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Susanna Calkins Books in Order

Susanna Calkins has written 11 books, published between 2013 and 2023. The first book is A Murder at Rosamund's Gate (2013) and the newest is Death Among the Ruins (2023). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
11
Published
2013–2023
Pages on record
2,754 in 9 of 11 books
Reading time
46–69 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 2,754 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 9 of 11 titles with a page count on record.

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Susanna Calkins, born in 1971, is an American writer of historical mysteries, a historian, and a university teacher and administrator. The Lucy Campion Mysteries are set in London around the Great Fire of 1666, opening with A Murder at Rosamund's Gate (2013); The Masque of a Murderer, the third, won the Sue Feder Historical Mystery Award for Best Historical Novel in 2016. The Speakeasy Murders form a second series from Murder Knocks Twice (2019). Calkins studied at Northwestern and took a doctorate in history at Purdue. Eleven titles are catalogued through Death Among the Ruins (2023).

How many Susanna Calkins books are there?

Susanna Calkins has 11 books, released between 2013 and 2023. They include 2 series and 2 titles listed outside any series.

Susanna Calkins Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 11 Susanna Calkins 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 A Murder at Rosamund's Gate by Susanna Calkins, book 1 of the Lucy Campion Mysteries series (2013)
  2. Cover of From the Charred Remains by Susanna Calkins, book 2 of the Lucy Campion Mysteries series (2014)
  3. Cover of The Masque of a Murderer by Susanna Calkins, book 3 of the Lucy Campion Mysteries series (2015)
  4. Cover of Murder Knocks Twice by Susanna Calkins, book 1 of the Speakeasy Murders series (2019)
  5. Cover of The Fate of a Flapper by Susanna Calkins, book 2 of the Speakeasy Murders series (2020)
  6. Cover of The Sign of the Gallows by Susanna Calkins, book 5 of the Lucy Campion Mysteries series (2021)
  7. Cover of The Cry of the Hangman by Susanna Calkins, book 6 of the Lucy Campion Mysteries series (2021)
  1. 1
    A Murder at Rosamund's GateLucy Campion Mysteries #12013 · 350 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2013350
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  2. 2
    From the Charred RemainsLucy Campion Mysteries #22014 · 352 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2014352
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  3. 3
    The Masque of a MurdererLucy Campion Mysteries #32015 · 336 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2015336
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  4. 4
    A Death Along the River FleetLucy Campion Mysteries #42016 · 326 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2016326
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  5. 5
    The Trial of Madame Pelletier2017 · confirmed 1/4
    2017–
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  6. 6
    A Postcard for the Dead2018 · 270 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2018270
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  7. 7
    Murder Knocks TwiceSpeakeasy Murders #12019 · 320 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2019320
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  8. 8
    The Fate of a FlapperSpeakeasy Murders #22020 · 320 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2020320
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  9. 9
    The Sign of the GallowsLucy Campion Mysteries #52021 · 240 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2021240
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  10. 10
    The Cry of the HangmanLucy Campion Mysteries #62021 · 240 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2021240
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  11. 11
    Death Among the RuinsLucy Campion Mysteries #72023 · confirmed 1/4
    2023–
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Susanna Calkins 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.

Lucy Campion Mysteries in order

7 books
  1. 1. A Murder at Rosamund's Gate
  2. 2. From the Charred Remains
  3. 3. The Masque of a Murderer
  4. 4. A Death Along the River Fleet
  5. 5. The Sign of the Gallows
  6. 6. The Cry of the Hangman
  7. 7. Death Among the Ruins

Speakeasy Murders in order

2 books
  1. 1. Murder Knocks Twice
  2. 2. The Fate of a Flapper

Standalone books

2 books

2 Susanna Calkins titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Susanna Calkins books in order?

You only need to read Susanna Calkins 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 Susanna Calkins

Start with A Murder at Rosamund's Gate (2013), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Susanna Calkins book?

Death Among the Ruins (2023) is the newest Susanna Calkins book released so far.

Is there a new Susanna Calkins book coming?

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

Susanna Calkins at a glance

Paused
No new Susanna Calkins title has appeared for 3 years. The last was published in 2023.
Release pace
Susanna Calkins books have appeared about one a year on average.
Length
2,754 pages across the 9 of 11 books with a recorded length, a median of 320 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Susanna Calkins books, 7 of 11, were published in the 2010s.

What the Susanna Calkins books are about

8 of the 11 Susanna Calkins books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: history is tagged on 3 of 8. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.