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Olivia Kiernan Books in Order

Olivia Kiernan has written 6 books, published between 2013 and 2023. The first book is Dawn Solstice (2013) and the newest is The End of Us (2023). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
6
Published
2013–2023
Pages on record
1,928 in 5 of 6 books
Reading time
32–48 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 1,928 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 5 of 6 titles with a page count on record.

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Frankie Sheehan is the detective at the centre of Olivia Kiernan's crime novels, which are set in Ireland. Too Close to Breathe (2018) opens the series, followed by The Killer in Me (2019), If Looks Could Kill (2020) and The Murder Box (2021). Six books are catalogued in all, from Dawn Solstice (2013) to The End of Us (2023), with murder investigation and suspense as the recurring subjects. The catalogue is dormant.

How many Olivia Kiernan books are there?

Olivia Kiernan has 6 books, released between 2013 and 2023. 4 of them belong to the Frankie Sheehan series.

Olivia Kiernan Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 6 Olivia Kiernan 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 Too Close to Breathe by Olivia Kiernan, book 1 of the Frankie Sheehan series (2018)
  2. Cover of The Killer in Me by Olivia Kiernan, book 2 of the Frankie Sheehan series (2019)
  1. 1
    Dawn Solstice2013 · 456 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2013456
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  2. 2
    Too Close to BreatheFrankie Sheehan #12018 · 320 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2018320
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  3. 3
    The Killer in MeFrankie Sheehan #22019 · 352 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2019352
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  4. 4
    If Looks Could KillFrankie Sheehan #32020 · 400 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2020400
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  5. 5
    The Murder BoxFrankie Sheehan #42021 · 400 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2021400
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  6. 6
    The End of Us2023 · confirmed 1/4
    2023–
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Olivia Kiernan 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.

Frankie Sheehan in order

4 books
  1. 1. Too Close to Breathe
  2. 2. The Killer in Me
  3. 3. If Looks Could Kill
  4. 4. The Murder Box

Standalone books

2 books

2 Olivia Kiernan titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Olivia Kiernan books in order?

You only need to read Olivia Kiernan books in order within the Frankie Sheehan series, which holds 4 of the 6 Olivia Kiernan books listed here. The numbered table above gives every book in publication order.

Where to start with Olivia Kiernan

Start with Dawn Solstice (2013), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Olivia Kiernan book?

The End of Us (2023) is the newest Olivia Kiernan book released so far.

Is there a new Olivia Kiernan book coming?

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

Olivia Kiernan at a glance

Paused
No new Olivia Kiernan title has appeared for 3 years. The last was published in 2023.
Release pace
Olivia Kiernan books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
Length
1,928 pages across the 5 of 6 books with a recorded length, a median of 400 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Olivia Kiernan books, 3 of 6, were published in the 2020s.

What the Olivia Kiernan books are about

3 of the 6 Olivia Kiernan books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: ireland is tagged on 2 of 3. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.