Nicolas Freeling Reading Order

16 books (1974–1996)

The Henri Castang series comprises 16 mystery and thriller novels following the investigations of detective Henri Castang, published between 1974 and 1996. This complete series should be read in publication order, beginning with A Dressing of Diamond. Nicolas Freeling, known for both fiction and nonfiction works, concludes the series with its final installment in 1996.

Start with A Dressing of Diamond, the first of 16 books in the Henri Castang series.

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1	A Dressing of Diamond 1974Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	The Bugles Blowing / What Are The Bugles Blowing For? 1975Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	Sabine / Lake Isle 1976Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	Night Lords 1978Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
5	Castang's City 1980Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
6	Wolfnight 1982Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
7	The Back of the North Wind 1983Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
8	No Part in Your Death 1984Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
9	Cold Iron 1986Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
10	Lady Macbeth 1988Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
11	Not As Far As Velma 1989Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
12	Those in Peril 1990Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
13	Flanders Sky / The Pretty How Town 1992Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
14	The Seacoast of Bohemia 1994Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
15	You Who Know 1994Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
16	A Dwarf Kingdom 1996Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

4 books (1970–2001)

Nicolas Freeling's Non-Fiction series comprises four books published between 1970 and 2001, following publication order. The complete series includes Kitchen Book, The Kitchen and the Cook, Criminal Convictions, and The Village Book, exploring themes that blend mystery and thriller elements with non-fiction narrative. Reading these books in their original publication sequence provides the intended progression through Freeling's reflective and investigative works.

Start with Kitchen Book, the first of 4 books in the Non-Fiction series.

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1	Kitchen Book 1970Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	The Kitchen and the Cook 1970Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	Criminal Convictions 1994Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	The Village Book 2001Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

8 books (1964–2002)

Nicolas Freeling's collection of eight standalone mysteries and thrillers spans nearly four decades, from Valparaiso in 1964 through The Janeites in 2002. Each novel can be read independently without reference to the others, though readers who wish to experience them as Freeling wrote them should follow publication order beginning with Valparaiso. The series is complete with all eight entries now available.

Start with Valparaiso, the first of 8 books in the Standalone Novels series.

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1	Valparaiso 1964Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	The Dresden Green 1966Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	This is the Castle 1968Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	Gadget 1977Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
5	A City Solitary 1985Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
6	One More River 1998Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
7	Some Day Tomorrow 2000Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
8	The Janeites 2002Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

13 books (1962–1989)

Nicolas Freeling's Van der Valk series comprises 13 crime novels following the investigations of its central detective, published between 1962 and 1989. The complete series should be read in publication order, beginning with Love in Amsterdam and concluding with Sand Castles. This mystery and thriller series spans nearly three decades of Freeling's work as a writer working within the crime fiction genre.

Start with Love in Amsterdam / Death in Amsterdam, the first of 13 books in the Van der Valk series.

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1	Love in Amsterdam / Death in Amsterdam 1962Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Because of the Cats 1963Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	Gun Before Butter / A Question of Loyalty 1963Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	Double-Barrel 1964Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
5	Criminal Conversation 1966Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
6	The King of the Rainy Country 1966Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
7	Strike Out Where Not Applicable 1967Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
8	Tsing Boum 1969Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
9	The Lovely Ladies / Over the High Side 1971Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
10	A Long Silence / Auprès De Ma Blonde 1972Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
11	The Widow 1979Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
12	One Damn Thing After Another / Arlette 1981Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
13	Sand Castles 1989Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible