Karen Odden Books in Order

Karen Odden has written 6 books, published between 2016 and 2026. The first book is A Lady in the Smoke (2016) and the newest is An Artful Dodge (2026). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
6
Published
2016–2026
Pages on record
1,152 in 3 of 6 books
Reading time
19–29 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 1,152 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200300 words a minute, covering the 3 of 6 titles with a page count on record.

Karen Odden writes detective and mystery fiction, with romantic suspense among the subjects the catalogue assigns. Six titles are listed, from A Lady in the Smoke (2016) through A Dangerous Duet (2018), A Trace of Deceit (2019), Down a Dark River (2021) and Under a Veiled Moon (2022) to An Artful Dodge in 2026. Inspector Corravan is the one series named. Murder, women pianists and questions of passing and identity appear in the subject list, and the books run long, at a median of 400 pages.

How many Karen Odden books are there?

Karen Odden has 6 books, released between 2016 and 2026. They include 2 series and 1 title listed outside any series.

Karen Odden Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 6 Karen Odden 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
    A Lady in the SmokeVictorian Mystery #12016 · confirmed 2/4
    2016
  2. 2
    A Dangerous DuetVictorian Mystery #22018 · 416 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2018416
  3. 3
    A Trace of DeceitVictorian Mystery #32019 · 400 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2019400
  4. 4
    Down a Dark RiverInspector Corravan #12021 · confirmed 2/4
    2021
  5. 5
    Under a Veiled MoonInspector Corravan #22022 · 336 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2022336
  6. 6
    An Artful Dodge2026 · confirmed 2/4
    2026

Karen Odden 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.

Victorian Mystery in order

3 books
  1. 1. A Lady in the Smoke
  2. 2. A Dangerous Duet
  3. 3. A Trace of Deceit

Inspector Corravan in order

2 books
  1. 1. Down a Dark River
  2. 2. Under a Veiled Moon

Standalone books

1 book

1 Karen Odden title here is not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Karen Odden books in order?

You only need to read Karen Odden 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 Karen Odden

Start with A Lady in the Smoke (2016), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Karen Odden book?

An Artful Dodge (2026) is the newest Karen Odden book released so far.

Is there a new Karen Odden book coming?

No next Karen Odden 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 Odden at a glance

Still publishing
Karen Odden published a book as recently as 2026.
Release pace
Karen Odden books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
Length
1,152 pages across the 3 of 6 books with a recorded length, a median of 400 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Karen Odden books, 3 of 6, were published in the 2020s.

What the Karen Odden books are about

1 of the 6 Karen Odden 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.