Jane Casey Books in Order

Jane Casey has written 22 books, published between 2010 and 2025. The first book is The Burning (2010) and the newest is The Secret Room (2025). One more title is announced: Everything She Didn't Say (2027). Publication order is the reading order below. 16 of the 23 books listed here are in the Maeve Kerrigan series, which has its own page: Maeve Kerrigan books in order.

Books
22 + 1 announced
Published
2010–2025
Confirmed
4 of 23 titles
Pages on record
5,405 in 13 of 23 books
Reading time
90–135 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 5,405 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200300 words a minute, covering the 13 of 23 titles with a page count on record.

Jane Casey is an Irish-born crime novelist, born in Dublin in 1977 and raised in Castleknock. Casey read English at Jesus College, Oxford, and edited children's books before publishing fiction. Two 2010 titles open the catalogue: The Missing, shortlisted for the Ireland AM Crime Fiction Award, and The Burning. Detective Constable Maeve Kerrigan leads the main series, and Jess Tennant is a second. The catalogue lists 23 books up to The Secret Room (2025), with Everything She Didn't Say due in 2027.

How many Jane Casey books are there?

Jane Casey has 22 published books, released between 2010 and 2025. They include 2 series and 4 titles listed outside any series. One more, Everything She Didn't Say (2027), is announced.

Jane Casey Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 23 Jane Casey 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 BurningMaeve Kerrigan #12010 · 368 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2010368
  2. 2
    The Missing2010 · 496 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2010496
  3. 3
    The ReckoningMaeve Kerrigan #22011 · confirmed 2/4
    2011
  4. 4
    The Last GirlMaeve Kerrigan #32012 · 480 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2012480
  5. 5
    How To FallJess Tennant #12013 · 416 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2013416
  6. 6
    The Stranger You KnowMaeve Kerrigan #42013 · 372 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2013372
  7. 7
    Left for DeadMaeve Kerrigan #52013 · confirmed 2/4
    2013
  8. 8
    Bet Your LifeJess Tennant #22014 · 432 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2014432
  9. 9
    The KillMaeve Kerrigan #62014 · 464 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2014464
  10. 10
    Hide and SeekJess Tennant #32015 · 278 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2015278
  11. 11
    After the FireMaeve Kerrigan #72015 · 443 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2015443
  12. 12
    Let the Dead SpeakMaeve Kerrigan #82017 · 392 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2017392
  13. 13
    One in CustodyMaeve Kerrigan #92018 · confirmed 2/4
    2018
  14. 14
    Cruel ActsMaeve Kerrigan #102019 · 368 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2019368
  15. 15
    Love Lies BleedingMaeve Kerrigan #112019 · confirmed 2/4
    2019
  16. 16
    The Cutting PlaceMaeve Kerrigan #122020 · 400 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2020400
  17. 17
    Silent KillMaeve Kerrigan #132020 · confirmed 2/4
    2020
  18. 18
    The Killing Kind2021 · 496 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2021496
  19. 19
    The Outsider2023 · confirmed 2/4
    2023
  20. 20
    The CloseMaeve Kerrigan #142023 · confirmed 2/4
    2023
  21. 212024
  22. 22
    The Secret RoomMaeve Kerrigan #162025 · confirmed 2/4
    2025
  23. 23
    Everything She Didn't Say2027 · confirmed 2/4
    2027

Jane Casey series in order

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

Jane Casey 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.

Jess Tennant in order

3 books
  1. 1. How To Fall
  2. 2. Bet Your Life
  3. 3. Hide and Seek

Standalone books

4 books

4 Jane Casey titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Jane Casey Books in Chronological Order

By publication date, the Jane Casey books run from The Burning (2010) to The Secret Room (2025), the sequence in the table above. No separate story order is recorded for Jane Casey in the book listings this catalogue merges, so publication order is the only order on record.

Do you have to read Jane Casey books in order?

You only need to read Jane Casey 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 Jane Casey

Start with The Burning (2010), the first Maeve Kerrigan book. It is also the earliest catalogued title.

What is the newest Jane Casey book?

The Secret Room (2025) is the newest Jane Casey book released so far.

Is there a new Jane Casey book coming?

Yes. Everything She Didn't Say (2027) is the next Jane Casey book announced in the catalogue. A publication year announced this far ahead moves, so it is worth rechecking: every announced title dated after 2026 sits on the upcoming book releases page.

Awards Jane Casey has won

Wikidata records 2 awards for Jane Casey. Each row states whether the title won or was shortlisted, and the year the award was given.

  • Edgar Awards2013Won
  • Crimezone Thriller Awards2010Won

Jane Casey at a glance

Still publishing
Jane Casey is still publishing. Everything She Didn't Say is announced for 2027.
Release pace
Jane Casey books have appeared more than one a year on average.
Length
5,405 pages across the 13 of 23 books with a recorded length, a median of 416 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Jane Casey books, 15 of 23, were published in the 2010s.

What the Jane Casey books are about

14 of the 23 Jane Casey books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: investigation is tagged on 6 of 14. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.

Other Mystery authors

Each link below opens a reading-order page with every book in publication order.