Anthologies#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| Celestial |
2014 |
Buy |
Dark Carousel Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| Dollhouse |
2012 |
Buy |
| Paper Dolls |
2017 |
Buy |
| Marionette |
2017 |
Buy |
| Music Box |
2017 |
Buy |
Standalone Novels#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| Lake Ephemeral |
2015 |
Buy |
| Paracosm - Bleath |
2015 |
Buy |
| The Game You Played |
2016 |
Buy |
| The Six |
2017 |
Buy |
| Stranger in the Woods |
2018 |
Buy |
| Poison Orchids |
2019 |
Buy |
| Birds in Flight |
2023 |
Buy |
Tallman’s Valley Detectives Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| One Last Child |
2020 |
Buy |
| The Lullaby Man |
2020 |
Buy |
| The Silent Town |
2021 |
Buy |
| The Burning Rooms |
2024 |
Buy |
Anni Taylor has been writing psychological thrillers since 2012, when she published Dollhouse, the first book in her Dark Carousel series. Based in Australia, Taylor quickly built a reputation for atmospheric suspense fiction that uses creepy imagery, from dolls to music boxes, to unsettle readers. The Dark Carousel series grew to four books by 2017, with Paper Dolls, Marionette, and Music Box all arriving that year.
Alongside her series work, Taylor has written seven standalone novels that range from the eerie Lake Ephemeral (2015) to the more grounded Poison Orchids (2019) and Birds in Flight (2023). Titles like Stranger in the Woods (2018) and The Game You Played (2016) show her talent for placing ordinary people in situations where trust becomes dangerous. Her standalones tend to be tightly plotted with twists that reward careful reading.
In 2020, Taylor launched the Tallman’s Valley Detectives series with One Last Child, a police procedural about a detective investigating cold cases in a mountain valley community. The Lullaby Man (2020) and The Silent Town (2021) continued the series, with The Burning Rooms (2024) arriving after a longer gap. This series marked a shift toward more structured crime fiction while keeping the psychological depth that defines all of Taylor’s work.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many books has Anni Taylor written?
Anni Taylor has written sixteen books across four series.
What was Anni Taylor's first book?
Anni Taylor’s first book is Dollhouse, published in 2012.
What themes appear most often in Anni Taylor's thrillers?
Taylor frequently writes about hidden dangers lurking beneath ordinary surfaces, whether that means a quiet town concealing dark secrets or a seemingly normal person harboring a sinister past. Missing children, deception, and the psychological toll of unresolved trauma are recurring elements across both her series and standalone novels.