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Julie McElwain Books in Order

Julie McElwain has written 7 books, published between 2016 and 2025. The first book is A Murder in Time (2016) and the newest is Echoes in Time (2025). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
7
Published
2016–2025
Confirmed
7 of 7 titles
Pages on record
2,462 in 5 of 7 books
Reading time
41–62 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 2,462 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 5 of 7 titles with a page count on record.

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Kendra Donovan, an FBI agent moved backward in time, is the lead of Julie McElwain's mysteries. A Murder in Time (2016) opens the series, and seven catalogued books reach Echoes in Time in 2025. Time travel, murder investigation and historical Britain supply the material, and the novels run long at a median 464 pages.

How many Julie McElwain books are there?

Julie McElwain has 7 books, released between 2016 and 2025.

Julie McElwain Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 7 Julie McElwain 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 A Twist in Time by Julie McElwain, book 2 of the Kendra Donovan series (2017)
  2. Cover of Betrayal in Time by Julie McElwain, book 4 of the Kendra Donovan series (2019)
  3. Cover of Shadows in Time by Julie McElwain, book 5 of the Kendra Donovan series (2020)
  1. 1
    A Murder in TimeKendra Donovan #12016 · 320 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2016320
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  2. 2
    A Twist in TimeKendra Donovan #22017 · 765 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2017765
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  3. 3
    Caught in TimeKendra Donovan #32018 · 449 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2018449
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  4. 4
    Betrayal in TimeKendra Donovan #42019 · 464 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2019464
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  5. 5
    Shadows in TimeKendra Donovan #52020 · 464 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2020464
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  6. 6
    Ripples in TimeKendra Donovan #62023 · confirmed 3/4
    2023–
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  7. 7
    Echoes in TimeKendra Donovan #72025 · confirmed 3/4
    2025–
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Julie McElwain 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.

Kendra Donovan in order

7 books
  1. 1. A Murder in Time
  2. 2. A Twist in Time
  3. 3. Caught in Time
  4. 4. Betrayal in Time
  5. 5. Shadows in Time
  6. 6. Ripples in Time
  7. 7. Echoes in Time

Do you have to read Julie McElwain books in order?

You only need to read Julie McElwain books in order within the Kendra Donovan series, which holds 7 of the 7 Julie McElwain books listed here. The numbered table above gives every book in publication order.

Where to start with Julie McElwain

Start with A Murder in Time (2016), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Julie McElwain book?

Echoes in Time (2025) is the newest Julie McElwain book released so far.

Is there a new Julie McElwain book coming?

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

Julie McElwain at a glance

Still publishing
Julie McElwain published a book as recently as 2025.
Release pace
Julie McElwain books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
Length
2,462 pages across the 5 of 7 books with a recorded length, a median of 464 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Julie McElwain books, 4 of 7, were published in the 2010s.

What the Julie McElwain books are about

4 of the 7 Julie McElwain books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: great britain is tagged on 2 of 4. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.