Michael Kerr Books in Order
Michael Kerr has written 42 books, published between 2012 and 2024. The first book is Aftermath (2012) and the newest is Born to Kill (2024). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 42
- Published
- 2012–2024
- Pages on record
- 968 in 3 of 42 books
Four detective inspectors carry Michael Kerr's crime novels: Matt Barnes, Laura Scott, Joe Hope and Jim Cole. The Joe Logan books run alongside them, and Adventures in Otherworld stands apart from the police series. Aftermath (2012) opens the catalogue, which holds 42 titles at a median of 322 pages and reaches Born to Kill in 2024. Early entries such as A Hunger Within, A Reason To Kill and Lethal Intent set the pattern, and Kerr continues to publish.
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How many Michael Kerr books are there?
Michael Kerr has 42 books, released between 2012 and 2024. They include 6 series and 16 titles listed outside any series.
Michael Kerr Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 42 Michael Kerr 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 October 2026.
- 12012–1/4
- 2A Hunger Within2013 · confirmed 1/42013–1/4
- 32013–1/4
- 42013–1/4
- 52013–1/4
- 62013–1/4
- 72013–1/4
- 8Close Encounters of the Strange Kind2014 · confirmed 1/42014–1/4
- 92014–1/4
- 10Waiting2014 · confirmed 1/42014–1/4
- 11Taken by Force2014 · 342 pages · confirmed 1/420143421/4
- 122014–1/4
- 132014–1/4
- 14Black Rock Bay2014 · confirmed 1/42014–1/4
- 15A Deadly State Of Mind2014 · confirmed 1/42014–1/4
- 162014–1/4
- 17Deadly Reprisal2014 · confirmed 1/42014–1/4
- 18Deadly Requital2014 · confirmed 1/42014–1/4
- 192015–1/4
- 202015–1/4
- 21Dark Needs and Evil Deeds2015 · confirmed 1/42015–1/4
- 22Re-Emergence2015 · 322 pages · confirmed 1/420153221/4
- 232016–1/4
- 2420163041/4
- 252016–1/4
- 262016–1/4
- 27Coffee Crime Café2017 · confirmed 1/42017–1/4
- 282017–1/4
- 29Deadly Obsession2017 · confirmed 1/42017–1/4
- 30A Reason to Live2017 · confirmed 1/42017–1/4
- 312018–1/4
- 32A Darkness Within2018 · confirmed 1/42018–1/4
- 33Plain Evil2018 · confirmed 1/42018–1/4
- 342019–1/4
- 352019–1/4
- 362020–1/4
- 37Without Conscience2020 · confirmed 1/42020–1/4
- 382021–1/4
- 392021–1/4
- 402022–1/4
- 412023–1/4
- 422024–1/4
Michael Kerr 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.
DI Matt Barnes in order
10 booksJoe Logan in order
8 books- 1. Aftermath
- 2. Atonement
- 3. Absolution
- 4. Allegiance
- 5. Abduction
- 6. Accused
- 7. Abandoned
- 8. Aggrieved
DI Laura Scott in order
4 booksAdventures in Otherworld in order
2 booksDI Joe Hope in order
1 bookDI Jim Cole in order
1 bookStandalone books
16 books16 Michael Kerr titles here are not listed as part of any series.
Do you have to read Michael Kerr books in order?
You only need to read Michael Kerr books in order within each series: the books listed here span 6 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.
Where to start with Michael Kerr
Start with Aftermath (2012), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Michael Kerr book?
Born to Kill (2024) is the newest Michael Kerr book released so far.
Is there a new Michael Kerr book coming?
No next Michael Kerr book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Michael Kerr at a glance
- Still publishing
- Michael Kerr published a book as recently as 2024.
- Release pace
- Michael Kerr books have appeared more than one a year on average.
- Length
- 968 pages across the 3 of 42 books with a recorded length, a median of 322 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Michael Kerr books, 35 of 42, were published in the 2010s.
When Michael Kerr books were published
Publication distribution by decade, showing when Michael Kerr titles appeared. 2010s was the most productive decade with 35 titles.
42 books total across 2 decades. Decade reflects the year each title was first catalogued.