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Louise Douglas Books in Order

Louise Douglas has written 15 books, published between 2008 and 2026. The first book is The Love of My Life (2008) and the newest is The Sea Sisters (2026). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
15
Published
2008–2026
Pages on record
1,194 in 3 of 15 books
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Louise Douglas writes mystery and gothic fiction with a strong romantic line, secrecy, single mothers and friendships between women recur. Fifteen books run from The Love of My Life (2008) to The Sea Sisters (2026), among them The Secrets Between Us (2011), The Secret by the Lake (2015), The House by the Sea (2020) and the Toussaints Detective Agency series. Median length sits at 400 pages, and Douglas remains actively publishing.

How many Louise Douglas books are there?

Louise Douglas has 15 books, released between 2008 and 2026. 3 of them belong to the Toussaints Detective Agency series.

Louise Douglas Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 15 Louise Douglas 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 Missing You by Louise Douglas (2010)
  2. Cover of In Her Shadow by Louise Douglas (2012)
  3. Cover of The Secret by the Lake by Louise Douglas (2015)
  1. 1
    The Love of My Life2008 · confirmed 2/4
    2008–
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  2. 2
    Missing You2010 · 400 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2010400
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  3. 3
    The Secrets Between Us2011 · confirmed 2/4
    2011–
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  4. 4
    In Her Shadow2012 · 378 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2012378
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  5. 5
    Your Beautiful Lies2014 · confirmed 2/4
    2014–
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  6. 6
    The Secret by the Lake2015 · 416 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2015416
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  7. 7
    The House by the Sea2020 · confirmed 2/4
    2020–
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  8. 8
    The Scarlet Dress2021 · confirmed 2/4
    2021–
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  9. 9
    The Room in the Attic2021 · confirmed 2/4
    2021–
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  10. 10
    The Lost NotebookToussaints Detective Agency #12022 · confirmed 2/4
    2022–
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  11. 11
    The Secret of Villa Alba2023 · confirmed 2/4
    2023–
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  12. 12
    The Summer of LiesToussaints Detective Agency #22024 · confirmed 2/4
    2024–
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  13. 13
    The Sea HouseToussaints Detective Agency #32024 · confirmed 2/4
    2024–
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  14. 14
    The Emerald Shawl2025 · confirmed 2/4
    2025–
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  15. 15
    The Sea Sisters2026 · confirmed 1/4
    2026–
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Louise Douglas 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.

Toussaints Detective Agency in order

3 books
  1. 1. The Lost Notebook
  2. 2. The Summer of Lies
  3. 3. The Sea House

Standalone books

12 books

12 Louise Douglas titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Louise Douglas books in order?

You only need to read Louise Douglas books in order within the Toussaints Detective Agency series, which holds 3 of the 15 Louise Douglas books listed here. The numbered table above gives every book in publication order.

Where to start with Louise Douglas

Start with The Love of My Life (2008), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Louise Douglas book?

The Sea Sisters (2026) is the newest Louise Douglas book released so far.

Is there a new Louise Douglas book coming?

No next Louise Douglas 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 Douglas at a glance

Still publishing
Louise Douglas published a book as recently as 2026.
Release pace
Louise Douglas books have appeared about one a year on average.
Length
1,194 pages across the 3 of 15 books with a recorded length, a median of 400 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Louise Douglas books, 9 of 15, were published in the 2020s.

What the Louise Douglas books are about

3 of the 15 Louise Douglas books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. No subject is tagged on more than one of them, so each one below describes a single book. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.