Ed James Reading Order

1 book (2017–2017)

#	Title
1	CWA Anthology of Short Stories: Mystery Tour 2017Buy 🇺🇸

3 books (2016–2019)

Start with Missing and read in order.

#	Title
1	Missing 2016Buy 🇺🇸
2	Hunted 2017Buy 🇺🇸
3	The Black Isle 2019Buy 🇺🇸

7 books (2020–2026)

Start with City of the Dead, the first of 7 books in the Cullen & Bain series.

10 books (2016–2023)

Start with The Hope That Kills, the first of 10 books in the DI Fenchurch series.

#	Title
1	The Hope That Kills 2016Buy 🇺🇸
2	Worth Killing For 2016Buy 🇺🇸
3	What Doesn't Kill You 2017Buy 🇺🇸
4	In for the Kill 2018Buy 🇺🇸
5	Kill with Kindness 2018Buy 🇺🇸
6	Kill the Messenger 2019Buy 🇺🇸
7	Dead Man's Shoes 2020Buy 🇺🇸
8	A Hill to Die On 2021Buy 🇺🇸
9	The Last Thing to Die 2022Buy 🇺🇸
10	Hope to Die 2023Buy 🇺🇸

9 books (2023–2025)

Start with A Lonely Place of Dying, the first of 9 books in the DI Rob Marshall series.

5 books (2015–2022)

Start with Blood and Guts, the first of 5 books in the DS Vicky Dodds/Dundee Law series.

3 books (2020–2021)

Start with Gone in Seconds and read in order.

17 books (2012–2026)

Start with Devil in the Detail, the first of 17 books in the Police Scotland Edinburgh Crime Thrillers series.

#	Title
1	Devil in the Detail 2012Buy 🇺🇸
2	Ghost in the Machine 2012Buy 🇺🇸
3	Dyed in the Wool / Stab in the Dark 2013Buy 🇺🇸
4	Fire in the Blood 2013Buy 🇺🇸
5	Bottleneck / Cops and Robbers 2014Buy 🇺🇸
6	Windchill / Liars and Thieves 2014Buy 🇺🇸
7	Cowboys and Indians 2015Buy 🇺🇸
8	Missing 2016Buy 🇺🇸
9	Hunted 2017Buy 🇺🇸
10	Heroes and Villains 2018Buy 🇺🇸
11	City of the Dead 2020Buy 🇺🇸
12	Gore Glen 2020Buy 🇺🇸
13	Hell's Kitchen 2020Buy 🇺🇸
14	World's End 2020Buy 🇺🇸
15	Dead in the Water 2021Buy 🇺🇸
16	The Last Drop 2021Buy 🇺🇸
17	The Broken Line 2026Buy 🇺🇸

2 books (2022–2024)

Start with False Start and read in order.

8 books (2012–2018)

Start with Devil in the Detail, the first of 8 books in the Scott Cullen Mysteries series.

#	Title
1	Devil in the Detail 2012Buy 🇺🇸
2	Ghost in the Machine 2012Buy 🇺🇸
3	Dyed in the Wool / Stab in the Dark 2013Buy 🇺🇸
4	Fire in the Blood 2013Buy 🇺🇸
5	Bottleneck / Cops and Robbers 2014Buy 🇺🇸
6	Windchill / Liars and Thieves 2014Buy 🇺🇸
7	Cowboys and Indians 2015Buy 🇺🇸
8	Heroes and Villains 2018Buy 🇺🇸

3 books (2013–2022)

Start with Shot Through the Heart and read in order.

#	Title
1	Shot Through the Heart 2013Buy 🇺🇸
2	Senseless 2020Buy 🇺🇸
3	Lost Cause 2022Buy 🇺🇸