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Stella Rimington Books in Order

Stella Rimington has written 13 books, published between 2001 and 2025. The first book is Open Secret (2001) and the newest is The Hidden Hand (2025). Publication order is the reading order below. 10 of the 13 books listed here are in the Liz Carlyle series, which has its own page: Liz Carlyle books in order.

Books
13
Published
2001–2025
Confirmed
13 of 13 titles
Pages on record
3,775 in 11 of 13 books
Reading time
63–94 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 3,775 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 11 of 13 titles with a page count on record.

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Stella Rimington writes espionage fiction about British intelligence, with MI5 officer Liz Carlyle as the recurring figure. The catalogue opens with the memoir Open Secret (2001), then turns to novels: At Risk (2004), Secret Asset (2006), Illegal Action (2007), Dead Line (2008) and Present Danger (2009). 13 titles are catalogued, including the Manon Tyler books and further non-fiction, reaching The Hidden Hand.

How many Stella Rimington books are there?

Stella Rimington has 13 books, released between 2001 and 2025. They include 2 separate series.

Stella Rimington Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 13 Stella Rimington 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 Open Secret by Stella Rimington, book 1 of the Stella Rimington Non-Fiction series (2001)
  2. Cover of At Risk by Stella Rimington, book 1 of the Liz Carlyle series (2004)
  3. Cover of Secret Asset by Stella Rimington, book 2 of the Liz Carlyle series (2006)
  4. Cover of Illegal Action by Stella Rimington, book 3 of the Liz Carlyle series (2007)
  5. Cover of Dead Line by Stella Rimington, book 4 of the Liz Carlyle series (2008)
  6. Cover of Present Danger by Stella Rimington, book 5 of the Liz Carlyle series (2009)
  7. Cover of Rip Tide by Stella Rimington, book 6 of the Liz Carlyle series (2011)
  8. Cover of Close Call by Stella Rimington, book 8 of the Liz Carlyle series (2014)
  9. Cover of Breaking Cover by Stella Rimington, book 9 of the Liz Carlyle series (2016)
  1. 1
    Open SecretStella Rimington Non-Fiction #12001 · 296 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2001296
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  2. 2
    At RiskLiz Carlyle #12004 · 416 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2004416
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  3. 3
    Secret AssetLiz Carlyle #22006 · 336 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2006336
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  4. 4
    Illegal ActionLiz Carlyle #32007 · 304 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2007304
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  5. 5
    Dead LineLiz Carlyle #42008 · 374 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2008374
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  6. 6
    Present DangerLiz Carlyle #52009 · 326 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2009326
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  7. 7
    Rip TideLiz Carlyle #62011 · 369 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2011369
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  8. 8
    The Geneva TrapLiz Carlyle #72012 · 328 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2012328
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  9. 9
    Close CallLiz Carlyle #82014 · 344 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2014344
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  10. 10
    Breaking CoverLiz Carlyle #92016 · 362 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2016362
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  11. 11
    The Moscow SleepersLiz Carlyle #102018 · 320 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2018320
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  12. 12
    The Devil's BargainManon Tyler #12022 · confirmed 3/4
    2022–
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  13. 13
    The Hidden HandManon Tyler #22025 · confirmed 3/4
    2025–
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Stella Rimington series and characters in order

Each link below opens a reading-order page with every book in publication order.

Stella Rimington 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.

Manon Tyler in order

2 books
  1. 1. The Devil's Bargain
  2. 2. The Hidden Hand

Stella Rimington Non-Fiction

1 book

1 title published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.

Stella Rimington Books in Chronological Order

By publication date, the Stella Rimington books run from Open Secret (2001) to The Hidden Hand (2025), the sequence in the table above. No separate story order is recorded for Stella Rimington in the book listings this catalogue merges, so publication order is the only order on record.

Do you have to read Stella Rimington books in order?

You only need to read Stella Rimington 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 Stella Rimington

Start with the first book of the Stella Rimington series you want to read: Liz Carlyle starts with At Risk (2004) and Liz Carlyle (Character) starts with At Risk (2004). The earliest catalogued title overall is Open Secret (2001).

What is the newest Stella Rimington book?

The Hidden Hand (2025) is the newest Stella Rimington book released so far.

Is there a new Stella Rimington book coming?

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

Stella Rimington at a glance

Died
Stella Rimington died in 2025, according to Wikidata.
Last book
The newest book credited to Stella Rimington on record dates from 2025.
Release pace
Stella Rimington books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
Length
3,775 pages across the 11 of 13 books with a recorded length, a median of 336 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Stella Rimington books, 6 of 13, were published in the 2000s.

What the Stella Rimington books are about

11 of the 13 Stella Rimington books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: women intelligence officers is tagged on 9 of 11. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.