Kathryn Fox Books in Order

Kathryn Fox has written 7 books, published between 2005 and 2014. The first book is Malicious Intent (2005) and the newest is Fatal Impact (2014). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
7
Published
2005–2014
Pages on record
2,078 in 6 of 7 books
Reading time
35–52 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 2,078 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200300 words a minute, covering the 6 of 7 titles with a page count on record.

Dr. Anya Crichton, a forensic pathologist, carries Kathryn Fox's crime novels. Fox, born in 1966, is an Australian author, screenwriter, public speaker, podcast host and former medical practitioner, and hosts the true-crime podcast Crime Insiders Forensics. The Anya Crichton books run to 7 catalogued titles, from Malicious Intent (2005) to Fatal Impact (2014), and have taken multiple awards and nominations. Fox followed them in 2015 with Private Sydney, published in the United States as Missing and written with James Patterson.

How many Kathryn Fox books are there?

Kathryn Fox has 7 books, released between 2005 and 2014. 6 of them belong to the Dr. Anya Crichton series.

Kathryn Fox Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 7 Kathryn Fox 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
    Malicious IntentDr. Anya Crichton #12005 · 345 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2005345
  2. 3
    Skin and Bone2008 · 304 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2008304
  3. 4
    BloodbornDr. Anya Crichton #32009 · 336 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2009336
  4. 5
    Death MaskDr. Anya Crichton #42010 · confirmed 2/4
    2010
  5. 6
    Cold GraveDr. Anya Crichton #52012 · 368 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2012368
  6. 7
    Fatal ImpactDr. Anya Crichton #62014 · 389 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2014389

Kathryn Fox 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.

Dr. Anya Crichton in order

6 books
  1. 1. Malicious Intent
  2. 2. Without Consent
  3. 3. Bloodborn
  4. 4. Death Mask
  5. 5. Cold Grave
  6. 6. Fatal Impact

Standalone books

1 book

1 Kathryn Fox title here is not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Kathryn Fox books in order?

You only need to read Kathryn Fox books in order within the Dr. Anya Crichton series, which holds 6 of the 7 Kathryn Fox books listed here. The numbered table above gives every book in publication order.

Where to start with Kathryn Fox

Start with Malicious Intent (2005), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Kathryn Fox book?

Fatal Impact (2014) is the newest Kathryn Fox book released so far.

Is there a new Kathryn Fox book coming?

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

Kathryn Fox at a glance

No recent titles
The newest Kathryn Fox title on record dates from 2014, 12 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
Release pace
Kathryn Fox books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
Length
2,078 pages across the 6 of 7 books with a recorded length, a median of 340 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Kathryn Fox books, 4 of 7, were published in the 2000s.

What the Kathryn Fox books are about

All 7 Kathryn Fox books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: thrillers is tagged on 5 of 7. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.