Kathy Herman Books in Order
Kathy Herman has written 22 books, published between 2001 and 2018. The first book is Tested by Fire (2001) and the newest is A Treacherous Mix (2018). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 22
- Published
- 2001–2018
- Pages on record
- 4,804 in 14 of 22 books
- Reading time
- 80–120 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 4,804 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 14 of 22 titles with a page count on record.
Kathy Herman writes Christian suspense. Murder in small cities is the recurring frame, with policewomen, women sleuths and older women among the investigating figures. Seven groupings hold the 22 catalogued books: the Baxter series, Seaport Suspense, Phantom Hollow, the Sophie Trace Trilogy, Secrets of Roux River Bayou, the Ozark Mountain Trilogy and a set of standalone novels. The run goes from Tested by Fire (2001) to A Treacherous Mix (2018) and is listed as likely complete.
How many Kathy Herman books are there?
Kathy Herman has 22 books, released between 2001 and 2018. They include 6 separate series.
Kathy Herman Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 22 Kathy Herman 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.
- 120013142/4
- 220023062/4
- 320023162/4
- 42003–2/4
- 520033002/4
- 620043312/4
- 720053332/4
- 820053322/4
- 1020063522/4
- 1120073322/4
- 1220073362/4
- 1320083362/4
- 142009–2/4
- 152009–2/4
- 162010–2/4
- 1720113762/4
- 1820114082/4
- 192012–2/4
- 202013–2/4
- 2120184322/4
- 222018–2/4
Kathy Herman series in order
The series linked below has its own reading-order page.
- Baxter books in order 5 books
Kathy Herman 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.
Seaport Suspense in order
4 booksPhantom Hollow in order
3 booksSophie Trace Trilogy in order
3 booksSecrets of Roux River Bayou in order
3 booksOzark Mountain Trilogy in order
3 booksKathy Herman Standalone Novels
1 book1 title published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.
Do you have to read Kathy Herman books in order?
You only need to read Kathy Herman books in order within each series: the books listed here span 6 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.
Where to start with Kathy Herman
Start with Tested by Fire (2001), the first Baxter book. It is also the earliest catalogued title.
What is the newest Kathy Herman book?
A Treacherous Mix (2018) is the newest Kathy Herman book released so far.
Is there a new Kathy Herman book coming?
No next Kathy Herman book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Kathy Herman at a glance
- No recent titles
- The newest Kathy Herman title on record dates from 2018, 8 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
- Release pace
- Kathy Herman books have appeared about one a year on average.
- Length
- 4,804 pages across the 14 of 22 books with a recorded length, a median of 332 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Kathy Herman books, 15 of 22, were published in the 2000s.
What the Kathy Herman books are about
18 of the 22 Kathy Herman books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: christian, suspense is tagged on 5 of 18. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Christian, suspense 5 of 18 books
- Christian fiction 4 of 18 books
- Thrillers 3 of 18 books
- Murder 2 of 18 books
- Mystery & detective, women sleuths 2 of 18 books
- Older women 2 of 18 books
- Policewomen 2 of 18 books