Howard Roughan Books in Order

Howard Roughan has written 2 books, published between 2001 and 2004. The first book is The Up and Comer (2001) and the newest is The Promise of a Lie (2004). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
2
Published
2001–2004
Total pages
808 across 2 books

Two books by Howard Roughan are catalogued: The Up and Comer (2001) and The Promise of a Lie (2004). Both are thrillers with a legal and psychological cast, taking in lawyers, extortion, deception, false testimony and the relationship between psychotherapist and patient. No further title has been catalogued since 2004.

How many Howard Roughan books are there?

Howard Roughan has 2 books, released between 2001 and 2004.

Howard Roughan Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 2 Howard Roughan 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 Up and Comer2001 · 384 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2001384
  2. 2
    The Promise of a Lie2004 · 424 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2004424

Howard Roughan 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.

Standalone books

2 books

2 Howard Roughan titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Howard Roughan books in order?

No. No source lists any of the 2 Howard Roughan books here as part of a series. The numbered table above gives them by publication date.

Where to start with Howard Roughan

Start with The Up and Comer (2001), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Howard Roughan book?

The Promise of a Lie (2004) is the newest Howard Roughan book released so far.

Is there a new Howard Roughan book coming?

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

Howard Roughan at a glance

No recent titles
The newest Howard Roughan title on record dates from 2004, 22 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
Length
808 pages across all 2 books with a recorded length, a median of 404 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Howard Roughan books, 2 of 2, were published in the 2000s.

What the Howard Roughan books are about

All 2 Howard Roughan 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 2 of 2. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.