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  • Bibliography:
    18 Books
  • First Book:
    June 2008
  • Latest Book:
    September 2025
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Book List in Order: 18 titles





  • She has dark desires -- and big plans to fulfill them. A tense and terrifying psychological thriller from the author of the DI Melanie Watton series.When twenty-two-year-old Gillian Thompson returns from university for the summer, it is apparent ther...



  • Meet DI Melanie Watton, who soon learns that imitation is the deadliest form of flattery in this page-turning crime thriller from the author of Intention.When the body of a young woman, Jenni Grantham, is found abandoned, DI Melanie Watton and her te...



  • This is going to hurt . . . A killer is playing a deadly game and DI Melanie Watton must win if she wants to survive -- from the author of The Watcher.When DI Melanie Watton is called in to investigate the brutal murder of a taxidermis...



  • DI Melanie Watton is faced with trying to solve a case with no crime scene in this edge-of-your-seat thriller from the author of The Copycat. When DI Melanie Watton and her team are called in to investigate a video recording that surfaces in a loc...



  • This psychological thriller takes you inside the mind of a fascinating character who lives a quiet life -- with disturbing secrets hidden in memory lapses.M works in publishing and enjoys watching people. M also suffers from panic attacks and odd mem...



  • A serial killer emerges from the past to stalk a witness in a harrowing novel of missteps and madness from the author of Intention and All I See Is You.   When Sarah was seventeen years old, she hid in a wardrobe while her mother was murdered in...



  • “A real page turner and one I lost several hours sleep to, wanting to turn just another page before I put it down. Another cracker from Charlotte Barnes, can't wait for the next.” -- Goodreads reviewer, five starsA writer interrogates a woman wh...



  • You don’t know what you’re looking for until you find it.Edi Parcell thought she had life all planned out, so when her childhood sweetheart proposes a three-month break to date other people, she’s shocked. Unexpectedly back on the dating scene ...






  • “Took my breath away . . . It had me hooked from start to finish and I could not put it down . . . If I could, would give 10 stars!” -- Amazon reviewer, five starsA risky affair goes badly awry, in this crime thrill...



  • From the author of The Things I Didn't Do: She never reported the men who attacked her years ago. Now someone is taking revenge . . . Years ago at university, Celia's boyfriend turned on her in a horrifying way -- joining with his f...



  • The murder of a teenage boy reveals fractured relationships, in this twist-filled new psychological thriller by the author of Penance. Single mother Annie has spent ten years raising her daughter, Jessica, on her own -- and now Jessica’s on the ver...




  • Revisiting the past threatens a woman’s future, in a stunning new thriller by the author of The Good Child.Emma and I did everything together -- including getting kidnapped . . . As teenagers, we were both taken but only I survived. ...



  • THE BRAND-NEW HILARIOUS AND HEARTWARMING SUMMER ROMANCE FOR 2024.Nell loves her quaint bakery-turned-bookshop and her adorable dog, Daisy. Her nan constantly asks if there's a chap in her life, but dating just isn't for her. Except, maybe there is so...



  • She’s the only one her imprisoned husband will confess to -- but what he has to say may destroy her -- in this chilling new novel by the author of A True Crime . . . Edward O’Connor has been in prison for twenty-seven years. Now he...



  • The truth is sometimes darker than fiction, in this gripping psychological thriller from the author of My Husband the Murderer. When Caroline walks into the bustling hotel bar on a Friday afternoon, no one could have predicted what is about to unf...



  • This holiday season, love is going off-script.Celebrated advice columnist 'Dear Dotty' Ellison has made a name for herself by solving everyone else's problems.But her life is upended when she unknowingly advises her girlfriend of ten years to break u...


Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Charlotte Barnes has published 18 books.

Charlotte Barnes does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, The Break-up Before Christmas, was published in September 2025.

The first book by Charlotte Barnes, Stella Ducktropolis, was published in June 2008.

No. Charlotte Barnes does not write books in series.