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Katherine Howell Books in Order

Katherine Howell has written 8 books, published between 2007 and 2015. The first book is Frantic (2007) and the newest is Tell the Truth (2015). Publication order is the reading order below. All 8 books listed here are in the Detective Ella Marconi series, which has its own page: Detective Ella Marconi books in order.

Books
8
Published
2007–2015
Pages on record
683 in 2 of 8 books
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Katherine Howell is an Australian crime writer. Detective Ella Marconi, a Sydney police officer, is the recurring figure across Howell's novels, and paramedics take the role of protagonist; Howell spent fifteen years working as one. Eight books run from Frantic (2007) to Tell the Truth (2015), by way of The Darkest Hour (2008), Cold Justice (2010), Violent Exposure (2010), Silent Fear (2012), Web of Deceit (2013) and Deserving Death (2014). Recorded subjects include emergency medical technicians, women detectives, cold cases and police procedure. Howell holds a BA and a master's degree in writing and teaches writing workshops.

How many Katherine Howell books are there?

Katherine Howell has 8 books, released between 2007 and 2015.

Katherine Howell Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 8 Katherine Howell 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 Frantic by Katherine Howell, book 1 of the Detective Ella Marconi series (2007)
  2. Cover of The Darkest Hour by Katherine Howell, book 2 of the Detective Ella Marconi series (2008)
  3. Cover of Cold Justice by Katherine Howell, book 3 of the Detective Ella Marconi series (2010)
  4. Cover of Web of Deceit by Katherine Howell, book 6 of the Detective Ella Marconi series (2013)
  1. 1
    FranticDetective Ella Marconi #12007 · confirmed 2/4
    2007–
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  2. 2
    The Darkest HourDetective Ella Marconi #22008 · confirmed 2/4
    2008–
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  3. 3
    Cold JusticeDetective Ella Marconi #32010 · 336 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2010336
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  4. 4
    Violent ExposureDetective Ella Marconi #42010 · confirmed 2/4
    2010–
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  5. 5
    Silent FearDetective Ella Marconi #52012 · confirmed 2/4
    2012–
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  6. 6
    Web of DeceitDetective Ella Marconi #62013 · 347 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2013347
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  7. 7
    Deserving DeathDetective Ella Marconi #72014 · confirmed 2/4
    2014–
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  8. 8
    Tell the TruthDetective Ella Marconi #82015 · confirmed 2/4
    2015–
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Katherine Howell series in order

The series linked below has its own reading-order page.

Do you have to read Katherine Howell books in order?

You only need to read Katherine Howell books in order within the Detective Ella Marconi series, which holds 8 of the 8 Katherine Howell books listed here. The numbered table above gives every book in publication order.

Where to start with Katherine Howell

Start with Frantic (2007), the first Detective Ella Marconi book. It is also the earliest catalogued title.

What is the newest Katherine Howell book?

Tell the Truth (2015) is the newest Katherine Howell book released so far.

Is there a new Katherine Howell book coming?

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

Katherine Howell at a glance

No recent titles
The newest Katherine Howell title on record dates from 2015, 11 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
Release pace
Katherine Howell books have appeared about one a year on average.
Length
683 pages across the 2 of 8 books with a recorded length, a median of 342 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Katherine Howell books, 6 of 8, were published in the 2010s.

What the Katherine Howell books are about

3 of the 8 Katherine Howell books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: australia is tagged on 2 of 3. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.