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Louise Candlish Books in Order

Louise Candlish has written 20 books, published between 2004 and 2025. The first book is Prickly Heat (2004) and the newest is A Neighbour’s Guide to Murder (2025). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
20
Published
2004–2025
Pages on record
6,096 in 15 of 20 books
Reading time
102–152 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 6,096 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 15 of 20 titles with a page count on record.

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Photo of Louise Candlish, author

Louise Candlish is a British author of psychological suspense about secrets, female friendship, and mothers and their children. Our House won Crime & Thriller Book of the Year at the 2019 British Book Awards and was adapted for ITV in 2021 with Tuppence Middleton and Martin Compston; The Only Suspect took the Capital Crime Fingerprint award for thriller of the year in 2024. Candlish's 20 catalogued books open with Prickly Heat (2004) and reach A Neighbour's Guide to Murder (2025), at a median of 404 pages.

How many Louise Candlish books are there?

Louise Candlish has 20 books, released between 2004 and 2025.

Louise Candlish Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 20 Louise Candlish 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 Prickly Heat by Louise Candlish (2004)
  2. Cover of I'll Be There For You by Louise Candlish (2005)
  3. Cover of The Double Life Of Anna Day by Louise Candlish (2006)
  4. Cover of Since I Don't Have You by Louise Candlish (2007)
  5. Cover of The Second Husband by Louise Candlish (2008)
  6. Cover of Before We Say Goodbye by Louise Candlish (2009)
  7. Cover of Other People's Secrets by Louise Candlish (2010)
  8. Cover of The Day You Saved My Life by Louise Candlish (2012)
  9. Cover of The Disappearance of Emily Marr / The Missing Hours of Emily Marr by Louise Candlish (2013)
  10. Cover of The Island Hideaway by Louise Candlish (2013)
  11. Cover of The Sudden Departure of the Frasers by Louise Candlish (2015)
  12. Cover of The Other Passenger by Louise Candlish (2020)
  1. 1
    Prickly Heat2004 · 338 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2004338
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  2. 2
    I'll Be There For You2005 · 373 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2005373
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  3. 3
    The Double Life Of Anna Day2006 · 384 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2006384
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  4. 4
    Since I Don't Have You2007 · 416 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2007416
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  5. 5
    The Second Husband2008 · 416 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2008416
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  6. 6
    Before We Say Goodbye2009 · 416 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2009416
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  7. 7
    Other People's Secrets2010 · 416 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2010416
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  8. 8
    The Day You Saved My Life2012 · 496 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2012496
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  9. 9
    The Disappearance of Emily Marr / The Missing Hours of Emily Marr2013 · 418 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2013418
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  10. 10
    The Island Hideaway2013 · confirmed 2/4
    2013–
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  11. 11
    The Sudden Departure of the Frasers2015 · 499 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2015499
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  12. 12
    The Swimming Pool2016 · confirmed 2/4
    2016–
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  13. 13
    Our House2018 · 404 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2018404
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  14. 14
    Those People2019 · 368 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2019368
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  15. 15
    The Other Passenger2020 · 400 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2020400
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  16. 16
    The Other Couple2021 · 368 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2021368
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  17. 17
    The Heights2021 · confirmed 2/4
    2021–
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  18. 18
    The Only Suspect2023 · confirmed 2/4
    2023–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  19. 19
    Our Holiday2024 · confirmed 2/4
    2024–
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  20. 20
    A Neighbour’s Guide to Murder2025 · 384 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2025384
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Louise Candlish 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.

Standalone books

20 books

20 Louise Candlish titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Louise Candlish books in order?

No. No source lists any of the 20 Louise Candlish books here as part of a series. The numbered table above gives them by publication date.

Where to start with Louise Candlish

Start with Prickly Heat (2004), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Louise Candlish book?

A Neighbour’s Guide to Murder (2025) is the newest Louise Candlish book released so far.

Is there a new Louise Candlish book coming?

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

Louise Candlish at a glance

Still publishing
Louise Candlish published a book as recently as 2025.
Release pace
Louise Candlish books have appeared about one a year on average.
Length
6,096 pages across the 15 of 20 books with a recorded length, a median of 404 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Louise Candlish books, 8 of 20, were published in the 2010s.

What the Louise Candlish books are about

14 of the 20 Louise Candlish books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: secrets is tagged on 3 of 14. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.