Karen Campbell Books in Order
Karen Campbell has written 8 books, published between 2008 and 2022. The first book is The Twilight Time (2008) and the newest is Paper Cup (2022). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 8
- Published
- 2008–2022
- Pages on record
- 2,674 in 6 of 8 books
- Reading time
- 45–67 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 2,674 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 6 of 8 titles with a page count on record.
Karen Campbell, born in Paisley in 1967, is a Scottish novelist. Anna Cameron, a policewoman, carries Campbell's crime series, which begins with The Twilight Time (2008) and continues in After the Fire (2009), Shadowplay (2009) and Proof of Life (2011). Four later novels sit outside that series: This Is Where I Am (2013), Rise (2015), The Sound of the Hours (2019) and Paper Cup (2022). Eight books are catalogued in all, and Campbell was shortlisted for Scotland's National Book Awards Fiction Book of the Year in 2025.
How many Karen Campbell books are there?
Karen Campbell has 8 books, released between 2008 and 2022. 4 of them belong to the Anna Cameron series.
Karen Campbell Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 8 Karen Campbell 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.
- 120083391/4
- 220094671/4
- 320094681/4
- 420114691/4
- 5This Is Where I Am2013 · 467 pages · confirmed 1/420134671/4
- 6Rise2015 · confirmed 1/42015–1/4
- 7The Sound of the Hours2019 · 464 pages · confirmed 1/420194641/4
- 8Paper Cup2022 · confirmed 1/42022–1/4
Karen Campbell 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.
Anna Cameron in order
4 booksStandalone books
4 books4 Karen Campbell titles here are not listed as part of any series.
Do you have to read Karen Campbell books in order?
You only need to read Karen Campbell books in order within the Anna Cameron series, which holds 4 of the 8 Karen Campbell books listed here. The numbered table above gives every book in publication order.
Where to start with Karen Campbell
Start with The Twilight Time (2008), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Karen Campbell book?
Paper Cup (2022) is the newest Karen Campbell book released so far.
Is there a new Karen Campbell book coming?
No next Karen Campbell book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Karen Campbell at a glance
- Paused
- No new Karen Campbell title has appeared for 4 years. The last was published in 2022.
- Release pace
- Karen Campbell books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
- Length
- 2,674 pages across the 6 of 8 books with a recorded length, a median of 467 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Karen Campbell books, 4 of 8, were published in the 2010s.
What the Karen Campbell books are about
7 of the 8 Karen Campbell books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: scotland is tagged on 5 of 7. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Scotland 5 of 7 books
- Mystery & detective, police procedural 4 of 7 books
- Police 3 of 7 books
- Investigation 2 of 7 books
- Policewomen 2 of 7 books