Order of Adam Dalgliesh Books
Adam Dalgleish is a fictional character appearing in a series of mystery novels by British author P.D. James. He works at New Scotland Yard in London, starting out as a Detective Chief Inspector and rising through the ranks as the series progresses. Dalgliesh is a gentleman detective, a staple of British detective fiction.
Adam Dalgliesh made his first appearance all the way back in 1962 (in the first novel in the series, Cover Her Face) with over a dozen novels in the series ever since then. Below is a list of P.D. James’ Adam Dalgliesh books in order of when they were originally published (which is the same as their chronological order):
Publication Order of Adam Dalgliesh Books
| Cover Her Face | (1962) |    |
| A Mind to Murder | (1963) | |
| Unnatural Causes | (1967) | |
| Shroud for a Nightingale | (1971) | |
| The Black Tower | (1975) | |
| Death of an Expert Witness | (1977) | |
| A Taste for Death | (1986) | |
| Devices and Desires | (1989) | |
| Original Sin | (1994) | |
| A Certain Justice | (1997) | |
| Death in Holy Orders | (2001) | |
| The Murder Room | (2003) | |
| The Lighthouse | (2005) | |
| The Private Patient | (2008) | |