Claire Morgan Books in Order

Claire Morgan by Linda Ladd contains 10 books, published between 2006 and 2017. The first book is Head to Head (2006) and the newest is Fatal Game (2017). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
10
Published
2006–2017
Pages on record
2,464 in 7 of 10 books
Reading time
41–62 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 2,464 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200300 words a minute, covering the 7 of 10 titles with a page count on record.

Claire Morgan is a suspense thriller series by Linda Ladd, built on a woman detective of that name. Catalogue subjects record serial murder investigation, police procedural work and psychological mystery, with Missouri and a resort among the settings. Ten books are listed, from Head to Head (2006) to Fatal Game (2017), taking in Die Smiling (2008), Enter Evil (2009), Bad Bones (2014) and Gone Black (2016). Ladd is credited on all 10, and the seven with a recorded length have a median of 352 pages.

How many Claire Morgan books are there?

Claire Morgan has 10 books, released between 2006 and 2017.

Claire Morgan Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 10 Claire Morgan 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
    Head to Head2006 · 352 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2006352
  2. 2
    Dark Places2007 · 352 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2007352
  3. 3
    Die Smiling2008 · 380 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2008380
  4. 4
    Enter Evil2009 · 396 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2009396
  5. 5
    Remember Murder2013 · confirmed 2/4
    2013
  6. 6
    Mostly Murder2013 · confirmed 2/4
    2013
  7. 7
    Bad Bones2014 · 368 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2014368
  8. 8
    Devil Dead2015 · 318 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2015318
  9. 9
    Gone Black2016 · 298 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2016298
  10. 10
    Fatal Game2017 · confirmed 2/4
    2017

Is there a chronological order for Claire Morgan?

No separate chronological order is on record for Claire Morgan, 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 Claire Morgan books in order?

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

Where to start with Claire Morgan

Start with Head to Head (2006), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Claire Morgan book?

Fatal Game (2017) is the newest Claire Morgan book released so far.

Is there a new Claire Morgan book coming?

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

Claire Morgan at a glance

No recent titles
The newest Claire Morgan title on record dates from 2017, 9 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
Release pace
Claire Morgan books have appeared about one a year on average.
Length
2,464 pages across the 7 of 10 books with a recorded length, a median of 352 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Claire Morgan books, 6 of 10, were published in the 2010s.

What the Claire Morgan books are about

7 of the 10 Claire Morgan books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: thrillers is tagged on 4 of 7. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.

More books by Linda Ladd

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