Rosemary Rowe / Aitken Books in Order
Rosemary Rowe / Aitken has written 36 books, published between 1995 and 2023. The first book is The Girl from Penvarris (1995) and the newest is The Rewards of Treachery (2023). Publication order is the reading order below. 20 of the 36 books listed here are in the Libertus Mystery of Roman Britain series, which has its own page: Libertus Mystery of Roman Britain books in order.
- Books
- 36
- Published
- 1995–2023
- Pages on record
- 6,861 in 25 of 36 books
- Reading time
- 114–172 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 6,861 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 25 of 36 titles with a page count on record.
Two bodies of work sit under Rosemary Rowe, who also publishes as Rosemary Aitken. The Libertus Mystery of Roman Britain novels follow Libertus through murder investigations in Roman Britain, beginning with The Germanicus Mosaic (1999) and continuing in A Pattern of Blood (2000), Murder in the Forum (2001) and The Chariots of Calyx (2002). The Cornish Sagas take in Cornwall and the First World War, starting with The Girl from Penvarris (1995). The catalogue runs to 36 books, ending with The Rewards of Treachery (2023).
How many Rosemary Rowe / Aitken books are there?
Rosemary Rowe / Aitken has 36 books, released between 1995 and 2023. They include 2 series and 9 titles listed outside any series.
Rosemary Rowe / Aitken Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 36 Rosemary Rowe / Aitken 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.
- 119953521/4
- 21996–1/4
- 319983131/4
- 419992751/4
- 520002841/4
- 620012731/4
- 720012241/4
- 820012081/4
- 9Teaching Tenses2002 · confirmed 1/42002–1/4
- 1020022711/4
- 1120022241/4
- 12Writing a Novel2003 · 160 pages · confirmed 1/420031601/4
- 1320032701/4
- 14Against the Tide2004 · 448 pages · confirmed 1/420044481/4
- 1520042751/4
- 1620053201/4
- 17The Tregenza Girls2006 · 380 pages · confirmed 1/420063801/4
- 1820063371/4
- 1920073361/4
- 20From Penvarris with Love2008 · confirmed 1/42008–1/4
- 212008–1/4
- 2220092181/4
- 232010–1/4
- 242011–1/4
- 2520122561/4
- 262013–1/4
- 27Masterclass: Writing Crime Fiction (As: Rosemary Rowe)2014 · 186 pages · confirmed 1/420141861/4
- 2820152241/4
- 292016–1/4
- 30The Blacksmith's Girl2017 · 336 pages · confirmed 1/420173361/4
- 31Flowers for Miss Pengelly2018 · 224 pages · confirmed 1/420182241/4
- 3220182271/4
- 3320202401/4
- 342021–1/4
- 35The Cornish Blacksmith's Daughter2022 · confirmed 1/42022–1/4
- 362023–1/4
Rosemary Rowe / Aitken series in order
The series linked below has its own reading-order page.
Rosemary Rowe / Aitken 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.
Cornish Sagas in order
7 booksStandalone books
9 books9 Rosemary Rowe / Aitken titles here are not listed as part of any series.
Do you have to read Rosemary Rowe / Aitken books in order?
You only need to read Rosemary Rowe / Aitken 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 Rosemary Rowe / Aitken
Start with The Germanicus Mosaic (1999), the first Libertus Mystery of Roman Britain book. The earliest catalogued title overall is The Girl from Penvarris (1995).
What is the newest Rosemary Rowe / Aitken book?
The Rewards of Treachery (2023) is the newest Rosemary Rowe / Aitken book released so far.
Is there a new Rosemary Rowe / Aitken book coming?
No next Rosemary Rowe / Aitken book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Rosemary Rowe / Aitken at a glance
- Paused
- No new Rosemary Rowe / Aitken title has appeared for 3 years. The last was published in 2023.
- Release pace
- Rosemary Rowe / Aitken books have appeared about one a year on average.
- Length
- 6,861 pages across the 25 of 36 books with a recorded length, a median of 271 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Rosemary Rowe / Aitken books, 18 of 36, were published in the 2000s.
What the Rosemary Rowe / Aitken books are about
33 of the 36 Rosemary Rowe / Aitken books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: great britain is tagged on 16 of 33. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Great Britain 16 of 33 books
- History 13 of 33 books
- Slaves 12 of 33 books
- Romans 11 of 33 books
- Libertus (Fictitious character : Rowe) 9 of 33 books
- Mystery & detective 7 of 33 books
- Cornwall (England : county) 6 of 33 books
- Mystery & detective, historical 6 of 33 books
- Enslaved persons 4 of 33 books
- Historical fiction 4 of 33 books
- World War, 1914-1918 4 of 33 books
- Crime 3 of 33 books