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Kerry Wilkinson Books in Order

Kerry Wilkinson has written 60 books, published between 2011 and 2026. The first book is Locked In / The Killer Inside (2011) and the newest is Two Missing Girls (2026). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
60
Published
2011–2026
Pages on record
5,630 in 17 of 60 books
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Kerry Wilkinson, born in Bath in 1980, is a British author and sports journalist. D.S. Jessica Daniel is his longest-running detective, introduced in Locked In (2011); Andrew Hunter, Whitecliff Bay Mysteries, Silver Blackthorn and Sleepover follow, the fourth of them science fiction. Ten Birthdays took the Romantic Novelists' Association award for Young Adult Novel of the Year in 2018, making Wilkinson one of the first two men to win a RoNA award in the organisation's 58-year history, and Close To You won an International Thriller Writers award for best ebook original. In March 2023 Wilkinson wrote in The Bookseller about an autism diagnosis received in adulthood. The catalogue holds 60 books through 2026.

How many Kerry Wilkinson books are there?

Kerry Wilkinson has 60 books, released between 2011 and 2026. They include 5 series and 30 titles listed outside any series.

Kerry Wilkinson Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 60 Kerry Wilkinson 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 Woman in Black by Kerry Wilkinson, book 3 of the Jessica Daniel series (2011)
  2. Cover of Think of the Children by Kerry Wilkinson, book 5 of the Jessica Daniel series (2013)
  3. Cover of Playing with Fire by Kerry Wilkinson, book 6 of the Jessica Daniel series (2013)
  4. Cover of Thicker Than Water / The Missing Dead by Kerry Wilkinson, book 7 of the Jessica Daniel series (2013)
  5. Cover of Reckoning by Kerry Wilkinson, book 1 of the Silver Blackthorn series (2014)
  6. Cover of Something Wicked by Kerry Wilkinson, book 1 of the Andrew Hunter series (2014)
  7. Cover of Behind Closed Doors by Kerry Wilkinson, book 8 of the Jessica Daniel series (2014)
  8. Cover of Crossing the Line by Kerry Wilkinson, book 9 of the Jessica Daniel series (2014)
  9. Cover of Down Among the Dead Men by Kerry Wilkinson (2015)
  10. Cover of Renegade by Kerry Wilkinson, book 2 of the Silver Blackthorn series (2015)
  11. Cover of Scarred for Life by Kerry Wilkinson, book 10 of the Jessica Daniel series (2015)
  12. Cover of Something Hidden by Kerry Wilkinson, book 2 of the Andrew Hunter series (2016)
  13. Cover of No Place Like Home by Kerry Wilkinson (2016)
  14. Cover of Resurgence by Kerry Wilkinson, book 3 of the Silver Blackthorn series (2016)
  15. Cover of For Richer, For Poorer by Kerry Wilkinson, book 12 of the Jessica Daniel series (2016)
  16. Cover of Two Sisters by Kerry Wilkinson (2017)
  17. Cover of The Girl Who Came Back by Kerry Wilkinson (2017)
  18. Cover of Nothing but Trouble by Kerry Wilkinson, book 13 of the Jessica Daniel series (2017)
  19. Cover of The Death and Life of Eleanor Parker by Kerry Wilkinson (2018)
  20. Cover of Something Buried by Kerry Wilkinson, book 4 of the Andrew Hunter series (2019)
  21. Cover of Close to You by Kerry Wilkinson (2019)
  22. Cover of After the Accident by Kerry Wilkinson (2020)
  23. Cover of The Child Across the Street by Kerry Wilkinson (2020)
  1. 1
    Locked In / The Killer InsideJessica Daniel #12011 · confirmed 2/4
    2011–
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  2. 2
    VigilanteJessica Daniel #22011 · 327 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2011327
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  3. 3
    The Woman in BlackJessica Daniel #32011 · confirmed 2/4
    2011–
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  4. 4
    As If by MagicJessica Daniel #42012 · confirmed 2/4
    2012–
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  5. 5
    Watched2013 · confirmed 2/4
    2013–
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  6. 6
    Think of the ChildrenJessica Daniel #52013 · confirmed 2/4
    2013–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  7. 7
    Playing with FireJessica Daniel #62013 · confirmed 2/4
    2013–
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  8. 8
    Thicker Than Water / The Missing DeadJessica Daniel #72013 · 360 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2013360
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  9. 9
    ReckoningSilver Blackthorn #12014 · 368 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2014368
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  10. 10
    Something WickedAndrew Hunter #12014 · 367 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2014367
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  11. 11
    Behind Closed DoorsJessica Daniel #82014 · confirmed 2/4
    2014–
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  12. 12
    Crossing the LineJessica Daniel #92014 · confirmed 2/4
    2014–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  13. 13
    January2015 · confirmed 2/4
    2015–
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  14. 14
    Down Among the Dead Men2015 · confirmed 2/4
    2015–
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  15. 15
    RenegadeSilver Blackthorn #22015 · 368 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2015368
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  16. 16
    Scarred for LifeJessica Daniel #102015 · confirmed 2/4
    2015–
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  17. 17
    February2016 · confirmed 2/4
    2016–
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  18. 18
    Something HiddenAndrew Hunter #22016 · 306 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2016306
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  19. 19
    MarchAndrew Hunter #32016 · confirmed 2/4
    2016–
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  20. 20
    No Place Like Home2016 · confirmed 2/4
    2016–
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  21. 21
    ResurgenceSilver Blackthorn #32016 · 384 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2016384
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  22. 22
    AprilJessica Daniel #112016 · confirmed 2/4
    2016–
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  23. 23
    For Richer, For PoorerJessica Daniel #122016 · confirmed 2/4
    2016–
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  24. 24
    Ten Birthdays2017 · confirmed 2/4
    2017–
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  25. 25
    Two Sisters2017 · 338 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2017338
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  26. 26
    The Girl Who Came Back2017 · 302 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2017302
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  27. 27
    Nothing but TroubleJessica Daniel #132017 · 402 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2017402
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  28. 28
    Last Night2018 · confirmed 2/4
    2018–
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  29. 29
    The Death and Life of Eleanor Parker2018 · 310 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2018310
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  30. 30
    The Wife's Secret2018 · 318 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2018318
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK

Kerry Wilkinson characters in order

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

Kerry Wilkinson 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.

Jessica Daniel in order

17 books
  1. 1. Locked In / The Killer Inside
  2. 2. Vigilante
  3. 3. The Woman in Black
  4. 4. As If by Magic
  5. 5. Think of the Children
  6. 6. Playing with Fire
  7. 7. Thicker Than Water / The Missing Dead
  8. 8. Behind Closed Doors
  9. 9. Crossing the Line
  10. 10. Scarred for Life
  11. 11. April
  12. 12. For Richer, For Poorer
  13. and 5 more in the table above

Andrew Hunter in order

4 books
  1. 1. Something Wicked
  2. 2. Something Hidden
  3. 3. March
  4. 4. Something Buried

Whitecliff Bay Mysteries in order

4 books
  1. 1. The One Who Fell
  2. 2. The One Who Was Taken
  3. 3. The Ones Who Are Buried
  4. 4. The Ones Who Are Hidden

Silver Blackthorn in order

3 books
  1. 1. Reckoning
  2. 2. Renegade
  3. 3. Resurgence

Sleepover in order

2 books
  1. 1. The Night of the Sleepover
  2. 2. After the Sleepover

Standalone books

30 books

30 Kerry Wilkinson titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Kerry Wilkinson books in order?

You only need to read Kerry Wilkinson books in order within each series: the books listed here span 5 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.

Where to start with Kerry Wilkinson

Start with Locked In / The Killer Inside (2011), the first D.S. Jessica Daniel book. It is also the earliest catalogued title.

What is the newest Kerry Wilkinson book?

Two Missing Girls (2026) is the newest Kerry Wilkinson book released so far.

Is there a new Kerry Wilkinson book coming?

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

Kerry Wilkinson at a glance

Still publishing
Kerry Wilkinson published a book as recently as 2026.
Release pace
Kerry Wilkinson books have appeared more than one a year on average.
Length
5,630 pages across the 17 of 60 books with a recorded length, a median of 327 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Kerry Wilkinson books, 36 of 60, were published in the 2010s.

What the Kerry Wilkinson books are about

19 of the 60 Kerry Wilkinson books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: mystery & detective is tagged on 13 of 19. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.