🎯 Where Should I Start?
ⓘ About Carolyn McCray
If you search for Carolyn McCray’s name now (or even Cristyn West), you won’t be able to find much more than a Twitter account that hasn’t been updated in a little over a year, mostly containing information about her dogs and personal life. However, if you take the time to look at her books (which are very readily available), you should be able to get a decent insight into her writing style, ideas, and the care with which she writes her novels. Not every author reaps insane amounts of money or rewards for their writing, but it is apparent that McCray isn’t focused on the money or the commercialism involved with being an author nowadays. No, for McCray, it is simply about the basis of all novel-writing. It’s all in the story.
All Book Series by Carolyn McCray
Child's Play
Series opener · book 1 of 4 · published 2014 Co-authored · Ben Hopkin
Plain Jane: Brunettes Beware
Series opener · book 1 of 9 · published 2010 Pen name · Cristyn West
? Frequently Asked Questions
Who is Carolyn McCray?
If you search for Carolyn McCray’s name now (or even Cristyn West), you won’t be able to find much more than a Twitter account that hasn’t been updated in a little over a year, mostly containing information about her dogs and personal life. However, if you take the time to look at her books (which are very readily available), you should be able to get a decent insight into her writing style, ideas, and the care with which she writes her novels. Not every author reaps insane amounts of money or rewards for their writing, but it is apparent that McCray isn’t focused on the money or the commercialism involved…
Which Carolyn McCray series should I start with?
The best place to start is the Harbinger Mystery series, the earliest of Carolyn McCray's multi-book series: it opens with Plain Jane: Brunettes Beware (2010) and runs to 9 books across 2010–2013, ending with Pallor (2013). Carolyn McCray's other series stand alone, so they can be read in any order.
How many books has Carolyn McCray written?
Carolyn McCray has 111 books catalogued in this guide, published between 2008 and 2014. 102 of them belong to 15 named series — the largest being the Harbinger Mystery series with 9 books — and 9 are standalone titles, collections or anthologies.
In what order should Carolyn McCray's series be read?
Read each series in publication order — the numbered entries in each series follow the year each book first appeared. Carolyn McCray's series do not depend on one another, so they can be started in any order; by start date they are Harbinger Mystery (2010–2013, 9 books), Praxis: Blood Magic (2010–2013, 7 books) and Betrayed (2012, 7 books), plus 12 more.
How are Carolyn McCray's books organised into series?
This guide splits Carolyn McCray's 111 books into 15 named series and 9 titles that stand alone or appear only in collections: Harbinger Mystery (9 books, 2010–2013); Apex Predator (7 books, 2013); Betrayed (7 books, 2012); Betrayed: 3rd Cycle (7 books, 2014); Darc Murders (7 books, 2013), plus 10 further series.