EURO CRIME

• Abson, G D
  
  Senior Investigator Natalya Ivanova, St Petersburg, Russia

  • Motherland	2018	1
  • Black Wolf	2019	2

  
  

• Ackroyd, Peter
  
  

  • Hawksmoor	1985
  • Chatterton	1987
  • Dan Leno and the Limehouse Golem (apa The Trial of Elizabeth Cree)	1994
  • The Clerkenwell Tales	2003
  • The Lambs of London	2004

  
  

• Adam, Paul
  
  

  • Unholy Trinity	1999
  • Shadow Chasers	2000
  • Genesis II	2001
  • Flash Point (apa Oracle Lake)	2003
  • Enemy Within	2005
  • Knife Edge	2008

  
  Gianni Castiglione, Italy

  • Sleeper (apa The Rainaldi Quartet)	2004	1
  • Paganini's Ghost	2010	2

  
  Mike McLean

  • An Exceptional Corpse	1993	1
  • A Nasty Dose of Death	1994	2
  • Toxin	1995	3

  
  

• Adams, Douglas
  
  Dirk Gently

  • Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency	1987	1
  • The Long Dark Tea-time of the Soul	1988	2
  • The Salmon of Doubt (unfinished)	1995	3

  
  

• Adams, Jane
  
  

  • Bird	1997
  • Dangerous to Know	2004
  • A Kiss Goodbye	2005

  
  DI Mike Croft

  • The Greenway	1995	1
  • Cast the First Stone	1996	2
  • Fade to Grey	1998	3
  • Final Frame	1999	4
  • The Nail	2024	5

  
  Detective Chief Inspector Henry Johnstone, 1928

  • The Murder Book	2016	1
  • Death Scene	2017	2
  • Kith and Kin	2018	3
  • The Clockmaker	2019	4
  • The Good Wife	2020	5
  • Old Sins	2020	6
  • Bright Young Things	2021	7
  • The Girl in the Yellow Dress	2022	8
  • The Room with Eight Windows	2023	9

  
  Merrow & Clarke

  • Safe	2020	1
  • Kidnap	2022	2

  
  Naomi Blake, blind ex-police officer

  • Mourning the Little Dead	2002	1
  • Touching the Dark	2003	2
  • Heatwave	2004	3
  • Killing A Stranger	2006	4
  • Legacy of Lies	2007	5
  • Blood Ties	2010	6
  • Night Vision	2011	7
  • Secrets	2013	8
  • Gregory's Game	2014	9
  • Paying the Ferryman	2014	10
  • A Murderous Mind	2015	11
  • Fakes and Lies	2018	12

  
  Ray Flowers, ex-police officer, Leicestershire

  • The Angel Gateway (apa The Apothecary's Daughter)	2000	1
  • Like Angels Falling	2001	2
  • Angel Eyes	2002	3
  • The Sister's Twin	2021	4
  • The Lost Daughter	2023	5

  
  Rina Martin, Actress

  • A Reason to Die	2007	1
  • Fragile Lives	2008	2
  • The Power of One	2009	3
  • Resolutions	2010	4
  • The Dead of Winter	2011	5
  • Cause of Death	2012	6
  • Forgotten Voices	2015	7
  • Murder At the Willows	2023	8
  • Murder At the Wedding	2023	9
  • Murder at the Hotel	2024	10

  
  

• Adams, Michelle
  
  

  • My Sister

  2018

  
  

• Adams, Will
  
  

  • Newton's Fire	2012
  • City of the Lost	2014

  
  Daniel Knox

  • The Alexander Cipher	2007	1
  • The Exodus Quest (apa The Moses Quest)	2008	2
  • The Lost Labyrinth	2009	3
  • The Eden Legacy	2010	4

  
  Rossi & Nero

  • The Sacred Spoils	2019	1
  • The Heretic Scroll	2020	2

  
  Warne and Elias

  • The Assassin King	2023	1
  • The Beowulf Murders	2024	2
  • The Hallowed Grail	2025	3

  
  

• Ailes, Kat
  
  Mothers' Murder Club

  • The Expectant Detectives	2023	1
  • Dead Tired	2024	2

  
  

• Aird, Catherine
  
  

  • A Most Contagious Game

  1967

  
  DI C D Sloan, Calleshire

  • The Religious Body	1966	1
  • Henrietta Who?	1968	2
  • The Complete Steel	1969	3
  • Late Phoenix	1970	4
  • His Burial Too	1973	5
  • Slight Mourning	1975	6
  • Parting Breath	1977	7
  • Some Die Eloquent	1979	8
  • Passing Strange	1980	9
  • Last Respects	1982	10
  • Harm's Way	1984	11
  • A Dead Liberty	1986	12
  • The Body Politic	1990	13
  • A Going Concern	1993	14
  • After Effects	1996	15
  • Stiff News	1998	16
  • Little Knell	2001	17
  • Amendment of Life	2003	18
  • A Hole in One	2005	19
  • Losing Ground	2007	20
  • Past Tense	2010	21
  • Dead Heading	2013	22
  • Learning Curve	2016	23
  • Inheritance Tracks	2019	24
  • Constable Country	2023	25

  
  Short Stories

  • Injury Time	1994
  • Chapter and Hearse	2003
  • Last Writes	2014

  
  

• Alan, Ray
  
  

  • Retribution

  2011

  
  Detective Inspector Bill Forward

  • Death and Deception	2007	1
  • A Game of Murder	2008	2
  • A Fear of Vengeance	2010	3

  
  

• Alding, Peter (See also: Jeffrey Ashford, Roderic Graeme, Roderic Jeffries, Graham Hastings)
  
  Constable Kerr & Inspector Fusil

  • The C.I.D. Room (aka All Leads Negative)	1967	1
  • Circle of Danger	1968	2
  • Murder Among Thieves	1969	3
  • Guilt Without Proof	1970	4
  • Despite the Evidence	1971	5
  • Call Back to Crime	1972	6
  • Field of Fire	1973	7
  • The Murder Line	1974	8
  • Six Days to Death	1975	9
  • Murder is Suspected	1977	10
  • Ransom Town	1979	11
  • A Man Condemned	1981	12
  • Betrayed by Death	1982	13
  • One Man's Justice	1983	14

  
  

• Allen, Hania
  
  

  • The Ice Hotel

  2021

  
  DCI Yvonne ‘Von’ Valenti, and her partner, DI Steve English, London

  • Jack in the Box	2014	1
  • Double Tap	2015	2

  
  DS Dania Gorska

  • The Polish Detective	2018	1
  • Clearing The Dark	2019	2
  • The Family Business	2020	3
  • The Murder Stones	2022	4
  • The Unexpected Guest	2023	5
  • The Maze	2024	6

  
  

• Allen, Michael (See also: Michael Bradford, Patrick Read)
  
  

  • No Holds Barred

  1989

  
  Detective Superintendent Ben Spence

  • Spence in Petal Park (apa Spence and the Holiday Murders)	1977	1
  • Spence at the Blue Bazaar	1979	2
  • Spence at Marlby Manor	1982	3

  
  

• Allingham, Margery
  
  

  • Blackkerchief Dick	1923
  • Water in a Sieve	1925
  • The White Cottage Mystery	1928
  • Other Man's Danger (apa The Man of Dangerous Secrets) (as Maxwell March)	1933
  • The Mystery Man of Soho	1933
  • Rogues' Holiday (as Maxwell March)	1935
  • The Shadow in the House (as Maxwell March)	1936
  • Black Plumes	1940
  • Deadly Duo (apa Take Two at Bedtime)	1949

  
  Albert Campion

  • The Crime at Black Dudley (apa The Black Dudley Murder)	1929	1
  • Mystery Mile	1930	2
  • Look to the Lady (apa The Gyrth Chalice Mystery)	1931	3
  • Police at the Funeral	1931	4
  • Sweet Danger (apa Kingdom of Death/The Fear Sign)	1933	5
  • Death of a Ghost	1934	6
  • Flowers for the Judge (apa Legacy in Blood)	1936	7
  • Dancers in Mourning (apa Who Killed Chloe?)	1937	8
  • The Case of the Late Pig	1937	9
  • The Fashion in Shrouds	1938	10
  • Traitor's Purse (apa The Sabotage Murder Mystery)	1941	11
  • Coroner's Pidgin (apa Pearls Before Swine)	1945	12
  • More Work for the Undertaker	1948	13
  • The Tiger in the Smoke	1952	14
  • No Love Lost	1954	15
  • The Beckoning Lady (apa The Estate of the Beckoning Lady)	1955	16
  • Hide My Eyes (apa Tether's End/Ten Were Missing)	1958	17
  • The China Governess	1962	18
  • The Mind Readers	1965	19
  • Cargo of Eagles (completed by Philip Youngman Carter)	1968	20

  
  Short Stories

  • Mr Campion: Criminologist	1937
  • Mr Campion and Others	1939
  • Wanted: Someone Innocent	1946
  • The Case Book of Mr Campion	1947
  • Mr Campion and Others (revised)	1950
  • The Darings of the Red Rose	1995

  
  

• Alper, Debi
  
  

  • Nirvana Bites	2003
  • Trading Tatiana	2005

  
  

• Alvarez, Maria
  
  

  • Mirror, Mirror

  2007

  
  

• Alvey, J M
  
  Philocles, Athens, 443BC

  • Shadows of Athens	2019	1
  • Scorpions in Corinth	2019	2

  
  

• Ambrose, David
  
  

  • The Man who Turned into Himself	1993
  • Mother Of God	1995
  • Hollywood Lies	1996
  • Superstition	1997
  • The Discrete Charm of Charlie Monk	2000
  • Coincidence	2001
  • A Memory of Demons	2003

  
  

• Anderson, Geraint
  
  

  • Just Business	2011
  • Payback Time	2012

  
  

• Anderson, James
  
  

  • Alpha List	1972
  • Appearance of Evil	1977
  • Angel of Death	1978
  • Assault and Matrimony	1980
  • Auriol	1982
  • Additional Evidence	1988

  
  Chief Inspector Wilkins

  • The Affair of the Blood Stained Egg Cosy	1975	1
  • Affair of the Mutilated Mink Coat (apa The Affair of the Mutilated Mink)	1982	2
  • The Affair of the 39 Cufflinks	2003	3

  
  Murder, She Wrote

  • The Murder of Sherlock Holmes	1985	1
  • Hooray for Homicide	1985	2
  • Lovers and Other Killers	1986	3

  
  The Assassin

  • Assassin	1969	1
  • Abolition of Death	1974	2

  
  

• Andrews, Phil
  
  PI Steve Strong

  • Own Goals	1999	1
  • Goodnight Vienna	2001	2

  
  

• Anholt, Lawrence
  
  DI Shanti Joyce & Vince Caine, the Mindful Detective

  • Art of Death	2019	1
  • Festival of Death	2020	2
  • Solstice of Death	2021	3

  
  

• Anthony, Michael David
  
  

  • A Cold Unhurried Hand (completed by Ross Tomkins)

  2006

  
  Colonel Richard Harrison, working for the Diocese of Canterbury

  • The Becket Factor	1990	1
  • Dark Provenance	1994	2
  • Midnight Gone	1998	3

  
  

• Anwar, Amer
  
  Zaq & Jags

  • Western Fringes (apa Brothers in Blood)	2017	1
  • Stone Cold Trouble	2020	2

  
  

• Apostolou, Anna (See also: Ann Duthkas, Michael Clynes, P C Doherty, C L Grace, Paul Harding)
  
  Alexander the Great

  • A Murder in Macedon	1997	1
  • A Murder in Thebes	1998	2

  
  

• Ardin, William
  
  Charles Ramsey, Antiques dealer

  • Plain Dealer	1993	1
  • Some Dark Antiquities	1994	2
  • Light at Midnight	1995	3
  • The Mary Medallion	1996	4

  
  

• Arlidge, M J
  
  

  • A Gift for Dying	2019
  • Eye for an Eye	2023
  • The Reunion (with Steph Broadribb)	2024
  • The Wrong Child (with Julia Crouch)	2024
  • The Mistake (with Lisa Hall)	2025
  • Your Child Next (with Andy Maslen)	2025

  
  Helen Grace, Southampton Police

  • Eeny Meeny	2014	1
  • Pop Goes The Weasel	2014	2
  • The Doll's House	2015	3
  • Liar Liar	2015	4
  • Little Boy Blue	2016	5
  • Hide and Seek	2016	6
  • Love Me Not	2017	7
  • Down to the Woods	2018	8
  • All Fall Down	2020	9
  • Truth or Dare	2021	10
  • Cat And Mouse	2022	11
  • Forget Me Not	2024	12
  • Into the Fire	2025	13

  
  

• Armour, Richard
  
  

  • The Habit	2002
  • The Lottery Killer

  
  

• Armstrong, David
  
  Det. John Munroe

  • Night's Black Agents	1993	1
  • Less Than Kind	1994	2

  
  Inspector Frank Kavanagh

  • Until Dawn Tomorrow	1995	1
  • Thought for the Day	1997	2
  • Small Vices	2001	3
  • A Kind of Acquaintance	2007	4
  • Written Out	2009	5
  • A Pact of Silence	2010	6

  
  

• Armstrong, Ross
  
  

  • The Watcher (apa The Woman in Apartment 49)	2016
  • Head Case	2018
  • The Falling Men	2020

  
  

• Armstrong, Vivien
  
  

  • The Honey Trap	1992
  • The Wrong Road	1997
  • Dead in the Water	1998
  • Fly in Amber	2000
  • Fool's Gold	2000
  • Rewind	2001
  • Smile Now, Die Later	2002
  • Murder Between Friends	2004

  
  DCI Hayes

  • No Birds Singing	2003	1
  • Bird of Prey	2003	2
  • The Payoff	2005	3
  • Blue Murder	2006	4
  • Roll Over, Play Dead	2007	5
  • Gone to Earth	2008	6

  
  WPC Judith Pullen

  • Sleight of Hand	1991	1
  • Close Call	1994	2
  • Beyond the Pale	2002	3

  
  

• Armstrong, Campbell & Weldon, Thomas
  
  

  • The Trader's Wife	1997
  • The Surgeon's Daughter	1998

  
  

• Arnold, Michael
  
  Captain Stryker, Civil War

  • Traitor's Blood	2010	1
  • Devil's Charge	2011	2
  • Hunter's Rage	2012	3
  • Assassin's Reign	2013	4

  
  

• Arnott, Jake
  
  

  • The Long Firm	1999
  • He Kills Coppers	2001
  • Truecrime	2003

  
  

• Ash, Maureen
  
  Templar Bascot de Marins

  • The Alehouse Murders	2007	1
  • Death of a Squire	2008	2
  • A Plague of Poison	2009	3
  • Murder for Christ's Mass	2009	4
  • Shroud of Dishonour	2010	5
  • A Deadly Penance	2011	6
  • The Canterbury Murders	2013	7
  • A Holy Vengeance	2015	8
  • Sins of Inheritance	2017	9
  • Quest of Malice	2019	10
  • Crusade of Murder	2021	11
  • Death in Dover (ebook only)	2024	12

  
  

• Ashford, Lindsay
  
  

  • The Mysterious Death of Jane Austen

  2011

  
  Megan Rhys, Investigative psychologist

  • Frozen	2003	1
  • Strange Blood	2005	2
  • Death Studies	2006	3
  • The Rubber Woman (Quick Reads)	2007	4
  • The Killer Inside	2008	5

  
  

• Ashton, Richard
  
  

  • Operation Romanov	2002
  • The Romanov Blue	2006

  
  

• Asplin, Richard
  
  

  • Gagged	2004
  • Conman	2009

  
  

• Astbury, Margaret
  
  Kate Mallory, Journalist and Richard Torrey

  • The Hitch-hiker	2001	1
  • The Seal	2002	2
  • Devil's Own Daughter	2005	3

  
  

• Astley, Neil
  
  

  • The End of My Tether

  2002

  
  

• Atkins, Meg Elizabeth
  
  

  • By the North Door	1975
  • Samain	1976
  • Tangle	1988

  
  DCI Sheldon Hunter

  • Cruel as the Grave	1998	1
  • Death out of Season	2001	2
  • Private View	2003	3
  • A Suburban Death	2005	4

  
  

• Atkinson, Kate
  
  Jackson Brodie, Retired PI

  • Case Histories	2004	1
  • One Good Turn	2006	2
  • When Will There Be Good News?	2008	3
  • Started Early, Took My Dog	2010	4
  • Big Sky	2019	5
  • Death at the Sign of the Rook	2024	6

  
  

• Austin, Stephanie
  
  Juno Browne

  • Dead in Devon	2019	1
  • Dead on Dartmoor	2019	2
  • From Devon with Death	2020	3
  • The Dartmoor Murders	2021	4
  • A Devon Night's Death	2022	5
  • Death Comes to Dartmoor	2023	6
  • A Devon Midwinter Murder	2023	7
  • A Death on Dartmoor Edge	2024	8

  
  

• Aycliffe, Jonathan (See also: Daniel Easterman)
  
  

  • Naomi's Room	1991
  • The Matrix	1994
  • A Shadow on the Wall	2000
  • A Garden Lost in Time	2004

  
  

• Aylett, Steve
  
  All set in Beerlight

  • The Crime Studio	1994	1
  • Slaughtermatic	1998	2
  • Atom	2000	3

  
  

• Badenoch, Andrea
  
  

  • Mortal	1998
  • Driven	1999
  • Blink	2001
  • Loving Geordie	2002

  
  

• Bagchi, David
  
  

  • The Mystery of Briony Lodge

  2016

  
  

• Bailey, Anna
  
  

  • Tall Bones (apa Where the Truth Lies)	2021
  • Our Last Wild Days	2025

  
  

• Bailey, Elizabeth
  
  Lady Fan

  • The Gilded Shroud	2011	1
  • The Deathly Portent	2012	2
  • The Opium Purge	2018	3
  • The Candlelit Coffin	2019	4
  • The Mortal Blow	2019	5
  • The Fateful Marriage	2020	6
  • The Dagger Dance	2021	7
  • The Unwanted Corpse	2022	8
  • The Vengeance Trail	2022	9
  • The Hanging Cheat	2023	10

  
  

• Bailey, Michele
  
  Matilda Haycastle

  • Dreadful Lies	1994	1
  • The Cuckoo Case	1995	2
  • Haycastle's Cricket	1996	3

  
  

• Bailey, R J
  
  Sam Wylde, Close Protection Officer

  • Safe From Harm	2016	1
  • Nobody Gets Hurt	2018	2
  • Winner Kills All	2019	3

  
  

• Baird, John
  
  

  • Chasing Shadows

  2009

  
  

• Baker, Adam
  
  

  • Outpost	2011
  • Juggernaut	2012

  
  

• Baker, John
  
  

  • Winged with Death

  2009

  
  Sam Turner, PI, York

  • Poet in the Gutter	1995	1
  • Death Minus Zero	1996	2
  • King of the Streets	1998	3
  • Walking with Ghosts	1999	4
  • Shooting in the Dark	2001	5
  • The Meanest Flood	2003	6

  
  Stone Lewis

  • The Chinese Girl	2000	1
  • White Skin Man	2004	2

  
  

• Baker, Martin
  
  Samuel Spendlove

  • Meltdown	2008	1
  • Version Thirteen		2

  
  

• Baker, Sam
  
  

  • The Woman Who Ran

  2016

  
  Annie Anderson, Feature writer

  • Fashion Victim	2005	1
  • This Year's Model (apa Deadly Beautiful)	2008	2

  
  

• Baker, Tina
  
  

  • Call Me Mummy	2021
  • Nasty Little Cuts	2022
  • Make Me Clean	2023

  
  

• Bale, Tom (See also: David Harrison)
  
  

  • Skin and Bones	2009
  • See How They Run (ebook only)	2016

  
  Joe Clayton

  • Terror's Reach	2010	1
  • Blood Falls	2011	2
  • The Catch	2013	3

  
  

• Banerji, Sara
  
  

  • Blood Precious

  2007

  
  

• Banks, Carla (See also: Danuta Reah, Danuta Kot)
  
  

  • The Forest of Souls	2005
  • Strangers	2007

  
  

• Bannister, Jo
  
  

  • The Matrix	1981
  • Winter Plain	1982
  • Cactus Garden	1983
  • Mosaic	1986
  • The Lazarus Hotel	1996
  • Unlawful Entry (aka The Mason Codex pub. in 1988)	1998
  • The Fifth Cataract	2005
  • Tinderbox	2006
  • Fathers and Sins	2008
  • Death in High Places	2011

  
  Brodie Farrell

  • Echoes of Lies	2001	1
  • True Witness	2002	2
  • Reflections	2003	3
  • The Depths of Solitude	2004	4
  • Breaking Faith	2005	5
  • Requiem for a Dealer	2006	6
  • Flawed	2007	7
  • Closer Still	2008	8
  • Liars All	2009	9

  
  Castlemere

  • A Bleeding of Innocents	1993	1
  • Sins of the Heart	1994	2
  • A Taste for Burning	1995	3
  • No Birds Sing	1996	4
  • Broken Lines	1998	5
  • The Hireling's Tale	1999	6
  • Changelings	2000	7

  
  Clio Rees

  • Striving with Gods (aka An Uncertain Death)	1984	1
  • Gilgamesh	1989	2
  • The Going Down of the Sun	1990	3

  
  Detective Constable Hazel Best & Gabriel Ash

  • Other Countries	2017	1
  • Kindred Spirits	2018	2
  • Silent Footsteps	2019	3
  • Dangerous Pursuits	2020	4
  • China Roses	2021	5

  
  Gabriel Ash

  • Deadly Virtues (UK: Ebook only)	2013	1
  • Perfect Sins	2014	2
  • Desperate Measures	2015	3

  
  Mickey Flynn

  • Shards (aka Critical Angle)	1990	1
  • Death and Other Lovers	1991	2

  
  Rosie Holland

  • The Primrose Convention	1998	1
  • The Primrose Switchback	1999	2

  
  

• Barber, Lizzy
  
  

  • My Name is Anna	2019
  • Out of Her Depth	2022
  • Nanny Wanted	2023

  
  

• Barclay, Tessa
  
  Crown Prince Gregory of Hirtenstein, concert agent

  • Farewell Performance	2001	1
  • A Better Class of Person	2002	2
  • A Handful of Dust	2004	3
  • A Final Discord	2005	4
  • To Die For	2007	5
  • Diamonds in Disguise	2009	6

  
  

• Barkworth, Hazel
  
  

  • Heatstroke

  2020

  
  

• Barnard, Frank
  
  RAF Pilots Kit Curtis and American Ossie Wolf, WW2

  • Blue Man Falling	2006	1
  • Band of Eagles	2007	2

  
  

• Barnard, Robert (See also: Bernard Bastable)
  
  

  • Death of an Old Goat	1974
  • A Little Local Murder	1976
  • Blood Brotherhood	1977
  • Death on the High C's	1977
  • Unruly Son (apa Death of a Mystery Writer)	1978
  • Posthumous Papers (apa Death of a Literary Widow)	1979
  • Death in a Cold Climate	1980
  • Mother's Boys (apa Death of a Perfect Mother)	1981
  • Little Victims (apa School for Murder)	1983
  • Corpse in a Gilded Cage	1984
  • Fete Fatale (apa The Disposal of the Living)	1985
  • Out of the Blackout	1985
  • Political Suicide	1986
  • The Skeleton in the Grass	1987
  • At Death's Door	1988
  • City of Strangers	1990
  • A Scandal in Belgravia	1991
  • The Masters of the House	1994
  • Touched by the Dead (apa A Murder in Mayfair)	1999
  • Unholy Dying	2000
  • The Mistress of Alderley	2002
  • A Cry from the Dark	2003
  • The Graveyard Position	2004
  • Dying Flames	2005
  • Last Post	2008
  • The Killings at Jubilee Terrace	2009
  • A Stranger in the Family	2010
  • Rogue's Gallery	2011

  
  Charlie Peace of Scotland Yard

  • Death and the Chaste Apprentice	1989	1
  • A Fatal Attachment	1992	2
  • A Hovering of Vultures	1993	3
  • The Bad Samaritan	1995	4
  • No Place of Safety	1997	5
  • The Corpse at the Haworth Tandoori	1998	6
  • The Bones in the Attic	2001	7
  • A Fall From Grace	2007	8

  
  Insp. Perry Trethowan of Scotland Yard

  • Sheer Torture (apa Death by Sheer Torture)	1981	1
  • Death and the Princess	1982	2
  • Missing Bronte (apa The Case of the Missing Bronte)	1983	3
  • Bodies	1986	4
  • Death in Purple Prose (apa The Cherry Blossom Corpse)	1987	5

  
  Short Stories

  • Death of a Salesperson	1989
  • The Habit of Widowhood	1996

  
  

• Barnes, Jonathan
  
  

  • The Somnambulist

  2007

  
  

• Baron, Adam
  
  Billy Rucker

  • Shut Eye	1999	1
  • Hold Back the Night	2000	2
  • Superjack	2002	3
  • It Was You	2004	4

  
  

• Barr, Emily
  
  

  • Backpack	2001
  • The Perfect Lie	2010
  • Stranded	2012
  • The Sleeper	2013

  
  

• Barr, Marcus
  
  Nathan Hawk, Retired police officer

  • Haggard Hawk

  2007

  1

  
  

• Barraclough, June
  
  

  • Deadly Grief

  2005

  
  

• Barrington, James (See also: James Becker)
  
  Ben Morgan

  • Cyberstrike: London (with professor Richard Benham)

  2020

  1

  
  Paul Richter, British Agent

  • Overkill	2004	1
  • Pandemic	2005	2
  • Foxbat	2007	3
  • Timebomb	2008	4
  • Payback	2010	5
  • Manhunt	2011	6
  • Insurrection (ebook only)	2017	7
  • Understrike (ebook only)	2018	8
  • Bioweapon (ebook only)	2019	9

  
  Paul Richter, British Agent Novella

  • Retribution (ebook only)

  2016

  1

  
  

• Barry, Maxine
  
  

  • Hidden Rainbows	2006
  • The Lying Game	2006

  
  

• Bartlett, E G
  
  

  • The Case of the 13th Coach

  1958

  
  

• Bartlett, Graham
  
  Detective Superintendent Jo Howe, Brighton

  • Bad for Good	2022	1
  • Force of Hate	2023	2
  • City on Fire	2024	3

  
  

• Barton, Fiona
  
  

  • The Widow	2016
  • The Child	2017
  • The Suspect	2019

  
  Elise King

  • Local Gone Missing	2022	1
  • Talking to Strangers	2024	2

  
  

• Bastable, Bernard (See also: Robert Barnard)
  
  

  • To Die Like a Gentleman	1993
  • A Mansion and Its Murder	1998

  
  Mozart

  • Dead, Mr Mozart	1995	1
  • Too Many Notes, Mr. Mozart	1996	2

  
  

• Bateman, E C
  
  Felicia Grant, Stamford, Lincs

  • Death at the Auction	2022	1
  • Murder Most Antique	2023	2

  
  

• Bates, M K
  
  

  • The Little Girl of the Favela

  2011

  
  

• Bates, Quentin
  
  Gunnhildur, Police Sergeant, Reykjavik, Iceland

  • Frozen Out (apa Frozen Assets)	2011	1
  • Cold Comfort	2012	2
  • Chilled to the Bone	2013	3
  • Cold Steal (ebook only)	2014	4
  • Thin Ice	2016	5
  • Cold Breath	2018	6
  • Cold Malice	2020	7

  
  Gunnhildur, Police Sergeant, Reykjavik, Iceland - Novella

  • Winterlude (ebook only)	2013	1
  • Summerchill (ebook only)	2015	2

  
  

• Bates, Veronyca
  
  Inspector Cobb

  • Dead in the Water	2010	1
  • Dead on Time	2011	2

  
  

• Battison, Brian
  
  

  • Flying Pigs

  1998

  
  DCI Jim Ashworth

  • The Christmas Bow Murder	1994	1
  • Fool's Ransom	1994	2
  • Crisis of Conscience	1995	3
  • The Witch's Familiar	1996	4
  • Truths Not Told	1996	5
  • Poetic Justice	1997	6
  • Jeopardy's Child	1997	7
  • Mirror Image	1998	8

  
  

• Battison, Patti
  
  DCI Paul Wells

  • Desperate Measures	2009	1
  • Love to Death	2010	2
  • The Dead Do Speak	2012	3

  
  

• Bauer, Belinda
  
  

  • Blacklands	2010
  • Rubbernecker	2013
  • The Facts of Life and Death	2014
  • The Shut Eye	2015
  • The Beautiful Dead	2016
  • Snap	2018
  • Exit	2021
  • The Impossible Thing	2025

  
  Policeman Jonas Holly, Exmoor

  • Darkside	2011	1
  • Finders Keepers	2012	2

  
  

• Baylis, M H
  
  Rex Tracey, Reporter, London

  • A Death at the Palace	2013	1
  • The Tottenham Outrage	2014	2
  • Black Day at the Bosphorus Cafe	2015	3

  
  

• Bayliss, Tony
  
  

  • Strictly Liable

  2008

  
  

• Beardsley, Martyn
  
  

  • Murder in Montague Place

  2012

  
  

• Beaufort, Simon (See also: Susanna Gregory)
  
  

  • The Murder House	2013
  • The Killing Ship	2016

  
  Alec Londale, Victorian Era

  • Mind of a Killer	2017	1
  • Watchers of the Dead	2019	2

  
  Sir Geoffrey Mappestone, 12th Century knight

  • Murder in the Holy City	1998	1
  • A Head for Poisoning	1999	2
  • The Bishop's Brood	2003	3
  • The King's Spies	2003	4
  • The Coiners' Quarrel	2004	5
  • Deadly Inheritance	2009	6
  • The Bloodstained Throne	2010	7
  • A Dead Man's Secret	2010	8

  
  

• Beaumont, Charles
  
  Oxford Spy Ring

  • A Spy Alone	2023	1
  • A Spy at War	2025	2

  
  

• Becker, James (See also: James Barrington)
  
  Chris Bronson, Policeman

  • The First Apostle	2008	1
  • The Moses Stone	2009	2
  • The Messiah Secret	2010	3
  • The Nosferatu Scroll	2011	4
  • Echo of the Reich	2012	5
  • The Lost Testament	2013	6
  • The Templar Heresy	2017	7

  
  The Lost Treasure of the Templars

  • The Lost Treasure of the Templars	2015	1
  • The Templar Archive	2016	2
  • The Templar Brotherhood	2017	3

  
  

• Beckett, Simon
  
  

  • Stone Bruises	2014
  • Where There's Smoke	2015

  
  Dr David Hunter

  • The Chemistry of Death	2006	1
  • Written in Bone	2007	2
  • Whispers of the Dead	2009	3
  • The Calling of the Grave	2011	4
  • The Restless Dead	2017	5
  • The Scent of Death	2019	6
  • The Bone Garden	2025	7

  
  Jonah Colley, Armed response officer, Met Police

  • The Lost

  2021

  1

  
  

• Bedford, Martyn
  
  

  • Acts of Revision	1996
  • Exit Orange and Red	1997
  • The Houdini Girl	1999
  • Black Cat	2000
  • The Island of Lost Souls	2006

  
  

• Beechey, Alan
  
  Oliver Swithin

  • An Embarrassment of Corpses	1997	1
  • Murdering Ministers	1999	2
  • This Private Plot	2014	3

  
  

• Begbie, Hannah
  
  

  • Mother

  2018

  
  

• Belbin, David
  
  Bone & Cane

  • Bone and Cane	2011	1
  • What You Don't Know	2012	2
  • The Great Deception	2015	3
  • Death in the Family	2022	4

  
  

• Bell, Natasha
  
  

  • Exhibit Alexandra (apa His Perfect Wife)	2018
  • This Nowhere Place	2021

  
  

• Bell, Pauline
  
  DI Benny Mitchell, Cloughton CID, West Yorkshire

  • The Dead Do Not Praise	1990	1
  • Feast into Mourning (apa Murder at St. Oswald's)	1991	2
  • No Pleasure in Death	1992	3
  • The Way of a Serpent	1993	4
  • Downhill To Death	1994	5
  • Sleeping Partners	1995	6
  • A Multitude of Sins	1997	7
  • Blood Ties	1998	8
  • Stalker	2000	9
  • Reasonable Death	2001	10
  • Swansong	2002	11
  • Nothing But the Truth	2005	12
  • Funeral Expenses	2006	13
  • Under Fire	2007	14
  • Glockenspiel	2009	15

  
  

• Belsham, Alison
  
  DI Francis Sullivan & tattoo artist Marni Mullins, Brighton

  • The Tattoo Thief	2018	1
  • Her Last Breath	2020	2
  • The Embalmer	2021	3

  
  Detective Lexi Bennett

  • The Girls on Chalk Hill	2023	1
  • The Girl's Last Cry	2023	2
  • The Innocent Angels	2023	3

  
  MacKenzie and Khan

  • Death in Kabul (with Nick Higgins)	2022	1
  • Death in Helmand (with Nick Higgins)	2022	2

  
  

• Belsky, Richard
  
  

  • Loverboy	1997
  • Playing Dead	1998

  
  

• Benedict, A K/Alexandra
  
  

  • The Beauty of Murder	2013
  • Jonathan Dark or The Evidence Of Ghosts	2016
  • The Christmas Murder Game	2021
  • Murder On The Christmas Express	2022
  • The Christmas Jigsaw Murders	2023
  • Little Red Death	2025

  
  

• Benjamin, Tom
  
  Daniel Leicester, Bologna

  • A Quiet Death in Italy	2019	1
  • The Hunting Season	2020	2
  • Requiem in La Rossa	2021	3
  • Italian Rules	2022	4
  • Last Testament in Bologna	2023	5

  
  

• Benn, Tom
  
  

  • Oxblood

  2022

  
  Henry Bane, Manchester

  • The Doll Princess	2012	1
  • Chamber Music	2013	2
  • Trouble Man	2014	3

  
  

• Bennet, Louisa
  
  

  • Monty and Me

  2015

  
  

• Bennett, S J
  
  The Queen

  • The Windsor Knot	2020	1
  • A Three Dog Problem (apa All the Queen's Men)	2021	2
  • Murder Most Royal	2022	3
  • A Death in Diamonds	2024	4
  • The Queen Who Came in from the Cold	2025	5

  
  

• Bentley, E C
  
  Philip Trent

  • Trent's Last Case	1913	1
  • Trent's Own Case	1936	2

  
  Short Stories

  • Trent Intervenes

  1938

  
  

• Benton, Caroline
  
  

  • The Path of the Dead

  2006

  
  

• Berry, Eleanor
  
  

  • O Hitman, My Hitman	1997
  • The House of the Weird Doctors (apa House of the Mad Doctors in 1994)	2005

  
  

• Berry, Peter
  
  Deadly Dozen

  • Lunch with the Deadly Dozen	2024	1
  • Revenge of the Deadly Dozen	2025	2

  
  

• Best, G M
  
  

  • Oliver Twist Investigates

  2010

  
  

• Bettany, Jane
  
  DI Isabel Blood, Derbyshire

  • In Cold Blood	2020	1
  • Without a Trace	2022	2
  • Last Seen Alive	2022	3

  
  Violet Brewster

  • Murder in Merrywell	2023	1
  • Murder at the Book Festival	2024	2
  • Murder at Maple Grange	2024	3
  • Murder on Bluebell Hill	2025	4

  
  

• Beynon, John
  
  

  • Foul Play Suspected

  1935

  
  

• Bickford, David
  
  

  • The Face of Tomorrow

  2004

  
  Katya

  • Katya	2023	1
  • The Informer	2024	2
  • Arctic Betrayal	2024	3

  
  

• Biggam, Simon R
  
  

  • These Are Only Words

  2006

  
  

• Bilal, Parker
  
  

  • Whitehavens

  2021

  
  Crane and Drake, London

  • The Divinities	2019	1
  • The Heights	2019	2
  • The Trenches	2022	3

  
  Makana, former police inspector, Cairo

  • The Golden Scales	2012	1
  • Dogstar Rising	2013	2
  • The Ghost Runner	2014	3
  • The Burning Gates	2015	4
  • City of Jackals	2016	5
  • Dark Water	2017	6

  
  

• Billingham, Billy
  
  Matt Mason

  • Call to Kill	2021	1
  • Survive to Fight	2022	2

  
  

• Billingham, Mark
  
  

  • In the Dark	2008
  • Rush of Blood	2012
  • Die of Shame	2016
  • Cut Off (Quick Reads)	2018
  • Rabbit Hole	2021

  
  DI Tom Thorne, London

  • Sleepyhead	2001	1
  • Scaredy Cat	2002	2
  • Lazybones	2003	3
  • The Burning Girl	2004	4
  • Lifeless	2005	5
  • Buried	2006	6
  • Death Message	2007	7
  • Blood Line	2009	8
  • From the Dead	2010	9
  • Good as Dead (apa The Demands)	2011	10
  • The Dying Hours	2013	11
  • The Bones Beneath	2014	12
  • Time of Death	2015	13
  • Love Like Blood	2017	14
  • The Killing Habit	2018	15
  • Their Little Secret	2019	16
  • Cry Baby	2020	17
  • The Murder Book	2022	18
  • What the Night Brings	2025	19

  
  Detective Declan Miller, Blackpool

  • The Last Dance	2023	1
  • The Wrong Hands	2024	2

  
  

• Bingham, Harry
  
  

  • The Money Makers	2000
  • Sweet Talking Money	2001
  • The Sons of Adam	2004

  
  DC Fiona Griffiths

  • Talking to the Dead	2012	1
  • Love Story, With Murders	2013	2
  • The Strange Death of Fiona Griffiths	2014	3
  • This Thing of Darkness	2015	4
  • The Dead House	2016	5
  • The Deepest Grave	2017	6

  
  

• Birkby, Michelle
  
  Mrs Hudson and Mary Watson

  • The House at Baker Street	2016	1
  • The Women of Baker Street	2017	2
  • All Roads Lead to Whitechapel	2019	3

  
  

• Birmingham, Maisie
  
  Kate Weatherley, deputy director of a Citizens' Advice Bureau, London

  • You Can Help Me (apa Murder in the East End in 1994)	1974	1
  • The Heat of the Sun	1976	2
  • Sleep in a Ditch	1978	3

  
  

• Bishop, Katie
  
  

  • The Girls of Summer

  2023

  
  

• Black, Helen
  
  

  • Twenty Twelve

  2012

  
  Liberty Chapman

  • Taking Liberties	2017	1
  • Bang to Rights	2018	2
  • Playing Dirty	2019	3
  • Hard as Nails	2020	4

  
  Lilly Valentine, Family care lawyer

  • Damaged Goods	2008	1
  • A Place of Safety	2008	2
  • Dishonour	2009	3
  • Blood Rush	2011	4
  • Dark Spaces	2013	5
  • Friendless Lane (ebook only)	2015	6

  
  

• Black, Saul (See also: Glen Duncan)
  
  Valerie Hart, Homicide Detective

  • The Killing Lessons	2015	1
  • Lovemurder	2016	2
  • Anything for You	2019	3

  
  

• Blackhurst, Jenny
  
  

  • How I Lost You	2015
  • Before I Let You In	2016
  • The Foster Child	2017
  • The Night She Died	2018
  • Someone is Lying (apa The Perfect Guests)	2019
  • The Girl Who Left	2022
  • The Hiking Trip	2023
  • The Summer Girl	2023
  • The Final Wife	2025

  
  Detective Tess Fox and her con-artist sister Sarah Jacobs

  • Three Card Murder (as J L Blackhurst)	2023	1
  • Smoke and Murders (as J L Blackhurst)	2024	2

  
  

• Blackmore, Alex
  
  Eva Scott

  • Lethal Profit	2013	1
  • Killing Eva	2015	2

  
  

• Blake, Adam
  
  

  • The Dead Sea Deception

  2011

  
  

• Blake, Marc
  
  

  • Sunstroke	1998
  • Bigtime	1999
  • 24 Karat Schmooze	2000

  
  

• Blake, Matthew
  
  

  • Anna O	2024
  • A Murder in Paris	2025

  
  

• Blake, Richard
  
  Aelric, Rome 609AD

  • Conspiracies of Rome (previously published in 2006 as The Column of Phocas by Sean Gabb)	2008	1
  • The Terror of Constantinople	2009	2
  • The Blood of Alexandria	2010	3
  • The Sword of Damascus	2011	4
  • The Ghosts of Athens	2012	5
  • The Curse of Babylon	2014	6

  
  

• Blake, Robin
  
  Titus Cragg, Coroner & Luke Fidelis, Doctor, 1740 Lancashire

  • A Dark Anatomy	2011	1
  • Dark Waters	2012	2
  • The Scrivener (apa The Hidden Man)	2015	3
  • Skin and Bone	2016	4
  • Rough Music	2018	5
  • Death and the Chevalier	2019	6
  • Secret Mischief	2021	7
  • Hungry Death	2022	8
  • Spoiler's Prey	2025	9

  
  

• Blake, Sam
  
  

  • Keep Your Eyes on Me	2020
  • High Pressure (ebook only)	2021
  • The Dark Room	2021
  • Remember My Name	2022
  • The Mystery of Four	2023
  • Three Little Birds	2024
  • The Killing Sense	2025

  
  Detective Garda Cathy Connolly, Dublin

  • Little Bones	2016	1
  • In Deep Water	2017	2
  • No Turning Back	2018	3

  
  

• Blake, Victoria
  
  PI Samantha Falconer, Oxford

  • Bloodless Shadow	2003	1
  • Cutting Blades	2005	2
  • Skin And Blister	2006	3
  • Jumping the Cracks	2007	4

  
  

• Blincoe, Nicholas
  
  

  • Acid Casuals	1997
  • Jello Salad	1997
  • Manchester Slingback	1998
  • My Mother Was a Bank Robber and Other Stories	1998
  • The Dope Priest	1999
  • White Mice	2002

  
  

• Blok, Rachael
  
  DCI Jansen, St Albans

  • Under the Ice	2018	1
  • The Scorched Earth	2019	2
  • Into the Fire	2021	3
  • The Fall	2022	4

  
  

• Blundy, Anna
  
  Faith Zanetti, war correspondent

  • The Bad News Bible	2004	1
  • Faith Without Doubt	2005	2
  • Neat Vodka (apa Vodka Neat)	2006	3
  • Double Shot (apa Breaking Faith)	2008	4
  • My Favourite Poison	2008	5

  
  

• Bolitho, Janie (See also: Jodie Sinclair)
  
  

  • Wound for Wound	1995
  • Sweets for My Sweet	1996
  • The Slaughterhouse	2002
  • Full Circle	2003
  • Paying the Price	2003

  
  DCI Ian Roper, Rickenham Green, Suffolk

  • Kindness Can Kill	1993	1
  • Ripe for Revenge	1994	2
  • Motive for Murder	1994	3
  • Dangerous Deceit	1995	4
  • Finger of Fate	1996	5
  • Sequence of Shame	1996	6
  • Absence of Angels	1997	7
  • Exposure of Evil	1998	8
  • Victims of Violence	1999	9
  • Baptised in Blood	2000	10
  • Lessons in Logic	2002	11

  
  Rose Trevelyan, Photographer, Cornwall

  • Snapped in Cornwall	1997	1
  • Framed in Cornwall	1998	2
  • Buried in Cornwall	1999	3
  • Betrayed in Cornwall	2000	4
  • Plotted in Cornwall	2001	5
  • Killed in Cornwall	2002	6
  • Caught Out In Cornwall	2003	7

  
  

• Bolton, Guy
  
  Jonathan Craine

  • The Pictures	2017	1
  • The Syndicate	2018	2

  
  

• Bolton, R P
  
  

  • The Perfect House	2021
  • My Lovely Daughter	2022

  
  

• Bolton, S J/Sharon
  
  

  • Sacrifice	2008
  • Awakening	2009
  • Blood Harvest	2010
  • Little Black Lies	2015
  • Daisy in Chains	2016
  • Dead Woman Walking	2017
  • The Split	2020
  • The Pact	2021
  • The Fake Wife	2023

  
  Craftsman series

  • The Craftsman	2018	1
  • The Buried	2022	2

  
  DC Lacey Flint

  • Now You See Me	2011	1
  • Dead Scared	2012	2
  • Like This, For Ever (apa Lost)	2013	3
  • A Dark and Twisted Tide	2014	4
  • The Dark	2022	5

  
  DC Lacey Flint short story

  • If Snow Hadn't Fallen (ebook only)	2012	1
  • Here Be Dragons (ebook only)	2016	2

  
  Short Stories

  • The Night Train (ebook & audio only)

  2021

  1

  
  

• Bond, Michael
  
  M. Pamplemousse and his dog Pommes Frites, France

  • Monsieur Pamplemousse	1983	1
  • Monsieur Pamplemousse and the Secret Mission	1985	2
  • Monsieur Pamplemousse on the Spot	1986	3
  • Monsieur Pamplemousse Takes the Cure	1987	4
  • Monsieur Pamplemousse Aloft	1989	5
  • Monsieur Pamplemousse Investigates	1990	6
  • Monsieur Pamplemousse Rests His Case	1992	7
  • Monsieur Pamplemousse on Location	1992	8
  • Monsieur Pamplemousse Stands Firm	1993	9
  • Monsieur Pamplemousse Takes the Train	1993	10
  • Monsieur Pamplemousse on Probation	2000	11
  • Monsieur Pamplemousse Afloat	2000	12
  • Monsieur Pamplemousse on Vacation	2002	13
  • Monsieur Pamplemousse Hits the Headlines	2004	14
  • Monsieur Pamplemousse and the Militant Midwives	2006	15
  • Monsieur Pamplemousse and the French Solution	2008	16
  • Monsieur Pamplemousse and the Carbon Footprint	2010	17

  
  

• Bonett, Emery
  
  

  • Never Go Dark	1940
  • Make Do With Spring	1942
  • High Pavement (apa Old Mrs Camelot)	1944

  
  

• Bonett, John
  
  

  • Perish the Thought

  1984

  
  

• Bonfiglioli, Kyril
  
  Charlie Mortdecai, Crooked Art Dealer

  • Don't Point That Thing at Me	1972	1
  • After You With The Pistol	1979	2
  • Something Nasty in the Woodshed	1976	3
  • The Great Mortdecai Moustache Mystery (completed by Craig Brown)	1996	4

  
  

• Bonner, Hilary
  
  

  • The Cruelty of Morning	1995
  • A Fancy to Kill for	1997
  • A Deep Deceit	2000
  • A Kind of Wild Justice	2001
  • The Cruellest Game	2013
  • Friends to Die For	2014
  • Death Comes First	2015
  • Cry Darkness	2020

  
  DCI Rose Piper

  • A Passion So Deadly	1998	1
  • For Death Comes Softly	1999	2

  
  DI David Vogel, Bristol

  • Deadly Dance	2017	1
  • Wheel of Fire	2018	2
  • Dreams of Fear	2019	3
  • The Danger Within	2021	4

  
  John Kelly & DCI Karen Meadows

  • A Moment of Madness	2002	1
  • When the Dead Cry Out	2003	2
  • No Reason to Die	2004	3

  
  

• Bonner, Sarah
  
  

  • Her Perfect Twin	2022
  • Her Sweet Revenge	2023
  • How to Slay at Work	2024

  
  

• Booker, Simon
  
  Morgan Vine, Journalist

  • Without Trace	2016	1
  • Kill Me Twice	2017	2

  
  

• Booth, Stephen
  
  

  • Drowned Lives

  2019

  
  DC Ben Cooper novella

  • Claws (Crime Express novella)

  2007

  
  Detectives Ben Cooper & Diane Fry, Peak District

  • Black Dog	2000	1
  • Dancing with the Virgins	2001	2
  • Blood on the Tongue	2002	3
  • Blind to the Bones	2003	4
  • One Last Breath	2004	5
  • The Dead Place	2005	6
  • Scared to Live	2006	7
  • Dying to Sin	2007	8
  • The Kill Call	2009	9
  • Lost River	2010	10
  • The Devil's Edge	2011	11
  • Dead and Buried	2012	12
  • Already Dead	2013	13
  • The Corpse Bridge	2014	14
  • The Murder Road	2015	15
  • Secrets of Death	2016	16
  • Dead in the Dark	2017	17
  • Fall Down Dead	2018	18

  
  

• Bourne, Sam (See also: Jonathan Freedland)
  
  

  • The Righteous Men	2006
  • The Final Reckoning	2008
  • Pantheon	2012

  
  Maggie Costello

  • Last Testament	2007	1
  • The Chosen One	2010	2
  • To Kill the President	2017	3
  • To Kill the Truth	2019	4
  • To Kill a Man	2020	5

  
  

• Bowen, Rhys
  
  

  • In Farleigh Field	2017
  • The Tuscan Child	2018
  • The Victory Garden	2019
  • The Rose Arbor	2024

  
  Evan Evans, Policeman, North Wales

  • Evans Above	1997	1
  • Evan Help Us	1998	2
  • Evanly Choirs	1999	3
  • Evan & Elle	2000	4
  • Evan Can Wait	2001	5
  • Evans to Betsy	2002	6
  • Evan Only Knows	2003	7
  • Evan's Gate	2004	8
  • Evan Blessed	2005	9
  • Evanly Bodies	2006	10

  
  Lady Georgiana Rannoch ('Georgie'), 1930s Britain

  • Her Royal Spyness	2007	1
  • A Royal Pain	2008	2
  • Royal Flush	2009	3
  • Royal Blood	2010	4
  • Naughty in Nice	2011	5
  • The Twelve Clues of Christmas	2012	6
  • Masked Ball at Broxley Manor (e-novella)	2012	7
  • Heirs and Graces	2013	8
  • Queen of Hearts	2014	9
  • Malice at the Palace	2015	10
  • Crowned and Dangerous	2016	11
  • On Her Majesty's Frightfully Secret Service	2017	12
  • Four Funerals and Maybe a Wedding	2018	13
  • Love and Death Among the Cheetahs	2019	14
  • The Last Mrs. Summers	2020	15
  • God Rest Ye, Royal Gentlemen	2021	16
  • The Proof of the Pudding	2023	17

  
  Molly Murphy Prequel

  • The Amersham Rubies (e-novella)

  2011

  1

  
  Molly Murphy, PI, 1900s New York

  • Murphy's Law	2001	1
  • Death of Riley	2002	2
  • For the Love of Mike	2003	3
  • In Like Flynn	2005	4
  • Oh Danny Boy	2006	5
  • In Dublin's Fair City	2007	6
  • Tell Me, Pretty Maiden	2008	7
  • In a Gilded Cage	2009	8
  • The Last Illusion	2010	9
  • Bless the Bride	2011	10
  • Hush Now, Don't You Cry	2012	11
  • The Family Way	2013	12
  • City of Darkness and Light	2014	13
  • The Edge of Dreams	2015	14
  • Away in a Manger	2015	15
  • Time of Fog and Fire	2016	16
  • The Ghost of Christmas Past	2017	17
  • Wild Irish Rose (with Clare Broyles)	2022	18
  • All That Is Hidden (with Clare Broyles)	2023	19
  • In Sunshine or in Shadow (with Clare Broyles)	2024	20

  
  

• Bowen, T R
  
  Bewick and Jones, Cambridgeshire

  • The Death of Amy Parris	1999	1
  • Black Camel	2002	2

  
  

• Bowers, Dorothy
  
  

  • The Bells at Old Bailey

  1947

  
  Inspector Dan Pardoe

  • Postscript to Poison	1937	1
  • Shadows Before	1939	2
  • Deed Without a Name	1940	3
  • Fear and Miss Betony	1941	4

  
  

• Bowker, David
  
  

  • How to Be Bad

  2005

  
  D.S. Laverne and Inspector Lyn Savage

  • Death Prayer	1996	1
  • The Butcher of Glastonbury	1997	2

  
  Rawhead, Assassin

  • Rawhead (apa The Death You Deserve)	2002	1
  • Rawhead in Love (apa I Love My Smith & Wesson)	2004	2

  
  

• Brabazon, James
  
  Max McLean

  • The Break Line	2018	1
  • Arkhangel	2020	2

  
  

• Bradby, Tom
  
  

  • Shadow Dancer	1998
  • The Sleep of the Dead	2001
  • The Master of Rain	2002
  • The White Russian	2003
  • Yesterday's Spy	2022

  
  Joe Quinn

  • The God of Chaos	2005	1
  • Blood Money	2009	2

  
  Kate Henderson

  • Secret Service	2019	1
  • Double Agent	2020	2
  • Triple Cross	2021	3

  
  

• Bradford, Michael (See also: Michael Allen, Patrick Read)
  
  

  • Counter-Coup

  1980

  
  

• Bradley, Lisa
  
  

  • Paper Dolls	2020
  • The Lesson	2021

  
  

• Bradley, Rebecca
  
  

  • Dead Blind	2018
  • Perfect Murder	2020

  
  Claudia Nunn

  • Blood Stained	2021	1
  • Seconds to Die (ebook only)	2021	2
  • She Knew Her Killer	2022	3
  • Cold Hard Truth	2023	4

  
  DC Sally Poynter Novella

  • Three Weeks Dead (ebook only)

  2016

  1

  
  DI Hannah Robbins

  • Shallow Waters	2015	1
  • Made To Be Broken	2016	2
  • Fighting Monsters	2018	3
  • The Twisted Web	2018	4
  • Kill For Me	2020	5
  • A Deeper Song	2020	6
  • See No Evil	2020	7
  • Love Lies Bleeding	2022	8
  • The Broken Places (ebook only)	2022	9
  • Shattered Silence (ebook only)	2024	10

  
  

• Bradley, Vicki
  
  

  • Before I Say I Do

  2020

  
  

• Branch, Pamela
  
  

  • Lion in the Cellar	1951
  • The Wooden Overcoat	1951
  • Murder Every Monday	1954
  • Murder’s Little Sister	1958

  
  

• Brandon, Ruth
  
  

  • Left, Right and Centre

  1986

  
  Andrew Taggart, Journalist

  • Mind Out	1991	1
  • The Gorgon's Smile	1992	2

  
  Dr Reggie Lee, Art Curator

  • Caravaggio's Angel

  2008

  1

  
  

• Brandreth, Benet
  
  William Shakespeare

  • The Spy of Venice	2016	1
  • The Assassin of Verona	2017	2

  
  

• Brandreth, Gyles
  
  

  • Jack the Ripper: Case Closed

  2017

  
  Oscar Wilde

  • Oscar Wilde and the Candlelight Murders (apa Oscar Wilde and a Death of No Importance)	2007	1
  • Oscar Wilde and the Ring of Death (apa Oscar Wilde and a Game Called Murder)	2008	2
  • Oscar Wilde and the Dead Man's Smile	2009	3
  • Oscar Wilde and the Nest of Vipers (apa Oscar Wilde and the Vampire Murders)	2010	4
  • Oscar Wilde and the Vatican Murders	2011	5
  • Oscar Wilde and the Murders at Reading Gaol	2012	6
  • Oscar Wilde and the Return of Jack the Ripper	2019	7

  
  

• Branton, Matthew
  
  

  • The Love Parade	1997
  • The House of Whacks	1999
  • The Hired Gun	2001

  
  

• Brayne, Alan
  
  

  • Jakarta Shadows

  2002

  
  

• Breckon, Ian
  
  

  • Knight of Swords

  2009

  
  

• Brenchley, Chaz
  
  

  • The Samaritan	1988
  • The Refuge	1989
  • The Garden	1990
  • Mall Time	1992
  • Paradise	1994
  • Dispossession	1996
  • Shelter	1999
  • Confidence: A Barbershop Quartet

  
  Benedict Macallan

  • Dead of Light	1995	1
  • Light Errant	1997	2

  
  Short Stories

  • Blood Waters

  1996

  
  

• Bretherick, Diana
  
  James Murray, late C19

  • City of Devils	2013	1
  • The Devil's Daughters	2015	2

  
  

• Brett, Belinda
  
  

  • Dreaming of Water	1997
  • Mother	1998

  
  

• Brett, Harry (See also: Henry Sutton)
  
  Goodwins, Great Yarmouth

  • Time to Win	2017	1
  • Red Hot Front	2018	2
  • Good Dark Night	2019	3

  
  

• Brett, Simon
  
  

  • A Shock to the System	1985
  • Dead Romantic	1985
  • The Christmas Crimes at Puzzle Manor	1991
  • Christmas Crimes at Rhyddal Hall	1992
  • Singled Out	1995
  • Crime Writers and Other Animals	1998
  • Crime in Rhyme and Other Mysterious Fragments	2000

  
  Brother and sister sleuths, Blotto and Twinks

  • Blotto, Twinks and the Ex-King's Daughter	2009	1
  • Blotto, Twinks and the Dead Dowager Duchess	2010	2
  • Blotto, Twinks and the Rodents of Riviera	2011	3
  • Blotto, Twinks and the Bootlegger's Moll	2012	4
  • Blotto, Twinks and the Riddle of the Sphinx	2013	5
  • Blotto and Twinks and the Heir to the Tsar	2015	6
  • Blotto, Twinks and the Stars of the Silver Screen	2017	8
  • Blotto, Twinks and the Intimate Revue	2018	9
  • Blotto, Twinks and the Great Road Race	2019	10
  • Blotto, Twinks and the Maharajah's Jewel	2021	10
  • Blotto, Twinks and the Suspicious Guests	2022	11
  • Blotto, Twinks and the Conquistadors' Gold	2023	12
  • Blotto, Twinks and the Phantom Skiers	2024	13

  
  Carole and Jude, Fethering, Southern coast of England

  • The Body on the Beach	2000	1
  • Death on the Downs	2001	2
  • The Torso in the Town	2002	3
  • Murder in the Museum	2003	4
  • The Hanging in the Hotel	2004	5
  • The Witness at the Wedding	2005	6
  • The Stabbing in the Stables	2006	7
  • Death Under the Dryer	2007	8
  • Blood at the Bookies	2008	9
  • The Poisoning in the Pub	2009	10
  • The Shooting in the Shop	2010	11
  • Bones Under the Beach Hut	2011	12
  • Guns in the Gallery	2011	13
  • Corpse on the Court	2012	14
  • The Strangling on the Stage	2013	15
  • The Tomb in Turkey	2014	16
  • The Killing in the Cafe	2015	17
  • The Liar in the Library	2017	18
  • The Killer in the Choir	2019	19
  • Guilt at the Garage	2020	20
  • Death and the Decorator	2022	21
  • Death in the Dressing Room	2025	22

  
  Charles Paris, Actor

  • Cast, in Order of Disappearance	1975	1
  • So Much Blood	1976	2
  • Star Trap	1977	3
  • An Amateur Corpse	1978	4
  • A Comedian Dies	1979	5
  • The Dead Side of the Mike	1980	6
  • Situation Tragedy	1981	7
  • Murder Unprompted	1982	8
  • Murder in the Title	1983	9
  • Not Dead, Only Resting	1984	10
  • Dead Giveaway	1985	11
  • What Bloody Man Is That	1987	12
  • A Series of Murders	1989	13
  • Corporate Bodies	1991	14
  • A Reconstructed Corpse	1993	15
  • Sicken and So Die	1995	16
  • Dead Room Farce	1997	17
  • A Decent Interval	2013	18
  • The Cinderella Killer	2014	19
  • A Deadly Habit	2018	20

  
  Ellen Curtis, Declutterer

  • The Clutter Corpse	2020	1
  • An Untidy Death	2021	2
  • Waste of a Life	2023	3
  • A Messy Murder	2024	4

  
  Major Bricket

  • Major Bricket and the Circus Corpse	2025	1
  • Major Bricket and the Corpse in the Cask	2026	2

  
  Mrs Pargeter, Gangster's widow

  • A Nice Class of Corpse	1986	1
  • Mrs, Presumed Dead	1988	2
  • Mrs Pargeter's Package	1990	3
  • Mrs Pargeter's Pound of Flesh	1992	4
  • Mrs Pargeter's Plot	1996	5
  • Mrs Pargeter's Point of Honour	1998	6
  • Mrs Pargeter's Principle	2015	7
  • Mrs Pargeter's Public Relations	2016	8
  • Mrs Pargeter's Patio	2023	9

  
  Short Stories

  • A Box of Tricks	1985
  • Tickled to Death	1985

  
  The Three Detectives (childrens)

  • The Three Detectives and the Missing Superstar	1986	1
  • The Three Detectives and the Knight in Armor	1987	2

  
  

• Brewerton, David
  
  

  • Impeccable Sources

  2007

  
  

• Brickell, Sean
  
  

  • Beyond The Grasp Of Demons

  2003

  
  

• Bridge, Robert J
  
  Jim Bent, ex-Cop turned PI

  • Hell Bent On Murder	2001	1
  • Hell Bent on Revenge	2006	2
  • Hell Bent on Corruption	2006	3
  • Hell Bent on Blackmail	2007	4

  
  

• Brill, Marius
  
  

  • Making Love

  2003

  
  

• Brimson, Dougie
  
  Billy Evans, football hooligan

  • The Crew	1999	1
  • Top Dog	2001	2
  • In The Know	2020	3

  
  

• Brindley, Louise
  
  Geraldine Frayling, Crime Writer, London

  • Tantalus	1999	1
  • Death on the Heath	2003	2
  • The Honeymoon Murders	2005	3

  
  

• Briscoe, Constance
  
  Icey and Sam

  • The Accused

  2011

  1

  
  

• Britton, Andrew
  
  Ryan Kealey

  • Heart of Betrayal (apa The American)	2006	1
  • The Assassin	2007	2
  • The Invisible	2008	3
  • The Exile	2010	4
  • The Operative	2013	5
  • The Courier	2014	6

  
  

• Britton, Anna
  
  Detectives Martin & Stern

  • Shot in the Dark	2023	1
  • Close to the Edge	2024	2

  
  

• Broadbent, Tony
  
  Jethro, Cat Buglar, 1940s London

  • The Smoke	2002	1
  • Spectres in the Smoke	2005	2

  
  

• Broadribb, Steph (See also: Stephanie Marland)
  
  Lori Anderson

  • Deep Down Dead	2017	1
  • Deep Blue Trouble	2018	2
  • Deep Dirty Truth	2019	3
  • Deep Dark Night	2020	4

  
  Lori Anderson Novella

  • The Last Resort (ebook only)

  2017

  1

  
  The Retired Detectives Club

  • Death in the Sunshine	2022	1
  • Death at Paradise Palms	2022	2
  • Death on the Beach	2023	3

  
  

• Brodrick, William (See also: John Fairfax)
  
  Father Anselm

  • The Sixth Lamentation	2003	1
  • The Gardens of the Dead	2006	2
  • A Whispered Name	2008	3
  • The Day of the Lie	2012	4
  • The Discourtesy of Death	2013	5
  • The Silent Ones	2015	6

  
  

• Brody, Frances
  
  Kate Shackleton, Bradford, 1920s

  • Dying in the Wool	2009	1
  • A Medal for Murder	2010	2
  • Murder in the Afternoon	2011	3
  • A Woman Unknown	2012	4
  • Murder on a Summer's Day	2013	5
  • Death of an Avid Reader	2014	6
  • A Death in the Dales	2015	7
  • Death at the Seaside	2016	8
  • Death in the Stars	2017	9
  • A Snapshot of Murder	2018	10
  • The Body on the Train	2019	11
  • Death and the Brewery Queen	2020	12
  • A Mansion for Murder	2022	13

  
  Nell Lewis, Prison Governor, Yorkshire, 1960s

  • A Murder Inside	2021	1
  • Six Motives for Murder	2024	2

  
  

• Brooke, Anne
  
  

  • The Hit List	2004
  • A Dangerous Man	2007
  • Maloney's Law	2008
  • Thorn in the Flesh	2008

  
  

• Brookes, Adam
  
  Philip Mangan, Journalist

  • Night Heron	2014	1
  • Spy Games	2015	2
  • The Spy's Daughter	2017	3

  
  

• Brooks, Kevin
  
  PI John Craine

  • A Dance of Ghosts	2011	1
  • Until the Darkness Comes	2012	2
  • Wrapped in White	2013	3

  
  

• Brown, Eric
  
  Donald Langham, Crime Writer, London, 1955

  • Murder by the Book	2013	1
  • Murder at the Chase	2014	2
  • Murder at the Loch	2016	3
  • Murder Take Three	2017	4
  • Murder Takes a Turn	2018	5
  • Murder Served Cold	2018	6
  • Murder by Numbers	2019	7
  • Murder At Standing Stone Manor	2021	8
  • Murder Most Vile	2022	9

  
  

• Brown, Lizbie
  
  Elizabeth Blair, Quilt shop owner, Bath

  • Broken Star	1993	1
  • Turkey Tracks	1995	2
  • Shoo-fly	1998	3
  • Double Wedding Ring	1999	4
  • Jacob's Ladder	2000	5
  • Cat's Cradle	2001	6

  
  

• Brown, Molly
  
  

  • Invitation to a Funeral	1995
  • Cracker: To Say I Love You	1996

  
  

• Brown, Vivien
  
  

  • Lily Alone	2017
  • Five Unforgivable Things	2018
  • Be Careful What You Wish For	2020
  • No Sister of Mine	2020

  
  

• Brownlee, Nick
  
  Jake and Jouma, Mombassa

  • Bait	2008	1
  • Burn (apa Blood and Fire)	2009	2
  • Machete	2010	3
  • Snakepit	2011	4

  
  

• Brownley, James
  
  Alison Glasby, Journalist

  • A Picture of Guilt	2007	1
  • The Sins of the Children	2008	2

  
  

• Bruce, Alison
  
  

  • I Did It for Us	2018
  • The Moment Before Impact	2020

  
  DC Gary Goodhew, Cambridge

  • Cambridge Blue	2008	1
  • The Siren	2010	2
  • The Calling	2011	3
  • The Silence	2012	4
  • The Backs	2013	5
  • The Promise	2016	6
  • Cambridge Black	2017	7

  
  DI Ronnie Blake, Cambridge

  • Because She Looked Away

  2024

  1

  
  

• Bryers, Paul
  
  

  • The Prayer of the Bone	1998
  • The Used Women's Book Club	2003

  
  

• Buck, Simon
  
  Peter White

  • Library of the Soul	2006	1
  • Crypto Da Vinci	2009	2
  • Iscariot		3

  
  

• Buckler, James
  
  

  • Last Stop Tokyo	2017
  • The Simple Truth	2023

  
  

• Buckley, Fiona
  
  Ursula Blanchard, an Elizabethan lady

  • The Robsart Mystery (apa To Shield the Queen)	1997	1
  • The Doublet Affair	1998	2
  • Queen's Ransom	1999	3
  • To Ruin a Queen	2000	4
  • Queen of Ambition	2002	5
  • A Pawn for A Queen	2002	6
  • The Fugitive Queen	2003	7
  • Siren Queen	2004	8
  • Queen Without A Crown	2011	9
  • Queen's Bounty	2012	10
  • A Rescue for a Queen	2013	11
  • A Traitor's Tears	2013	12
  • A Perilous Alliance	2015	13
  • The Heretic's Creed	2016	14
  • A Deadly Betrothal	2017	15
  • The Reluctant Assassin	2018	16
  • A Web of Silk	2019	17
  • The Scent of Danger	2020	18
  • Forest of Secrets	2021	19
  • Shadow of Spain	2021	20
  • Golden Cargoes	2022	21
  • The Net of Steel	2023	22
  • To Seize a Queen	2024	23

  
  

• Buckley, Jonathan
  
  

  • So He Takes the Dog

  2006

  
  

• Buckley, Will
  
  

  • The Man Who Hated Football

  2004

  
  

• Bugle, Winston
  
  

  • Bobby on the Run

  2010

  
  

• Bugler, Suzanne
  
  

  • This Perfect World

  2010

  
  

• Bull, Jessica
  
  Miss Austen Investigates

  • Miss Austen Investigates	2024	1
  • A Fortune Most Fatal	2025	2

  
  

• Burden, Pat
  
  Ex-Detective Chief Superintendent Henry Bassett, Herefordshire

  • Screaming Bones	1989	1
  • Wreath of Honesty	1990	2
  • Bury Him Kindly	1991	3
  • Father, Forgive Me	1993	4

  
  

• Burdess, Wendy
  
  

  • The Unaccomplished Lady Eleanor	2007
  • Criminal Affair	2008
  • The Meticulous Messenger	2008

  
  

• Burdett, John
  
  

  • A Personal History of Thirst	1996
  • The Last Six Million Seconds	1997

  
  Sonchai Jitpleecheep, Buddhist Detective, Bangkok

  • Bangkok 8	2002	1
  • Bangkok Tattoo	2005	2
  • Bangkok Haunts	2007	3
  • The Godfather of Kathmandu	2010	4
  • Vulture Peak	2012	5