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Elisabeth Carpenter

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🎯 Where Should I Start?

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Publication Order of Standalone Novels
Start with: 99 Red Balloons (2017)

ⓘ About Elisabeth Carpenter

She was awarded a Northern Writers’ New Fiction award, and was longlisted for a Yeovil Literary Prize (for 2015 and 2016) and the MsLexia Women’s Novel award. Elisabeth loves living in the north of England, setting as many of her stories there are she can, including the novel she’s currently writing. She works as a bookkeeper. Elisabeth, when she’s not busy writing, loves watching movies, painting, and traveling. “99 Red Balloons” is the first stand alone novel and was released in 2017. Two girls disappear, decades apart. What would you do if one of them was your daughter? After Grace (age 8) disappears from a sweetshop on the way back home from school, Emma (her mom) is plunged into a nightmare. Her family rallies around her, however while the police hunt starts, cracks start emerging.

All Book Series by Elisabeth Carpenter

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99 Red Balloons

Series opener · book 1 of 8 · published 2017

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2017
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11 Missed Calls

Book 2 of 8 · published 2018

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2018
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The Woman Downstairs

Book 3 of 8 · published 2019

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2019
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Only a Mother

Book 4 of 8 · published 2020

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2020
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The Vacancy

Book 5 of 8 · published 2021

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2021
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The Family on Smith Street

Book 6 of 8 · published 2023

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2023
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The Girl on the News

Book 7 of 8 · published 2024

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2024
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The First Husband

Latest in the series · book 8 of 8 · published 2025

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2025

? Frequently Asked Questions

Who is Elisabeth Carpenter?

She was awarded a Northern Writers’ New Fiction award, and was longlisted for a Yeovil Literary Prize (for 2015 and 2016) and the MsLexia Women’s Novel award. Elisabeth loves living in the north of England, setting as many of her stories there are she can, including the novel she’s currently writing. She works as a bookkeeper.

Which Elisabeth Carpenter series should I start with?

Elisabeth Carpenter's books stand alone rather than forming a numbered series, so there is no reading order to follow. The natural first pick is 99 Red Balloons (2017).

How many books has Elisabeth Carpenter written?

Elisabeth Carpenter has 8 books catalogued in this guide, published between 2017 and 2025. They all sit in a single category — Standalone Novels — rather than in numbered series.

In what order should Elisabeth Carpenter's series be read?

No reading order is needed: none of the 8 books catalogued here do not form a numbered series, so any title can be picked up first. Within each category they are listed by publication year.

How are Elisabeth Carpenter's books organised into series?

This guide splits Elisabeth Carpenter's 8 books into categories rather than numbered series: Standalone Novels (8 books).