Giles Blunt Reading Order

6 books (2000–2012)

The John Cardinal series consists of six mystery thrillers published between 2000 and 2012, following detective John Cardinal through cases in the Canadian north. The complete series should be read in publication order, beginning with Forty Words for Sorrow and concluding with Until the Night. Giles Blunt's protagonists navigate a landscape of crime and psychological complexity across these interconnected investigations.

Start with Forty Words for Sorrow, the first of 6 books in the John Cardinal series.

#	Title
1	Forty Words for Sorrow 2000Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	The Delicate Storm 2003Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	Black Fly Season 2005Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	By the Time You Read This / The Fields of Grief 2006Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
5	Crime Machine 2010Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
6	Until the Night 2012Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

5 books (1989–2025)

Giles Blunt's Standalone Novels series comprises five independent works of fantasy and mystery-thriller fiction published between 1989 and 2025, with the series still ongoing. Each book can be read independently, though readers typically encounter them in publication order: Cold Eye, No Such Creature, Breaking Lorca, The Hesitation Cut, and Bad Juliet. This collection showcases Blunt's range across genres, blending elements of fantasy with suspenseful narrative storytelling throughout its twenty-five-year span.

Start with Cold Eye, the first of 5 books in the Standalone Novels series.

#	Title
1	Cold Eye 1989Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	No Such Creature 2008Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	Breaking Lorca 2009Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	The Hesitation Cut 2015Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
5	Bad Juliet 2025Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible