Fear
  4. 4. The Danger Within
  5. 5. The Deadliest Legacy

Standalone books

17 books

17 Hilary Bonner titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Hilary Bonner books in order?

You only need to read Hilary Bonner books in order within the DI David Vogel series, which holds 5 of the 22 Hilary Bonner books listed here. The numbered table above gives every book in publication order.

Where to start with Hilary Bonner

Start with Rene and Me (1989), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Hilary Bonner book?

The Deadliest Legacy (2023) is the newest Hilary Bonner book released so far.

Is there a new Hilary Bonner book coming?

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

Hilary Bonner at a glance

Paused
No new Hilary Bonner title has appeared for 3 years. The last was published in 2023.
Release pace
Hilary Bonner books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
Length
4,631 pages across the 14 of 22 books with a recorded length, a median of 371 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Hilary Bonner books, 6 of 22, were published in the 2000s.

What the Hilary Bonner books are about

18 of the 22 Hilary Bonner books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: thrillers is tagged on 5 of 18. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.