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DI Erica Swift Books in Order

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Find the DI Erica Swift books by M.K. Farrar in order, with short summaries, series background, and where-to-start guidance.

Last updated: July 6, 2026

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DI Erica Swift books in publication order

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18 books

1

The Artisan

by Marissa Farrar

2020

A serial killer is strangling young women and arranging their bodies like works of art. Erica Swift knows the pattern is terrifying, especially when the victims resemble her.

2

The Child Catcher

by Marissa Farrar

2020

When a case turns toward the most vulnerable victims, Erica Swift is forced into a hunt where every hour matters. The title tells you plenty about how dark this one gets.

3

The Eye Thief

by Marissa Farrar

2020

Victims are abducted in London and found blind, with their eyes taken. DI Erica Swift hunts the killer while a horrific piece of her own past crashes back into view.

4

The Silent One

by Marissa Farrar

2020

A student wakes in university halls beside blood with no memory of what happened. Erica Swift steps into a brutal campus murder where somebody is still hiding the truth.

5

The Body Dealer

by Marissa Farrar

2021

A burning body on an East London canal path opens a case tangled up with politics, desperation, and more death. Erica Swift is pushed into one of her hardest investigations yet.

6

The Gathering Man

by Marissa Farrar

2021

A young woman's body is found in an East London park with symbols drawn on her skin and no obvious injuries. Erica Swift faces a case that is stranger than it first looks.

7

The Mimic

by Marissa Farrar

2021

A copycat killer starts recreating old murders across London. To stop them, Erica may have to listen to the prisoner who murdered her husband and claims to know more.

8

Twice the Lie

by Marissa Farrar

2021

This shorter prequel novella adds background to Erica Swift's world and the lies that shaped it. It works best as an extra piece once you know the series tone.

9

A Grave Christmas

by Marissa Farrar

2022

A holiday-season Erica Swift novella with a darker edge than the title first suggests. It is a shorter visit to the series world, not a cheerful detour.

10

The Devoted

by Marissa Farrar

2022

Loyalty and obsession sit at the center of this Erica Swift case. As usual, the danger comes not only from violence, but from what people will do for the beliefs they cling to.

11

The Foundling

by Marissa Farrar

2022

An investigation linked to an abandoned child leads Erica Swift into another knot of buried truth. The title points to a case where identity and history matter just as much as the murder.

12

The Only Witness

by Marissa Farrar

2022

A long-buried body in wasteland pulls Erica into an old secret that people are still willing to kill for. The dead may be silent, but someone out there remembers everything.

13

The Night Prowler

by Marissa Farrar

2023

Erica Swift hunts a predator who works under cover of darkness and fear. As ever, the case is not content to stay politely on the job side of her life.

14

The Time Keeper

by Marissa Farrar

2023

Another Erica Swift case built around timing, memory, and a killer who plans with care. The series keeps its procedural pace while sharpening the psychological tension.

15

The Syndicate

by Marissa Farrar

2024

Organized crime and wider corruption push Erica into dirtier territory than a single killer case. This one broadens the danger around her without losing the series tension.

16

The Wordsmith

by Marissa Farrar

2024

Words themselves become part of the menace in this later Erica Swift thriller. It keeps the series focus on unsettling signatures, human weakness, and detectives under strain.

17

The Chess Master

by Marissa Farrar

2025

Erica faces an opponent who appears to think several moves ahead of everyone else. The title hints at a calculating case where strategy matters as much as force.

18

The Drowned Man

by Marissa Farrar

2025

A body pulled from the water opens another knot of secrets for Erica Swift to unravel. It is a strong late-series setup with the usual dark procedural pull.

DI Erica Swift books in chronological order

  1. Book cover for "The Eye Thief"

    The Eye Thief

    by Marissa Farrar

    2020DI Erica Swift, Book 1
  2. Book cover for "The Silent One"

    The Silent One

    by Marissa Farrar

    2020DI Erica Swift, Book 2
  3. Book cover for "The Artisan"

    The Artisan

    by Marissa Farrar

    2020DI Erica Swift, Book 3
  4. Book cover for "The Child Catcher"

    The Child Catcher

    by Marissa Farrar

    2020DI Erica Swift, Book 4
  5. Book cover for "The Body Dealer"

    The Body Dealer

    by Marissa Farrar

    2021DI Erica Swift, Book 5
  6. Book cover for "Twice the Lie"

    Twice the Lie

    by Marissa Farrar

    2021DI Erica Swift, Book 6
  7. Book cover for "The Mimic"

    The Mimic

    by Marissa Farrar

    2021DI Erica Swift, Book 7
  8. Book cover for "The Gathering Man"

    The Gathering Man

    by Marissa Farrar

    2021DI Erica Swift, Book 8
  9. Book cover for "The Only Witness"

    The Only Witness

    by Marissa Farrar

    2022DI Erica Swift, Book 9
  10. Book cover for "The Foundling"

    The Foundling

    by Marissa Farrar

    2022DI Erica Swift, Book 10
  11. Book cover for "The Devoted"

    The Devoted

    by Marissa Farrar

    2022DI Erica Swift, Book 11
  12. Book cover for "A Grave Christmas"

    A Grave Christmas

    by Marissa Farrar

    2022DI Erica Swift, Book 12
  13. Book cover for "The Time Keeper"

    The Time Keeper

    by Marissa Farrar

    2023DI Erica Swift, Book 13
  14. Book cover for "The Night Prowler"

    The Night Prowler

    by Marissa Farrar

    2023DI Erica Swift, Book 14
  15. Book cover for "The Wordsmith"

    The Wordsmith

    by Marissa Farrar

    2024DI Erica Swift, Book 15
  16. Book cover for "The Syndicate"

    The Syndicate

    by Marissa Farrar

    2024DI Erica Swift, Book 16
  17. Book cover for "The Chess Master"

    The Chess Master

    by Marissa Farrar

    2025DI Erica Swift, Book 17
  18. Book cover for "The Drowned Man"

    The Drowned Man

    by Marissa Farrar

    2025DI Erica Swift, Book 18

Series background & context

DI Erica Swift is the biggest of M.K. Farrar's crime series, and it makes sense why. The books have a reliable procedural backbone, a vivid East London setting, and a lead detective whose home life, grief, and old wounds never stay neatly separate from the cases landing on her desk.

The early novels set the tone quickly. The Eye Thief brings in a killer leaving victims blind and helpless. The Silent One moves to a university-campus murder. The Artisan, The Child Catcher, The Body Dealer, The Mimic, and The Gathering Man keep the pressure on with serial crimes, strange signatures, and the sense that Erica is always one case away from collapse. Later books continue to widen the world while keeping that same mix of investigation and personal strain.

This series likes the long game.

You can feel Erica change across the books, and that is part of the appeal. Her team matters, her family responsibilities matter, and so do the cases that cut too close to her own history. If you want a police-thriller series to settle into for a while, this is the clear choice in the Farrar catalogue. Read in order if you can, because the personal arc is worth following from the start.

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