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Kate Charles Books in Order

Kate Charles has written 16 books, published between 1991 and 2021. The first book is A Drink of Deadly Wine (1991) and the newest is Desolate Places (2021). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
16
Published
1991–2021
Pages on record
4,021 in 11 of 16 books
Reading time
67–101 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 4,021 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 11 of 16 titles with a page count on record.

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Kate Charles, born Carol Fosher in Cincinnati in 1950, is an American-born crime writer who holds British citizenship and lives in Ludlow, Shropshire. Charles studied library science at Illinois State University, graduating in 1972, and took an MA at Indiana University Bloomington. Charles has chaired both the Crime Writers' Association and the Barbara Pym Society. The Book Of Psalms Mysteries and Callie Anson series appear in the catalogue, with clergy, the Church of England and London among the subjects. A Drink of Deadly Wine (1991) is the first of 16 books, and Desolate Places (2021) the latest.

How many Kate Charles books are there?

Kate Charles has 16 books, released between 1991 and 2021. They include 2 series and 6 titles listed outside any series.

Kate Charles Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 16 Kate Charles 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 The Snares of Death by Kate Charles, book 2 of the Book Of Psalms Mysteries series (1992)
  2. Cover of Appointed to Die by Kate Charles, book 3 of the Book Of Psalms Mysteries series (1993)
  3. Cover of A Dead Man Out of Mind by Kate Charles, book 4 of the Book Of Psalms Mysteries series (1994)
  4. Cover of Strange Children by Kate Charles (1999)
  5. Cover of Cruel Habitations by Kate Charles (2000)
  6. Cover of Evil Intent by Kate Charles, book 1 of the Callie Anson series (2005)
  7. Cover of Secret Sins by Kate Charles, book 2 of the Callie Anson series (2007)
  8. Cover of False Tongues by Kate Charles, book 4 of the Callie Anson series (2015)
  9. Cover of Desolate Places by Kate Charles, book 5 of the Callie Anson series (2021)
  1. 1
    A Drink of Deadly WineBook Of Psalms Mysteries #11991 · 322 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1991322
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  2. 2
    The Snares of DeathBook Of Psalms Mysteries #21992 · confirmed 2/4
    1992–
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  3. 3
    Appointed to DieBook Of Psalms Mysteries #31993 · 338 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1993338
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  4. 4
    A Dead Man Out of MindBook Of Psalms Mysteries #41994 · 276 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1994276
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  5. 5
    Evil Angels Among ThemBook Of Psalms Mysteries #51995 · confirmed 2/4
    1995–
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  6. 6
    Unruly Passions1998 · 440 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1998440
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  7. 7
    Strange Children1999 · 404 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1999404
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  8. 8
    Cruel Habitations2000 · 515 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2000515
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  9. 9
    Evil IntentCallie Anson #12005 · 313 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2005313
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  10. 10
    Secret SinsCallie Anson #22007 · 343 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2007343
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  11. 11
    Deep WatersCallie Anson #32009 · 512 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2009512
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  12. 12
    Imagine2012 · confirmed 2/4
    2012–
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  13. 14
    False TonguesCallie Anson #42015 · 290 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2015290
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  14. 15
    A Question of Identity2017 · confirmed 2/4
    2017–
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  15. 16
    Desolate PlacesCallie Anson #52021 · 268 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2021268
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Kate Charles 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.

Book Of Psalms Mysteries in order

5 books
  1. 1. A Drink of Deadly Wine
  2. 2. The Snares of Death
  3. 3. Appointed to Die
  4. 4. A Dead Man Out of Mind
  5. 5. Evil Angels Among Them

Callie Anson in order

5 books
  1. 1. Evil Intent
  2. 2. Secret Sins
  3. 3. Deep Waters
  4. 4. False Tongues
  5. 5. Desolate Places

Standalone books

6 books

6 Kate Charles titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Kate Charles books in order?

You only need to read Kate Charles 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 Kate Charles

Start with A Drink of Deadly Wine (1991), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Kate Charles book?

Desolate Places (2021) is the newest Kate Charles book released so far.

Is there a new Kate Charles book coming?

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

Kate Charles at a glance

Paused
No new Kate Charles title has appeared for 5 years. The last was published in 2021.
Release pace
Kate Charles books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
Length
4,021 pages across the 11 of 16 books with a recorded length, a median of 338 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Kate Charles books, 7 of 16, were published in the 1990s.

What the Kate Charles books are about

12 of the 16 Kate Charles books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: clergy is tagged on 5 of 12. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.