Order of Michael Robotham Books

Order of Michael Robotham Books


Michael Robotham is an Australian novelist of crime fiction. He worked as a journalist for Fairfax Press before ghostwriting autobiographies for athletes, artists and military figures in the UK. After returning to Australia in 1996, Michael began writing full-time. Most of his novels feature his Joseph O’Loughlin character and all of them feature Vincent Ruiz – either as a main character or as a bit player.

Michael became a published fiction author in 2004 with his debut novel The Suspect. Below is a list of Michael Robotham’s books in order of when they were originally published (and in chronological order when necessary):

Publication Order of Joseph O’Loughlin Books

The Suspect

(2004)

Lost / The Drowning Man

(2005)

Shatter / The Sleep of Reason

(2008)

Bleed for Me

(2010)

The Wreckage

(2011)

Say You’re Sorry

(2012)

Watching You

(2013)

Close Your Eyes

(2015)

The Other Wife

(2018)

Publication Order of Cyrus Haven Books

Good Girl, Bad Girl

(2019)

When She Was Good

(2020)

Lying Beside You

(2022)

Before You Found Me / Storm Child

(2024)

Publication Order of Standalone Novels

The Night Ferry

(2007)

Bombproof

(2008)

Life or Death

(2014)

The Secrets She Keeps

(2017)

When You Are Mine

(2021)

Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books

If I Tell You… I’ll Have to Kill You

(2013)

Notes: Lost was also published as The Drowning Man. Shatter was also published as The Sleep of Reason.