Martha Grimes is an American novelist of detective fiction. She is best known for her Richard Jury character, a chief inspector at Scotland Yard. Her other series feature the characters the Emma Graham and Andi Olivier. She is a self-described Anglophile who sets most of her novels in England.

Martha Grimes made her literary debut in 1981 with The Man With a Load of Mischief, the start of her Richard Jury series. Ever since, she has written at least one novel per year with few exceptions. Below is a list of Martha Grimes’ books in order of when they were originally released (and in chronological order):

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Publication Order of Richard Jury Books

The Man With a Load of Mischief (1981)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Old Fox Deceiv'd (1982)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Anodyne Necklace (1983)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Dirty Duck (1984)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Jerusalem Inn (1984)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Help the Poor Struggler (1985)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Deer Leap (1985)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
I Am the Only Running Footman (1986)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Five Bells and Bladebone (1987)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Old Silent (1989)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Old Contemptibles (1991)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Horse You Came In On (1993)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Rainbow's End (1995)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Case Has Altered (1997)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Stargazey (1998)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Lamorna Wink (1999)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Blue Last (2001)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Grave Maurice (2002)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Winds of Change (2004)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Old Wine Shades (2006)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Dust (2007)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Black Cat (2010)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Vertigo 42 (2014)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Knowledge (2018)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Old Success (2019)Description / Buy at Amazon.com

Publication Order of Emma Graham Books

Hotel Paradise (1995)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Cold Flat Junction (2000)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Belle Ruin (2005)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Fadeaway Girl (2011)Description / Buy at Amazon.com

Publication Order of Andi Oliver Books

Publication Order of Foul Matter Books

Foul Matter (2003)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Way of All Fish (2014)Description / Buy at Amazon.com

Publication Order of Standalone Novels

Send Bygraves (1989)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The End of the Pier (1992)Description / Buy at Amazon.com

Publication Order of Short Story Collections

The Train Now Departing (2000)Description / Buy at Amazon.com

Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books

Double Double: A Dual Memoir of Alcoholism (2013)Description / Buy at Amazon.com

Note: The character Maud Chadwick, who appears in the Emma Graham series, is featured in the novel The End of the Pier.

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