Douglas Skelton Reading Order
1 series · 36 books
Douglas Skelton is a Scottish crime fiction writer known for crafting gritty thrillers that explore the darker side of his homeland's criminal underworld. His novels, including Indian Peter, Glasgow's Black Heart, and Frightener, showcase his talent for blending compelling narratives with authentic portrayals of crime and violence. With a prolific output spanning multiple decades, Skelton has built a reputation as one of Scotland's most accomplished writers in the crime and thriller genres.
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Standalone Novels Series
36 books
Douglas Skelton has written 36 standalone novels that can be read in publication order, beginning with A Time to Kill. The series spans multiple crime thrillers and mysteries with titles including Blood City, Dark Heart, Dead Don't Boogie, and Devil's Knock, among many others. While these are technically standalone stories with independent plots, reading them in the order they were published allows readers to follow Skelton's evolving style and storytelling approach across his substantial body of work.
Start with A Time to Kill, the first of 36 books in the Standalone Novels series.
| # | Title |
|---|---|
| 1 | A Time to Kill |
| 2 | An Honourable Thief |
| 3 | Blood City |
| 4 | Blood Is Still |
| 5 | Blood on the thistle |
| 6 | Bloody Valentine |
| 7 | Children of the Mist |
| 8 | Crow bait |
| 9 | Dark heart |
| 10 | Dead Don't Boogie |
| 11 | Deadlier Than the Male |
| 12 | Deadlier than the male |
| 13 | Death Insurance |
| 14 | Devil's Knock |
| 15 | Devil's gallop |
| 16 | Frightener |
| 17 | Glasgow's black heart |
| 18 | Grave for a Thief |
| 19 | Hollow Mountain |
| 20 | Honourable Thief |
| 21 | Indian Peter |
| 22 | Janus Run |
| 23 | No Final Solution Unsolved Crimes Of The Twentieth Century |
| 24 | No final solution |
| 25 | Open Wounds |
| 26 | Other Side of Fear |
| 27 | Rattle of Bones |
| 28 | Rebecca Connolly Thrillers : Books 1-4 |
| 29 | Scotland's most wanted |
| 30 | Ship of Thieves |
| 31 | Tag - You're Dead |
| 32 | Thief's Blood |
| 33 | Thiefs Blood |
| 34 | Thiefs Justice |
| 35 | Thunder Bay |
| 36 | Where Demons Hide |
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- Douglas Skelton has written 36 books across 1 series.