Order of Book Series
0

Louise Rick Books in Order

Louise Rick by Sara Blaedel contains 12 books, published between 2005 and 2025. The first book is Call Me Princess / Blue Blood / The Silent Woman (2005) and the newest is A Mother's Love (2025). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
12
Published
2005–2025
Confirmed
12 of 12 titles
Pages on record
2,732 in 8 of 12 books
Reading time
46–68 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 2,732 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 8 of 12 titles with a page count on record.

See all 12 books in order Printable Louise Rick checklist

Louise Rick is the police detective Sara Blaedel writes about, working murder and missing-person cases in Denmark. 12 catalogued books span 2005 to 2025. The first, from 2005, is listed as Call Me Princess, as Blue Blood and as The Silent Woman; The Forgotten Girls (2015), The Killing Forest (2016), The Lost Woman (2017) and A Mother's Love (2025) follow. A chronological reading order sits apart from the publication order, and the series is ongoing.

How many Louise Rick books are there?

Louise Rick has 12 books, released between 2005 and 2025.

Louise Rick Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 12 Louise Rick 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 Call Me Princess / Blue Blood / The Silent Woman by Sara Blaedel, book 1 of the Louise Rick series (2005)
  2. Cover of The Forgotten Girls by Sara Blaedel, book 4 of the Louise Rick series (2015)
  3. Cover of A Harmless Lie by Sara Blaedel, book 11 of the Louise Rick series (2022)
  1. 1
    Call Me Princess / Blue Blood / The Silent Woman2005 · 303 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2005303
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  2. 2
    Only One Life / The Drowned Girl2007 · confirmed 3/4
    2007–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  3. 3
    The Night Women / Farewell to Freedom2008 · confirmed 3/4
    2008–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  4. 4
    The Forgotten Girls2015 · 339 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2015339
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  5. 5
    The Killing Forest2016 · 352 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2016352
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  6. 6
    The Lost Woman2017 · 296 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2017296
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  7. 7
    The Running Girl2018 · 448 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2018448
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  8. 8
    The Stolen Angel2018 · 368 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2018368
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  9. 9
    The Midnight Witness / Green Dust2018 · 322 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2018322
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  10. 10
    The Woman in the Hotel2020 · confirmed 3/4
    2020–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  11. 11
    A Harmless Lie2022 · 304 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2022304
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  12. 12
    A Mother's Love2025 · confirmed 3/4
    2025–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK

Louise Rick Books in Chronological Order

In story order, The Midnight Witness / Green Dust comes first and A Mother's Love comes last. Chronological order follows the events inside the story rather than the release dates. The 12 books below run in that in-universe sequence.

  1. 9
    The Midnight Witness / Green Dust2018 · 322 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2018322
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  2. 1
    Call Me Princess / Blue Blood / The Silent Woman2005 · 303 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2005303
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  3. 2
    Only One Life / The Drowned Girl2007 · confirmed 3/4
    2007–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  4. 3
    The Night Women / Farewell to Freedom2008 · confirmed 3/4
    2008–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  5. 7
    The Running Girl2018 · 448 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2018448
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  6. 8
    The Stolen Angel2018 · 368 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2018368
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  7. 4
    The Forgotten Girls2015 · 339 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2015339
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  8. 5
    The Killing Forest2016 · 352 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2016352
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  9. 6
    The Lost Woman2017 · 296 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2017296
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  10. 10
    The Woman in the Hotel2020 · confirmed 3/4
    2020–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  11. 11
    A Harmless Lie2022 · 304 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2022304
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  12. 12
    A Mother's Love2025 · confirmed 3/4
    2025–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK

Do you have to read Louise Rick books in order?

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

Where to start with Louise Rick

Start with Call Me Princess / Blue Blood / The Silent Woman (2005), the earliest published title. In the chronological order, The Midnight Witness / Green Dust comes first.

What is the newest Louise Rick book?

A Mother's Love (2025) is the newest Louise Rick book released so far.

Is there a new Louise Rick book coming?

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

Louise Rick at a glance

Still running
Louise Rick is still running, with a title published as recently as 2025.
Release pace
Louise Rick books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
Length
2,732 pages across the 8 of 12 books with a recorded length, a median of 330 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Louise Rick books, 6 of 12, were published in the 2010s.

What the Louise Rick books are about

8 of the 12 Louise Rick books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: denmark is tagged on 5 of 8. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.

More books by Sara Blaedel

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