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Laura Caldwell Books in Order

Laura Caldwell has written 15 books, published between 2002 and 2014. The first book is Burning The Map (2002) and the newest is The Dog Park (2014). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
15
Published
2002–2014
Pages on record
4,494 in 12 of 15 books
Reading time
75–112 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 4,494 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 12 of 15 titles with a page count on record.

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Laura Caldwell (October 24, 1967 to March 1, 2020) was an American civil trial lawyer and law professor at Loyola University Chicago School of Law. Caldwell was the founding director of Life After Innocence and wrote 14 novels and two non-fiction books. Anatomy of Innocence: Testimonies of the Wrongfully Convicted (2017) was co-edited by Caldwell. The catalogue lists 15 books from Burning The Map (2002) to The Dog Park (2014), including the Izzy McNeil series and Red Hot Lies (2009).

How many Laura Caldwell books are there?

Laura Caldwell has 15 books, released between 2002 and 2014. 6 of them belong to the Izzy McNeil series.

Laura Caldwell Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 15 Laura Caldwell 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 Burning The Map by Laura Caldwell (2002)
  2. Cover of A Clean Slate by Laura Caldwell (2003)
  3. Cover of The Year of Living Famously by Laura Caldwell (2004)
  4. Cover of Look Closely by Laura Caldwell (2005)
  5. Cover of The Night I Got Lucky by Laura Caldwell (2005)
  6. Cover of The Rome Affair by Laura Caldwell (2006)
  7. Cover of The Good Liar by Laura Caldwell (2007)
  8. Cover of Red Hot Lies by Laura Caldwell, book 1 of the Izzy McNeil series (2009)
  9. Cover of Red Blooded Murder by Laura Caldwell, book 2 of the Izzy McNeil series (2009)
  10. Cover of Red, White & Dead by Laura Caldwell, book 3 of the Izzy McNeil series (2009)
  11. Cover of Question of Trust by Laura Caldwell, book 5 of the Izzy McNeil series (2012)
  12. Cover of False Impressions by Laura Caldwell, book 6 of the Izzy McNeil series (2012)
  13. Cover of The Dog Park by Laura Caldwell (2014)
  1. 1
    Burning The Map2002 · 288 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2002288
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  2. 2
    A Clean Slate2003 · 312 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2003312
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  3. 3
    The Year of Living Famously2004 · 332 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2004332
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  4. 4
    Look Closely2005 · 379 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2005379
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  5. 5
    The Night I Got Lucky2005 · 256 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2005256
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  6. 6
    The Rome Affair2006 · 378 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2006378
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  7. 7
    The Good Liar2007 · 416 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2007416
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  8. 8
    Red Hot LiesIzzy McNeil #12009 · 457 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2009457
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  9. 9
    Red Blooded MurderIzzy McNeil #22009 · 459 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2009459
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  10. 10
    Red, White & DeadIzzy McNeil #32009 · 427 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2009427
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  11. 11
    Long Way Home2010 · confirmed 2/4
    2010–
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  12. 12
    Claim of InnocenceIzzy McNeil #42011 · 438 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2011438
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  13. 13
    Question of TrustIzzy McNeil #52012 · confirmed 2/4
    2012–
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  14. 14
    False ImpressionsIzzy McNeil #62012 · confirmed 2/4
    2012–
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  15. 15
    The Dog Park2014 · 352 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2014352
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Laura Caldwell 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.

Izzy McNeil in order

6 books
  1. 1. Red Hot Lies
  2. 2. Red Blooded Murder
  3. 3. Red, White & Dead
  4. 4. Claim of Innocence
  5. 5. Question of Trust
  6. 6. False Impressions

Standalone books

9 books

9 Laura Caldwell titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Laura Caldwell books in order?

You only need to read Laura Caldwell books in order within the Izzy McNeil series, which holds 6 of the 15 Laura Caldwell books listed here. The numbered table above gives every book in publication order.

Where to start with Laura Caldwell

Start with Burning The Map (2002), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Laura Caldwell book?

The Dog Park (2014) is the newest Laura Caldwell book released so far.

Is there a new Laura Caldwell book coming?

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

Laura Caldwell at a glance

Died
Laura Caldwell died in 2020, according to Wikidata.
Last book
The newest book credited to Laura Caldwell on record dates from 2014.
Release pace
Laura Caldwell books have appeared about one a year on average.
Length
4,494 pages across the 12 of 15 books with a recorded length, a median of 378 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Laura Caldwell books, 10 of 15, were published in the 2000s.

What the Laura Caldwell books are about

All 15 Laura Caldwell 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 6 of 15. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.