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Steve Robinson Books in Order

Steve Robinson has written 11 books, published between 2011 and 2023. The first book is In the Blood (2011) and the newest is Serve (2023). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
11
Published
2011–2023
Pages on record
2,384 in 7 of 11 books
Reading time
40–60 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 2,384 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 7 of 11 titles with a page count on record.

See all 11 books in order Printable Steve Robinson checklist

Steve Robinson is the author of the Jefferson Tayte Genealogical Mystery series, and Jefferson Tayte is the character the catalogue links to Robinson. The 11 catalogued books start with In the Blood (2011) and end with Serve (2023). Subjects include genealogists, London, the Empress of Ireland steamship, shipwrecks and Quebec. The Last Queen of England (2012), The Lost Empress (2014) and The Penmaker's Wife (2019) are among the titles. Robinson's catalogue status is dormant.

How many Steve Robinson books are there?

Steve Robinson has 11 books, released between 2011 and 2023. 8 of them belong to the Jefferson Tayte Genealogical Mystery series.

Steve Robinson Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 11 Steve Robinson 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 In the Blood by Steve Robinson, book 1 of the Jefferson Tayte Genealogical Mystery series (2011)
  2. Cover of To The Grave by Steve Robinson, book 2 of the Jefferson Tayte Genealogical Mystery series (2012)
  3. Cover of The Last Queen of England by Steve Robinson, book 3 of the Jefferson Tayte Genealogical Mystery series (2012)
  4. Cover of The Lost Empress by Steve Robinson, book 4 of the Jefferson Tayte Genealogical Mystery series (2014)
  5. Cover of Kindred by Steve Robinson, book 5 of the Jefferson Tayte Genealogical Mystery series (2016)
  6. Cover of Dying Games by Steve Robinson, book 6 of the Jefferson Tayte Genealogical Mystery series (2017)
  7. Cover of Letters from the Dead by Steve Robinson, book 7 of the Jefferson Tayte Genealogical Mystery series (2018)
  1. 1
    In the BloodJefferson Tayte Genealogical Mystery #12011 · 392 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2011392
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  2. 2
    To The GraveJefferson Tayte Genealogical Mystery #22012 · 326 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2012326
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  3. 3
    The Last Queen of EnglandJefferson Tayte Genealogical Mystery #32012 · 322 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2012322
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  4. 4
    The Lost EmpressJefferson Tayte Genealogical Mystery #42014 · 324 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2014324
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  5. 5
    KindredJefferson Tayte Genealogical Mystery #52016 · 352 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2016352
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  6. 6
    Dying GamesJefferson Tayte Genealogical Mystery #62017 · 320 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2017320
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  7. 7
    Letters from the DeadJefferson Tayte Genealogical Mystery #72018 · 348 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2018348
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  8. 8
    The Penmaker's Wife2019 · confirmed 2/4
    2019–
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  9. 9
    The Secret Wife2020 · confirmed 2/4
    2020–
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  10. 10
    The Girl in the PaintingJefferson Tayte Genealogical Mystery #82021 · confirmed 2/4
    2021–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  11. 11
    ServeLove Your Church #42023 · confirmed 2/4
    2023–
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Steve Robinson characters in order

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

Steve Robinson 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.

Jefferson Tayte Genealogical Mystery in order

8 books
  1. 1. In the Blood
  2. 2. To The Grave
  3. 3. The Last Queen of England
  4. 4. The Lost Empress
  5. 5. Kindred
  6. 6. Dying Games
  7. 7. Letters from the Dead
  8. 8. The Girl in the Painting

Love Your Church in order

1 book
  1. 4. Serve

Standalone books

2 books

2 Steve Robinson titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Steve Robinson books in order?

You only need to read Steve Robinson books in order within the Jefferson Tayte Genealogical Mystery series, which holds 8 of the 11 Steve Robinson books listed here. The numbered table above gives every book in publication order.

Where to start with Steve Robinson

Start with In the Blood (2011), the first Jefferson Tayte book. It is also the earliest catalogued title.

What is the newest Steve Robinson book?

Serve (2023) is the newest Steve Robinson book released so far.

Is there a new Steve Robinson book coming?

No next Steve Robinson 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 Robinson at a glance

Paused
No new Steve Robinson title has appeared for 3 years. The last was published in 2023.
Release pace
Steve Robinson books have appeared about one a year on average.
Length
2,384 pages across the 7 of 11 books with a recorded length, a median of 326 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Steve Robinson books, 8 of 11, were published in the 2010s.

What the Steve Robinson books are about

5 of the 11 Steve Robinson books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: genealogists is tagged on 4 of 5. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.