Sarah Hawkswood Books in Order
Sarah Hawkswood has written 14 books, published between 2014 and 2026. The first book is Servant of Death /The Lord Bishop's Clerk (2014) and the newest is A Shroud of Snow (2026). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 14
- Published
- 2014–2026
- Pages on record
- 2,434 in 8 of 14 books
- Reading time
- 41–61 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 2,434 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 8 of 14 titles with a page count on record.
Bradecote and Catchpoll carry Sarah Hawkswood's medieval crime series, set in Worcestershire during the reign of King Stephen, 1135 to 1154. Hugh Bradecote and Serjeant Catchpoll investigate across 14 books published between 2014 and 2026, from Servant of Death (2014), also issued as The Lord Bishop's Clerk, through Ordeal by Fire (2017), Marked to Die (2018) and River of Sins (2020) to A Taste for Killing (2022).
How many Sarah Hawkswood books are there?
Sarah Hawkswood has 14 books, released between 2014 and 2026.
Sarah Hawkswood Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 14 Sarah Hawkswood 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.
- 1Servant of Death /The Lord Bishop's ClerkA Bradecote and Catchpoll Investigation #12014 · 322 pages · confirmed 1/420143221/4
- 220173201/4
- 320182881/4
- 420202881/4
- 520202881/4
- 620202881/4
- 720203521/4
- 82021–1/4
- 920212881/4
- 102022–1/4
- 112023–1/4
- 122024–1/4
- 132025–1/4
- 142026–1/4
Sarah Hawkswood characters in order
The character linked below has its own reading-order page.
Sarah Hawkswood 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.
A Bradecote and Catchpoll Investigation in order
14 books- 1. Servant of Death /The Lord Bishop's Clerk
- 2. Ordeal by Fire
- 3. Marked to Die
- 4. Hostage to Fortune
- 5. Vale of Tears
- 6. Faithful Unto Death
- 7. River of Sins
- 8. Blood Runs Thicker
- 9. Wolf at the Door
- 10. A Taste for Killing
- 11. Too Good to Hang
- 12. Litany of Lies
- and 2 more in the table above
Do you have to read Sarah Hawkswood books in order?
You only need to read Sarah Hawkswood books in order within the A Bradecote and Catchpoll Investigation series, which holds 14 of the 14 Sarah Hawkswood books listed here. The numbered table above gives every book in publication order.
Where to start with Sarah Hawkswood
Start with Servant of Death /The Lord Bishop's Clerk (2014), the first Bradecote and Catchpoll Investigation book. It is also the earliest catalogued title.
What is the newest Sarah Hawkswood book?
A Shroud of Snow (2026) is the newest Sarah Hawkswood book released so far.
Is there a new Sarah Hawkswood book coming?
No next Sarah Hawkswood book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Sarah Hawkswood at a glance
- Still publishing
- Sarah Hawkswood published a book as recently as 2026.
- Release pace
- Sarah Hawkswood books have appeared about one a year on average.
- Length
- 2,434 pages across the 8 of 14 books with a recorded length, a median of 288 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Sarah Hawkswood books, 11 of 14, were published in the 2020s.
What the Sarah Hawkswood books are about
7 of the 14 Sarah Hawkswood books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: english literature is tagged on 4 of 7. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- English literature 4 of 7 books
- Crime 3 of 7 books
- Great Britain 3 of 7 books
- Mystery & detective, historical 2 of 7 books