Paul Pilkington Books in Order

Paul Pilkington has written 11 books, published between 2011 and 2023. The first book is Someone to Save You (2011) and the newest is Deep Sleeper (2023). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
11
Published
2011–2023
Pages on record
1,892 in 6 of 11 books
Reading time
32–47 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 1,892 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200300 words a minute, covering the 6 of 11 titles with a page count on record.

Paul Pilkington writes psychological suspense and mystery, with the DCI Paul Cullen and Emma Holden series in a catalogue of 11 books from 2011 to 2023. Someone to Save You (2011) and The One You Love (2011) are the earliest. The One You Fear and The One You Trust followed, and Emma Holden and Me (2014) is filed under Emma Holden Non-Fiction. Later titles include For Your Own Protection, Long Gone, Fallen Angel and Dead Ahead. Deep Sleeper (2023) is the newest, and subjects include stalking and kidnapping.

How many Paul Pilkington books are there?

Paul Pilkington has 11 books, released between 2011 and 2023. They include 2 series and 3 titles listed outside any series.

Paul Pilkington Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 11 Paul Pilkington 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. 1
    Someone to Save You2011 · 338 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2011338
  2. 2
    The One You LoveEmma Holden #12011 · 322 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2011322
  3. 3
    The One You FearEmma Holden #22012 · 236 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2012236
  4. 4
    The One You TrustEmma Holden #32013 · 284 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2013284
  5. 5
    Be Careful What You Hear2014 · confirmed 2/4
    2014
  6. 62014
  7. 7
    For Your Own Protection2017 · 304 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2017304
  8. 8
    Long GoneDCI Paul Cullen #12019 · 408 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2019408
  9. 9
    Fallen AngelDCI Paul Cullen #22020 · confirmed 2/4
    2020
  10. 10
    Dead AheadDCI Paul Cullen #32021 · confirmed 2/4
    2021
  11. 11
    Deep SleeperDCI Paul Cullen #42023 · confirmed 2/4
    2023

Paul Pilkington 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.

DCI Paul Cullen in order

4 books
  1. 1. Long Gone
  2. 2. Fallen Angel
  3. 3. Dead Ahead
  4. 4. Deep Sleeper

Emma Holden in order

3 books
  1. 1. The One You Love
  2. 2. The One You Fear
  3. 3. The One You Trust

Emma Holden Non-Fiction

1 book

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

Standalone books

3 books

3 Paul Pilkington titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Paul Pilkington books in order?

You only need to read Paul Pilkington 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 Pilkington

Start with Someone to Save You (2011), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Paul Pilkington book?

Deep Sleeper (2023) is the newest Paul Pilkington book released so far.

Is there a new Paul Pilkington book coming?

No next Paul Pilkington 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 Pilkington at a glance

Paused
No new Paul Pilkington title has appeared for 3 years. The last was published in 2023.
Release pace
Paul Pilkington books have appeared about one a year on average.
Length
1,892 pages across the 6 of 11 books with a recorded length, a median of 313 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Paul Pilkington books, 8 of 11, were published in the 2010s.

What the Paul Pilkington books are about

3 of the 11 Paul Pilkington books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: missing persons is tagged on 3 of 3. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.