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William Monk Books in Order

William Monk by Anne Perry contains 24 books, published between 1990 and 2018. The first book is The Face of a Stranger (1990) and the newest is Dark Tide Rising (2018). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
24
Published
1990–2018
Confirmed
24 of 24 titles
Pages on record
7,748 in 22 of 24 books
Reading time
129–194 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 7,748 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 22 of 24 titles with a page count on record.

See all 24 books in order Printable William Monk checklist

William Monk is a historical detective series by Anne Perry, set in London. The Face of a Stranger (1990) opens the run, and 24 catalogued books reach Dark Tide Rising in 2018. Police work and private investigation both sit in the subject records for William Monk, along with murder cases in historical England. The 1990s were the densest decade of the series.

How many William Monk books are there?

William Monk has 24 books, released between 1990 and 2018.

William Monk Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 24 William Monk 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 The Face of a Stranger by Anne Perry, book 1 of the William Monk series (1990)
  2. Cover of A Dangerous Mourning by Anne Perry, book 2 of the William Monk series (1991)
  3. Cover of Defend and Betray by Anne Perry, book 3 of the William Monk series (1992)
  4. Cover of A Sudden, Fearful Death by Anne Perry, book 4 of the William Monk series (1993)
  5. Cover of Sins of the Wolf by Anne Perry, book 5 of the William Monk series (1994)
  6. Cover of Weighed in the Balance by Anne Perry, book 7 of the William Monk series (1996)
  7. Cover of The Silent Cry by Anne Perry, book 8 of the William Monk series (1997)
  8. Cover of The Twisted Root by Anne Perry, book 10 of the William Monk series (1998)
  9. Cover of Slaves of Obsession by Anne Perry, book 11 of the William Monk series (2000)
  10. Cover of Funeral in Blue by Anne Perry, book 12 of the William Monk series (2001)
  11. Cover of Death of a Stranger by Anne Perry, book 13 of the William Monk series (2002)
  12. Cover of The Shifting Tide by Anne Perry, book 14 of the William Monk series (2004)
  13. Cover of Dark Assassin by Anne Perry, book 15 of the William Monk series (2005)
  14. Cover of Execution Dock by Anne Perry, book 16 of the William Monk series (2009)
  15. Cover of Acceptable Loss by Anne Perry, book 17 of the William Monk series (2011)
  16. Cover of A Sunless Sea by Anne Perry, book 18 of the William Monk series (2012)
  17. Cover of Blood on the Water by Anne Perry, book 20 of the William Monk series (2014)
  18. Cover of Corridors of the Night by Anne Perry, book 21 of the William Monk series (2015)
  19. Cover of Revenge in a Cold River by Anne Perry, book 22 of the William Monk series (2016)
  20. Cover of An Echo of Murder by Anne Perry, book 23 of the William Monk series (2017)
  21. Cover of Dark Tide Rising by Anne Perry, book 24 of the William Monk series (2018)
  1. 1
    The Face of a Stranger1990 · 352 pages · confirmed 4/4
    1990352
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  2. 2
    A Dangerous Mourning1991 · 344 pages · confirmed 4/4
    1991344
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  3. 3
    Defend and Betray1992 · 439 pages · confirmed 4/4
    1992439
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  4. 4
    A Sudden, Fearful Death1993 · 454 pages · confirmed 4/4
    1993454
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  5. 5
    Sins of the Wolf1994 · 448 pages · confirmed 4/4
    1994448
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  6. 6
    Cain His Brother1995 · 404 pages · confirmed 4/4
    1995404
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  7. 7
    Weighed in the Balance1996 · 384 pages · confirmed 4/4
    1996384
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  8. 8
    The Silent Cry1997 · 356 pages · confirmed 4/4
    1997356
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  9. 9
    A Breach of Promise/The Whited Sepulchres1997 · 374 pages · confirmed 4/4
    1997374
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  10. 10
    The Twisted Root1998 · 368 pages · confirmed 4/4
    1998368
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  11. 11
    Slaves of Obsession2000 · 368 pages · confirmed 4/4
    2000368
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  12. 12
    Funeral in Blue2001 · confirmed 3/4
    2001–
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  13. 13
    Death of a Stranger2002 · 334 pages · confirmed 4/4
    2002334
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  14. 14
    The Shifting Tide2004 · 368 pages · confirmed 4/4
    2004368
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  15. 15
    Dark Assassin2005 · 308 pages · confirmed 4/4
    2005308
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  16. 16
    Execution Dock2009 · 306 pages · confirmed 4/4
    2009306
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  17. 17
    Acceptable Loss2011 · 342 pages · confirmed 4/4
    2011342
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  18. 18
    A Sunless Sea2012 · confirmed 4/4
    2012–
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  19. 19
    Blind Justice2013 · 338 pages · confirmed 4/4
    2013338
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  20. 20
    Blood on the Water2014 · 309 pages · confirmed 4/4
    2014309
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  21. 21
    Corridors of the Night2015 · 271 pages · confirmed 4/4
    2015271
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  22. 22
    Revenge in a Cold River2016 · 306 pages · confirmed 4/4
    2016306
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  23. 23
    An Echo of Murder2017 · 286 pages · confirmed 4/4
    2017286
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  24. 24
    Dark Tide Rising2018 · 289 pages · confirmed 4/4
    2018289
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William Monk Books in Chronological Order

By publication date, the William Monk books run from The Face of a Stranger (1990) to Dark Tide Rising (2018), the sequence in the table above. No separate story order is recorded for William Monk in the book listings this catalogue merges, so publication order is the only order on record.

Do you have to read William Monk books in order?

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

Where to start with William Monk

Start with The Face of a Stranger (1990), the earliest published title.

What is the newest William Monk book?

Dark Tide Rising (2018) is the newest William Monk book released so far.

Is there a new William Monk book coming?

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

William Monk at a glance

No recent titles
The newest William Monk title on record dates from 2018, 8 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
Release pace
William Monk books have appeared about one a year on average.
Length
7,748 pages across the 22 of 24 books with a recorded length, a median of 348 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most William Monk books, 10 of 24, were published in the 1990s.
Corroboration
23 of the 24 titles appear in all four independent book listings, and every one of them in at least three.

What the William Monk books are about

All 24 William Monk books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: private investigators is tagged on 16 of 24. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.

More books by Anne Perry

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

Other series by Anne Perry

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