Order of Martha Grimes Books

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):

Publication Order of Richard Jury Books

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

Publication Order of Emma Graham Books

Hotel Paradise	(1996)
Cold Flat Junction	(2000)
Belle Ruin	(2005)
Fadeaway Girl	(2011)

Publication Order of Andi Olivier Books

Biting the Moon	(1999)
Dakota	(2008)

Publication Order of Standalone Novels

Send Bygraves	(1990)
The End of the Pier	(1993)
Foul Matter	(2003)
The Way of All Fish	(2014)
The Old Success	(2019)

Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books

Double Double: A Dual Memoir of Alcoholism

(2013)

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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