Bishop/Special Crimes Unit Books in Order
Kay Hooper has written 23 Bishop/Special Crimes Unit books, published between 2000 and 2021. The first book is Stealing Shadows (2000) and the newest is Curse of Salem (2021). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 23
- Published
- 2000–2021
- Confirmed
- 23 of 23 titles
- Pages on record
- 5,930 in 18 of 23 books
- Reading time
- 99–148 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 5,930 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 18 of 23 titles with a page count on record.
Noah Bishop is the recurring figure of Kay Hooper's Bishop/Special Crimes Unit suspense novels, where government investigators, psychics and psychic ability meet serial murders and stalkers. The series began in 2000 with Stealing Shadows, Hiding in the Shadows and Out of the Shadows. Touching Evil, Sense of Evil, Hunting Fear and Blood Dreams came next. The run has 23 books, and Curse of Salem (2021) is the latest.
How many Bishop/Special Crimes Unit books are there?
Bishop/Special Crimes Unit has 23 books, released between 2000 and 2021.
Bishop/Special Crimes Unit Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 23 Bishop/Special Crimes Unit 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.
- 120003564/4
- 220003394/4
- 320003414/4
- 420013584/4
- 520023924/4
- 620033574/4
- 720043504/4
- 820053384/4
- 920062924/4
- 1020073244/4
- 112008–4/4
- 1220103114/4
- 132012–4/4
- 1420123264/4
- 152013–4/4
- 1620143104/4
- 172015–4/4
- 1820152744/4
- 1920173274/4
- 2020183364/4
- 2120182954/4
- 2320213044/4
Do you have to read Bishop/Special Crimes Unit books in order?
You should read the Bishop/Special Crimes Unit books in publication order, the order of the numbered table above. The catalogue does not record whether each Bishop/Special Crimes Unit book also stands alone.
Where to start with Bishop/Special Crimes Unit
Start with Stealing Shadows (2000), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Bishop/Special Crimes Unit book?
Curse of Salem (2021) is the newest Bishop/Special Crimes Unit book released so far.
Is there a new Bishop/Special Crimes Unit book coming?
No next Bishop/Special Crimes Unit book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Bishop/Special Crimes Unit at a glance
- Paused
- No new Bishop/Special Crimes Unit title has appeared for 5 years. The last was published in 2021.
- Release pace
- Bishop/Special Crimes Unit books have appeared about one a year on average.
- Length
- 5,930 pages across the 18 of 23 books with a recorded length, a median of 332 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Bishop/Special Crimes Unit books, 11 of 23, were published in the 2000s.
- Corroboration
- 23 of the 23 titles appear in all four independent book listings.
What the Bishop/Special Crimes Unit books are about
All 23 Bishop/Special Crimes Unit books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: suspense is tagged on 15 of 23. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Suspense 15 of 23 books
- Government investigators 11 of 23 books
- Noah Bishop (Fictitious character) 9 of 23 books
- Thrillers 7 of 23 books
- Murder 6 of 23 books
- Psychics 5 of 23 books
- Serial murders 5 of 23 books
- Investigation 4 of 23 books
- Bishop, noah (fictitious character) 3 of 23 books
- American literature 2 of 23 books
More books by Kay Hooper
The author page linked below lists every book in publication order.
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