Karen Rose Books in Order
Karen Rose has written 37 books, published between 2003 and 2026. The first book is Don't Tell (2003) and the newest is Family Lies (2026). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 37
- Published
- 2003–2026
- Confirmed
- 37 of 37 titles
- Pages on record
- 13,687 in 24 of 37 books
- Reading time
- 228–342 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 13,687 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 24 of 37 titles with a page count on record.
Karen Rose writes romantic suspense and has won a RITA Award. Born Karen Rose Hafer in Baltimore and raised in the Maryland suburbs of Washington, D.C., Rose took a chemical engineering degree at the University of Maryland and worked as a chemical engineer with two patents before writing fiction. The catalogue holds 37 books from Don't Tell (2003) to Family Lies (2026), organised into city-named sequences: Chicago, Cincinnati, Philadelphia/Atlanta, Sacramento, Minneapolis, St. Petersburg and San Diego Case Files. Subjects include murder, serial murders, arson investigation and police procedure.
How many Karen Rose books are there?
Karen Rose has 37 books, released between 2003 and 2026. They include 8 separate series.
Karen Rose Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 37 Karen Rose books in the order they were released, 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.
- 120035123/4
- 220045123/4
- 320044963/4
- 420055283/4
- 520055143/4
- 620065503/4
- 720075583/4
- 820085893/4
- 920094803/4
- 1020095603/4
- 1120106083/4
- 1220115043/4
- 1320125323/4
- 1420125303/4
- 152013–3/4
- 1620135803/4
- 1720146783/4
- 182014–3/4
- 1920157213/4
- 2020176293/4
- 2120176403/4
- 2220174983/4
- 2320186123/4
- 2420196243/4
- 252019–3/4
- 2620206403/4
- 272021–3/4
- 282022–3/4
- 292023–3/4
- 3020235923/4
- 312024–3/4
- 322024–3/4
- 332024–3/4
- 342025–3/4
- 352025–3/4
- 362026–3/4
- 372026–3/4
Karen Rose 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.
Baltimore in order
7 booksChicago in order
6 booksCincinnati in order
5 booksNew Orleans in order
4 booksSan Diego Case Files in order
4 booksPhiladelphia/Atlanta in order
3 books- 1. Die For Me
- 2. Scream For Me
- 3. Kill For Me
Sacramento in order
3 booksMinneapolis in order
2 booksSt. Petersburg in order
1 bookKaren Rose Standalone Novels
1 book1 title published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.
Romantic Suspense in order
1 bookKaren Rose Books in Chronological Order
By publication date, the Karen Rose books run from Don't Tell (2003) to Family Lies (2026), the sequence in the table above. No separate story order is recorded for Karen Rose in the book listings this catalogue merges, so publication order is the only order on record.
Do you have to read Karen Rose books in order?
You only need to read Karen Rose books in order within each series: the books listed here span 8 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.
What order should you read Karen Rose books in?
Read them in publication order, starting with Don't Tell (2003), the earliest published title. After it come Have You Seen Her? (2004), I'm Watching You (2004), Nothing to Fear (2005) and You Can't Hide (2005); the numbered table above continues from there.
What is the newest Karen Rose book?
Family Lies (2026) is the newest Karen Rose book released so far.
Is there a new Karen Rose book coming?
No next Karen Rose book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Printable Karen Rose Books in Order Checklist
A printable checklist of all 37 books in publication order is on the Karen Rose reading checklist, with a tick box beside each title.
Karen Rose at a glance
- Still publishing
- Karen Rose published a book as recently as 2026.
- Release pace
- Karen Rose books have appeared more than one a year on average.
- Length
- 13,687 pages across the 24 of 37 books with a recorded length, a median of 559 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Karen Rose books, 15 of 37, were published in the 2010s.
What the Karen Rose books are about
24 of the 37 Karen Rose books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: romantic suspense is tagged on 10 of 24. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Romantic suspense 10 of 24 books
- Investigation 6 of 24 books
- Murder 6 of 24 books
- Suspense 6 of 24 books
- Police 4 of 24 books
- Thrillers 4 of 24 books
- Serial murders 3 of 24 books
- Arson investigation 2 of 24 books
- Baltimore (md.) 2 of 24 books
- Chicago (Ill.) 2 of 24 books
- Cincinnati (ohio) 2 of 24 books