Maeve Kerrigan Books in Order
Maeve Kerrigan by Jane Casey contains 16 books, published between 2010 and 2025. The first book is The Burning (2010) and the newest is The Secret Room (2025). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 16
- Published
- 2010–2025
- Confirmed
- 4 of 16 titles
- Pages on record
- 3,287 in 8 of 16 books
- Reading time
- 55–82 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 3,287 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 8 of 16 titles with a page count on record.
Maeve Kerrigan is a London detective, and Jane Casey's crime series follows Maeve Kerrigan through murder investigations across the city. Sixteen books run from The Burning (2010) through The Reckoning (2011), The Kill (2014), Let the Dead Speak (2017) and Cruel Acts (2019) to The Secret Room in 2025. The series is ongoing.
How many Maeve Kerrigan books are there?
Maeve Kerrigan has 16 books, released between 2010 and 2025.
Maeve Kerrigan Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 16 Maeve Kerrigan 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.
- 1The Burning2010 · 368 pages · confirmed 3/420103683/4
- 2The Reckoning2011 · confirmed 2/42011–2/4
- 3The Last Girl2012 · 480 pages · confirmed 3/420124803/4
- 4The Stranger You Know2013 · 372 pages · confirmed 2/420133722/4
- 5Left for Dead2013 · confirmed 2/42013–2/4
- 6The Kill2014 · 464 pages · confirmed 2/420144642/4
- 7After the Fire2015 · 443 pages · confirmed 2/420154432/4
- 8Let the Dead Speak2017 · 392 pages · confirmed 2/420173922/4
- 9One in Custody2018 · confirmed 2/42018–2/4
- 10Cruel Acts2019 · 368 pages · confirmed 2/420193682/4
- 11Love Lies Bleeding2019 · confirmed 2/42019–2/4
- 12The Cutting Place2020 · 400 pages · confirmed 3/420204003/4
- 13Silent Kill2020 · confirmed 2/42020–2/4
- 14The Close2023 · confirmed 2/42023–2/4
- 15A Stranger in the Family2024 · confirmed 3/42024–3/4
- 16The Secret Room2025 · confirmed 2/42025–2/4
Is there a chronological order for Maeve Kerrigan?
No separate chronological order is on record for Maeve Kerrigan, 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 Maeve Kerrigan books in order?
You should read the Maeve Kerrigan books in publication order, the order of the numbered table above. The catalogue does not record whether each Maeve Kerrigan book also stands alone.
Where to start with Maeve Kerrigan
Start with The Burning (2010), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Maeve Kerrigan book?
The Secret Room (2025) is the newest Maeve Kerrigan book released so far.
Is there a new Maeve Kerrigan book coming?
No next Maeve Kerrigan book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Maeve Kerrigan at a glance
- Still running
- Maeve Kerrigan is still running, with a title published as recently as 2025.
- Release pace
- Maeve Kerrigan books have appeared about one a year on average.
- Length
- 3,287 pages across the 8 of 16 books with a recorded length, a median of 396 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Maeve Kerrigan books, 11 of 16, were published in the 2010s.
What the Maeve Kerrigan books are about
9 of the 16 Maeve Kerrigan books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: investigation is tagged on 6 of 9. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Investigation 6 of 9 books
- Murder 6 of 9 books
- Mystery & detective, women sleuths 6 of 9 books
- Crime 4 of 9 books
- Mystery & detective 3 of 9 books
- English literature 2 of 9 books
- London (England) 2 of 9 books
More books by Jane Casey
The author page linked below lists every book in publication order.
- Jane Casey books in order 22 books