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Julia Spencer-Fleming Books in Order

Julia Spencer-Fleming has written 11 books, published between 2002 and 2025. The first book is In the Bleak Midwinter (2002) and the newest is At Midnight Comes the Cry (2025). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
11
Published
2002–2025
Confirmed
11 of 11 titles
Pages on record
2,742 in 8 of 11 books
Reading time
46–69 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 2,742 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 8 of 11 titles with a page count on record.

See all 11 books in order Printable Julia Spencer-Fleming checklist

Julia Spencer-Fleming writes a single mystery series, the Rev. Clare Fergusson & Russ Van Alstyne books, where the Episcopal Church and police work meet over murder and missing-person cases. Eleven catalogued titles run from In the Bleak Midwinter (2002) to At Midnight Comes the Cry in 2025, and Spencer-Fleming continues to publish.

How many Julia Spencer-Fleming books are there?

Julia Spencer-Fleming has 11 books, released between 2002 and 2025.

Julia Spencer-Fleming Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 11 Julia Spencer-Fleming 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 In the Bleak Midwinter by Julia Spencer-Fleming (2002)
  2. Cover of A Fountain Filled with Blood by Julia Spencer-Fleming (2003)
  3. Cover of Out of the Deep I Cry by Julia Spencer-Fleming (2004)
  4. Cover of To Darkness and to Death by Julia Spencer-Fleming (2005)
  5. Cover of All Mortal Flesh by Julia Spencer-Fleming, book 5 of the Rev. Clare Fergusson & Russ Van Alstyne Mysteries series
  6. Cover of I Shall Not Want by Julia Spencer-Fleming, book 6 of the Rev. Clare Fergusson & Russ Van Alstyne Mysteries series
  7. Cover of One Was a Soldier by Julia Spencer-Fleming, book 8 of the Rev. Clare Fergusson & Russ Van Alstyne Mysteries series
  8. Cover of Through the Evil Days by Julia Spencer-Fleming (2013)
  9. Cover of Hid from Our Eyes by Julia Spencer-Fleming, book 10 of the Rev. Clare Fergusson & Russ Van Alstyne Mysteries series
  1. 1
    In the Bleak MidwinterRev. Clare Fergusson & Russ Van Alstyne Mysteries #12002 · 370 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2002370
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  2. 2
    A Fountain Filled with BloodRev. Clare Fergusson & Russ Van Alstyne Mysteries #22003 · 385 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2003385
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  3. 3
    Out of the Deep I CryRev. Clare Fergusson & Russ Van Alstyne Mysteries #32004 · 325 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2004325
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  4. 4
    To Darkness and to DeathRev. Clare Fergusson & Russ Van Alstyne Mysteries #42005 · 311 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2005311
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  5. 5
    All Mortal FleshRev. Clare Fergusson & Russ Van Alstyne Mysteries #52006 · 322 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2006322
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  6. 6
    I Shall Not WantRev. Clare Fergusson & Russ Van Alstyne Mysteries #62008 · 336 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2008336
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  7. 7
    Letters to a SoldierRev. Clare Fergusson & Russ Van Alstyne Mysteries #72009 · confirmed 3/4
    2009–
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  8. 8
    One Was a SoldierRev. Clare Fergusson & Russ Van Alstyne Mysteries #82011 · 336 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2011336
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  9. 9
    Through the Evil DaysRev. Clare Fergusson & Russ Van Alstyne Mysteries #92013 · 357 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2013357
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  10. 10
    Hid from Our EyesRev. Clare Fergusson & Russ Van Alstyne Mysteries #102020 · confirmed 3/4
    2020–
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  11. 11
    At Midnight Comes the CryRev. Clare Fergusson & Russ Van Alstyne Mysteries #112025 · confirmed 3/4
    2025–
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Julia Spencer-Fleming characters in order

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

Julia Spencer-Fleming 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.

Rev. Clare Fergusson & Russ Van Alstyne Mysteries in order

11 books
  1. 1. In the Bleak Midwinter
  2. 2. A Fountain Filled with Blood
  3. 3. Out of the Deep I Cry
  4. 4. To Darkness and to Death
  5. 5. All Mortal Flesh
  6. 6. I Shall Not Want
  7. 7. Letters to a Soldier
  8. 8. One Was a Soldier
  9. 9. Through the Evil Days
  10. 10. Hid from Our Eyes
  11. 11. At Midnight Comes the Cry

Do you have to read Julia Spencer-Fleming books in order?

You only need to read Julia Spencer-Fleming books in order within the Rev. Clare Fergusson & Russ Van Alstyne Mysteries series, which holds 11 of the 11 Julia Spencer-Fleming books listed here. The numbered table above gives every book in publication order.

Where to start with Julia Spencer-Fleming

Start with In the Bleak Midwinter (2002), the first Clare Fergusson & Russ Van Alstyne book. It is also the earliest catalogued title.

What is the newest Julia Spencer-Fleming book?

At Midnight Comes the Cry (2025) is the newest Julia Spencer-Fleming book released so far.

Is there a new Julia Spencer-Fleming book coming?

No next Julia Spencer-Fleming book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.

Julia Spencer-Fleming at a glance

Still publishing
Julia Spencer-Fleming published a book as recently as 2025.
Release pace
Julia Spencer-Fleming books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
Length
2,742 pages across the 8 of 11 books with a recorded length, a median of 336 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Julia Spencer-Fleming books, 7 of 11, were published in the 2000s.

What the Julia Spencer-Fleming books are about

9 of the 11 Julia Spencer-Fleming books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: clare fergusson (fictitious character) is tagged on 8 of 9. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.