David Field Reading Order

3 books (2011–2020)

David Field compiled two mystery and thriller anthologies published between 2019 and 2020, now complete. These collections should be read in publication order, beginning with Midwinter Mysteries: A Christmas Crime Anthology followed by Shifting Baselines: The Past and the Future of Ocean Fisheries. Each anthology brings together multiple crime stories that blend mystery elements with historical fiction themes.

Start with Midwinter Mysteries: A Christmas Crime Anthology and read in order.

4 books (2021–2021)

David Field's Australian Historical Saga is a four-book historical mystery series set in colonial Australia, beginning with A Colony Divided and continuing through A Far Distant Land, All That Glitters, and Eye For An Eye. Published in 2021, the series appears to be complete and should be read in publication order. These interconnected novels blend historical fiction with thriller elements against the backdrop of early Australian settlement.

Start with A Colony Divided, the first of 4 books in the Australian Historical Saga series.

6 books (2023–2025)

The Bailiff Mountsorrel Tudor Mysteries is an ongoing historical mystery series by David Field featuring six books released between 2023 and 2025. The series follows publication order beginning with The Castle Abductions, continuing through The Assassination Players, The Clamorous Dead, The Slaughtered Widow, To Kill A King, and Death By Gunpowder. Each installment blends mystery and thriller elements with Tudor-era historical fiction, making them best read in sequence.

Start with The Castle Abductions, the first of 6 books in the Bailiff Mountsorrel Tudor Mysteries series.

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1	The Castle Abductions 2023Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	The Assassination Players 2024Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	The Clamorous Dead 2024Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	The Slaughtered Widow 2024Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
5	To Kill A King 2024Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
6	Death By Gunpowder 2025Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

4 books (2020–2021)

This four-book Victorian mystery series by David Field follows detectives Carlyle and West through cases in the 1800s. Published between 2020 and 2021, the series appears to be complete and should be read in publication order, beginning with Confronting the Invisible. The books are Confronting the Invisible, Death Comes But Twice, Interviewing The Dead, and Death Among the Nightingales, blending historical fiction with mystery and thriller elements.

Start with Confronting the Invisible, the first of 4 books in the Carlyle & West Victorian Mysteries series.

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1	Confronting the Invisible 2020Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Death Comes But Twice 2020Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	Interviewing The Dead 2020Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	Death Among the Nightingales 2021Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

3 books (2019–2019)

This complete mystery series by David Field consists of three books following Constable Thomas Lincraft through historical crime investigations. The novels were published in 2019 and should be read in publication order: She Died Unshriven, The Queen's Constables, and Without Fear or Favour. Blending historical fiction with mystery and thriller elements, the series offers a finished narrative arc across its three installments.

Start with She Died Unshriven and read in order.

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1	She Died Unshriven 2019Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	The Queen's Constables 2019Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	Without Fear or Favour 2019Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

2 books (2019–2019)

This two-book mystery and historical fiction series follows DCI Mike Saxby across cases spanning different time periods. Both titles were published in 2019, and the series is complete. Read the books in publication order, beginning with 17 Cavendish Square followed by Justice Delayed.

Start with 17 Cavendish Square and read in order.

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1	17 Cavendish Square 2019Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Justice Delayed 2019Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

13 books (2018–2026)

The Esther and Jack Enright Mysteries is an ongoing historical mystery series by David Field comprising 13 books published between 2018 and 2026. The series should be read in publication order, beginning with The Gaslight Stalker and continuing through the most recent entry, Matrons of Dishonour. Each novel presents a new case for the detective duo set against historical backdrops, blending period detail with suspenseful crime-solving narratives.

Start with The Gaslight Stalker, the first of 13 books in the Esther and Jack Enright Mysteries series.

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1	The Gaslight Stalker 2018Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	The Jubilee Plot 2018Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	The Mercy Killings 2018Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	The Night Caller 2018Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
5	The Posing Playwright 2018Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
6	The Prodigal Sister 2018Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
7	The Slum Reaper 2018Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
8	The Lost Boys 2019Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
9	The Belvedere Scandal 2025Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
10	The Footlights Murder 2025Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
11	The Long Delayed Revenge 2025Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
12	The Retirement Murder 2025Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
13	Matrons of Dishonour 2026Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

7 books (2022–2023)

David Field's Medieval Saga is a seven-book historical thriller series published between 2022 and 2023. The books should be read in publication order, beginning with An Uncivil War and continuing through Conquest, The Absentee King, The Lion of Anjou, Traitor's Arrow, The Conscience of a King, and concluding with The Road to Runnymede. The series appears to be complete as of its final release.

Start with An Uncivil War, the first of 7 books in the Medieval Saga series.

3 books (2019–2020)

The Oliver Wade series is a three-book mystery and historical fiction collection completed between 2019 and 2020. All three entries should be read in publication order, beginning with The Game's Afoot, followed by Uneasy Lies the Head: An Oliver Wade Spy Thriller, and concluding with A Plague on Both Your Houses. The series is now complete.

Start with The Game's Afoot and read in order.

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1	The Game's Afoot 2019Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Uneasy Lies the Head: An Oliver Wade Spy Thriller 2019Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	A Plague on Both Your Houses 2020Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

4 books (2014–2020)

David Field's four standalone novels, published between 2014 and 2020, blend mystery, thriller, and historical fiction elements into individual stories that can be read independently. The complete series includes Canary Child (co-written with Alan Dance), The Scarlet Peacock, The Flowering of the Tudor Rose, and Bendigo: The Right Fist of God (also co-written with Alan Dance). While each book stands alone, readers who wish to experience them in the order of their release should begin with Canary Child and proceed through publication order.

Start with Canary Child(With: Alan Dance), the first of 4 books in the Standalone Novels series.

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1	Canary Child(With: Alan Dance) 2014Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	The Scarlet Peacock 2017Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	The Flowering of the Tudor Rose 2018Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	Bendigo: The Right Fist of God(With: Alan Dance) 2020Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

3 books (2023–2023)

The New World Nautical Saga is a three-book historical mystery and thriller series by David Field set during the age of exploration and maritime adventure. All three novels were published in 2023 and should be read in publication order: Beyond The Setting Sun, Pirates and Patriots, and Westward To Freedom. The series appears to be complete, offering readers a full story arc across its three installments.

Start with Beyond The Setting Sun and read in order.

6 books (2019–2019)

The Tudor Saga is a complete historical mystery series by David Field comprising six books published in 2019. The novels should be read in publication order beginning with An Uneasy Crown and continuing through Justice For The Cardinal, The Heart of a King, The King's Commoner, The Queen In Waiting, and concluding with Tudor Dawn. This blend of historical fiction and thriller elements follows the lives and intrigue surrounding England's Tudor dynasty.

Start with An Uneasy Crown, the first of 6 books in the The Tudor Saga series.

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1	An Uneasy Crown 2019Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Justice For The Cardinal 2019Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	The Heart of a King 2019Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	The King's Commoner 2019Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
5	The Queen In Waiting 2019Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
6	Tudor Dawn 2019Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

4 books (2026–2026)