Annie Bailey/Carter Books in Order

Jessie Keane has written 8 Annie Bailey/Carter books, published between 2008 and 2026. The first book is Dirty Game (2008) and the newest is Dead To Me (2026). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
8
Published
2008–2026
Pages on record
1,928 in 4 of 8 books
Reading time
32–48 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 1,928 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200300 words a minute, covering the 4 of 8 titles with a page count on record.

Annie Bailey, also catalogued as Annie Carter, is the recurring figure in Jessie Keane's crime fiction, eight books dated from 2008 to 2026. Subjects record gangsters, criminals, crime, adultery, kidnapping, missing persons and sisters, with London as the setting. Dirty Game (2008) opens the run; Black Widow (2009), Scarlet Women (2009), Playing Dead (2011), Ruthless (2013), Stay Dead (2017) and Dead Heat (2024) follow, and Dead To Me (2026) is the latest title.

How many Annie Bailey/Carter books are there?

Annie Bailey/Carter has 8 books, released between 2008 and 2026.

Annie Bailey/Carter Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 8 Annie Bailey/Carter 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
    Dirty GameAnnie Carter #12008 · 550 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2008550
  2. 2
    Black WidowAnnie Carter #22009 · confirmed 2/4
    2009
  3. 3
    Scarlet WomenAnnie Carter #32009 · confirmed 2/4
    2009
  4. 4
    Playing DeadAnnie Carter #42011 · 501 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2011501
  5. 5
    RuthlessAnnie Carter #52013 · 440 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2013440
  6. 6
    Stay DeadAnnie Carter #62017 · 437 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2017437
  7. 7
    Dead HeatAnnie Carter #72024 · confirmed 2/4
    2024
  8. 8
    Dead To MeAnnie Carter #82026 · confirmed 2/4
    2026

Do you have to read Annie Bailey/Carter books in order?

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

Where to start with Annie Bailey/Carter

Start with Dirty Game (2008), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Annie Bailey/Carter book?

Dead To Me (2026) is the newest Annie Bailey/Carter book released so far.

Is there a new Annie Bailey/Carter book coming?

No next Annie Bailey/Carter book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.

Annie Bailey/Carter at a glance

Still running
Annie Bailey/Carter is still running, with a title published as recently as 2026.
Release pace
Annie Bailey/Carter books have appeared about one every 3 years on average.
Length
1,928 pages across the 4 of 8 books with a recorded length, a median of 470 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Annie Bailey/Carter books, 3 of 8, were published in the 2010s.

What the Annie Bailey/Carter books are about

6 of the 8 Annie Bailey/Carter books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: london (england) is tagged on 6 of 6. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.

More books by Jessie Keane

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

Series that include Annie Bailey/Carter books

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