Order of Joe Sixsmith Books

Order of Joe Sixsmith Books


Joe Sixsmith is the central character in a series of crime fiction novels by English author Reginald Hill. Sixsmith was a lathe operator who is now a private investigator. The series is set in Luton, England.

Reginald Hill began his Joe Sixsmith series in 1993 and published a book every other year until 1999. Then, nine years later, he resurrected the series with The Roar of the Butterflies in 2008. Below is a list of Reginald Hill’s Joe Sixsmith books in order of when they were originally published (which is also in chronological order):

Publication Order of Joe Sixsmith Books

Blood Sympathy

(1993)

Born Guilty

(1995)

Killing the Lawyers

(1997)

Singing the Sadness

(1999)

The Roar of the Butterflies

(2008)