Eve Duncan Books in Order
Iris Johansen has written 31 books featuring Eve Duncan, published between 1998 and 2025: 30 in the Eve Duncan series and 1 related title. The first book is The Face of Deception (1998) and the newest main-line book is Death Mask (2025). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 31
- Published
- 1998–2025
- Confirmed
- 31 of 31 titles
- Pages on record
- 8,649 in 23 of 31 books
- Reading time
- 144–216 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 8,649 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 23 of 31 titles with a page count on record.
Eve Duncan is Iris Johansen's forensic sculptor, who reconstructs faces from skulls and is drawn into murder investigations through the work. The Face of Deception (1998) opens the sequence, which reaches 31 books and Death Mask in 2025. The Killing Game, The Search, Blind Alley and Countdown follow early on, and Catherine Ling heads a connected series. Entries median 374 pages and the run is ongoing.
How many Eve Duncan books are there?
Eve Duncan appears in 31 books, released between 1998 and 2025. 30 of them belong to the Eve Duncan series, and 1 related title sit outside it: other titles.
Eve Duncan Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 31 Eve Duncan 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.
- 119984463/4
- 21999–3/4
- 320003113/4
- 420023693/4
- 520043703/4
- 620054993/4
- 720063683/4
- 820083793/4
- 920093843/4
- 1020103743/4
- 112010–3/4
- 1220113783/4
- 1320113403/4
- 1420113763/4
- 1520123903/4
- 1620133393/4
- 1720133853/4
- 1820134163/4
- 1920153323/4
- 2020163223/4
- 2120163423/4
- 2220173743/4
- 2320183393/4
- 2420193843/4
- 252019–3/4
- 262020–3/4
- 272021–4/4
- 282022–3/4
- 292022–3/4
- 3020234323/4
- 312025–4/4
Eve Duncan Books in Chronological Order
By publication date, the books of the Eve Duncan series run from The Face of Deception (1998) to Death Mask (2025), the sequence in the table above. No separate story order is recorded for Eve Duncan in the book listings this catalogue merges, so publication order is the only order on record.
Do you have to read Eve Duncan books in order?
You should read the Eve Duncan series in publication order, the order of the numbered table above; the 1 related title (other titles) sit outside that sequence. The catalogue does not record whether each Eve Duncan book also stands alone.
What order should you read Eve Duncan books in?
Read them in publication order, starting with The Face of Deception (1998), the earliest published book in the Eve Duncan series. After it come The Killing Game (1999), The Search (2000), Body of Lies (2002) and Blind Alley (2004); the numbered table above continues from there.
What is the newest Eve Duncan book?
Death Mask (2025) is the newest book in the Eve Duncan series.
Is there a new Eve Duncan book coming?
No next Eve Duncan book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Eve Duncan at a glance
- Still running
- Eve Duncan is still running, with a main-line title published as recently as 2025.
- Release pace
- Eve Duncan books have appeared about one a year on average.
- Length
- 8,649 pages across the 23 of 31 books with a recorded length, a median of 374 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Eve Duncan books, 16 of 31, were published in the 2010s.
- Corroboration
- 2 of the 31 titles appear in all four independent book listings, and every one of them in at least three.
What the Eve Duncan books are about
26 of the 31 Eve Duncan books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: women sculptors is tagged on 16 of 26. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Women sculptors 16 of 26 books
- Facial reconstruction (Anthropology) 13 of 26 books
- Suspense 12 of 26 books
- Mystery & detective 8 of 26 books
- Mystery & detective, women sleuths 7 of 26 books
- Duncan, eve (fictitious character) 6 of 26 books
- Artists 3 of 26 books
- Forensic anthropology 3 of 26 books
- Kidnapping 3 of 26 books
- Romantic suspense 3 of 26 books
- Thrillers 3 of 26 books
- Amerikanisches Englisch 2 of 26 books
More books by Iris Johansen
The author page linked below lists every book in publication order.
- Iris Johansen books in order 120 books
Series featuring Eve Duncan
The series linked below has its own reading-order page.
- Catherine Ling books in order 5 books