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Meg Gardiner Books in Order

Meg Gardiner has written 17 books, published between 2002 and 2024. The first book is China Lake (2002) and the newest is Shadowheart (2024). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
17
Published
2002–2024
Confirmed
17 of 17 titles
Pages on record
4,871 in 13 of 17 books
Reading time
81–122 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 4,871 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 13 of 17 titles with a page count on record.

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Photo of Meg Gardiner, author

Meg Gardiner writes crime thrillers across four lines: Evan Delaney, Jo Beckett, the UNSUB novels and a set of standalones. China Lake (2002) opens a catalogue of 17 books that reaches Shadowheart in 2024. Forensic psychiatry, missing persons and murder investigation supply the material.

How many Meg Gardiner books are there?

Meg Gardiner has 17 books, released between 2002 and 2024. They include 3 separate series.

Meg Gardiner Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 17 Meg Gardiner 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 China Lake by Meg Gardiner, book 1 of the Evan Delaney series (2002)
  2. Cover of Mission Canyon by Meg Gardiner, book 2 of the Evan Delaney series (2004)
  3. Cover of Jericho Point by Meg Gardiner, book 3 of the Evan Delaney series (2004)
  4. Cover of Crosscut by Meg Gardiner, book 4 of the Evan Delaney series (2005)
  5. Cover of Kill Chain by Meg Gardiner, book 5 of the Evan Delaney series (2006)
  6. Cover of The Dirty Secrets Club by Meg Gardiner, book 1 of the Jo Beckett series (2008)
  7. Cover of The Memory Collector by Meg Gardiner, book 2 of the Jo Beckett series (2009)
  8. Cover of Ransom River by Meg Gardiner, book 1 of the Meg Gardiner Standalone Novels series (2012)
  9. Cover of The Shadow Tracer by Meg Gardiner, book 2 of the Meg Gardiner Standalone Novels series (2013)
  10. Cover of Phantom Instinct by Meg Gardiner, book 3 of the Meg Gardiner Standalone Novels series (2014)
  11. Cover of Into the Black Nowhere by Meg Gardiner, book 2 of the UNSUB series (2018)
  12. Cover of Heat 2 by Meg Gardiner, book 4 of the Meg Gardiner Standalone Novels series (2022)
  1. 1
    China LakeEvan Delaney #12002 · 402 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2002402
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  2. 2
    Mission CanyonEvan Delaney #22004 · 341 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2004341
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  3. 3
    Jericho PointEvan Delaney #32004 · 370 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2004370
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  4. 4
    CrosscutEvan Delaney #42005 · 371 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2005371
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  5. 5
    Kill ChainEvan Delaney #52006 · 371 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2006371
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  6. 6
    The Dirty Secrets ClubJo Beckett #12008 · confirmed 3/4
    2008–
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  7. 7
    The Memory CollectorJo Beckett #22009 · 384 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2009384
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  8. 8
    The Liar's LullabyJo Beckett #32010 · 384 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2010384
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  9. 9
    The Nightmare ThiefJo Beckett #42011 · 351 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2011351
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  10. 10
    Ransom RiverMeg Gardiner Standalone Novels #12012 · confirmed 3/4
    2012–
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  11. 11
    The Shadow TracerMeg Gardiner Standalone Novels #22013 · 358 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2013358
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  12. 12
    Phantom InstinctMeg Gardiner Standalone Novels #32014 · 356 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2014356
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  13. 13
    UNSUBUNSUB #12017 · 367 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2017367
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  14. 14
    Into the Black NowhereUNSUB #22018 · 352 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2018352
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  15. 15
    The Dark Corners of the NightUNSUB #32020 · confirmed 3/4
    2020–
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  16. 16
    Heat 2Meg Gardiner Standalone Novels #42022 · 464 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2022464
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  17. 17
    ShadowheartUNSUB #42024 · confirmed 3/4
    2024–
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Meg Gardiner 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.

Evan Delaney in order

5 books
  1. 1. China Lake
  2. 2. Mission Canyon
  3. 3. Jericho Point
  4. 4. Crosscut
  5. 5. Kill Chain

Jo Beckett in order

4 books
  1. 1. The Dirty Secrets Club
  2. 2. The Memory Collector
  3. 3. The Liar's Lullaby
  4. 4. The Nightmare Thief

Meg Gardiner Standalone Novels

4 books

4 titles published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.

UNSUB in order

4 books
  1. 1. UNSUB
  2. 2. Into the Black Nowhere
  3. 3. The Dark Corners of the Night
  4. 4. Shadowheart

Do you have to read Meg Gardiner books in order?

You only need to read Meg Gardiner books in order within each series: the books listed here span 3 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.

Where to start with Meg Gardiner

Start with China Lake (2002), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Meg Gardiner book?

Shadowheart (2024) is the newest Meg Gardiner book released so far.

Is there a new Meg Gardiner book coming?

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

Awards Meg Gardiner has won

Wikidata records 1 award for Meg Gardiner. Each row states whether the title won or was shortlisted, and the year the award was given.

  • Edgar Awards2009Won

Meg Gardiner at a glance

Still publishing
Meg Gardiner published a book as recently as 2024.
Release pace
Meg Gardiner books have appeared about one a year on average.
Length
4,871 pages across the 13 of 17 books with a recorded length, a median of 370 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Meg Gardiner books, 7 of 17, were published in the 2010s.

What the Meg Gardiner books are about

16 of the 17 Meg Gardiner 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 11 of 16. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.