Jane Shemilt Books in Order
Jane Shemilt has written 7 books, published between 2014 and 2023. The first book is The Daughter (2014) and the newest is The Vacation House / All Her Secrets (2023). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 7
- Published
- 2014–2023
- Pages on record
- 1,477 in 4 of 7 books
- Reading time
- 25–37 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 1,477 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 4 of 7 titles with a page count on record.
Jane Shemilt writes psychological suspense about families under pressure: missing persons, runaway children, mothers and daughters. Seven catalogued books run from The Daughter in 2014 to The Vacation House, also published as All Her Secrets, in 2023, taking in The Drowning Lesson in 2015, The Playground in 2019, Little Friends in 2020 and The Patient in 2022. Africa appears among the settings, and nothing new has been recorded since 2023.
How many Jane Shemilt books are there?
Jane Shemilt has 7 books, released between 2014 and 2023.
Jane Shemilt Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 7 Jane Shemilt 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.
- 1The Daughter2014 · 341 pages · confirmed 2/420143412/4
- 2The Drowning Lesson2015 · confirmed 2/42015–2/4
- 3How Far We Fall2018 · 384 pages · confirmed 2/420183842/4
- 4The Playground2019 · 368 pages · confirmed 2/420193682/4
- 5Little Friends2020 · 384 pages · confirmed 2/420203842/4
- 6The Patient2022 · confirmed 2/42022–2/4
- 7The Vacation House / All Her Secrets2023 · confirmed 2/42023–2/4
Jane Shemilt 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
7 books7 Jane Shemilt titles here are not listed as part of any series.
Do you have to read Jane Shemilt books in order?
No. No source lists any of the 7 Jane Shemilt books here as part of a series. The numbered table above gives them by publication date.
Where to start with Jane Shemilt
Start with The Daughter (2014), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Jane Shemilt book?
The Vacation House / All Her Secrets (2023) is the newest Jane Shemilt book released so far.
Is there a new Jane Shemilt book coming?
No next Jane Shemilt book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Jane Shemilt at a glance
- Paused
- No new Jane Shemilt title has appeared for 3 years. The last was published in 2023.
- Release pace
- Jane Shemilt books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
- Length
- 1,477 pages across the 4 of 7 books with a recorded length, a median of 376 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Jane Shemilt books, 4 of 7, were published in the 2010s.
What the Jane Shemilt books are about
4 of the 7 Jane Shemilt books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. No subject is tagged on more than one of them, so each one below describes a single book. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Africa 1 of 4 books
- English literature 1 of 4 books
- Family life 1 of 4 books
- Missing persons 1 of 4 books
- Mothers and daughters 1 of 4 books
- Runaway children 1 of 4 books
- Thrillers 1 of 4 books


