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Paul Cleave Books in Order

Paul Cleave has written 14 books, published between 2006 and 2023. The first book is The Cleaner (2006) and the newest is His Favourite Graves (2023). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
14
Published
2006–2023
Confirmed
14 of 14 titles
Pages on record
3,911 in 10 of 14 books
Reading time
65–98 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 3,911 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 10 of 14 titles with a page count on record.

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Paul Cleave is a crime writer from New Zealand. The catalogue holds 14 books published between 2006 and 2023, opening with The Cleaner (2006) and running through Cemetery Lake (2008), Blood Men (2010), The Laughterhouse (2012) and Trust No One (2015). The Theodore Tate and Cleaner series sit alongside a body of standalone novels. Serial murder, private investigation and psychological suspense are the recurring subjects.

How many Paul Cleave books are there?

Paul Cleave has 14 books, released between 2006 and 2023. They include 2 separate series.

Paul Cleave Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 14 Paul Cleave 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 The Cleaner by Paul Cleave, book 1 of the Cleaner series (2006)
  2. Cover of The Killing Hour by Paul Cleave, book 1 of the Paul Cleave Standalone Novels series (2007)
  3. Cover of Cemetery Lake by Paul Cleave, book 1 of the Theodore Tate series (2008)
  4. Cover of Collecting Cooper by Paul Cleave, book 2 of the Theodore Tate series (2011)
  5. Cover of The Laughterhouse by Paul Cleave, book 3 of the Theodore Tate series (2012)
  6. Cover of Joe Victim by Paul Cleave, book 2 of the Cleaner series (2013)
  7. Cover of Five Minutes Alone by Paul Cleave, book 3 of the Paul Cleave Standalone Novels series (2014)
  8. Cover of The Pain Tourist by Paul Cleave, book 8 of the Paul Cleave Standalone Novels series (2023)
  1. 1
    The CleanerCleaner #12006 · 387 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2006387
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  2. 2
    The Killing HourPaul Cleave Standalone Novels #12007 · 374 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2007374
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  3. 3
    Cemetery LakeTheodore Tate #12008 · 406 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2008406
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  4. 4
    Blood MenPaul Cleave Standalone Novels #22010 · confirmed 3/4
    2010–
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  5. 5
    Collecting CooperTheodore Tate #22011 · 391 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2011391
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  6. 6
    The LaughterhouseTheodore Tate #32012 · 403 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2012403
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  7. 7
    Joe VictimCleaner #22013 · 486 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2013486
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  8. 8
    Five Minutes AlonePaul Cleave Standalone Novels #32014 · 450 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2014450
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  9. 9
    Trust No OnePaul Cleave Standalone Novels #42015 · confirmed 3/4
    2015–
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  10. 10
    A Killer HarvestPaul Cleave Standalone Novels #52017 · 386 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2017386
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  11. 11
    Whatever It TakesPaul Cleave Standalone Novels #62020 · confirmed 3/4
    2020–
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  12. 12
    The Quiet PeoplePaul Cleave Standalone Novels #72021 · 352 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2021352
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  13. 13
    The Pain TouristPaul Cleave Standalone Novels #82023 · 276 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2023276
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  14. 14
    His Favourite GravesPaul Cleave Standalone Novels #92023 · confirmed 3/4
    2023–
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Paul Cleave 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.

Paul Cleave Standalone Novels

9 books

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

Theodore Tate in order

3 books
  1. 1. Cemetery Lake
  2. 2. Collecting Cooper
  3. 3. The Laughterhouse

Cleaner in order

2 books
  1. 1. The Cleaner
  2. 2. Joe Victim

Do you have to read Paul Cleave books in order?

You only need to read Paul Cleave books in order within each series: the books listed here span 2 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.

Where to start with Paul Cleave

Start with The Cleaner (2006), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Paul Cleave book?

His Favourite Graves (2023) is the newest Paul Cleave book released so far.

Is there a new Paul Cleave book coming?

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

Paul Cleave at a glance

Paused
No new Paul Cleave title has appeared for 3 years. The last was published in 2023.
Release pace
Paul Cleave books have appeared about one a year on average.
Length
3,911 pages across the 10 of 14 books with a recorded length, a median of 389 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Paul Cleave books, 7 of 14, were published in the 2010s.

What the Paul Cleave books are about

12 of the 14 Paul Cleave books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: mystery & detective is tagged on 4 of 12. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.