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James Hayman Books in Order

James Hayman has written 6 books, published between 2009 and 2018. The first book is The Cutting (2009) and the newest is A Fatal Obsession (2018). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
6
Published
2009–2018
Pages on record
1,566 in 4 of 6 books
Reading time
26–39 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 1,566 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 4 of 6 titles with a page count on record.

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James Hayman writes police procedurals. One series is recorded, McCabe & Savage Thriller, and the six catalogued books run from 2009 to 2018: The Cutting (2009), The Chill of Night (2010), Darkness First (2013), The Girl in the Glass (2015), The Girl on the Bridge (2017) and A Fatal Obsession (2018). Murder investigation, violent crime against women and personality disorder supply the subject matter, at a median of 376 pages.

How many James Hayman books are there?

James Hayman has 6 books, released between 2009 and 2018.

James Hayman Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 6 James Hayman 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 Darkness First by James Hayman, book 3 of the McCabe & Savage Thriller series (2013)
  2. Cover of A Fatal Obsession by James Hayman, book 6 of the McCabe & Savage Thriller series (2018)
  1. 1
    The CuttingMcCabe & Savage Thriller #12009 · confirmed 2/4
    2009–
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  2. 2
    The Chill of NightMcCabe & Savage Thriller #22010 · confirmed 2/4
    2010–
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  3. 3
    Darkness FirstMcCabe & Savage Thriller #32013 · 461 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2013461
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  4. 4
    The Girl in the GlassMcCabe & Savage Thriller #42015 · 384 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2015384
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  5. 5
    The Girl on the BridgeMcCabe & Savage Thriller #52017 · 353 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2017353
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  6. 6
    A Fatal ObsessionMcCabe & Savage Thriller #62018 · 368 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2018368
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James Hayman 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.

McCabe & Savage Thriller in order

6 books
  1. 1. The Cutting
  2. 2. The Chill of Night
  3. 3. Darkness First
  4. 4. The Girl in the Glass
  5. 5. The Girl on the Bridge
  6. 6. A Fatal Obsession

Do you have to read James Hayman books in order?

You only need to read James Hayman books in order within the McCabe & Savage Thriller series, which holds 6 of the 6 James Hayman books listed here. The numbered table above gives every book in publication order.

Where to start with James Hayman

Start with The Cutting (2009), the earliest published title.

What is the newest James Hayman book?

A Fatal Obsession (2018) is the newest James Hayman book released so far.

Is there a new James Hayman book coming?

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

James Hayman at a glance

No recent titles
The newest James Hayman title on record dates from 2018, 8 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
Release pace
James Hayman books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
Length
1,566 pages across the 4 of 6 books with a recorded length, a median of 376 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most James Hayman books, 5 of 6, were published in the 2010s.

What the James Hayman books are about

All 6 James Hayman books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: mystery & detective is tagged on 3 of 6. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.