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Michael Robotham Books in Order

Michael Robotham has written 20 books, published between 2004 and 2025. The first book is The Suspect (2004) and the newest is The White Crow (2025). One more title is announced: Tell Me Something True (2027). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
20 + 1 announced
Published
2004–2025
Confirmed
21 of 21 titles
Pages on record
5,161 in 13 of 21 books
Reading time
86–129 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 5,161 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 13 of 21 titles with a page count on record.

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Photo of Michael Robotham, author

Psychological crime fiction is Michael Robotham's form, built around psychologists, police, and cases of murder and kidnapping in London. Joseph O'Loughlin and Cyrus Haven head his two main series, with Philomena McCarthy, standalone thrillers and non-fiction alongside. Twenty-one catalogued books run from The Suspect (2004) to The White Crow, and Tell Me Something True is scheduled for 2027.

Michael Robotham worked as a journalist before writing crime fiction. His Joe O'Loughlin series features a psychologist with Parkinson's disease. Robotham has won the Gold Dagger award for best crime novel.

How many Michael Robotham books are there?

Michael Robotham has 20 published books, released between 2004 and 2025. They include 3 separate series. One more, Tell Me Something True (2027), is announced.

Michael Robotham Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 21 Michael Robotham 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.

  1. Cover of Lost / The Drowning Man by Michael Robotham, book 2 of the Joseph O'Loughlin series (2005)
  2. Cover of Bombproof by Michael Robotham, book 2 of the Michael Robotham Standalone Novels series (2008)
  3. Cover of Shatter / The Sleep of Reason by Michael Robotham, book 3 of the Joseph O'Loughlin series (2008)
  4. Cover of Bleed for Me by Michael Robotham, book 4 of the Joseph O'Loughlin series (2010)
  5. Cover of Say You're Sorry by Michael Robotham, book 6 of the Joseph O'Loughlin series (2012)
  6. Cover of Watching You by Michael Robotham, book 7 of the Joseph O'Loughlin series (2013)
  7. Cover of Life or Death by Michael Robotham, book 3 of the Michael Robotham Standalone Novels series (2014)
  8. Cover of Close Your Eyes by Michael Robotham, book 8 of the Joseph O'Loughlin series (2015)
  9. Cover of The Secrets She Keeps by Michael Robotham, book 4 of the Michael Robotham Standalone Novels series (2017)
  10. Cover of Good Girl, Bad Girl by Michael Robotham, book 1 of the Cyrus Haven series (2019)
  11. Cover of When She Was Good by Michael Robotham, book 2 of the Cyrus Haven series (2020)
  12. Cover of When You Are Mine by Michael Robotham, book 1 of the Philomena McCarthy series (2021)
  13. Cover of Lying Beside You by Michael Robotham, book 3 of the Cyrus Haven series (2022)
  1. 1
    The SuspectJoseph O'Loughlin #12004 · 432 pages · confirmed 4/4
    2004432
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  2. 2
    Lost / The Drowning ManJoseph O'Loughlin #22005 · 368 pages · confirmed 4/4
    2005368
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  3. 3
    The Night FerryMichael Robotham Standalone Novels #12007 · confirmed 4/4
    2007–
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  4. 4
    BombproofMichael Robotham Standalone Novels #22008 · 393 pages · confirmed 4/4
    2008393
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  5. 5
    Shatter / The Sleep of ReasonJoseph O'Loughlin #32008 · 466 pages · confirmed 4/4
    2008466
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  6. 6
    Bleed for MeJoseph O'Loughlin #42010 · confirmed 4/4
    2010–
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  7. 7
    The WreckageJoseph O'Loughlin #52011 · 464 pages · confirmed 4/4
    2011464
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  8. 8
    Say You're SorryJoseph O'Loughlin #62012 · confirmed 4/4
    2012–
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  9. 9
    If I Tell You... I'll Have to Kill YouMichael Robotham Non-Fiction #12013 · 325 pages · confirmed 4/4
    2013325
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  10. 10
    Watching YouJoseph O'Loughlin #72013 · 424 pages · confirmed 4/4
    2013424
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  11. 11
    Life or DeathMichael Robotham Standalone Novels #32014 · 418 pages · confirmed 4/4
    2014418
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  12. 12
    Close Your EyesJoseph O'Loughlin #82015 · 383 pages · confirmed 4/4
    2015383
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  13. 13
    The Secrets She KeepsMichael Robotham Standalone Novels #42017 · 368 pages · confirmed 4/4
    2017368
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  14. 14
    The Other WifeJoseph O'Loughlin #92018 · 384 pages · confirmed 4/4
    2018384
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  15. 15
    Good Girl, Bad GirlCyrus Haven #12019 · confirmed 4/4
    2019–
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  16. 16
    When She Was GoodCyrus Haven #22020 · 352 pages · confirmed 4/4
    2020352
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  17. 17
    When You Are MinePhilomena McCarthy #12021 · 384 pages · confirmed 4/4
    2021384
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  18. 18
    Lying Beside YouCyrus Haven #32022 · confirmed 4/4
    2022–
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  19. 19
    Before You Found Me / Storm ChildCyrus Haven #42024 · confirmed 4/4
    2024–
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  20. 20
    The White CrowPhilomena McCarthy #22025 · confirmed 4/4
    2025–
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  21. 21
    Tell Me Something TrueMichael Robotham Standalone Novels #52027 · confirmed 3/4
    2027–
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Michael Robotham series in order

Each series linked below has its own reading-order page.

Michael Robotham 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.

Joseph O'Loughlin in order

9 books
  1. 1. The Suspect
  2. 2. Lost / The Drowning Man
  3. 3. Shatter / The Sleep of Reason
  4. 4. Bleed for Me
  5. 5. The Wreckage
  6. 6. Say You're Sorry
  7. 7. Watching You
  8. 8. Close Your Eyes
  9. 9. The Other Wife

Michael Robotham Standalone Novels

5 books

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

Michael Robotham Non-Fiction

1 book

1 title published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.

Michael Robotham Books in Chronological Order

By publication date, the Michael Robotham books run from The Suspect (2004) to The White Crow (2025), the sequence in the table above. No separate story order is recorded for Michael Robotham in the book listings this catalogue merges, so publication order is the only order on record.

Do you have to read Michael Robotham books in order?

You only need to read Michael Robotham 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 Michael Robotham

Start with the first book of the Michael Robotham series you want to read: Cyrus Haven starts with Good Girl, Bad Girl (2019) and Philomena McCarthy starts with When You Are Mine (2021). The earliest catalogued title overall is The Suspect (2004).

What is the newest Michael Robotham book?

The White Crow (2025) is the newest Michael Robotham book released so far.

Is there a new Michael Robotham book coming?

Yes. Tell Me Something True (2027) is the next Michael Robotham book announced in the catalogue. A publication year announced this far ahead moves, so it is worth rechecking: every announced title dated after 2026 sits on the upcoming book releases page.

Michael Robotham at a glance

Still publishing
Michael Robotham is still publishing. Tell Me Something True is announced for 2027.
Release pace
Michael Robotham books have appeared about one a year on average.
Length
5,161 pages across the 13 of 21 books with a recorded length, a median of 384 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Michael Robotham books, 10 of 21, were published in the 2010s.
Corroboration
20 of the 21 titles appear in all four independent book listings, and every one of them in at least three.

What the Michael Robotham books are about

16 of the 21 Michael Robotham 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 16. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.