Order of David Williams Books
David Williams (1926-2003) was a Welsh author of crime fiction novels. His series included the Mark Treasure and the Inspector Parry series. Williams studied at Hereford Cathedral School and St. John’s College, Oxford. In the middle of university, he went off to serve as an officer with the Royal Navy during World War II. Williams would go on to as a medical copywriter until a stroke caused him to become a crime writer instead. He had already started writing crime fiction in his spare time.
David Williams’ first novel was Unholy Writ, which was published in 1976. He wrote a total of 23 novels, with the last one being the 2003 novel Practise to Deceive. Below is a list of David Williams’ books in order of when they were originally published:
Publication Order of Inspector Parry Books
| Last Seen Breathing | (1994) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Death of a Prodigal | (1996) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Dead in the Market | (1998) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| A Terminal Case | (1998) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Suicide Intended | (1999) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Practise to Deceive | (2003) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Mark Treasure Books
| Unholy Writ | (1976) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Treasure by Degrees | (1977) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Treasure Up in Smoke | (1980) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Murder for Treasure | (1981) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Copper, Gold and Treasure | (1982) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Treasure Preserved | (1983) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Advertise for Treasure | (1984) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Murder in Advent | (1985) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Wedding Treasure | (1985) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Treasure in Roubles | (1987) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Divided Treasure | (1988) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Treasure in Oxford | (1988) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Holy Treasure! | (1989) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Prescription for Murder | (1990) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Treasure by Post | (1991) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Planning On Murder | (1992) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Banking on Murder | (1993) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Short Story Collections
| Criminal Intentions | (2001) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Anthologies
| From Kinglake to Kabul | (2011) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Note: The anthology From Kinglake to Kabul is edited with Neil Grant.
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David Williams Synopses: Murder for Treasure by David Williams is the fourth book in the Mark Treasure series. Could the takeover of Rigley’s Patent Footbalm by the American Hutstacker Chemical Corporation be ruined by Mrs. Ogomore Davies’ parrot finding a body in Panty Harbour? It looked like it, but banker/sleuth Mark Treasure felt otherwise once a second body was found shortly after he arrived in the village.
Last Seen Breathing by David Williams is the first book to feature Inspector Parry. The quiet market town of Tawrbach is deeply shocked by the accidental death of former actress and rich widow Rhonwen Spencer Griffith. Then her son, Elwyn dies. Inspector Merlin Parry receives evidence that suggests Elwyn was not above a bit of blackmail. Tawrbach may never be the same again.