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D.I. Callanach Books in Order

D.I. Callanach by Helen Fields contains 7 books, published between 2017 and 2022. The first book is Perfect Remains (2017) and the newest is One for Sorrow (2022). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
7
Published
2017–2022
Confirmed
7 of 7 titles
Pages on record
2,096 in 5 of 7 books
Reading time
35–52 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 2,096 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 5 of 7 titles with a page count on record.

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D.I. Callanach is a police procedural series by Helen Fields, set in Edinburgh. Six of the seven titles begin with the word Perfect: Perfect Remains (2017), Perfect Prey (2017), Perfect Death (2018), Perfect Silence (2018), Perfect Crime (2019) and Perfect Kill (2020), with One for Sorrow (2022) closing the run. Crime and murder investigation are the subject headings, the median volume runs 416 pages, and nothing has followed since 2022.

How many D.I. Callanach books are there?

D.I. Callanach has 7 books, released between 2017 and 2022.

D.I. Callanach Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 7 D.I. Callanach 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 Perfect Crime by Helen Fields, book 5 of the D.I. Callanach series (2019)
  2. Cover of One for Sorrow by Helen Fields, book 7 of the D.I. Callanach series (2022)
  1. 1
    Perfect Remains2017 · 416 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2017416
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  2. 2
    Perfect Prey2017 · confirmed 3/4
    2017–
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  3. 3
    Perfect Death2018 · 448 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2018448
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  4. 4
    Perfect Silence2018 · 432 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2018432
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  5. 5
    Perfect Crime2019 · 400 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2019400
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  6. 6
    Perfect Kill2020 · confirmed 3/4
    2020–
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  7. 7
    One for Sorrow2022 · 400 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2022400
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Is there a chronological order for D.I. Callanach?

No separate chronological order is on record for D.I. Callanach, 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 D.I. Callanach books in order?

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

Where to start with D.I. Callanach

Start with Perfect Remains (2017), the earliest published title.

What is the newest D.I. Callanach book?

One for Sorrow (2022) is the newest D.I. Callanach book released so far.

Is there a new D.I. Callanach book coming?

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

D.I. Callanach at a glance

Paused
No new D.I. Callanach title has appeared for 4 years. The last was published in 2022.
Release pace
D.I. Callanach books have appeared about one a year on average.
Length
2,096 pages across the 5 of 7 books with a recorded length, a median of 416 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most D.I. Callanach books, 5 of 7, were published in the 2010s.

What the D.I. Callanach books are about

5 of the 7 D.I. Callanach books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: edinburgh (scotland) is tagged on 4 of 5. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.

More books by Helen Fields

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