Will Cochrane Books in Order

Matthew Dunn has written 9 books featuring Will Cochrane, published between 2011 and 2017. The first book is Spycatcher / Spartan (2011) and the newest is Act of Betrayal (2017). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
9
Published
2011–2017
Confirmed
9 of 9 titles
Pages on record
2,740 in 8 of 9 books
Reading time
46–69 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 2,740 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200300 words a minute, covering the 8 of 9 titles with a page count on record.

Will Cochrane is the intelligence officer at the centre of Matthew Dunn's Spycatcher series. Nine books run from Spycatcher (2011), also published as Spartan, to Act of Betrayal (2017), through Sentinel (2012), Slingshot (2013), Dark Spies (2014) and The Spy House (2015). British and American intelligence work, terrorism and Russia supply the material, at a median length of 326 pages.

How many Will Cochrane books are there?

Will Cochrane appears in 9 books, released between 2011 and 2017.

Will Cochrane Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 9 Will Cochrane 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. 1
    Spycatcher / SpartanSpycatcher #12011 · 544 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2011544
  2. 2
    SentinelSpycatcher #22012 · 313 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2012313
  3. 3
    SlingshotSpycatcher #32013 · 407 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2013407
  4. 4
    CounterspySpycatcher #42014 · 147 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2014147
  5. 5
    Dark SpiesSpycatcher #52014 · 384 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2014384
  6. 6
    Spy TradeSpycatcher #62015 · confirmed 3/4
    2015
  7. 7
    The Spy HouseSpycatcher #72015 · 339 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2015339
  8. 8
    A Soldier's RevengeSpycatcher #82016 · 307 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2016307
  9. 9
    Act of BetrayalSpycatcher #92017 · 299 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2017299

Do you have to read Will Cochrane books in order?

You should read the Will Cochrane books in publication order, the order of the numbered table above. The catalogue does not record whether each Will Cochrane book also stands alone.

Where to start with Will Cochrane

Start with Spycatcher / Spartan (2011), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Will Cochrane book?

Act of Betrayal (2017) is the newest Will Cochrane book released so far.

Is there a new Will Cochrane book coming?

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

Will Cochrane at a glance

No recent titles
The newest Will Cochrane title on record dates from 2017, 9 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
Release pace
Will Cochrane books have appeared about one a year on average.
Length
2,740 pages across the 8 of 9 books with a recorded length, a median of 326 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Will Cochrane books, 9 of 9, were published in the 2010s.

What the Will Cochrane books are about

All 9 Will Cochrane books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: intelligence officers is tagged on 7 of 9. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.

More books by Matthew Dunn

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