The Carrier
- Published
- 1 January 2013
- Pages
- 541
- ISBN-13
- 9781471256844
- Type
- novel
About this book
The Carrier sits between Kind of Cruel and The Telling Error in the Waterhouse and Zailer series, arriving in 2013. Simon and Charlie's relationship -- including their eventual marriage -- continues developing alongside the case.
Key facts about The Carrier
The Carrier is a novel by Sophie Hannah. Readers have had it since 2013. It runs to 541 pages.
Our list holds 3 editions of The Carrier. Since each edition has its own ISBN, search for 9781471256844 to find the main one.
The Carrier is book 8 of 12 in the Waterhouse and Zailer (Culver Valley Crime) series. The series has 12 published books. However, the series starts with Little Face (2006).
Additionally, Sophie Hannah writes Hercule Poirot and The New Hercule Poirot Mysteries as separate series. Those series sit on our mystery, psychological thriller and cozy mystery shelves. Meanwhile, The Opposite of Murder is the latest published Sophie Hannah book on file, from 29 January 2026.
About Sophie Hannah
Sophie Hannah is a British novelist and poet, whose parents are novelist Adèle Geras and political theorist Norman Geras, who published poetry from her early twenties before building parallel careers in crime fiction. She holds academic posts at Cambridge, including a role helping create and run the university's Masters in Crime and Thriller Writing. See every Sophie Hannah book in order.
Its place in Waterhouse and Zailer (Culver Valley Crime)
The Carrier is book 8 in the Waterhouse and Zailer (Culver Valley Crime) series. It follows Kind of Cruel. It is followed by The Telling Error. See the full Waterhouse and Zailer (Culver Valley Crime) reading order.
Before she became the authorized continuer of Hercule Poirot, Sophie Hannah made her name with this series of dense, twisty psychological crime novels set in the fictional English district of Culver Valley (nicknamed "Spilling CID" by fans, after the police station at its center). Detective Constable Simon Waterhouse — brilliant, socially awkward, and privately tormented — and Detective Sergeant Charlie Zailer, whose complicated feelings for him thread through the series, anchor an ensemble that investigates…
Editions
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9780340980729
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9781471256844
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9780670785865