Order of Edward Marston Books

Order of Edward Marston Books

Edward Marston Keith Miles (Photo Credit: Jerry Bauer)
Keith Miles is a Welsh author of historical fiction and mystery novels. Three years after graduating from Oxford University, Miles began working as a TV and radio scriptwriter before moving over to novels. He is best known under the pen name of Edward Marston, and has also written as Conrad Allen and other pseudonyms. He has written (or writes) several series, which includes the series Alan Saxon, the Shipboard Mysteries featuring George Porter Dillman & Genevieve Masefield, Elizabethan Theater featuring Nicholas Bracewell, Domesday, Christopher Redmayne, Inspector Robert Colbeck Railway Detective, Captain Rawson, Home Front Detective featuring Inspector Marmion and many others. Miles was once married to fellow author, Rosalind Miles, and is currently married to fellow mystery author Judith Cutler.

Keith Miles became a published novelist in 1973 with the novel Dragon’s Teeth, which was part of a multi-author series called Frankenstein Horror. His debut as Edward Marston was in 1988 with the novel The Queen’s Head, which began his Elizabethan Theater series. Below is a list of Keith Miles’ books in order of when they were first published:

Publication Order of Frankenstein Horror Books

Dragon’s Teeth

(1973)

Publication Order of Alan Saxon Books

Bullet Hole

(1986)

Double Eagle

(1987)

Green Murder

(1990)

Bermuda Grass

(2002)

Honolulu Play-Off (As:Keith Miles)

(2004)

Flagstick

(2012)

Publication Order of Action Scene Books

Bushranger

(1987)

Skydive

(1987)

Seabird

(1987)

Snowstorm

(1988)

Publication Order of Sin Bin Books

Iggy

(1988)

Melanie

(1988)

Tariq

(1989)

Bev

(1989)

Publication Order of Merlin Richards Books

Murder in Perspective

(1997)

Saint’s Rest

(1999)

Publication Order of Elizabethan Theater Books

The Queen’s Head

(1988)

The Merry Devils

(1989)

The Trip to Jerusalem

(1990)

The Nine Giants

(1991)

The Mad Courtesan

(1992)

The Silent Woman

(1992)

The Roaring Boy

(1995)

The Laughing Hangman

(1996)

The Fair Maid of Bohemia

(1997)

The Wanton Angel

(1999)

The Devil’s Apprentice

(2001)

The Bawdy Basket

(2002)

The Vagabond Clown

(2003)

The Counterfeit Crank

(2004)

The Malevolent Comedy

(2005)

The Princess of Denmark

(2006)

Publication Order of Domesday Books

The Wolves of Savernake

(1993)

The Ravens of Blackwater

(1994)

The Dragons of Archenfield

(1995)

The Lions of the North

(1996)

The Serpents Of Harbledown

(1996)

The Stallions of Woodstock

(1997)

The Hawks of Delamere

(1998)

The Wildcats of Exeter

(1998)

The Foxes of Warwick

(1999)

The Owls of Gloucester

(2000)

The Elephants of Norwich

(2000)

Publication Order of Dillman & Masefield / Ocean Liner Mysteries Books

Murder on the Lusitania

(1999)

Murder on the Mauretania

(2000)

Murder on the Minnesota

(2002)

Murder on the Caronia

(2003)

Murder on the Marmora

(2004)

Murder on the Salsette

(2005)

Murder on the Oceanic

(2006)

Murder on the Celtic

(2007)

Publication Order of Christopher Redmayne Books

The King’s Evil

(1999)

The Amorous Nightingale

(2000)

The Repentant Rake

(2001)

The Frost Fair

(2003)

The Parliament House

(2006)

The Painted Lady

(2007)

Publication Order of Inspector Robert Colbeck Books

The Railway Detective

(2004)

The Excursion Train

(2005)

The Railway Viaduct

(2006)

The Iron Horse

(2007)

Murder on the Brighton Express

(2007)

The Silver Locomotive Mystery

(2009)

Railway to the Grave

(2010)

Blood on the Line

(2011)

The Stationmaster’s Farewell

(2012)

Peril on the Royal Train

(2013)

A Ticket to Oblivion

(2014)

Timetable of Death

(2015)

Signal for Vengeance

(2016)

The Circus Train Conspiracy

(2017)

A Christmas Railway Mystery

(2017)

Points of Danger

(2019)

Fear on the Phantom Special

(2019)

Slaughter in the Sapperton Tunnel

(2020)

Tragedy on the Branch Line

(2021)

The Railway Detective’s Christmas Case

(2022)

Death at the Terminus

(2023)

Murder in Transit

(2024)

Publication Order of Inspector Robert Colbeck Collections

Inspector Colbeck’s Casebook

(2014)

Publication Order of Captain Rawson Books

Soldier of Fortune

(2008)

Drums of War

(2008)

Fire and Sword

(2009)

Under Siege

(2010)

A Very Murdering Battle

(2011)

Publication Order of Home Front Detective Books

A Bespoke Murder

(2011)

An Instrument of Slaughter

(2012)

Five Dead Canaries

(2013)

Deeds of Darkness

(2014)

Dance of Death

(2015)

The Enemy Within

(2016)

Under Attack

(2017)

The Unseen Hand

(2019)

Orders to Kill

(2021)

Danger of Defeat

(2023)

Spring Offensive

(2024)

Publication Order of Bow Street Rivals Books

Shadow of the Hangman

(2015)

Steps to the Gallows

(2017)

Date with the Executioner

(2017)

Fugitive from the Grave

(2018)

Rage of the Assassin

(2021)

Publication Order of Standalone Novels

Ambridge Summer

(1975)

The Warrior Kings

(1978)

Marco Polo

(1982)

We’ll Meet Again

(1982)

Breaks

(1983)

Boys from the Blackstuff

(1984)

Finest Swordsman in All France

(1984)

Publication Order of Short Story Collections

Murder, Ancient And Modern

(2005)

Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books

Crime Archive

(2008)

Publication Order of Peter Lovesey Short Stories/Novellas

(with Peter Lovesey)

Vandals (By: Peter Lovesey)

(1985)

The Crime of Miss Oyster Brown (By: Peter Lovesey)

(1994)

A Parrot is Forever (By: Peter Lovesey)

(1996)

Corbett Correspondence (With: Peter Lovesey)

(1997)

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Publication Order of Anthologies

Malice Domestic 6

(1997)

The Sunken Sailor

(2004)

The Mammoth Book of Best British Crime 8

(2011)

Notes: The Alan Saxon, Merlin Richards and City Hospital series, along with the novels Warrior Kings and Dragon’s Teeth were written under his real name of Keith Miles. The Mountjoy Memoirs series was written as Christopher T. Mountjoy. The novel Marco Polo was written with David Butler. Boys from the Blackstuff was co-authored by Alan Bleasdale. Jahangir and the Khan Dynasty was co-authored by Rahmat Khan. The American Revolution series was written under the pseudonym of David Garland. The Dan Hawker series is written as Martin Inigo. The George Porter Dillman and Genevieve Masefield series was written as Conrad Allen. The Sunken Sailor is a collaborative novel, written with several other authors (as Edward Marston). The collection Murder, Ancient and Modern was written as Edward Marston.