A Sword Of Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| A Sword of Bronze and Ashes |
2023 |
Buy |
| A Sword of Gold and Ruin |
2025 |
Buy |
Anthologies#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| Art of War |
2018 |
Buy |
| Knaves |
2018 |
Buy |
| Unfettered III: New Tales By Masters of Fantasy |
2019 |
Buy |
| The King Must Fall |
2022 |
Buy |
Billie Carson Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| Until I Find You |
2022 |
Buy |
| If I Should Die |
2023 |
Buy |
| Last Seen |
2024 |
Buy |
| In The Shadows |
2025 |
Buy |
Empires of Dust Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| The Court of Broken Knives |
2017 |
Buy |
| The Tower of Living and Dying |
2018 |
Buy |
| The House of Sacrifice |
2019 |
Buy |
Judge Anderson: The Early Years#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| Anderson Versus Death |
2025 |
Buy |
Kerry Casey Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| Blood Feud |
2018 |
Buy |
| Fight Back |
2019 |
Buy |
| End Game |
2020 |
Buy |
| Framed / Trapped |
2021 |
Buy |
Rosie Gilmour Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| The Dead Won’t Sleep |
2011 |
Buy |
| To Tell the Truth |
2012 |
Buy |
| Screams In The Dark |
2013 |
Buy |
| Betrayed |
2014 |
Buy |
| A Cold Killing |
2015 |
Buy |
| Rough Cut |
2016 |
Buy |
| Kill Me Twice |
2016 |
Buy |
| Death Trap |
2017 |
Buy |
| The Hit |
2017 |
Buy |
Standalone Novels#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| Lost Gods |
2021 |
Buy |
| A Woman of the Sword |
2023 |
Buy |
| In the Shadow of Their Dying |
2024 |
Buy |
Standalone Novels#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| Spit Against the Wind |
2003 |
Buy |
| The Homecoming |
2004 |
Buy |
The Widows#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| The Widows |
2026 |
N/A |
Anna Smith is a Glasgow-based author who spent years as a journalist covering crime and conflict zones from Somalia to Kosovo before turning to fiction. She draws heavily on that reporting experience, and her debut novel The Dead Won’t Sleep launched the Rosie Gilmour series in 2011. Rosie is an investigative journalist in Glasgow who digs into stories of corruption, trafficking, and abuse that others prefer to leave alone. The series ran for nine books through The Hit in 2017.
Smith followed the Gilmour books with the Kerry Casey series, starting with Blood Feud in 2018. Kerry Casey is a London-based corporate lawyer who returns to Glasgow after her brother’s murder and finds herself running the Casey crime family. The four-book series explores the tensions between Kerry’s legal background and the violent world she inherits. Smith’s most recent series features Billie Carson, a former police officer who left the force under a cloud and now works as a private investigator in Glasgow.
Beyond her Glasgow crime novels, Smith has written literary fiction (Spit Against the Wind, The Homecoming) and contributed to fantasy anthologies including Unfettered III. Her work across genres shows range, but her Glasgow thrillers remain her core strength, built on years of witnessing real crime and its consequences firsthand.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many books has Anna Smith written?
Anna Smith has written 33 books across ten series.
What was Anna Smith's first book?
Anna Smith’s first book is Spit Against the Wind, published in 2003.
What are Anna Smith's main book series?
Anna Smith has three main crime fiction series. The Rosie Gilmour series (9 books) follows a Glasgow investigative journalist who exposes corruption. The Kerry Casey series (4 books) centers on a woman who reluctantly takes over her family’s criminal empire. The Billie Carson series follows a former police officer turned private investigator.