Howard Linskey Reading Order

1 book (2011–2011)

#	Title
1	True Brit Grit 2011Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

4 books (2015–2018)

The DC Ian Bradshaw series consists of four crime thrillers by Howard Linskey, published between 2015 and 2018. The complete series should be read in publication order, beginning with No Name Lane and continuing through Behind Dead Eyes, The Search, and The Chosen Ones. This finished series follows detective Ian Bradshaw as he investigates complex criminal cases in the gritty world of British crime fiction.

Start with No Name Lane, the first of 4 books in the DC Ian Bradshaw series.

#	Title
1	No Name Lane 2015Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Behind Dead Eyes 2016Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	The Search 2017Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	The Chosen Ones 2018Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

3 books (2011–2013)

Howard Linskey's David Blake trilogy consists of three mystery and thriller novels published between 2011 and 2013. The complete series should be read in publication order, beginning with The Drop, followed by The Damage, and concluding with The Dead. These standalone-adjacent entries are best experienced chronologically as originally released to fully appreciate the detective's evolving investigation.

Start with The Drop and read in order.

#	Title
1	The Drop 2011Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	The Damage 2012Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	The Dead 2013Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

1 book (2020–2020)

#	Title
1	The Little Book of Pintfulness 2020Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

5 books (2018–2022)

Howard Linskey's collection of five mystery and thriller novels spans from 2018 to 2022 and should be read in publication order beginning with Hunting the Hangman. Each book stands alone as an independent story, making them accessible as individual reads, though they were released sequentially over a four-year period. The series appears to be complete with its fifth entry, The Inheritance, published in 2022. Readers new to Linskey's work can start with any title, but following the publication sequence allows for a natural progression through his evolving storytelling across these five standalone mysteries.

Start with Hunting the Hangman, the first of 5 books in the Standalone Novels series.

#	Title
1	Hunting the Hangman 2018Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Alice Teale is Missing 2020Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	Ungentlemanly Warfare 2020Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	Don't Let Him In 2021Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
5	The Inheritance 2022Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

2 books (2025–2026)

Howard Linskey's William Shakespeare Mysteries series blends mystery and thriller elements with historical intrigue, currently comprising two books published in 2025 and 2026. The series is ongoing and should be read in publication order, beginning with A Serpent in the Garden followed by Muse of Fire. This is an ideal choice for readers interested in historical mysteries centered on one of literature's most celebrated figures.

Start with A Serpent in the Garden and read in order.