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Sarah Hilary Books in Order

Sarah Hilary has written 10 books, published between 2014 and 2026. The first book is Someone Else's Skin (2014) and the newest is The Drowning Place (2026). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
10
Published
2014–2026
Pages on record
2,027 in 5 of 10 books
Reading time
34–51 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 2,027 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 5 of 10 titles with a page count on record.

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Sarah Hilary is an English crime novelist. D.I. Marnie Rome heads her main series, opened by Someone Else's Skin in 2014, which took the Theakston's Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year Award in 2015. No Other Darkness (2015), Tastes Like Fear (2016), Quieter Than Killing (2017), Come and Find Me (2018) and Never Be Broken (2019) follow, with a DS Joseph Ashe strand beside them. Domestic violence, women's shelters, murder and missing children supply the subjects. Ten titles reach The Drowning Place in 2026.

How many Sarah Hilary books are there?

Sarah Hilary has 10 books, released between 2014 and 2026. They include 2 series and 3 titles listed outside any series.

Sarah Hilary Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 10 Sarah Hilary 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. Cover of Someone Else's Skin by Sarah Hilary, book 1 of the DIMarnie Rome series (2014)
  2. Cover of No Other Darkness by Sarah Hilary, book 2 of the DIMarnie Rome series (2015)
  1. 1
    Someone Else's SkinDIMarnie Rome #12014 · 405 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2014405
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  2. 2
    No Other DarknessDIMarnie Rome #22015 · 406 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2015406
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  3. 3
    Tastes Like FearDIMarnie Rome #32016 · 432 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2016432
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  4. 4
    Quieter Than KillingDIMarnie Rome #42017 · 416 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2017416
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  5. 5
    Come and Find MeDIMarnie Rome #52018 · confirmed 1/4
    2018–
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  6. 6
    Never Be BrokenDIMarnie Rome #62019 · 368 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2019368
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  7. 7
    Fragile2021 · confirmed 1/4
    2021–
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  8. 8
    Black Thorn2023 · confirmed 1/4
    2023–
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  9. 9
    Sharp Glass2024 · confirmed 1/4
    2024–
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  10. 10
    The Drowning PlaceDS Joseph Ashe #12026 · confirmed 1/4
    2026–
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Sarah Hilary 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.

DIMarnie Rome in order

6 books
  1. 1. Someone Else's Skin
  2. 2. No Other Darkness
  3. 3. Tastes Like Fear
  4. 4. Quieter Than Killing
  5. 5. Come and Find Me
  6. 6. Never Be Broken

DS Joseph Ashe in order

1 book
  1. 1. The Drowning Place

Standalone books

3 books

3 Sarah Hilary titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Sarah Hilary books in order?

You only need to read Sarah Hilary 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 Sarah Hilary

Start with Someone Else's Skin (2014), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Sarah Hilary book?

The Drowning Place (2026) is the newest Sarah Hilary book released so far.

Is there a new Sarah Hilary book coming?

No next Sarah Hilary 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 Hilary at a glance

Still publishing
Sarah Hilary published a book as recently as 2026.
Release pace
Sarah Hilary books have appeared about one a year on average.
Length
2,027 pages across the 5 of 10 books with a recorded length, a median of 406 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Sarah Hilary books, 6 of 10, were published in the 2010s.

What the Sarah Hilary books are about

6 of the 10 Sarah Hilary 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 4 of 6. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.