Paul Doherty Reading Order

7 books (1998–2008)

Start with The Mask of Ra, the first of 7 books in the Amerotke series.

#	Title
1	The Mask of Ra 1998Buy 🇺🇸
2	The Horus Killings 1999Buy 🇺🇸
3	The Anubis Slayings 2000Buy 🇺🇸
4	The Slayers of Seth 2000Buy 🇺🇸
5	The Assassins of Isis 2004Buy 🇺🇸
6	The Poisoner of Ptah 2007Buy 🇺🇸
7	The Spies of Sobeck 2008Buy 🇺🇸

4 books (2003–2008)

Start with Murder Imperial, the first of 4 books in the Ancient Rome series.

#	Title
1	Murder Imperial 2003Buy 🇺🇸
2	The Song of the Gladiator 2004Buy 🇺🇸
3	The Queen of the Night 2006Buy 🇺🇸
4	Murder's Immortal Mask 2008Buy 🇺🇸

2 books (2016–2017)

Start with Bridging Infinity and read in order.

#	Title
1	Bridging Infinity 2016Buy 🇺🇸
2	The Year's Best Science Fiction: Thirty-Fourth Annual Collection 2017Buy 🇺🇸

7 books (1994–2012)

Start with A Tapestry of Murders, the first of 7 books in the Canterbury Tales Mysteries series.

#	Title
1	A Tapestry of Murders 1994Buy 🇺🇸
2	An Ancient Evil 1994Buy 🇺🇸
3	A Tournament of Murders 1996Buy 🇺🇸
4	Ghostly Murders 1997Buy 🇺🇸
5	The Hangman's Hymn 1999Buy 🇺🇸
6	A Haunt of Murder 2002Buy 🇺🇸
7	The Midnight Man 2012Buy 🇺🇸

3 books (2003–2006)

Start with An Evil Spirit Out of the West and read in order.

#	Title
1	An Evil Spirit Out of the West 2003Buy 🇺🇸
2	The Season of the Hyaena 2005Buy 🇺🇸
3	The Year of the Cobra 2006Buy 🇺🇸

27 books (1986–2025)

Start with Satan in St Mary's, the first of 27 books in the Hugh Corbett series.

#	Title
1	Satan in St Mary's 1986Buy 🇺🇸
2	Spy in Chancery 1988Buy 🇺🇸
3	The Crown in Darkness 1988Buy 🇺🇸
4	The Angel of Death 1989Buy 🇺🇸
5	Murder Wears a Cowl 1992Buy 🇺🇸
6	The Prince of Darkness 1992Buy 🇺🇸
7	The Assassin in the Greenwood 1993Buy 🇺🇸
8	The Song of a Dark Angel 1993Buy 🇺🇸
9	Satan's Fire 1995Buy 🇺🇸
10	The Devil's Hunt 1996Buy 🇺🇸
11	The Demon Archer 1999Buy 🇺🇸
12	The Treason of the Ghosts 2000Buy 🇺🇸
13	Corpse Candle 2001Buy 🇺🇸
14	The Magician's Death 2004Buy 🇺🇸
15	The Waxman Murders 2006Buy 🇺🇸
16	Nightshade 2008Buy 🇺🇸
17	The Mysterium 2010Buy 🇺🇸
18	Dark Serpent 2016Buy 🇺🇸
19	The Peacock's Cry 2016Buy 🇺🇸
20	The King's Writ 2017Buy 🇺🇸
21	Devil's Wolf 2018Buy 🇺🇸
22	Death's Dark Valley 2019Buy 🇺🇸
23	Hymn to Murder 2020Buy 🇺🇸
24	Mother Midnight 2021Buy 🇺🇸
25	Realm of Darkness 2022Buy 🇺🇸
26	Prince of Murders 2024Buy 🇺🇸
27	Immortal Murder 2025Buy 🇺🇸

7 books (1993–2004)

Start with A Shrine of Murders, the first of 7 books in the Kathryn Swinbrooke series.

#	Title
1	A Shrine of Murders 1993Buy 🇺🇸
2	The Eye of God 1994Buy 🇺🇸
3	The Merchant of Death 1995Buy 🇺🇸
4	The Book of Shadows 1996Buy 🇺🇸
5	Saintly Murders 2001Buy 🇺🇸
6	A Maze of Murders 2003Buy 🇺🇸
7	A Feast of Poisons 2004Buy 🇺🇸

4 books (2018–2023)

Start with Dark Queen Rising, the first of 4 books in the Margaret Beaufort Mystery series.

#	Title
1	Dark Queen Rising 2018Buy 🇺🇸
2	Dark Queen Waiting 2020Buy 🇺🇸
3	Dark Queen Watching 2021Buy 🇺🇸
4	Dark Queen Wary 2023Buy 🇺🇸

3 books (2005–2009)

Start with The Cup of Ghosts and read in order.

#	Title
1	The Cup of Ghosts 2005Buy 🇺🇸
2	The Poison Maiden 2007Buy 🇺🇸
3	The Darkening Glass 2009Buy 🇺🇸

2 books (1988–1990)

Start with The Whyte Harte and read in order.

#	Title
1	The Whyte Harte 1988Buy 🇺🇸
2	The Serpent Amongst the Lilies 1990Buy 🇺🇸

5 books (1997–2003)

Start with A Murder in Macedon(As:Anna Apostolou), the first of 5 books in the Mystery Of Alexander The Great series.

#	Title
1	A Murder in Macedon(As:Anna Apostolou) 1997Buy 🇺🇸
2	A Murder in Thebes(As:Anna Apostolou) 1998Buy 🇺🇸
3	House of Death 2000Buy 🇺🇸
4	The Godless Man 2002Buy 🇺🇸
5	The Gates of Hell 2003Buy 🇺🇸

4 books (1994–1998)

Start with A Time for the Death of a King, the first of 4 books in the Nicholas Segalla series.

#	Title
1	A Time for the Death of a King 1994Buy 🇺🇸
2	The Prince Lost to Time 1995Buy 🇺🇸
3	The Time of Murder at Mayerling 1996Buy 🇺🇸
4	In the Time of the Poisoned Queen 1998Buy 🇺🇸

7 books (2002–2017)

Start with The Mysterious Death Of Tutankhamun / The Secret History of Tutankhamun, the first of 7 books in the Non-Fiction series.

#	Title
1	The Mysterious Death Of Tutankhamun / The Secret History of Tutankhamun 2002Buy 🇺🇸
2	Isabella and the Strange Death of Edward II 2003Buy 🇺🇸
3	The Death of Alexander the Great 2004Buy 🇺🇸
4	The Great Crown Jewels Robbery of 1303 2005Buy 🇺🇸
5	The Secret Life of Elizabeth I 2005Buy 🇺🇸
6	The Death of the Red King 2006Buy 🇺🇸
7	And Then You're Dead(With: Cody Cassidy) 2017Buy 🇺🇸

1 book (2016–2016)

6 books (1991–1996)

Start with The White Rose Murders, the first of 6 books in the Sir Roger Shallot series.

#	Title
1	The White Rose Murders 1991Buy 🇺🇸
2	The Poisoned Chalice 1992Buy 🇺🇸
3	The Grail Murders 1993Buy 🇺🇸
4	A Brood of Vipers 1994Buy 🇺🇸
5	The Gallows Murders 1995Buy 🇺🇸
6	The Relic Murders 1996Buy 🇺🇸

15 books (1985–2016)

Start with The Death of a King, the first of 15 books in the Standalone Novels series.

#	Title
1	The Death of a King 1985Buy 🇺🇸
2	Dove Amongst the Hawks 1990Buy 🇺🇸
3	The Fate of Princes 1990Buy 🇺🇸
4	The Masked Man 1991Buy 🇺🇸
5	The Haunting 1997Buy 🇺🇸
6	The Rose Demon 1997Buy 🇺🇸
7	The Soul Slayer 1998Buy 🇺🇸
8	Love Knot(As: Vanessa Alexander) 1999Buy 🇺🇸
9	Of Love and War(As: Vanessa Alexander) 2001Buy 🇺🇸
10	The Loving Cup(As: Vanessa Alexander) 2001Buy 🇺🇸
11	Domina 2002Buy 🇺🇸
12	The Plague Lord 2002Buy 🇺🇸
13	The Last of Days 2013Buy 🇺🇸
14	Roseblood 2014Buy 🇺🇸
15	Tenebrae 2016Buy 🇺🇸

2 books (2007–2008)

Start with The Templar and read in order.

#	Title
1	The Templar 2007Buy 🇺🇸
2	The Templar Magician 2008Buy 🇺🇸

24 books (1991–2026)

Start with The Nightingale Gallery, the first of 24 books in the The Sorrowful Mysteries of Brother Athelstan series.

#	Title
1	The Nightingale Gallery 1991Buy 🇺🇸
2	Murder Most Holy 1992Buy 🇺🇸
3	The House of the Red Slayer 1992Buy 🇺🇸
4	The Anger of God 1993Buy 🇺🇸
5	By Murder's Bright Light 1994Buy 🇺🇸
6	The House of Crows 1995Buy 🇺🇸
7	The Assassin's Riddle 1996Buy 🇺🇸
8	The Devil's Domain 1998Buy 🇺🇸
9	The Field of Blood 1999Buy 🇺🇸
10	The House of Shadows 2003Buy 🇺🇸
11	Bloodstone 2012Buy 🇺🇸
12	The Straw Men 2013Buy 🇺🇸
13	Candle Flame 2014Buy 🇺🇸
14	The Book of Fires 2014Buy 🇺🇸
15	The Herald of Hell 2015Buy 🇺🇸
16	The Great Revolt 2016Buy 🇺🇸
17	A Pilgrimage to Murder 2017Buy 🇺🇸
18	The Mansions of Murder 2017Buy 🇺🇸
19	The Godless 2019Buy 🇺🇸
20	The Stone of Destiny 2021Buy 🇺🇸
21	The Hanging Tree 2022Buy 🇺🇸
22	Murder Most Treasonable 2023Buy 🇺🇸
23	Murder's Snare 2024Buy 🇺🇸
24	The Meadows of Murder 2026Buy 🇺🇸

2 books (1986–1986)

Start with The Lord Count Drakulya and read in order.

#	Title
1	The Lord Count Drakulya 1986Buy 🇺🇸
2	The Prince Drakulya 1986Buy 🇺🇸