Cyril Hare Reading Order

3 books (1988–2023)

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1	English Country House Murders 1988Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	The Christmas Card Crime and Other Stories 2018Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	The Edinburgh Mystery: And Other Tales of Scottish Crime 2023Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

3 books (1946–1954)

Cyril Hare's Francis Pettigrew series comprises three mystery novels published between 1946 and 1954, following the cases of the titular detective. The complete trilogy should be read in publication order, beginning with With a Bare Bodkin, followed by When the Wind Blows, and concluding with That Yew Tree's Shade. Each book stands as a self-contained mystery while contributing to the overall arc of the series.

Start with With a Bare Bodkin and read in order.

#	Title
1	With a Bare Bodkin 1946Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	When the Wind Blows / The Wind Blows Death 1949Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	That Yew Tree's Shade / Death Walks the Woods 1954Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

3 books (1937–1939)

This three-book mystery series by Cyril Hare follows Inspector Mallett through cases spanning from 1937 to 1939. The complete trilogy should be read in publication order, beginning with Tenant for Death, followed by Death is No Sportsman, and concluding with Suicide Excepted. Each novel stands as a self-contained mystery while featuring the recurring detective protagonist across the series.

Start with Tenant for Death and read in order.

#	Title
1	Tenant for Death 1937Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Death is No Sportsman 1938Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	Suicide Excepted 1939Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

2 books (1942–1958)

Cyril Hare's Inspector Mallett and Francis Pettigrew series consists of two mystery novels published between 1942 and 1958. The complete series should be read in publication order, beginning with Tragedy at Law followed by He Should Have Died Hereafter. These detective stories blend legal intrigue with crime investigation, drawing on the author's background in law.

Start with Tragedy at Law and read in order.

#	Title
1	Tragedy at Law 1942Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	He Should Have Died Hereafter / Untimely Death 1958Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

1 book (1950–1950)

2 books (1959–1959)

Cyril Hare's detective short story collections comprise two volumes of mystery fiction published in 1959. The complete series consists of Best Detective Stories of Cyril Hare followed by Death Among Friends and Other Detective Stories, which should be read in publication order. These standalone story collections offer readers multiple mysteries to explore across the two volumes.

Start with Best Detective Stories of Cyril Hare and read in order.

#	Title
1	Best Detective Stories of Cyril Hare 1959Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Death Among Friends and Other Detective Stories 1959Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

2 books (1946–1951)

Cyril Hare wrote two standalone mystery novels during the post-war years, beginning with The Magic Bottle in 1946 and concluding with An English Murder in 1951. Each book stands alone as an independent story rather than forming a connected series, though reading them in publication order offers a chronological perspective on the author's work during this period. These mystery and thriller novels represent a complete body of work from this particular phase of Hare's writing career.

Start with The Magic Bottle and read in order.

#	Title
1	The Magic Bottle 1946Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	An English Murder 1951Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible