Order of H.R.F. Keating Books
H.R.F. Keating was an English author best known for writing the Inspector Ghote and Evelyn Hervey series of books. He was the recipient of the CWA Cartier Diamond Dagger for outstanding services to crime literature.
Keating was born in St. Leonards-on-Sea, Sussex where he wrote his first story at the ripe age of eight years old. He would go on to Merchant Taylor’s School in London and later Trinity College, Dublin before he returned to London to work as a journalist for the Daily Telegraph. He reviewed crime books for them for a long time while also writing his own.
Publication Order of Inspector Ghote Books
| The Perfect Murder | (1964) |    |
| Inspector Ghote's Good Crusade | (1966) | |
| Inspector Ghote Caught in Meshes | (1967) | |
| Inspector Ghote Hunts the Peacock | (1968) | |
| Inspector Ghote Plays a Joker | (1969) | |
| Inspector Ghote Breaks an Egg | (1970) | |
| Inspector Ghote Goes By Train | (1971) | |
| Inspector Ghote Trusts the Heart | (1972) | |
| Bats Fly Up for Inspector Ghote | (1974) | |
| Filmi, Filmi, Inspector Ghote | (1976) | |
| Inspector Ghote Draws a Line | (1979) | |
| The Murder of the Maharajah | (1980) | |
| Go West, Inspector Ghote | (1981) | |
| The Sheriff of Bombay | (1984) | |
| Under a Monsoon Cloud | (1986) | |
| The Body in the Billiard Room | (1987) | |
| Dead on Time | (1988) | |
| Inspector Ghote, His Life and Crimes | (1989) | |
| The Iciest Sin | (1990) | |
| Cheating Death | (1992) | |
| Doing Wrong | (1993) | |
| Asking Questions | (1996) | |
| Bribery, Corruption Also | (1999) | |
| Breaking and Entering | (2000) | |
| Inspector Ghote's First Case | (2008) | |
| A Small Case for Inspector Ghote? | (2009) | |
Publication Order of Harriet Martens Books
| The Hard Detective | (2000) | |
| A Detective in Love | (2001) | |
| A Detective Under Fire | (2002) | |
| The Dreaming Detective | (2003) | |
| A Detective at Death's Door | (2004) | |
| One Man and His Bomb | (2006) | |
| Rules, Regs and Rotten Eggs | (2007) | |
Publication Order of Harriet Unwin Mystery Books
(as Evelyn Hervey)
| The Governess | (1983) | |
| The Man of Gold | (1985) | |
| Into the Valley of Death | (1986) | |
Publication Order of Standalone Novels
| Death and the Visiting Firemen | (1959) | |
| Zen There Was Murder | (1960) | |
| A Rush on the Ultimate | (1961) | |
| The Dog It Was That Died | (1962) | |
| Death of a Fat God | (1963) | |
| Is Skin Deep, Is Fatal | (1965) | |
| The Strong Man | (1971) | |
| The Underside | (1974) | |
| Murder Must Appetize | (1975) | |
| A Remarkable Case of Burglary | (1975) | |
| Murder by Death | (1976) | |
| A Long Walk to Wimbledon | (1978) | |
| Mrs. Craggs: Crimes Cleaned Up | (1985) | |
| The Rich Detective | (1993) | |
| The Good Detective | (1995) | |
| The Soft Detective | (1998) | |
| The Bad Detective | (1999) | |
| Jack, the Lady Killer | (1999) | |
Publication Order of Short Story Collections
| In Kensington Gardens Once... | (1997) | |
Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books
| Blood on My Mind | (1972) | |
| Sherlock Holmes | (1979) | |
| Whodunit?: A Guide To Crime, Suspense and Spy Fiction | (1982) | |
| Writing Crime Fiction | (1986) | |
| Crime and Mystery | (1987) | |
| Great Crimes | (1991) | |
| The Bedside Companion to Crime | (1997) | |
Publication Order of Anthologies
| Agatha Christie | (1977) | |
| John Creasey's Crime Collection, 1977 | (1977) | |
| Chilling and Killing | (1978) | |
| Crime Waves 1 | (1978) | |
| Verdict of Thirteen | (1979) | |
| The Misadventures of Sherlock Holmes | (1989) | |
| 1st Culprit | (1992) | |
| The Man Who... | (1992) | |
| 3rd Culprit | (1994) | |
| The Crown Crime Companion | (1995) | |
| Win, Lose or Die | (1996) | |
| 100 Sneaky Little Sleuth Stories | (1997) | |
| Criminal Records | (2000) | |
If You Like H.R.F. Keating Books, You’ll Love…
The Perfect Murder is the first book in the Inspector Ghote series. Ghote is just starting his career with the Bombay Police when he lands the perfect murder to start his career. While dealing with that, he also has a cunning tycoon named Lala Varde to deal with and a the theft of a rupee from the desk of the Police Affairs and the Arts. He really has his plate full here and has to wade through all of the quagmires of incompentence and corruption to solve these curious crimes.
The Harriet Martens series is another book series by Keating. The first book in the series is The Hard Detective. This book introduces us to the Detective Chief Inspector as she is trying to clean up Greater Birchester with the “Stop the Rot” campaign. Not everyone is on board with the campaign though and that comes to a head when a night-patrol constable is murdered while on duty. The officers start to become targeted and Martens recognizes a twisted pattern among the murders. The killer is on a personal quest for revenge and in order to stop him, and stop the rot, Harriet will put her own life on the line.