DI Carol Ashton Books in Order
Claire McNab has written 17 DI Carol Ashton books, published between 1988 and 2017. The first book is Lessons in Murder (1988) and the newest is Lethal Care (2017). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 17
- Published
- 1988–2017
- Total pages
- 3,413 across 17 books
- Reading time
- 57–85 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 3,413 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute.
DI Carol Ashton is the title figure of Claire McNab's Carol Ashton Mysteries, with 17 catalogued books from 1988 to 2017. Catalogue subjects name Carol Ashton as the fictitious character and tag the books as lesbian mystery stories set in Australia, involving policewomen and murder investigations. Lessons in Murder (1988) is the first title, followed by Death Down Under and Fatal Reunion in 1989. Cop Out (1991), Dead Certain (1992), Body Guard (1994) and Chain Letter (1997) come later. Lethal Care (2017) is the newest entry.
How many DI Carol Ashton books are there?
DI Carol Ashton has 17 books, released between 1988 and 2017.
DI Carol Ashton Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 17 DI Carol Ashton 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.
- 119881841/4
- 219892051/4
- 319892201/4
- 419912241/4
- 519922031/4
- 619941901/4
- 719951891/4
- 819961961/4
- 919972041/4
- 1019982011/4
- 1119992021/4
- 1220002041/4
- 1320012151/4
- 1420021981/4
- 1520031621/4
- 1620041731/4
- 1720172431/4
Do you have to read DI Carol Ashton books in order?
You should read the DI Carol Ashton books in publication order, the order of the numbered table above. The catalogue does not record whether each DI Carol Ashton book also stands alone.
Where to start with DI Carol Ashton
Start with Lessons in Murder (1988), the earliest published title.
What is the newest DI Carol Ashton book?
Lethal Care (2017) is the newest DI Carol Ashton book released so far.
Is there a new DI Carol Ashton book coming?
No next DI Carol Ashton book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
DI Carol Ashton at a glance
- No recent titles
- The newest DI Carol Ashton title on record dates from 2017, 9 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
- Release pace
- DI Carol Ashton books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
- Length
- 3,413 pages across all 17 books with a recorded length, a median of 202 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most DI Carol Ashton books, 8 of 17, were published in the 1990s.
What the DI Carol Ashton books are about
All 17 DI Carol Ashton books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: carol ashton (fictitious character) is tagged on 17 of 17. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Carol Ashton (Fictitious character) 17 of 17 books
- Lesbians 17 of 17 books
- Policewomen 14 of 17 books
- Mystery & detective, women sleuths 10 of 17 books
- Ashton, carol (fictitious character) 7 of 17 books
- Australia 5 of 17 books
- Lesbian detectives 5 of 17 books
- Lesbian mystery stories 3 of 17 books
- Police 3 of 17 books
- Murder 2 of 17 books
More books by Claire McNab
The author page linked below lists every book in publication order.
- Claire McNab books in order 33 books
Series that include DI Carol Ashton books
The series linked below has its own reading-order page.