Order of Rennie Airth Books
Rennie Airth is a South African author of mystery novels. He writes the John Madden series. Besides his work as a novelist, Airth has worked as a foreign correspondent for Reuters. His novel River of Darkness was shortlisted for four crime fiction awards and won the Grand Prix de Littérature Policière in France. Airth currently lives in Italy.
Rennie Airth became a published novelist in 1969 with the novel Snatch!. His second novel wasn’t for 12 more years, which was Once a Spy. His third novel wouldn’t be for another 18 years, but after that his novels became more frequent. Below is a list of Rennie Airth’s books in order of when they were originally published:
Publication Order of John Madden Books
| River of Darkness | (1999) |    |
| The Blood-Dimmed Tide | (2004) | |
| The Dead of Winter | (2009) | |
| The Reckoning | (2014) | |
| The Death of Kings | (2017) | |
| The Decent Inn of Death | (2020) | |
Publication Order of Standalone Novels
| Snatch | (1971) | |
| Once a Spy | (1981) | |
| Cold Kill | (2020) | |
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Rennie Airth Synopsis: River of Darkness by Rennie Airth is the first book in the John Madden series. Following the Great War, Inspector John Madden is sent to a small village to look into a brutal attack. The local authorities think it was a robbery gone wrong, but Madden thinks otherwise – he thinks a psychopath is on the loose. Along with Dr. Helen Blackwell, who teaches him about criminal psychology, Madden must identify and track down the killer as next victim is being selected.
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