Order of Chief Inspector Woodend Books
Chief Inspector Woodend is the protagonist in a series of mystery novels by English author Sally Spencer (Alan Rustage). Charlie Woodend is a detective chief inspector for Scotland Yard. His specialty is his expertise on the North of England.
Sally Spencer began the Chief Inspector Woodend series in 1998 with the novel The Salton Killings. The series lasted 20 novels, concluding in 2008 with Fatal Quest (which is actually Inspector Woodend’s first case chronologically). The series spins off into the DCI Monika Paniatowski series. Below is a list of Sally Spencer’s Chief Inspector Woodend books in order of when they were originally published (as well as in chronological order):
Publication Order of Chief Inspector Woodend Books
The Salton Killings | (1998) | |
Murder at Swann’s Lake | (1999) | |
Death of a Cave Dweller | (2000) | |
The Dark Lady | (2001) | |
The Golden Mile to Murder | (2001) | |
Dead on Cue | (2002) | |
The Red Herring | (2002) | |
Death of an Innocent | (2002) | |
A Death Left Hanging | (2003) | |
The Enemy Within | (2003) | |
The Witch Maker | (2004) | |
The Butcher Beyond | (2004) | |
Dying in the Dark | (2005) | |
Stone Killer | (2005) | |
A Long Time Dead | (2006) | |
Sins of the Fathers | (2006) | |
Dangerous Games | (2007) | |
Death Watch | (2007) | |
Dying Fall | (2008) | |
Fatal Quest | (2008) | |
Fatal Quest is a prequel novel to the Inspector Woodend series. |