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Stephen Spotswood Books in Order

Stephen Spotswood has written 5 books, published between 2020 and 2025. The first book is Fortune Favours the Dead (2020) and the newest is Dead in the Frame (2025). Publication order is the reading order below. All 5 books listed here are in the Pentecost and Parker series, which has its own page: Pentecost and Parker books in order.

Books
5
Published
2020–2025
Pages on record
704 in 2 of 5 books
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Pentecost and Parker is Stephen Spotswood's detective series, pairing two women investigators in 1940s New York, one of them a former circus performer and the other living with multiple sclerosis. Fortune Favours the Dead (2020) opens the run, followed by Murder Under Her Skin, Secrets Typed in Blood, Murder Crossed Her Mind and Dead in the Frame (2025). Five books make up the catalogue, at a median of 352 pages.

How many Stephen Spotswood books are there?

Stephen Spotswood has 5 books, released between 2020 and 2025.

Stephen Spotswood Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 5 Stephen Spotswood 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 Fortune Favours the Dead by Stephen Spotswood, book 1 of the Pentecost and Parker series (2020)
  2. Cover of Murder Under Her Skin by Stephen Spotswood, book 2 of the Pentecost and Parker series (2021)
  3. Cover of Secrets Typed in Blood by Stephen Spotswood, book 3 of the Pentecost and Parker series (2022)
  1. 1
    Fortune Favours the DeadPentecost and Parker #12020 · 336 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2020336
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  2. 2
    Murder Under Her SkinPentecost and Parker #22021 · 368 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2021368
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  3. 3
    Secrets Typed in BloodPentecost and Parker #32022 · confirmed 1/4
    2022–
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  4. 4
    Murder Crossed Her MindPentecost and Parker #42023 · confirmed 1/4
    2023–
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  5. 5
    Dead in the FramePentecost and Parker #52025 · confirmed 1/4
    2025–
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Stephen Spotswood series in order

The series linked below has its own reading-order page.

Do you have to read Stephen Spotswood books in order?

You only need to read Stephen Spotswood books in order within the Pentecost and Parker series, which holds 5 of the 5 Stephen Spotswood books listed here. The numbered table above gives every book in publication order.

Where to start with Stephen Spotswood

Start with Fortune Favours the Dead (2020), the first Pentecost and Parker book. It is also the earliest catalogued title.

What is the newest Stephen Spotswood book?

Dead in the Frame (2025) is the newest Stephen Spotswood book released so far.

Is there a new Stephen Spotswood book coming?

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

Stephen Spotswood at a glance

Still publishing
Stephen Spotswood published a book as recently as 2025.
Release pace
Stephen Spotswood books have appeared about one a year on average.
Length
704 pages across the 2 of 5 books with a recorded length, a median of 352 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Stephen Spotswood books, 5 of 5, were published in the 2020s.

What the Stephen Spotswood books are about

3 of the 5 Stephen Spotswood books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: american literature is tagged on 2 of 3. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.