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Steve Brown Books in Order

Steve Brown has written 25 books, published between 1999 and 2023. The first book is Color Her Dead (1999) and the newest is Fit to Command (2023). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
25
Published
1999–2023
Pages on record
5,479 in 20 of 25 books
Reading time
91–137 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 5,479 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 20 of 25 titles with a page count on record.

See all 25 books in order Printable Steve Brown checklist

Steve Brown's catalogue holds 25 books published between 1999 and 2023. Susan Chase is the series recorded under Brown's name, and the listing opens in 1999 with Color Her Dead, Black Fire and Of Love and War. Three titles are catalogued under alternate names: Dead Kids Tell No Tales / Color Me Guilty (2000), Stripped to Kill / Color Me Gone (2000) and When Dead is Not Enough / Color Me A Killer (2001). Subject headings run from lifeguards, Generation X, revenge, kidnapping and arson to the attack on Pearl Harbor, the Second World War, racism, hate crimes and African American churches.

How many Steve Brown books are there?

Steve Brown has 25 books, released between 1999 and 2023. 7 of them belong to the Susan Chase series.

Steve Brown Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 25 Steve Brown 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 Color Her Dead by Steve Brown, book 1 of the Susan Chase series (1999)
  2. Cover of Of Love and War by Steve Brown (1999)
  3. Cover of Black Fire by Steve Brown (1999)
  4. Cover of Stripped to Kill / Color Me Gone by Steve Brown, book 2 of the Susan Chase series (2000)
  5. Cover of Dead Kids Tell No Tales / Color Me Guilty by Steve Brown, book 3 of the Susan Chase series (2000)
  6. Cover of Radio Secrets by Steve Brown (2000)
  7. Cover of Fallen Stars by Steve Brown (2001)
  8. Cover of When Dead is Not Enough / Color Me A Killer by Steve Brown, book 4 of the Susan Chase series (2001)
  9. Cover of Woman Against Herself by Steve Brown (2001)
  10. Cover of America Strikes Back by Steve Brown (2001)
  11. Cover of Hurricane Party / Color Me Evil by Steve Brown, book 5 of the Susan Chase series (2002)
  12. Cover of River of Diamonds by Steve Brown (2002)
  13. Cover of Rescue! by Steve Brown (2002)
  14. Cover of Sanctuary of Evil by Steve Brown, book 6 of the Susan Chase series (2003)
  15. Cover of The Belles of Charleston by Steve Brown (2005)
  16. Cover of Carolina Girls by Steve Brown (2006)
  17. Cover of The Charleston Ripper by Steve Brown, book 7 of the Susan Chase series (2007)
  18. Cover of The Pirate and the Belle by Steve Brown (2008)
  19. Cover of The Charleston Vampire by Steve Brown (2009)
  20. Cover of Charleston's Lonely Heart Hotel by Steve Brown (2011)
  21. Cover of Feeling Guilty?: Grace for Your Mistakes by Steve Brown, book 20 of the CCEF Minibooks series (2015)
  1. 1
    Color Her DeadSusan Chase #11999 · 259 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1999259
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  2. 2
    Of Love and War1999 · 264 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1999264
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  3. 3
    Black Fire1999 · 273 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1999273
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  4. 4
    Stripped to Kill / Color Me GoneSusan Chase #22000 · 250 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2000250
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  5. 5
    Dead Kids Tell No Tales / Color Me GuiltySusan Chase #32000 · 244 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2000244
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  6. 6
    Radio Secrets2000 · 307 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2000307
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  7. 7
    Fallen Stars2001 · 263 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2001263
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  8. 8
    When Dead is Not Enough / Color Me A KillerSusan Chase #42001 · 321 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2001321
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  9. 9
    Woman Against Herself2001 · 289 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2001289
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  10. 10
    America Strikes Back2001 · 301 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2001301
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  11. 11
    Hurricane Party / Color Me EvilSusan Chase #52002 · 256 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2002256
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  12. 12
    River of Diamonds2002 · 268 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2002268
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  13. 13
    Rescue!2002 · 235 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2002235
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  14. 14
    Sanctuary of EvilSusan Chase #62003 · 276 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2003276
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  15. 15
    The Belles of Charleston2005 · 312 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2005312
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  16. 16
    Carolina Girls2006 · 276 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2006276
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  17. 17
    The Charleston RipperSusan Chase #72007 · 312 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2007312
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  18. 18
    The Pirate and the Belle2008 · 254 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2008254
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  19. 19
    The Charleston Vampire2009 · confirmed 1/4
    2009–
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  20. 20
    The Old Maids' Club2010 · confirmed 1/4
    2010–
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  21. 21
    Charleston's Lonely Heart Hotel2011 · 275 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2011275
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  22. 22
    Faith and Doubt: When Belief Is HardCCEF Minibooks #192015 · confirmed 1/4
    2015–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  23. 23
    Feeling Guilty?: Grace for Your MistakesCCEF Minibooks #202015 · confirmed 1/4
    2015–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  24. 24
    By Fire and Bayonet: Grey's West Indies Campaign of 1794From Reason to Revolution #112018 · 244 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2018244
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  25. 25
    Fit to CommandFrom Reason to Revolution #822023 · confirmed 2/4
    2023–
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Steve Brown 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.

Susan Chase in order

7 books
  1. 1. Color Her Dead
  2. 2. Stripped to Kill / Color Me Gone
  3. 3. Dead Kids Tell No Tales / Color Me Guilty
  4. 4. When Dead is Not Enough / Color Me A Killer
  5. 5. Hurricane Party / Color Me Evil
  6. 6. Sanctuary of Evil
  7. 7. The Charleston Ripper

From Reason to Revolution in order

2 books
  1. 11. By Fire and Bayonet: Grey's West Indies Campaign of 1794
  2. 82. Fit to Command

CCEF Minibooks in order

2 books
  1. 19. Faith and Doubt: When Belief Is Hard
  2. 20. Feeling Guilty?: Grace for Your Mistakes

Standalone books

14 books

14 Steve Brown titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Steve Brown books in order?

You only need to read Steve Brown books in order within the Susan Chase series, which holds 7 of the 25 Steve Brown books listed here. The numbered table above gives every book in publication order.

Where to start with Steve Brown

Start with Color Her Dead (1999), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Steve Brown book?

Fit to Command (2023) is the newest Steve Brown book released so far.

Is there a new Steve Brown book coming?

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

Steve Brown at a glance

Paused
No new Steve Brown title has appeared for 3 years. The last was published in 2023.
Release pace
Steve Brown books have appeared about one a year on average.
Length
5,479 pages across the 20 of 25 books with a recorded length, a median of 270 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Steve Brown books, 16 of 25, were published in the 2000s.

What the Steve Brown books are about

18 of the 25 Steve Brown books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: historical fiction is tagged on 4 of 18. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.