Order of Martin Walker Books

Order of Martin Walker Books

Martin Walker
Martin Walker is a British author of mystery novels and non-fiction books. He writes the Bruno, Chief of Police series. Martin has worked as Editor-in-Chief Emeritus of United Press International, various posts at The Guardian, a commentator for CNN and a columnist for newspapers in the U.S. and Europe. He is married to fellow novelist Julia Watson and has two daughters.

Martin Walker became a published author with the non-fiction book The Waking Giant: Soviet Union Under Gorbachev, which was published in 1986. His first novel was the 2002 standalone novel The Caves of Perigord. Six years later, he would start his first series of novels with the novel Bruno, Chief of Police. Below is a list of Martin Walker’s books in order of when they were originally released:

Publication Order of Bruno, Chief Of Police Books

Bruno, Chief of Police / Death in the Dordogne

(2008)

The Dark Vineyard

(2009)

Black Diamond

(2010)

The Crowded Grave

(2011)

The Devil’s Cave

(2012)

Bruno and the Carol Singers / Bruno and le Pere Noel

(2012)

The Resistance Man

(2013)

The Children Return / Children of War / Death Undercover

(2014)

A Market Tale

(2014)

The Dying Season / The Patriarch

(2015)

Fatal Pursuit

(2016)

The Templars’ Last Secret

(2017)

A Taste for Vengeance

(2018)

The Chocolate War

(2018)

The Body in the Castle Well

(2019)

A Birthday Lunch

(2019)

Oystercatcher

(2020)

The Shooting at Chateau Rock

(2020)

The Coldest Case

(2021)

Bruno’s Challenge and Other Stories of the French Countryside

(2022)

To Kill a Troubadour

(2022)

A Chateau Under Siege

(2023)

A Grave in the Woods

(2024)

An Enemy in the Village

(2025)

Publication Order of Standalone Novels

The Infiltrator

(1978)

The Money Soldiers

(1980)

A Mercenary Calling

(1980)

The Caves of Perigord

(2002)

Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books

The National Front

(1977)

Daily Sketches

(1978)

Powers of the Press

(1983)

The Waking Giant: Soviet Union Under Gorbachev

(1986)

Martin Walker’s Russia

(1989)

The Harper Independent Traveller

(1990)

The Cold War and the Making of the Modern World

(1993)

Clinton: The President They Deserve

(1996)

America Reborn: A Twentieth-Century Narrative in Twenty-Six Lives

(2000)

Makers of the American Century

(2001)

The Iraq War

(2003)

Bruno’s Cookbook (With: Julia Watson)

(2023)

Note: Bruno and the Carol Singers was published as Bruno and le Pere Noel in the UK. The Dying Season is also known as The Patriarch.