Isaac Bell Books in Order

Isaac Bell Books in Order: How to read Clive Cussler’s series?

The main character in a crime/adventure series written by Clive Cussler/Justin Scott branded books, Isaac Bell is a detective at the beginning of the 20th century. More precisely, Isaac Bell is an investigator working for the VanDorn Detective Agency (loosely based on the famous Pinkertons). Of course, he also seeks the truth and stops criminals….

enola holmes books in order

Enola Holmes Books in Order: How to read Nancy Springer’s series?

Also known as The Enola Holmes Mysteries, this creation of American author Nancy Springer is about Sherlock Holmes‘s sister, Enola. Everything began with her mother’s disappearance and her brothers, Sherlock and Mycroft, doing nothing. Enola makes a discovery that puts her on the road to becoming herself a detective, even if Mycroft insists that she…

Kurt Wallander Books in Order

Kurt Wallander Books in Order: How to read Henning Mankell’s series?

Kurt Wallander is a fictional character created by Swedish crime writer Henning Mankell (1948 – 2015). He is a cop working for the Ystad police department. Wallander is the kind of detective who invests himself on a very personal level to solve a crime. Divorced, Wallander also has a daughter–Linda–who, like him, became a cop….

Hercule Poirot Books in Order

Hercule Poirot Books in Order: How to read Agatha Christie’s series?

You know him for his head in the shape of an egg, his famous stiff mustache, the neatness of his attire, and his talent as a detective. After all, with Batman and Sherlock Holmes, he is known for being one of the world’s greatest detectives. We’re talking about the Belgian Hercule Poirot, of course, created…

Holly Gibney Books in Order

Holly Gibney Books in Order: How to read Stephen King’s stories?

Originally appearing in the Bill Hodges trilogy of novels (known as Mr. Mercedes Trilogy), Holly Gibney is a character created by horror master Stephen King-and she’s one of his favorite creations. Introduced as a side character in Mr. Mercedes, Holly Gibney suffers from Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD), synesthesia, sensory processing disorder, and she’s somewhere on the…

The Grantchester Mysteries Books in Order

The Grantchester Mysteries Books in Order: How to read James Runcie’s Series?

Written by British novelist and television producer (and more) James Runcie, The Grantchester Mysteries is a historical detective series about a vicar solving crime in Cambridgeshire, England — inspired by James Runcie’s father, the former Archbishop of Canterbury. More precisely, this is the story of Sidney Chambers, a 32-year-old bachelor, vicar of Grantchester, and amateur…

Hannibal Lecter Books in Order

Hannibal Lecter Books in Order: How to read Thomas Harris’s series?

Created by American writer Thomas Harris, Hannibal Lecter is the most famous cannibal in literature. A respected Baltimore forensic psychiatrist, Hannibal consults with the FBI to assist them in finding other serial killers before being exposed as a psychopathic cannibalistic serial killer. In Harris’s novels and film adaptations, Hannibal Lecter is depicted as a highly…

Bob Skinner Books in Order

Bob Skinner Books in Order: How to read Quintin Jardine’s Series?

Bob Skinner is the main character of a crime novel series written by Quintin Jardine, a Scottish author also known for his other series revolving around Oz Blackstone, and Primavera Blackstone. If you are into Ian Rankin and Peter May‘s books, the stories of Deputy Chief Constable Bob Skinner are for you. He’s working at…

Tony Hill & Carol Jordan Books in Order

Tony Hill & Carol Jordan Books in Order: How to read Val McDermid’s series?

Written by Scottish crime writer Val McDermid (author of the Karen Pirie series), this psychological thriller series (also known as the Wire in the Blood series) is about criminal psychologist Tony Hill and DCI Carol Jordan, his police partner. Dr. Tony Hill is a clinical psychologist who specializes in repeat violent offenders. He is trained…

Liane Moriarty Books in Order

Liane Moriarty Books in Order (Big Little Lies, Nine Perfect Strangers, Nicola Berry…)

After working as a marketing manager at a legal publishing company and as an advertising copywriter, Liane Moriarty went back to school and started writing her first novel. Since then, the Australian author published a lot more and some of those books became #1 New York Times Bestsellers and big American TV Shows, like Big…

Philip Kerr Books in Order

Philip Kerr Books in Order (Bernie Gunther, Metropolis, Hitler’s Peace)

Born in Edinburgh, Scotland, in 1956, Philip Ballantyne Kerr began his literary career when he was just twelve years old, as a self-published writer: Bernie was writing pornographic stories and sold them to classmates. He studied at the University of Birmingham and worked as an advertising copywriter before becoming a full-time writer. Kerr is best…

Carola Dunn Books in Order

Carola Dunn Books in Order (Cornish Mystery, Daisy Dalrymple)

Carola Dunn is a British writer (living in America) who’s known for her regency romances and, lately, for her cozy mystery novels. Her most famous work is the Daisy Dalrymple series about a freelance writer married to a Scotland Yard Detective in the 1920s who do some sleuthing with her husband. Dunn is also a…