Kate Kessler Books in Order

Kate Kessler has written 8 books, published between 2016 and 2020. The first book is It Takes One (2016) and the newest is Call of Vultures (2020). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
8
Published
2016–2020
Pages on record
2,653 in 7 of 8 books
Reading time
44–66 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 2,653 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200300 words a minute, covering the 7 of 8 titles with a page count on record.

Kate Kessler writes crime thrillers across two series, Audrey Harte and Killian Delaney. The 8 catalogued books open with It Takes One (2016) and move through Two Can Play (2016), Three Strikes (2017) and Four of a Kind (2018) to Seven Crows (2019) and Call of Vultures (2020). Police psychologists, women psychologists, family secrets, threats of violence and murder investigation are the recorded subjects. No book has followed 2020.

How many Kate Kessler books are there?

Kate Kessler has 8 books, released between 2016 and 2020. They include 2 series and 1 title listed outside any series.

Kate Kessler Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 8 Kate Kessler 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
    It Takes OneAudrey Harte #12016 · 405 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2016405
  2. 2
    Two Can PlayAudrey Harte #22016 · 375 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2016375
  3. 3
    Three StrikesAudrey Harte #32017 · 390 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2017390
  4. 4
    Dead Ringer2018 · 343 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2018343
  5. 5
    Four of a KindAudrey Harte #42018 · 340 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2018340
  6. 6
    Zero HourAudrey Harte #52018 · confirmed 2/4
    2018
  7. 7
    Seven CrowsKillian Delaney #12019 · 384 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2019384
  8. 8
    Call of VulturesKillian Delaney #22020 · 416 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2020416

Kate Kessler 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.

Audrey Harte in order

5 books
  1. 1. It Takes One
  2. 2. Two Can Play
  3. 3. Three Strikes
  4. 4. Four of a Kind
  5. 5. Zero Hour

Killian Delaney in order

2 books
  1. 1. Seven Crows
  2. 2. Call of Vultures

Standalone books

1 book

1 Kate Kessler title here is not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Kate Kessler books in order?

You only need to read Kate Kessler 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 Kessler

Start with It Takes One (2016), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Kate Kessler book?

Call of Vultures (2020) is the newest Kate Kessler book released so far.

Is there a new Kate Kessler book coming?

No next Kate Kessler 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 Kessler at a glance

No recent titles
The newest Kate Kessler title on record dates from 2020, 6 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
Release pace
Kate Kessler books have appeared more than one a year on average.
Length
2,653 pages across the 7 of 8 books with a recorded length, a median of 384 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Kate Kessler books, 7 of 8, were published in the 2010s.

What the Kate Kessler books are about

7 of the 8 Kate Kessler books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: investigation is tagged on 4 of 7. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.