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Charmian Daniels Books in Order

Charmian Daniels by Gwendoline Butler contains 22 books, published between 1964 and 2015. The first book is Come Home and Be Killed (1964) and the newest is Nell Alone (2015). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
22
Published
1964–2015
Pages on record
3,263 in 14 of 22 books
Reading time
54–82 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 3,263 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.

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Charmian Daniels is a policewoman in Gwendoline Butler's English police procedurals, a series of 22 books. Come Home and Be Killed (1964) is the first, and Burning Is a Substitute for Loving and Murderers' Houses appeared the same year. Windsor Red (1988) and Witching Murder (1991) come from the later run. London is among the settings, and Nell Alone (2015) closes the series.

How many Charmian Daniels books are there?

Charmian Daniels has 22 books, released between 1964 and 2015.

Charmian Daniels Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 22 Charmian Daniels 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 New Kind of Killer, an Old Kind of Death by Gwendoline Butler, book 5 of the Charmian Daniels series (1970)
  2. Cover of Murder Has a Pretty Face by Gwendoline Butler, book 6 of the Charmian Daniels series (1981)
  3. Cover of Witching Murder by Gwendoline Butler, book 10 of the Charmian Daniels series (1991)
  4. Cover of Footsteps in the Blood by Gwendoline Butler, book 12 of the Charmian Daniels series (1992)
  5. Cover of A Death in the Family / Baby Drop by Gwendoline Butler, book 14 of the Charmian Daniels series (1994)
  6. Cover of Whoever Has the Heart by Gwendoline Butler, book 15 of the Charmian Daniels series (1994)
  7. Cover of The Morbid Kitchen by Gwendoline Butler, book 16 of the Charmian Daniels series (1995)
  8. Cover of The Woman Who Was Not There by Gwendoline Butler, book 17 of the Charmian Daniels series (1996)
  9. Cover of Dead Again by Gwendoline Butler, book 20 of the Charmian Daniels series (2000)
  10. Cover of Loving Murder by Gwendoline Butler, book 21 of the Charmian Daniels series (2001)
  1. 1
    Come Home and Be Killed1964 · confirmed 1/4
    1964–
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  2. 2
    Burning Is a Substitute for Loving1964 · confirmed 1/4
    1964–
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  3. 3
    Murderers' Houses1964 · confirmed 1/4
    1964–
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  4. 4
    There Lies Your Love1965 · confirmed 1/4
    1965–
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  5. 5
    A New Kind of Killer, an Old Kind of Death1970 · 190 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1970190
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  6. 6
    Murder Has a Pretty Face1981 · 407 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1981407
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  7. 7
    Murder in the Garden / Death in the Garden1987 · 216 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1987216
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  8. 8
    Windsor Red1988 · 184 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1988184
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  9. 9
    A Cure for Dying / Making Good Blood1989 · confirmed 1/4
    1989–
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  10. 10
    Witching Murder1991 · 196 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1991196
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  11. 11
    A Different Kind of Summer1992 · confirmed 1/4
    1992–
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  12. 12
    Footsteps in the Blood1992 · 188 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1992188
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  13. 13
    Dead Set1992 · 221 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1992221
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  14. 14
    A Death in the Family / Baby Drop1994 · 277 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1994277
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  15. 15
    Whoever Has the Heart1994 · 218 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1994218
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  16. 16
    The Morbid Kitchen1995 · 201 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1995201
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  17. 17
    The Woman Who Was Not There1996 · 268 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1996268
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  18. 18
    Stone Dead1998 · confirmed 1/4
    1998–
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  19. 19
    Revengeful Death1998 · 192 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1998192
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  20. 20
    Dead Again2000 · 281 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2000281
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  21. 21
    Loving Murder2001 · 224 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2001224
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  22. 22
    Nell Alone2015 · confirmed 1/4
    2015–
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Is there a chronological order for Charmian Daniels?

No separate chronological order is on record for Charmian Daniels, 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 Charmian Daniels books in order?

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

Where to start with Charmian Daniels

Start with Come Home and Be Killed (1964), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Charmian Daniels book?

Nell Alone (2015) is the newest Charmian Daniels book released so far.

Is there a new Charmian Daniels book coming?

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

Charmian Daniels at a glance

No recent titles
The newest Charmian Daniels title on record dates from 2015, 11 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
Release pace
Charmian Daniels books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
Length
3,263 pages across the 14 of 22 books with a recorded length, a median of 217 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Charmian Daniels books, 10 of 22, were published in the 1990s.

What the Charmian Daniels books are about

13 of the 22 Charmian Daniels 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 13 of 13. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.

More books by Gwendoline Butler

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

Other series by Gwendoline Butler

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