Robin Burcell Books in Order

Robin Burcell has written 12 books, published between 1995 and 2015. The first book is When Midnight Comes (1995) and the newest is The Last Good Place (2015). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
12
Published
1995–2015
Pages on record
3,438 in 10 of 12 books
Reading time
57–86 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 3,438 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200300 words a minute, covering the 10 of 12 titles with a page count on record.

Robin Burcell has 12 books in the catalogue, published from 1995 to 2015, and the list is likely complete. When Midnight Comes (1995) is the earliest, followed by Every Move She Makes (1999), Fatal Truth (2002), Deadly Legacy (2003), Cold Case (2004), Face of a Killer (2008), The Bone Chamber (2009), The Black List (2012), The Dark Hour (2012) and The Kill Order (2013). The Last Good Place (2015) is the newest title. Burcell series are Sydney Fitzpatrick and Kate Gillespie, and subjects include women detectives, police artists, forensic anthropologists and the FBI.

How many Robin Burcell books are there?

Robin Burcell has 12 books, released between 1995 and 2015. They include 2 series and 1 title listed outside any series.

Robin Burcell Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 12 Robin Burcell 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
    When Midnight Comes1995 · 368 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1995368
  2. 2
    Every Move She MakesKate Gillespie #11999 · 400 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1999400
  3. 3
    Fatal TruthKate Gillespie #22002 · 266 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2002266
  4. 4
    Deadly LegacyKate Gillespie #32003 · 290 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2003290
  5. 5
    Cold CaseKate Gillespie #42004 · 276 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2004276
  6. 6
    Face of a KillerSydney Fitzpatrick #12008 · confirmed 2/4
    2008
  7. 7
    The Bone ChamberSydney Fitzpatrick #22009 · 388 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2009388
  8. 8
    The Dark HourSydney Fitzpatrick #32012 · 385 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2012385
  9. 9
    The Black ListSydney Fitzpatrick #42012 · 368 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2012368
  10. 10
    The Kill OrderSydney Fitzpatrick #52013 · 403 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2013403
  11. 11
    The Last SecondSydney Fitzpatrick #62013 · confirmed 2/4
    2013
  12. 12
    The Last Good PlaceKrug and Kellog #42015 · 294 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2015294

Robin Burcell 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.

Sydney Fitzpatrick in order

6 books
  1. 1. Face of a Killer
  2. 2. The Bone Chamber
  3. 3. The Dark Hour
  4. 4. The Black List
  5. 5. The Kill Order
  6. 6. The Last Second

Kate Gillespie in order

4 books
  1. 1. Every Move She Makes
  2. 2. Fatal Truth
  3. 3. Deadly Legacy
  4. 4. Cold Case

Krug and Kellog in order

1 book
  1. 4. The Last Good Place

Standalone books

1 book

1 Robin Burcell title here is not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Robin Burcell books in order?

You only need to read Robin Burcell 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 Robin Burcell

Start with When Midnight Comes (1995), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Robin Burcell book?

The Last Good Place (2015) is the newest Robin Burcell book released so far.

Is there a new Robin Burcell book coming?

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

Robin Burcell at a glance

No recent titles
The newest Robin Burcell title on record dates from 2015, 11 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
Release pace
Robin Burcell books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
Length
3,438 pages across the 10 of 12 books with a recorded length, a median of 368 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Robin Burcell books, 5 of 12, were published in the 2010s.

What the Robin Burcell books are about

10 of the 12 Robin Burcell books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: investigation is tagged on 6 of 10. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.