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Thea Osborne Books in Order

Rebecca Tope has written 22 Thea Osborne books, published between 2004 and 2023: 21 in the Thea Osborne series and 1 related title. The first book is A Cotswold Killing (2004) and the newest main-line book is A Discovery in the Cotswolds (2023). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
22
Published
2004–2023
Confirmed
22 of 22 titles
Pages on record
4,907 in 14 of 22 books
Reading time
82–123 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 4,907 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 14 of 22 titles with a page count on record.

See all 22 books in order Printable Thea Osborne checklist

Thea Osborne is a house-sitter who becomes involved in murder investigations in Rebecca Tope's Cotswold mysteries. A Cotswold Killing (2004) is the first book, and almost every title names the Cotswolds, as in Blood in the Cotswolds (2008) and Malice in the Cotswolds (2012). The run holds 22 books through A Discovery in the Cotswolds (2023). A Cotswold short story series sits alongside the novels.

How many Thea Osborne books are there?

Thea Osborne has 22 books, released between 2004 and 2023. 21 of them belong to the Thea Osborne series, and 1 related title sit outside it: short stories and novellas.

Thea Osborne Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 22 Thea Osborne 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 A Cotswold Killing by Rebecca Tope, book 1 of the Thea Osborne series (2004)
  2. Cover of A Cotswold Ordeal by Rebecca Tope, book 2 of the Thea Osborne series (2005)
  3. Cover of Death in the Cotswolds by Rebecca Tope, book 3 of the Thea Osborne series (2007)
  4. Cover of A Cotswold Mystery by Rebecca Tope, book 4 of the Thea Osborne series (2008)
  5. Cover of Blood in the Cotswolds by Rebecca Tope, book 5 of the Thea Osborne series (2008)
  6. Cover of Slaughter in the Cotswolds by Rebecca Tope, book 6 of the Thea Osborne series (2009)
  7. Cover of A Grave in the Cotswolds by Rebecca Tope, book 8 of the Thea Osborne series (2010)
  8. Cover of Deception in the Cotswolds by Rebecca Tope, book 9 of the Thea Osborne series (2011)
  9. Cover of Malice in the Cotswolds by Rebecca Tope, book 10 of the Thea Osborne series (2012)
  10. Cover of Shadows in the Cotswolds by Rebecca Tope, book 11 of the Thea Osborne series (2013)
  11. Cover of Trouble in the Cotswolds by Rebecca Tope, book 12 of the Thea Osborne series (2014)
  12. Cover of Revenge in the Cotswolds by Rebecca Tope, book 13 of the Thea Osborne series (2015)
  13. Cover of Guilt in the Cotswolds by Rebecca Tope, book 14 of the Thea Osborne series (2016)
  14. Cover of Peril in the Cotswolds by Rebecca Tope, book 15 of the Thea Osborne series (2017)
  15. Cover of Crisis in the Cotswolds by Rebecca Tope, book 16 of the Thea Osborne series (2018)
  16. Cover of Secrets in the Cotswolds by Rebecca Tope, book 17 of the Thea Osborne series (2019)
  17. Cover of A Cotswold Christmas Mystery by Rebecca Tope, book 18 of the Thea Osborne series (2020)
  18. Cover of Echoes in the Cotswolds by Rebecca Tope, book 19 of the Thea Osborne series (2021)
  19. Cover of Betrayal in the Cotswolds by Rebecca Tope, book 20 of the Thea Osborne series (2022)
  1. 1
    A Cotswold KillingThea Osborne #12004 · 349 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2004349
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  2. 2
    A Cotswold OrdealThea Osborne #22005 · 288 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2005288
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  3. 3
    Death in the CotswoldsThea Osborne #32007 · 270 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2007270
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  4. 4
    A Cotswold MysteryThea Osborne #42008 · 325 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2008325
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  5. 5
    Blood in the CotswoldsThea Osborne #52008 · confirmed 3/4
    2008–
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  6. 6
    Slaughter in the CotswoldsThea Osborne #62009 · 407 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2009407
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  7. 7
    Fear in the CotswoldsThea Osborne #72009 · 383 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2009383
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  8. 8
    A Grave in the CotswoldsThea Osborne #82010 · confirmed 3/4
    2010–
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  9. 9
    Deception in the CotswoldsThea Osborne #92011 · confirmed 3/4
    2011–
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  10. 10
    Malice in the CotswoldsThea Osborne #102012 · 384 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2012384
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  11. 11
    Shadows in the CotswoldsThea Osborne #112013 · 383 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2013383
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  12. 12
    Trouble in the CotswoldsThea Osborne #122014 · confirmed 3/4
    2014–
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  13. 13
    Revenge in the CotswoldsThea Osborne #132015 · 356 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2015356
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  14. 14
    A Cotswold CasebookCotswold Short Story #12016 · confirmed 3/4
    2016–
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  15. 15
    Guilt in the CotswoldsThea Osborne #142016 · 356 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2016356
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  16. 16
    Peril in the CotswoldsThea Osborne #152017 · 352 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2017352
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  17. 17
    Crisis in the CotswoldsThea Osborne #162018 · 350 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2018350
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  18. 18
    Secrets in the CotswoldsThea Osborne #172019 · 352 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2019352
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  19. 19
    A Cotswold Christmas MysteryThea Osborne #182020 · 352 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2020352
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  20. 20
    Echoes in the CotswoldsThea Osborne #192021 · confirmed 3/4
    2021–
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  21. 21
    Betrayal in the CotswoldsThea Osborne #202022 · confirmed 3/4
    2022–
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  22. 22
    A Discovery in the CotswoldsThea Osborne #212023 · confirmed 3/4
    2023–
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Do you have to read Thea Osborne books in order?

You should read the Thea Osborne series in publication order, the order of the numbered table above; the 1 related title (short stories and novellas) sit outside that sequence. The catalogue does not record whether each Thea Osborne book also stands alone.

Where to start with Thea Osborne

Start with A Cotswold Killing (2004), the earliest published book in the Thea Osborne series.

What is the newest Thea Osborne book?

A Discovery in the Cotswolds (2023) is the newest book in the Thea Osborne series.

Is there a new Thea Osborne book coming?

No next Thea Osborne book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.

Thea Osborne at a glance

Paused
No new main-line Thea Osborne title has appeared for 3 years. The last was A Discovery in the Cotswolds (2023).
Release pace
Thea Osborne books have appeared about one a year on average.
Length
4,907 pages across the 14 of 22 books with a recorded length, a median of 352 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Thea Osborne books, 11 of 22, were published in the 2010s.

What the Thea Osborne books are about

20 of the 22 Thea Osborne books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: mystery & detective is tagged on 16 of 20. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.

More books by Rebecca Tope

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