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Liz Carlyle (Character) Books in Order

Stella Rimington has written 10 Liz Carlyle (Character) books, published between 2004 and 2018. The first book is At Risk (2004) and the newest is The Moscow Sleepers (2018). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
10
Published
2004–2018
Confirmed
10 of 10 titles
Total pages
3,479 across 10 books
Reading time
58–87 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 3,479 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute.

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Liz Carlyle is the recurring figure in Stella Rimington's espionage novels, which the catalogue files under women intelligence officers and Great Britain's MI5. Further recorded subjects include intelligence service, intelligence officers, terrorism and its prevention, and spy stories. Ten books gather around Liz Carlyle, opening with At Risk (2004) and closing with The Moscow Sleepers (2018), among them Secret Asset (2006), Illegal Action (2007), Rip Tide (2011), The Geneva Trap (2012) and Breaking Cover (2016). The median recorded length is 340 pages.

How many Liz Carlyle (Character) books are there?

Liz Carlyle (Character) has 10 books, released between 2004 and 2018.

Liz Carlyle (Character) Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 10 Liz Carlyle (Character) 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 At Risk by Stella Rimington, book 1 of the Liz Carlyle series (2004)
  2. Cover of Secret Asset by Stella Rimington, book 2 of the Liz Carlyle series (2006)
  3. Cover of Illegal Action by Stella Rimington, book 3 of the Liz Carlyle series (2007)
  4. Cover of Dead Line by Stella Rimington, book 4 of the Liz Carlyle series (2008)
  5. Cover of Present Danger by Stella Rimington, book 5 of the Liz Carlyle series (2009)
  6. Cover of Rip Tide by Stella Rimington, book 6 of the Liz Carlyle series (2011)
  7. Cover of Close Call by Stella Rimington, book 8 of the Liz Carlyle series (2014)
  8. Cover of Breaking Cover by Stella Rimington, book 9 of the Liz Carlyle series (2016)
  1. 1
    At RiskLiz Carlyle #12004 · 416 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2004416
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  2. 2
    Secret AssetLiz Carlyle #22006 · 336 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2006336
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  3. 3
    Illegal ActionLiz Carlyle #32007 · 304 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2007304
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  4. 4
    Dead LineLiz Carlyle #42008 · 374 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2008374
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  5. 5
    Present DangerLiz Carlyle #52009 · 326 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2009326
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  6. 6
    Rip TideLiz Carlyle #62011 · 369 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2011369
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  7. 7
    The Geneva TrapLiz Carlyle #72012 · 328 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2012328
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  8. 8
    Close CallLiz Carlyle #82014 · 344 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2014344
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  9. 9
    Breaking CoverLiz Carlyle #92016 · 362 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2016362
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  10. 10
    The Moscow SleepersLiz Carlyle #102018 · 320 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2018320
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Do you have to read Liz Carlyle (Character) books in order?

You should read the Liz Carlyle (Character) books in publication order, the order of the numbered table above. The catalogue does not record whether each Liz Carlyle (Character) book also stands alone.

Where to start with Liz Carlyle (Character)

Start with At Risk (2004), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Liz Carlyle (Character) book?

The Moscow Sleepers (2018) is the newest Liz Carlyle (Character) book released so far.

Is there a new Liz Carlyle (Character) book coming?

No next Liz Carlyle (Character) book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.

Liz Carlyle (Character) at a glance

No recent titles
The newest Liz Carlyle (Character) title on record dates from 2018, 8 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
Release pace
Liz Carlyle (Character) books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
Length
3,479 pages across all 10 books with a recorded length, a median of 340 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Liz Carlyle (Character) books, 5 of 10, were published in the 2010s.

What the Liz Carlyle (Character) books are about

All 10 Liz Carlyle (Character) books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: women intelligence officers is tagged on 8 of 10. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.

More books by Stella Rimington

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

Series that include Liz Carlyle (Character) books

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