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Kathleen Kent Books in Order

Kathleen Kent has written 7 books, published between 2008 and 2023. The first book is The Heretic's Daughter (2008) and the newest is Black Wolf (2023). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
7
Published
2008–2023
Pages on record
1,918 in 5 of 7 books
Reading time
32–48 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 1,918 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 5 of 7 titles with a page count on record.

See all 7 books in order Printable Kathleen Kent checklist

Kathleen Kent writes historical fiction and crime. The Heretic's Daughter (2008) opened the catalogue on the Salem witchcraft trials, and The Wolves of Andover (2010) and The Outcasts (2013) held to period settings. A later turn into contemporary crime produced The Dime (2017), The Burn (2020), The Pledge (2021) and Black Wolf (2023), with Texas, police procedure and a woman sleuth among the subjects. Seven books are catalogued, and nothing has been added since 2023.

How many Kathleen Kent books are there?

Kathleen Kent has 7 books, released between 2008 and 2023. 3 of them belong to the Detective Betty series.

Kathleen Kent Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 7 Kathleen Kent 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 Burn by Kathleen Kent, book 2 of the Detective Betty series (2020)
  2. Cover of The Pledge by Kathleen Kent, book 3 of the Detective Betty series (2021)
  3. Cover of Black Wolf by Kathleen Kent (2023)
  1. 1
    The Heretic's DaughterCarrier #12008 · 400 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2008400
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  2. 2
    The Wolves of Andover / The Traitor's WifeCarrier #22010 · 398 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2010398
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  3. 3
    The Outcasts2013 · 352 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2013352
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  4. 4
    The DimeDetective Betty #12017 · 368 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2017368
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  5. 5
    The BurnDetective Betty #22020 · confirmed 2/4
    2020–
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  6. 6
    The PledgeDetective Betty #32021 · 400 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2021400
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  7. 7
    Black Wolf2023 · confirmed 2/4
    2023–
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Kathleen Kent 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.

Detective Betty in order

3 books
  1. 1. The Dime
  2. 2. The Burn
  3. 3. The Pledge

Carrier in order

2 books
  1. 1. The Heretic's Daughter
  2. 2. The Wolves of Andover / The Traitor's Wife

Standalone books

2 books

2 Kathleen Kent titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Kathleen Kent books in order?

You only need to read Kathleen Kent books in order within the Detective Betty series, which holds 3 of the 7 Kathleen Kent books listed here. The numbered table above gives every book in publication order.

Where to start with Kathleen Kent

Start with The Heretic's Daughter (2008), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Kathleen Kent book?

Black Wolf (2023) is the newest Kathleen Kent book released so far.

Is there a new Kathleen Kent book coming?

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

Kathleen Kent at a glance

Paused
No new Kathleen Kent title has appeared for 3 years. The last was published in 2023.
Release pace
Kathleen Kent books have appeared about one every 3 years on average.
Length
1,918 pages across the 5 of 7 books with a recorded length, a median of 398 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Kathleen Kent books, 3 of 7, were published in the 2020s.

What the Kathleen Kent books are about

4 of the 7 Kathleen Kent books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: historical fiction is tagged on 3 of 4. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.