April Woo Books in Order

April Woo by Leslie Glass contains 9 books, published between 1993 and 2005. The first book is Burning Time (1993) and the newest is A Clean Kill (2005). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
9
Published
1993–2005
Total pages
3,577 across 9 books
Reading time
60–89 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 3,577 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200300 words a minute.

April Woo is a New York policewoman and the recurring figure in Leslie Glass's police procedurals. Subjects recorded include policewomen, Chinese American women, Asian Americans, missing persons and New York City. Nine books run from Burning Time (1993) to A Clean Kill (2005), six of the titles ending in the word Time. Leslie Glass is credited on all nine, every one of which has a recorded length, at a median of 382 pages.

How many April Woo books are there?

April Woo has 9 books, released between 1993 and 2005.

April Woo Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 9 April Woo 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
    Burning Time1993 · 464 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1993464
  2. 2
    Hanging Time1995 · 444 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1995444
  3. 3
    Loving Time1996 · 417 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1996417
  4. 4
    Judging Time1998 · 400 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1998400
  5. 5
    Stealing Time1999 · 382 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1999382
  6. 6
    Tracking Time2000 · 382 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2000382
  7. 7
    The Silent Bride2002 · 379 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2002379
  8. 8
    A Killing Gift2003 · 352 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2003352
  9. 9
    A Clean Kill2005 · 357 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2005357

Is there a chronological order for April Woo?

No separate chronological order is on record for April Woo, because none of the book listings this catalogue draws on publishes one; the publication order above is the only order given.

Do you have to read April Woo books in order?

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

Where to start with April Woo

Start with Burning Time (1993), the earliest published title.

What is the newest April Woo book?

A Clean Kill (2005) is the newest April Woo book released so far.

Is there a new April Woo book coming?

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

April Woo at a glance

No recent titles
The newest April Woo title on record dates from 2005, 21 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
Release pace
April Woo books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
Length
3,577 pages across all 9 books with a recorded length, a median of 382 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most April Woo books, 5 of 9, were published in the 1990s.

What the April Woo books are about

8 of the 9 April Woo books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: policewomen is tagged on 7 of 8. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.

More books by Leslie Glass

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