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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.

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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.

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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 November 2026.

  1. Cover of Tested by Fire by Kathy Herman, book 1 of the Baxter series (2001)
  2. Cover of The Day of Reckoning by Kathy Herman, book 2 of the Baxter series (2002)
  3. Cover of Vital Signs by Kathy Herman, book 3 of the Baxter series (2002)
  4. Cover of High Stakes by Kathy Herman, book 4 of the Baxter series (2003)
  5. Cover of A Fine Line by Kathy Herman, book 5 of the Baxter series (2003)
  6. Cover of Poor Mrs. Rigsby by Kathy Herman, book 1 of the Kathy Herman Standalone Novels series (2004)
  7. Cover of A Shred of Evidence by Kathy Herman, book 1 of the Seaport Suspense series (2005)
  8. Cover of Eye of the Beholder by Kathy Herman, book 2 of the Seaport Suspense series (2005)
  9. Cover of All Things Hidden by Kathy Herman, book 3 of the Seaport Suspense series (2006)
  10. Cover of Not By Chance by Kathy Herman, book 4 of the Seaport Suspense series (2006)
  11. Cover of Ever Present Danger by Kathy Herman, book 1 of the Phantom Hollow series (2007)
  12. Cover of Never Look Back by Kathy Herman, book 2 of the Phantom Hollow series (2007)
  13. Cover of The Grand Scheme by Kathy Herman, book 3 of the Phantom Hollow series (2008)
  14. Cover of The Real Enemy by Kathy Herman, book 1 of the Sophie Trace Trilogy (2009)
  15. Cover of The Last Word by Kathy Herman, book 2 of the Sophie Trace Trilogy (2009)
  16. Cover of The Right Call by Kathy Herman, book 3 of the Sophie Trace Trilogy (2010)
  17. Cover of False Pretenses by Kathy Herman, book 1 of the Secrets of Roux River Bayou series (2011)
  18. Cover of Dangerous Mercy by Kathy Herman, book 2 of the Secrets of Roux River Bayou series (2011)
  19. Cover of Relentless Pursuit by Kathy Herman, book 3 of the Secrets of Roux River Bayou series (2012)
  20. Cover of Not by Sight by Kathy Herman, book 1 of the Ozark Mountain Trilogy (2013)
  21. Cover of Only by Death by Kathy Herman, book 2 of the Ozark Mountain Trilogy (2018)
  1. 1
    Tested by FireBaxter #12001 · 314 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2001314
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  2. 2
    The Day of ReckoningBaxter #22002 · 306 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2002306
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  3. 3
    Vital SignsBaxter #32002 · 316 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2002316
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  4. 4
    High StakesBaxter #42003 · confirmed 2/4
    2003–
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  5. 5
    A Fine LineBaxter #52003 · 300 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2003300
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  6. 6
    Poor Mrs. RigsbyKathy Herman Standalone Novels #12004 · 331 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2004331
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  7. 7
    A Shred of EvidenceSeaport Suspense #12005 · 333 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2005333
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  8. 8
    Eye of the BeholderSeaport Suspense #22005 · 332 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2005332
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  9. 9
    All Things HiddenSeaport Suspense #32006 · confirmed 2/4
    2006–
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  10. 10
    Not By ChanceSeaport Suspense #42006 · 352 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2006352
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  11. 11
    Ever Present DangerPhantom Hollow #12007 · 332 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2007332
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  12. 12
    Never Look BackPhantom Hollow #22007 · 336 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2007336
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  13. 13
    The Grand SchemePhantom Hollow #32008 · 336 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2008336
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  14. 14
    The Real EnemySophie Trace Trilogy #12009 · confirmed 2/4
    2009–
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  15. 15
    The Last WordSophie Trace Trilogy #22009 · confirmed 2/4
    2009–
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  16. 16
    The Right CallSophie Trace Trilogy #32010 · confirmed 2/4
    2010–
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  17. 17
    False PretensesSecrets of Roux River Bayou #12011 · 376 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2011376
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  18. 18
    Dangerous MercySecrets of Roux River Bayou #22011 · 408 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2011408
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  19. 19
    Relentless PursuitSecrets of Roux River Bayou #32012 · confirmed 2/4
    2012–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  20. 20
    Not by SightOzark Mountain Trilogy #12013 · confirmed 2/4
    2013–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  21. 21
    Only by DeathOzark Mountain Trilogy #22018 · 432 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2018432
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  22. 22
    A Treacherous MixOzark Mountain Trilogy #32018 · confirmed 2/4
    2018–
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Kathy Herman series in order

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

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 books
  1. 1. A Shred of Evidence
  2. 2. Eye of the Beholder
  3. 3. All Things Hidden
  4. 4. Not By Chance

Phantom Hollow in order

3 books
  1. 1. Ever Present Danger
  2. 2. Never Look Back
  3. 3. The Grand Scheme

Sophie Trace Trilogy in order

3 books
  1. 1. The Real Enemy
  2. 2. The Last Word
  3. 3. The Right Call

Secrets of Roux River Bayou in order

3 books
  1. 1. False Pretenses
  2. 2. Dangerous Mercy
  3. 3. Relentless Pursuit

Ozark Mountain Trilogy in order

3 books
  1. 1. Not by Sight
  2. 2. Only by Death
  3. 3. A Treacherous Mix

Kathy Herman Standalone Novels

1 book

1 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.

When Kathy Herman books were published

Publication distribution by decade, showing when Kathy Herman titles appeared. 2000s was the most productive decade with 15 titles.

2000s
15
2010s
7

22 books total across 2 decades. Decade reflects the year each title was first catalogued.

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.

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