Order of Cath Staincliffe Books

Order of Cath Staincliffe Books

Cath Staincliffe (Photo Credit: Paul Herrmann)
Cath Staincliffe is a British author of crime fiction novels. She writes the Sal Kilkenny series. When she was a child in Bradford, Cath wanted to work with insects, then wanted to be a trapeze artist and finally decided she wanted to become an actress when she was eight years old. She earned her Drama and Theatre Arts degree from Birmingham University and promptly moved to Manchester. Cath was also a writer for the ITV police drama series Blue Murder. She is a founding member of the Murder Squad group of crime writers from the North of England. Cath enjoys reading, hill-walking, gardening and dancing. She lives in Manchester with her family.

Cath Staincliffe became a published novelist in 1994 with the novel Looking for Trouble, beginning her Sal Kilkenny series. The novel was shortlisted for the CWA’s John Creasey Award for Best First Novel. Below is a list of Cath Staincliffe’s books in order of when they were originally released:

Publication Order of Detectives Donovan & Young Books

The Fells

(2024)

Publication Order of Sal Kilkenny Books

Looking for Trouble

(1994)

Go Not Gently

(1997)

Dead Wrong

(1998)

Stone Cold Red Hot

(2001)

Towers of Silence

(2002)

Bitter Blue

(2003)

Missing

(2007)

Crying Out Loud

(2011)

Publication Order of Janine Lewis Books

Blue Murder

(2004)

Hit & Run

(2006)

Make Believe

(2013)

Desperate Measures

(2015)

Publication Order of Scott & Bailey Books

Dead to Me

(2012)

Bleed Like Me

(2013)

Ruthless

(2014)

Publication Order of Standalone Novels

Trio

(2002)

The Kindest Thing

(2010)

Witness

(2011)

Split Second

(2012)

Blink of an Eye

(2013)

Letters To My Daughter’s Killer

(2014)

Half the World Away

(2015)

The Silence Between Breaths

(2016)

The Girl in the Green Dress

(2017)

Fear of Falling

(2018)

Quiet Acts of Violence

(2020)

The Lost Girls of St. Ann’s

(2024)

Publication Order of Short Stories/Novellas

In The Heart of The City

(2011)

Violation

(2011)

Laptop

(2011)

Night Nurse

(2013)

Publication Order of Short Story Collections

Murder Shorts

(2018)

Publication Order of Anthologies

Best Eaten Cold and Other Stories: A Murder Squad Anthology

(2011)

Deadly Pleasures

(2013)

CWA Anthology of Short Stories: Mystery Tour

(2017)

Many Deadly Returns

(2021)