Martina Cole Books in Order
Martina Cole has written 29 books, published between 1992 and 2025. The first book is Dangerous Lady (1992) and the newest is No Regret (2025). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 29
- Published
- 1992–2025
- Confirmed
- 29 of 29 titles
- Pages on record
- 13,300 in 22 of 29 books
- Reading time
- 222–333 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 13,300 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 22 of 29 titles with a page count on record.
London's gangster underworld is Martina Cole's territory. The British crime writer has 29 catalogued books published between 1992 and 2025, from Dangerous Lady (1992) to No Regret (2025). Dangerous Lady, The Jump, The Take and The Runaway were adapted as television dramas, and UK sales pass fourteen million. Two named series sit in the catalogue, DI Kate Burrows and Maura Ryan, alongside standalone novels and non-fiction. Criminals, families and crime in London are the standing subjects. Cole is actively publishing.
How many Martina Cole books are there?
Martina Cole has 29 books, released between 1992 and 2025. They include 2 separate series.
Martina Cole Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 29 Martina Cole books in the order they were released, 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.
- 119925943/4
- 219936293/4
- 319948323/4
- 419956723/4
- 519977253/4
- 619996333/4
- 720016723/4
- 820015763/4
- 920026403/4
- 1020036403/4
- 112004–3/4
- 1220056003/4
- 1320066773/4
- 1420076883/4
- 1520085833/4
- 1620085683/4
- 1720085923/4
- 1820114533/4
- 1920125023/4
- 202013–3/4
- 2120136243/4
- 2220145003/4
- 232015–3/4
- 2420164683/4
- 2520174323/4
- 262019–3/4
- 272023–3/4
- 282024–3/4
- 292025–3/4
Martina Cole 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.
Martina Cole Standalone Novels
22 books22 titles published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.
DI Kate Burrows in order
4 books- 1. The Ladykiller
- 2. Broken
- 3. Hard Girls
- 4. Damaged
Maura Ryan in order
2 booksMartina Cole Non-Fiction
1 book1 title published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.
Martina Cole Books in Chronological Order
By publication date, the Martina Cole books run from Dangerous Lady (1992) to No Regret (2025), the sequence in the table above. No separate story order is recorded for Martina Cole in the book listings this catalogue merges, so publication order is the only order on record.
Do you have to read Martina Cole books in order?
You only need to read Martina Cole books in order within each series: the books listed here span 2 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.
What order should you read Martina Cole books in?
Read them in publication order, starting with Dangerous Lady (1992), the earliest published title. After it come The Ladykiller (1993), Goodnight Lady (1994), The Jump (1995) and The Runaway (1997); the numbered table above continues from there.
What is the newest Martina Cole book?
No Regret (2025) is the newest Martina Cole book released so far.
Is there a new Martina Cole book coming?
No next Martina Cole book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Martina Cole at a glance
- Still publishing
- Martina Cole published a book as recently as 2025.
- Release pace
- Martina Cole books have appeared about one a year on average.
- Length
- 13,300 pages across the 22 of 29 books with a recorded length, a median of 612 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Martina Cole books, 11 of 29, were published in the 2000s.
What the Martina Cole books are about
23 of the 29 Martina Cole 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 8 of 23. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Thrillers 8 of 23 books
- Suspense 6 of 23 books
- Family life 5 of 23 books
- London (England) 5 of 23 books
- Crime 4 of 23 books
- Criminals 4 of 23 books
- Gangsters 4 of 23 books
- Mystery & detective 4 of 23 books
- Revenge 3 of 23 books
- Crimes against 2 of 23 books