Faith Martin is a pen name of English novelist Jacquie Walton, who writes crime thriller novels under this pseudonym. She writes the Hillary Greene series. Other pen names she has used include Maxine Barry, Joyce Cato and Jessie Daniels. Faith was born in Oxford, and she sets most of her crime thrillers in that vicinity. She loves nature as well as the countryside, and tends to include descriptions of wildlife and local flowers in her writing.

Faith Martin has been writing since 1993, but debuted this pen name in 2004 with the novel A Narrow Escape, which was later revised and re-published as Murder on the Oxford Canal. Below is a list of Faith Martin’s books in order of when they were first released:

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Publication Order of DI Hillary Greene Books

Murder on the Oxford Canal / A Narrow Escape (2004)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Murder at the University / On the Straight and Narrow (2005)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Murder of the Bride / Narrow is the Way (2006)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Murder in the Village / By a Narrow Majority (2006)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Murder in the Family / Through a Narrow Door (2007)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Murder at Home / With a Narrow Blade (2007)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Murder in the Meadow / Beside a Narrow Stream (2008)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Murder in a Mansion / Down a Narrow Path (2008)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Murder in the Garden / Across the Narrow Blue Line (2010)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Murder by Fire / A Narrow Point of View (2010)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Murder at Work / A Narrow Exit (2011)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
A Narrow Return / Murder Never Retires (2012)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
A Narrow Margin of Error / Murder of a Lover (2013)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Walk a Narrow Mile / Murder Never Misses (2013)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
A Narrow Victory / Murder at Midnight (2015)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Work of a Narrow Mind / Murder in Mind (2015)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
A Narrow Trajectory / Hillary's Final Case (2018)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Hillary's Back! (2020)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Murder Now and Then (2021)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Murder in the Parish (2023)Description / Buy at Amazon.com

Publication Order of Jenny Starling / Travelling Cook Mysteries Books

The Birthday Mystery / Birthdays Can Be Murder (2010)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Winter Mystery / A Fatal Fall of Snow (2011)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Riverboat Mystery / Dying for a Cruise (2012)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Castle Mystery / The Invisible Murder (2012)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Oxford Mystery / Deadly Stuff (2014)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Teatime Mystery / Just Not Cricket (By: Joyce Cato) (2016)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Country Inn Mystery (2019)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Proof Is In The Pudding (2022)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Proof Is In The Pudding is a free book available on Joffebooks.com.

Publication Order of Monica Noble Books

(with Joyce Cato)

The Vicarage Murder / An Unholy Mess (By: Joyce Cato) (2015)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Flower Show Murder / Unholy Whiff of Death (With: Joyce Cato) (2015)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Manor House Murder / An Unholy Shame (With: Joyce Cato) (2016)Description / Buy at Amazon.com

Publication Order of Murder by Candlelight Books

Murder by Candlelight (2024)Description / Buy at Amazon.com

Publication Order of Ryder & Loveday Mystery Books

Publication Order of Standalone Novels

The Lavender Lady / The Lavender Lady Casefile (2019)Description / Buy at Amazon.com

Publication Order of Standalone Novels

Stolen Fire (By: Maxine Barry) (1993)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Fire and Ice (By: Maxine Barry) (1996)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Destinies (By: Maxine Barry) (1997)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Resolutions (By: Maxine Barry) (1997)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Dark Desire (By: Maxine Barry) (1998)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Altered Images (By: Maxine Barry) (2003)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
His Last Gamble (By: Maxine Barry) (2012)Description / Buy at Amazon.com

Notes: Murder on the Oxford Canal is a revised edition of A Narrow Escape. Murder at the University is a revised edition of On the Straight and Narrow. Murder of the Bride is a revised edition of Narrow is the Way. Murder in the Village is a revised edition of By a Narrow Majority. Murder in the Family is a revised version of Through a Narrow Door. Murder at Home is a revised edition of With a Narrow Blade. Murder in the Meadow was originally published as Beside a Narrow Stream, and has since been revised. Murder in a Mansion is a revised edition of Down a Narrow Path. Murder in the Garden is a revised edition of Across the Narrow Blue Line. Murder by Fire is a revised edition of A Narrow Point of View. Murder at Work was originally published as A Narrow Exit. A Narrow Return was re-published as Murder Never Retires. A Narrow Margin of Error was originally titled Murder of a Lover. Walk a Narrow Mile was later published as Murder Never Misses. A Narrow Victory was later re-titled Murder at Midnight. The Work of a Narrow Mind was re-published also Murder in Mind. A Narrow Trajectory is also known as Hillary’s Final Case.

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Faith Martin Synopsis: Murder on the Oxford Canal is the first DI Hillary Greene novel by Faith Martin. Not only has DI Hillary Greene lost her husband, but his actions have put her under investigation for corruption. Then a badly beaten and broken body is found floating in the Oxford Canal. It looks like the victim fell off a boat, but Hillary finds it suspicious. Her investigation exposes a dark background to the death. Can Hillary clear her name and get to the bottom of a fiendish conspiracy on the water?

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One Response to “Order of Faith Martin Books”

  1. Gene: 11 months ago

    I have read all the Hillary green books by faith Martin. In trying to read them in order again, I cannot locate the book after she moves her houseboat to Stephen Crayle’s home. The book about his death is missing, I vaguely remember something. Where is this tragedy written? Thank you. H

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