Tara Moss Books in Order

Tara Moss has written 16 books, published between 1999 and 2025. The first book is Fetish (1999) and the newest is The Italian Secret (2025). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
16
Published
1999–2025
Pages on record
3,983 in 11 of 16 books
Reading time
66–100 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 3,983 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200300 words a minute, covering the 11 of 16 titles with a page count on record.

Crime fiction set largely in Australia is Tara Moss's main output, across three series: Makedde Vanderwall, Pandora English and the Billie Walker Mysteries. Serial killings, modelling and private investigation recur as material, with Sydney a frequent setting. Moss, born in 1973, is a Canadian-Australian writer, documentary maker, presenter and journalist, a former model, and a UNICEF national ambassador for child survival. Sixteen books run from Fetish (1999) to The Italian Secret in 2025.

How many Tara Moss books are there?

Tara Moss has 16 books, released between 1999 and 2025. They include 3 series and 3 titles listed outside any series.

Tara Moss Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 16 Tara Moss 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. 1
    FetishMakedde Vanderwall #11999 · 325 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1999325
  2. 2
    SplitMakedde Vanderwall #22003 · 339 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2003339
  3. 3
    CovetMakedde Vanderwall #32004 · 351 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2004351
  4. 4
    HitMakedde Vanderwall #42006 · 563 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2006563
  5. 5
    SirenMakedde Vanderwall #52009 · 304 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2009304
  6. 6
    The Blood CountessPandora English #12010 · 389 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2010389
  7. 7
    The Spider GoddessPandora English #22011 · confirmed 1/4
    2011
  8. 8
    The Skeleton KeyPandora English #32012 · 304 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2012304
  9. 9
    AssassinMakedde Vanderwall #62012 · 416 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2012416
  10. 10
    The Fictional Woman2014 · 352 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2014352
  11. 11
    Speaking Out2016 · 288 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2016288
  12. 12
    The War Widow/ Dead Man SwitchBillie Walker Mystery #12019 · 352 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2019352
  13. 13
    The Cobra QueenPandora English #42020 · confirmed 1/4
    2020
  14. 14
    The Ghosts of ParisBillie Walker Mystery #22022 · confirmed 1/4
    2022
  15. 152023
  16. 16
    The Italian SecretBillie Walker Mystery #32025 · confirmed 1/4
    2025

Tara Moss 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.

Makedde Vanderwall in order

6 books
  1. 1. Fetish
  2. 2. Split
  3. 3. Covet
  4. 4. Hit
  5. 5. Siren
  6. 6. Assassin

Pandora English in order

4 books
  1. 1. The Blood Countess
  2. 2. The Spider Goddess
  3. 3. The Skeleton Key
  4. 4. The Cobra Queen

Billie Walker Mystery in order

3 books
  1. 1. The War Widow/ Dead Man Switch
  2. 2. The Ghosts of Paris
  3. 3. The Italian Secret

Standalone books

3 books

3 Tara Moss titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Tara Moss books in order?

You only need to read Tara Moss books in order within each series: the books listed here span 3 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.

Where to start with Tara Moss

Start with Fetish (1999), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Tara Moss book?

The Italian Secret (2025) is the newest Tara Moss book released so far.

Is there a new Tara Moss book coming?

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

Tara Moss at a glance

Still publishing
Tara Moss published a book as recently as 2025.
Release pace
Tara Moss books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
Length
3,983 pages across the 11 of 16 books with a recorded length, a median of 351 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Tara Moss books, 7 of 16, were published in the 2010s.

What the Tara Moss books are about

11 of the 16 Tara Moss books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: mystery & detective is tagged on 6 of 11. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.