Priscilla Masters Books in Order
Priscilla Masters has written 40 books, published between 1988 and 2026. The first book is Mr. Bateman's Garden (1988) and the newest is The Cliff's Edge Murders (2026). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 40
- Published
- 1988–2026
- Confirmed
- 40 of 40 titles
- Pages on record
- 3,120 in 13 of 40 books
Priscilla Masters writes English detective fiction. DI Joanna Piercy, Martha Gunn, Claire Roget and Florence Shaw each head a series, six groupings in all across 40 catalogued books published between 1988 and 2026. Mr. Bateman's Garden (1988) opens the list, which reaches The Cliff's Edge Murders (2026) by way of Winding Up the Serpent (1995), A Fatal Cut (2001) and Disturbing Ground (2002). Murder, missing children, physicians, coroners, forensic psychiatrists and serial murderers recur as subjects.
How many Priscilla Masters books are there?
Priscilla Masters has 40 books, released between 1988 and 2026. They include 4 separate series.
Priscilla Masters Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 40 Priscilla Masters 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.
- 11988593/4
- 21995–3/4
- 31996–3/4
- 41997–3/4
- 51997–3/4
- 619992243/4
- 71999–3/4
- 820013203/4
- 92001–3/4
- 1020022783/4
- 1220042653/4
- 1320053203/4
- 142006–3/4
- 152007–3/4
- 1620082883/4
- 1720083363/4
- 182009–3/4
- 192011–3/4
- 202011–3/4
- 212012–3/4
- 222013–3/4
- 2320142243/4
- 242015–3/4
- 252015–3/4
- 262015–3/4
- 272015–3/4
- 2820162123/4
- 292016983/4
- 302016–3/4
- 312018–3/4
- 3220192403/4
- 332019–3/4
- 3420202563/4
- 352021–3/4
- 362022–3/4
- 372023–3/4
- 382023–3/4
- 392025–3/4
- 402026–3/4
Priscilla Masters characters in order
The character linked below has its own reading-order page.
- Joanna Piercy books in order 16 books
Priscilla Masters 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 Joanna Piercy in order
16 books- 1. Winding Up the Serpent / Killer on the Moors
- 2. Catch the Fallen Sparrow / Burnt on the Moors
- 3. A Wreath For My Sister / Frozen on the Moors
- 4. And None Shall Sleep / Kidnap on the Moors
- 5. Scaring Crows / Missing on the Moors
- 6. Embroidering Shrouds / Murder on the Moors
- 7. Endangering Innocents / Hidden on the Moors
- 8. Wings Over the Watcher / Stalker on the Moors
- 9. Grave Stones / Revenge on the Moors
- 10. A Velvet Scream / Alone on the Moors
- 11. The Final Curtain / Fear on the Moors
- 12. Guilty Waters / Guilt on the Moors
- and 4 more in the table above
Priscilla Masters Standalone Novels
9 books9 titles published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.
Martha Gunn in order
8 books- 1. River Deep / The River Severn Murders
- 2. Slipknot / The Stoke Heath Murders
- 3. Frozen Charlotte / The Shrewsbury Murders
- 4. Smoke Alarm / The Melverley Grange Murders
- 5. The Devil's Chair / The Burway Killings
- 6. Recalled to Death / The Shropshire Castle Murders
- 7. Bridge of Sighs / The Church Stretton Murders
- 8. The Cliff's Edge Murders
Claire Roget in order
4 booksPriscilla Masters Short Stories/Novellas
2 books2 titles published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.
Florence Shaw in order
1 bookDo you have to read Priscilla Masters books in order?
You only need to read Priscilla Masters books in order within each series: the books listed here span 4 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.
Where to start with Priscilla Masters
Start with Winding Up the Serpent / Killer on the Moors (1995), the first Joanna Piercy book. The earliest catalogued title overall is Mr. Bateman's Garden (1988).
What is the newest Priscilla Masters book?
The Cliff's Edge Murders (2026) is the newest Priscilla Masters book released so far.
Is there a new Priscilla Masters book coming?
No next Priscilla Masters book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Priscilla Masters at a glance
- Still publishing
- Priscilla Masters published a book as recently as 2026.
- Release pace
- Priscilla Masters books have appeared about one a year on average.
- Length
- 3,120 pages across the 13 of 40 books with a recorded length, a median of 256 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Priscilla Masters books, 15 of 40, were published in the 2010s.
What the Priscilla Masters books are about
15 of the 40 Priscilla Masters 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 5 of 15. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Mystery & detective 5 of 15 books
- England 4 of 15 books
- English literature 3 of 15 books
- Coroners 2 of 15 books
- Forensic psychiatrists 2 of 15 books
- Missing children 2 of 15 books
- Murder 2 of 15 books
- Physicians 2 of 15 books
- Women physicians 2 of 15 books