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Aelf Fen Books in Order

Alys Clare has written 10 Aelf Fen books, published between 2009 and 2021. The first book is Out of the Dawn Light (2009) and the newest is The Lammas Wild (2021). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
10
Published
2009–2021
Confirmed
10 of 10 titles
Pages on record
719 in 3 of 10 books
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Aelf Fen names a run of 10 historical mysteries credited to Alys Clare, published between 2009 and 2021. Out of the Dawn Light (2009) opens the sequence and The Lammas Wild (2021) closes it, with Mist Over the Water (2010), Land of the Silver Dragon (2013) and The Rufus Spy (2018) in between. The subject records place the stories in Britain under the Normans, and list eel fishing, fishers, nuns, murder and investigation. Books came at an average gap of 1.3 years, and the median runs 233 pages.

How many Aelf Fen books are there?

Aelf Fen has 10 books, released between 2009 and 2021.

Aelf Fen Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 10 Aelf Fen 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 Mist Over the Water by Alys Clare, book 2 of the Aelf Fen Mysteries series (2010)
  2. Cover of Music of the Distant Stars by Alys Clare, book 3 of the Aelf Fen Mysteries series (2010)
  3. Cover of Blood of the South by Alys Clare, book 6 of the Aelf Fen Mysteries series (2015)
  4. Cover of City of Pearl by Alys Clare, book 9 of the Aelf Fen Mysteries series (2019)
  5. Cover of The Lammas Wild by Alys Clare, book 10 of the Aelf Fen Mysteries series (2021)
  1. 1
    Out of the Dawn LightAelf Fen Mysteries #12009 · confirmed 3/4
    2009–
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  2. 2
    Mist Over the WaterAelf Fen Mysteries #22010 · confirmed 3/4
    2010–
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  3. 3
    Music of the Distant StarsAelf Fen Mysteries #32010 · confirmed 3/4
    2010–
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  4. 4
    The Way Between the WorldsAelf Fen Mysteries #42011 · confirmed 3/4
    2011–
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  5. 5
    Land of the Silver DragonAelf Fen Mysteries #52013 · confirmed 3/4
    2013–
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  6. 6
    Blood of the SouthAelf Fen Mysteries #62015 · 230 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2015230
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  7. 7
    The Night WandererAelf Fen Mysteries #72016 · confirmed 3/4
    2016–
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  8. 8
    The Rufus SpyAelf Fen Mysteries #82018 · 233 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2018233
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  9. 9
    City of PearlAelf Fen Mysteries #92019 · confirmed 3/4
    2019–
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  10. 10
    The Lammas WildAelf Fen Mysteries #102021 · 256 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2021256
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Do you have to read Aelf Fen books in order?

You should read the Aelf Fen books in publication order, the order of the numbered table above. The catalogue does not record whether each Aelf Fen book also stands alone.

Where to start with Aelf Fen

Start with Out of the Dawn Light (2009), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Aelf Fen book?

The Lammas Wild (2021) is the newest Aelf Fen book released so far.

Is there a new Aelf Fen book coming?

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

Aelf Fen at a glance

Paused
No new Aelf Fen title has appeared for 5 years. The last was published in 2021.
Release pace
Aelf Fen books have appeared about one a year on average.
Length
719 pages across the 3 of 10 books with a recorded length, a median of 233 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Aelf Fen books, 8 of 10, were published in the 2010s.

What the Aelf Fen books are about

All 10 Aelf Fen books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: mystery & detective, historical is tagged on 7 of 10. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.

More books by Alys Clare

The author page linked below lists every book in publication order.