Arkady Renko Books in Order: How to read Martin Cruz Smith’s Gorky Park series?

Arkady Renko Books in Order: How to read Martin Cruz Smith’s Gorky Park series?

Written by American author Martin Cruz Smith, this series is about Arkady Renko, a chief homicide inspector for the prosecutor’s office, in Moscow, Russia, fighting against corruption and for the truth. Taking place before, during, and after the fall of the Soviet Union, the series follows Arkady Renko as he investigates murders that take him…

Sandhamn Murders Books in Order: How to read Viveca Sten’s series?

Sandhamn Murders Books in Order: How to read Viveca Sten’s series?

Written by Swedish writer and lawyer Viveca Sten, this series is about murders on Sandhamn Island, an idyllic vacation island in Sweden. The books revolve around local police Detective Thomas Andreasson and his childhood friend, the lawyer Nora Linde. They teamed up to solve crime in a Scandinavian way. How to read the Sandhamn Murders…

Joe Goldberg Books in Order, The ‘You’ series by Caroline Kepnes

Joe Goldberg Books in Order, The ‘You’ series by Caroline Kepnes

Coming from the American writer, screenwriter, and former entertainment reporter Caroline Kepnes, the Joe Goldberg series is a thriller series that you may also know under the simple title “You.” The story began when Guinevere Beck, an aspiring writer, went into the East Village bookstore where Joe Goldberg works. They quickly become obsessed with each…

John Wells Books in Order: How to read Alex Berenson’s series?

John Wells Books in Order: How to read Alex Berenson’s series?

Written by American author and former reporter for The New York Times Alex Berenson, the John Wells series is about a CIA agent named John Wells–as you may have guessed. In this spy thriller series, John Wells spent the formative years of his CIA career under deep cover with al-Qaeda, his success costing him the…

Katie Maguire Books in Order: How to read Graham Masterton’s series?

Katie Maguire Books in Order: How to read Graham Masterton’s series?

Mostly known as a British horror author, Graham Masterton started to write crime novels while living in Cork, Ireland. That’s how the Katie Maguire series began. The series is about Ireland’s first female detective Katie Maguire who’s following in her father’s footsteps as she leads murder investigations in and around the city of Cork. How…

David Raker Books in Order: How to read Tim Weaver’s series?

David Raker Books in Order: How to read Tim Weaver’s series?

Coming from English writer Tim Weaver, this crime series is about the investigations of missing person investigator David Raker. Finding the lost, whether dead or alive, is the specialty of London-based investigator David Raker. His cases take him all over the country and he is prepared to go to any lengths to track down those…

Easy Rawlins Books in Order: How to read Walter Mosley’s series?

Easy Rawlins Books in Order: How to read Walter Mosley’s series?

Created by mystery author Walter Mosley, Ezekiel “Easy” Porterhouse Rawlins is an African-American private investigator. More precisely, Rawlins is a hard-boiled detective and World War II veteran from, Louisiana living in the Watts neighborhood of Los Angeles, from the 1940s to the 1960s. Most of the time, he is reluctant to take on cases, but…

Peter Diamond Books in Order: How to read Peter Lovesey’s series?

Peter Diamond Books in Order: How to read Peter Lovesey’s series?

Coming from Peter Lovesey, a British writer of historical and contemporary detective novels, The Peter Diamond Mysteries is about a modern-day police detective in Bath, Somerset. As described on the Penguin Random House page, the Peter Diamond series is a golden age-style detective, a devotee of old-fashioned gumshoeing. He’s a little out of shape and…

Thea Osborne Books in Order: How to read Rebecca Tope’s Cotswold series?

Thea Osborne Books in Order: How to read Rebecca Tope’s Cotswold series?

Written by British crime novelist and journalist Rebecca Tope, The Thea Osborne mysteries are about house-sitting with a touch of murder. The stories revolve around Thea Osborne–and her loyal spaniel Hepzie-who is working as a house-sitter in the Cotswolds (an area in south-central, West Midlands, and South West England). With each new assignment, Thea hopes…

9 WWII Mystery Book Series To Read, From Billy Boyle to Bernie Gunther

9 WWII Mystery Book Series To Read, From Billy Boyle to Bernie Gunther

After the Victorian era, we are looking at a more recent period in our history, a shorter one, but also a darker one, as we are turning our intention today to the late 1940s, with a few mystery series set during World War II. There is not a lot of place here for cozy mysteries….

Andrew Raymond Books In Order (Novak and Mitchell, DCI Lomond)

Andrew Raymond Books In Order (Novak and Mitchell, DCI Lomond)

A former bookseller who used to work as a marketing manager with Waterstones in Glasgow, Andrew Raymond became a full-time writer of spy thrillers. He published his first book, the political thriller Official Secrets, in 2018, which launched the Novak and Mitchell series. It became a success and other books followed. Andrew Raymond also writes…

Nick Heller Books in Order: How to read Joseph Finder’s series?

Nick Heller Books in Order: How to read Joseph Finder’s series?

Written by American writer Joseph Finder, the Nick Heller books series follows a “private spy” who specializes in digging up secrets that powerful people would rather keep hidden. In short, Nick Heller is a guy you don’t want to mess with. He’s also the man you call when you need a problem fixed. How to…