Order of Martin Edwards Books
Martin Edwards is a British author of crime fiction novels in addition to being a critic of the genre. He has also written several legal articles and books. Edwards writes the Harry Devlin series and the Lake District Mysteries series. He is a founding member of the Northern Chapter of the Crime Writers’ Association as well as the Murder Squad.
Martin Edwards began his writing career in 1983 writing legal books. His first novel was All the Lonely People in 1991, which began his Harry Devlin series. The novel was nominated for the John Creasey Dagger award for Best First Crime Novel of the Year. Below is a list of Martin Edwards’ books in order of when they were first released:
Publication Order of Harry Devlin Books
All the Lonely People | (1991) | |
Suspicious Minds | (1992) | |
I Remember You | (1993) | |
Yesterday’s Papers | (1994) | |
Eve of Destruction | (1997) | |
The Devil in Disguise | (1998) | |
First Cut is the Deepest | (1999) | |
Waterloo Sunset | (2008) |
Publication Order of Lake District Mysteries Books
The Coffin Trail | (2004) | |
The Cipher Garden | (2005) | |
The Arsenic Labyrinth | (2007) | |
The Serpent Pool | (2010) | |
The Hanging Wood | (2011) | |
The Frozen Shroud | (2013) | |
The Dungeon House | (2015) | |
The Crooked Shore / The Girl They All Forgot | (2021) |
Publication Order of Rachel Savernake Books
Gallows Court | (2018) | |
Mortmain Hall | (2020) | |
Blackstone Fell / The Puzzle of Blackstone Lodge | (2022) | |
Sepulchre Street / The House on Graveyard Lane | (2023) | |
Hemlock Bay | (2024) |
Publication Order of Standalone Novels
Take My Breath Away | (2003) | |
Dancing For The Hangman | (2008) |
Publication Order of Short Stories/Novellas
Thrumm | (2002) | |
Murder and its Motives | (2016) | |
Strangers in a Pub | (2018) |
Publication Order of Short Story Collections
Where Do You Find Your Ideas? | (2001) | |
The New Mysteries of Sherlock Holmes | (2014) | |
The Out-Islands: Poems | (2021) |
Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books
Executive Survival | (1988) | |
Urge to Kill / Motive to Murder | (2002) | |
Catching Killers | (2003) | |
Truly Criminal | (2015) | |
The Golden Age of Murder | (2015) | |
The Story of Classic Crime in 100 Books | (2017) | |
Howdunit! | (2020) | |
This Deadly Isle: A Golden Age Mystery Map | (2022) | |
The Life of Crime | (2022) |
Publication Order of Fiction Without Frontiers Books
The City Among the Stars | (1962) | |
Junction | (2012) | |
House of Skin | (2012) | |
The Darkest Lullaby | (2013) | |
Savage Species | (2013) | |
Think Yourself Lucky | (2014) | |
The Nightmare Girl | (2015) | |
We Are Monsters | (2015) | |
Thirteen Days by Sunset Beach | (2015) | |
Wolf Land | (2015) | |
The Toy Thief | (2018) | |
Creature | (2018) | |
The Mouth of the Dark | (2018) | |
Ten Thousand Thunders | (2018) | |
The House by the Cemetery | (2018) | |
Night Shift | (2018) | |
Kosmos | (2018) | |
The Playing Card Killer | (2019) | |
The Haunting of Henderson Close | (2019) | |
Black Wings | (2019) | |
Will Haunt You | (2019) | |
Second Lives | (2019) | |
The Dark Game | (2019) | |
Ghost Mine | (2019) | |
The Gemini Experiment | (2019) | |
Chop Shop | (2019) | |
Dust Devils | (2019) | |
The Devil’s Equinox | (2019) | |
They Kill | (2019) | |
American Dreams | (2019) | |
Hellrider | (2019) | |
A Killing Fire | (2019) | |
A Savage Generation | (2019) | |
One by One | (2019) | |
Slash | (2019) | |
Those Who Came Before | (2019) | |
Hearthstone Cottage | (2019) | |
Snowball | (2020) | |
The Garden of Bewitchment | (2020) | |
The Forever House | (2020) | |
Two Lives | (2020) | |
Vulcan’s Forge | (2020) | |
The Heron Kings | (2020) | |
Boy in the Box | (2020) | |
The Wise Friend | (2020) | |
Until Summer Comes Around | (2020) | |
Tomb of Gods | (2020) | |
Sins of the Father | (2020) | |
Vintage Crime | (2020) | |
The Apocalypse Strain | (2020) | |
Misfits | (2020) | |
The Sentient | (2020) | |
Voodoo Heart | (2020) | |
Greyfriars Reformatory | (2020) | |
The Portal | (2020) | |
Mondo Crimson | (2020) | |
City of Angels | (2020) | |
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Publication Order of British Library Crime Classics Books
The Notting Hill Mystery | (1862) | |
The Poisoned Chocolates Case | (1929) | |
It Walks by Night | (1930) | |
The Secret of High Eldersham / The Mystery of High Eldersham | (1930) | |
Castle Skull | (1931) | |
Mystery in the Channel | (1931) | |
The Incredible Crime | (1931) | |
Murder of a Lady | (1931) | |
The Lost Gallows | (1931) | |
The Z Murders | (1931) | |
The Corpse in the Waxworks / The Waxworks Murder | (1932) | |
The Division Bell Mystery | (1932) | |
Portrait of a Murderer | (1933) | |
Death in Fancy Dress | (1933) | |
Family Matters | (1933) | |
The Hog’s Back Mystery | (1933) | |
The Mysterious Mr. Badman | (1934) | |
Murder Underground | (1934) | |
Scarweather | (1934) | |
Death of an Airman | (1934) | |
The Spy Paramount | (1934) | |
The 12.30 from Croydon | (1934) | |
The Chianti Flask | (1934) | |
Weekend at Thrackley | (1934) | |
Quick Curtain | (1934) | |
The Lake District Murder | (1935) | |
Death on the Cherwell | (1935) | |
The Cornish Coast Murder | (1935) | |
The Traitor | (1936) | |
The Santa Klaus Murder | (1936) | |
The Sussex Downs Murder | (1936) | |
Death of Anton | (1936) | |
The Wheel Spins | (1936) | |
Death in the Tunnel / Dark in the Tunnel | (1936) | |
Murder in Piccadilly | (1936) | |
Mystery in White | (1937) | |
Bats in the Belfry | (1937) | |
The Cheltenham Square Murder | (1937) | |
Excellent Intentions | (1938) | |
Murder in the Museum | (1938) | |
Antidote to Venom | (1938) | |
Thirteen Guests | (1938) | |
The Port of London Murders | (1938) | |
The Arsenal Stadium Mystery | (1939) | |
Seven Dead | (1939) | |
Verdict of Twelve | (1940) | |
A Scream in Soho | (1940) | |
Death of a Busybody | (1942) | |
The Dead Shall be Raised & Murder of a Quack | (1942) | |
Somebody at the Door | (1943) | |
Murder’s a Swine | (1943) | |
Checkmate to Murder | (1944) | |
Fell Murder | (1944) | |
Murder by Matchlight | (1945) | |
Trouble on the Thames | (1945) | |
Fire in the Thatch | (1946) | |
Death Makes a Prophet | (1947) | |
Smallbone Deceased | (1950) | |
Calamity in Kent | (1950) | |
Death Has Deep Roots | (1951) | |
Last Seen Wearing | (1952) | |
The Danger Within / Death in Captivity | (1952) | |
Murder in the Mill-Race | (1952) | |
Crossed Skis | (1952) | |
Death on the Riviera | (1952) | |
The Man Who Didn’t Fly | (1955) | |
The Colour Of Murder | (1957) | |
The Christmas Egg | (1958) | |
The Progress of a Crime | (1960) | |
Sergeant Cluff Stands Firm | (1960) | |
The Spoilt Kill | (1961) | |
The Body in the Dumb River | (1961) | |
Due to a Death | (1963) | |
Surfeit of Suspects | (1964) | |
The Belting Inheritance | (1965) | |
The Last Best Friend | (1967) | |
The End of the Web | (1976) | |
Capital Crimes | (2015) | |
Resorting to Murder | (2015) | |
Silent Nights | (2015) | |
Murder at the Manor | (2016) | |
Serpents in Eden | (2016) | |
Crimson Snow | (2016) | |
Foreign Bodies | (2017) | |
The Long Arm of the Law | (2017) | |
Miraculous Mysteries | (2017) | |
Continental Crimes | (2017) | |
Blood on the Tracks | (2018) | |
The Christmas Card Crime and Other Stories | (2018) | |
Golden Age of Detection Puzzle Book | (2018) | |
Deep Waters | (2019) | |
The Measure of Malice | (2019) | |
The Pocket Detective 2: 100+ More Puzzles, Brainteasers and Conundrums | (2019) | |
Settling Scores | (2020) | |
A Surprise for Christmas and Other Seasonal Mysteries | (2020) | |
Two-Way Murder | (2021) | |
Guilty Creatures | (2021) | |
Death of an Author | (2024) | |
Crimes of Cymru | (2024) | |
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Publication Order of Bibliomysteries Books
The Book of Virtue | (2012) | |
Pronghorns of the Third Reich | (2012) | |
The Book Thing | (2012) | |
The Book Case | (2012) | |
An Acceptable Sacrifice | (2012) | |
Death Leaves a Bookmark | (2012) | |
The Final Testament | (2013) | |
Rides a Stranger | (2013) | |
The Long Sonata of the Dead | (2013) | |
The Book of Ghosts | (2013) | |
The Compendium of Srem | (2014) | |
What’s in a Name? | (2014) | |
Remaindered | (2014) | |
The Sequel | (2014) | |
The Gospel of Sheba | (2014) | |
Book Club | (2014) | |
The Nature of My Inheritance | (2014) | |
It’s in the Book | (2014) | |
The Scroll | (2014) | |
The Book of the Lion | (2015) | |
The Little Men | (2015) | |
Condor in the Stacks | (2015) | |
Mystery, Inc. | (2015) | |
Every Seven Years | (2015) | |
From the Queen | (2015) | |
From the Queen | (2015) | |
The Travelling Companion | (2016) | |
Citadel | (2016) | |
Reconciliation Day | (2016) | |
Dead Dames Don’t Sing | (2016) | |
The Haze | (2016) | |
Hoodoo Harry | (2017) | |
The Pretty Little Box | (2018) | |
Seven Years | (2018) | |
The Hemingway Valise | (2018) | |
The Last Honest Horse Thief | (2018) | |
The Caxton Private Lending Library & Book Depository | (2018) | |
The Girl Who Did Say No | (2020) | |
The Traitor | (2022) | |
The Dark Door | (2022) | |
The Honeymoon Trap | (2022) | |
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Chronological Order of Bibliomysteries Books
The Book of Virtue | (2012) | |
The Scroll | (2014) | |
Pronghorns of the Third Reich | (2012) | |
An Acceptable Sacrifice | (2012) | |
Death Leaves a Bookmark | (2012) | |
Seven Years | (2018) | |
The Book Thing | (2012) | |
The Book of Ghosts | (2013) | |
Book Club | (2014) | |
The Long Sonata of the Dead | (2013) | |
The Final Testament | (2013) | |
Rides a Stranger | (2013) | |
What’s in a Name? | (2014) | |
It’s in the Book | (2014) | |
The Nature of My Inheritance | (2014) | |
Remaindered | (2014) | |
The Compendium of Srem | (2014) | |
The Gospel of Sheba | (2014) | |
The Sequel | (2014) | |
The Book of the Lion | (2015) | |
The Little Men | (2015) | |
From the Queen | (2015) | |
Every Seven Years | (2015) | |
Citadel | (2016) | |
Condor in the Stacks | (2015) | |
Mystery, Inc. | (2015) | |
The Travelling Companion | (2016) | |
The Haze | (2016) | |
Dead Dames Don’t Sing | (2016) | |
Reconciliation Day | (2016) | |
Hoodoo Harry | (2017) | |
The Pretty Little Box | (2018) | |
The Caxton Private Lending Library & Book Depository | (2018) | |
The Hemingway Valise | (2018) | |
The Last Honest Horse Thief | (2018) | |
The Book Case | (2012) | |
From the Queen | (2015) | |
The Girl Who Did Say No | (2020) | |
The Traitor | (2022) | |
The Dark Door | (2022) | |
The Honeymoon Trap | (2022) |
Publication Order of Thane and Moss Books
Deadline for a Dream / In at the Kill | (1957) | |
Death Department | (1959) | |
Leave it to the Hangman | (1960) | |
Little Drops of Blood | (1962) | |
Sanctuary Isle / The Gray Sentinels | (1962) | |
The Man In The Bottle | (1963) | |
The Taste of Proof | (1965) | |
The Deep Fall / The Ghost Car | (1966) | |
Justice on the Rocks | (1967) | |
The Tallyman | (1969) | |
Children of the Mist / Who Shot the Bull | (1970) | |
To Kill a Witch | (1971) | |
Draw Batons! / Penalty Shootout | (1973) | |
Children of the Water | (1974) | |
Rally to Kill | (1975) | |
Pilot Error | (1977) | |
Live Bait | (1979) | |
A Killing in Antiques | (1981) | |
The Hanging Tree | (1985) | |
The Crossfire Killings | (1986) | |
The Interface man | (1990) | |
Blood Proof | (1999) | |
Death Bytes | (1999) | |
The Lazarus Widow | (2000) | |
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Publication Order of Anthologies
Ask a Policeman | (1933) | |
Northern Blood | (1992) | |
Northern Blood 2 | (1995) | |
Perfectly Criminal | (1996) | |
Shakespearean Whodunnits | (1997) | |
Perfectly Criminal 2: Whydunit? | (1997) | |
Northern Blood 3 | (1998) | |
Past Crimes: Perfectly Criminal III | (1999) | |
Missing Persons | (1999) | |
Scenes of Crime: CWA Anthology 2000 | (2000) | |
Crimewave 6 | (2002) | |
Murder Squad | (2002) | |
Mysterious Pleasures | (2003) | |
Crime in the City | (2003) | |
Green for Danger | (2004) | |
Crime on the Move | (2005) | |
I.D.: Crimes of Identity | (2006) | |
M.O.: Crimes of Practice | (2008) | |
Original Sins | (2010) | |
Best Eaten Cold and Other Stories: A Murder Squad Anthology | (2011) | |
Guilty Consciences | (2012) | |
Deadly Pleasures | (2013) | |
Guilty Parties | (2014) | |
Capital Crimes | (2015) | |
Resorting to Murder | (2015) | |
Truly Criminal | (2015) | |
Silent Nights | (2015) | |
The Mammoth Book of the Adventures of Professor Moriarty | (2015) | |
The Mammoth Book of Jack the Ripper Stories | (2015) | |
Murder at the Manor | (2016) | |
Serpents in Eden | (2016) | |
The Sinking Admiral | (2016) | |
Crimson Snow | (2016) | |
Motives for Murder | (2016) | |
Foreign Bodies | (2017) | |
The Long Arm of the Law | (2017) | |
Miraculous Mysteries | (2017) | |
Continental Crimes | (2017) | |
CWA Anthology of Short Stories: Mystery Tour | (2017) | |
Blood on the Tracks | (2018) | |
The Christmas Card Crime and Other Stories | (2018) | |
Ten Year Stretch | (2018) | |
The Measure of Malice | (2019) | |
The Christmas Card Crime | (2019) | |
Settling Scores | (2020) | |
Blood Sports | (2020) | |
Vintage Crime | (2020) | |
A Surprise for Christmas and Other Seasonal Mysteries | (2020) | |
Guilty Creatures | (2021) | |
Murder by the Book | (2021) | |
Many Deadly Returns | (2021) | |
Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, September-October 2022 | (2022) | |
Music of the Night | (2022) | |
Edgar & Shamus Go Golden | (2022) | |
The Edinburgh Mystery: And Other Tales of Scottish Crime | (2023) | |
Final Acts: Theatrical Mysteries | (2023) | |
Midsummer Mysteries Short Stories | (2024) |
Note: Edwards finished the novel The Lazarus Widow following the death of author Bill Knox. Careers in the Law was written with Elizabeth Usher. Know-How for Employment Lawyers was co-authored with Stephen Levinson, David Cockburn, Nicholas Rose and Vanessa Middleton.