Order of Inspector Faro Books
Inspector Faro is the protagonist in a series of historical mystery novels by British novelist Alanna Knight. The series features Detective Inspector Jeremy Faro, and is set in Victorian Edinburgh. Alanna Knight conceived of the character while sitting in her Victorian home when a man passed by who she thought resembled a Victorian detective.
Alanna Knight began her Inspector Faro series in 1988 with the novel Enter Second Murderer. The series is currently ongoing. Below is a list of Alanna Knight’s Inspector Faro books in order of when they were first released (which is the same as their chronological order):
Publication Order of Inspector Faro Books
| Enter Second Murderer | (1988) |    |
| Blood Line | (1989) | |
| Deadly Beloved | (1989) | |
| Killing Cousins | (1990) | |
| A Quiet Death | (1991) | |
| To Kill a Queen | (1992) | |
| The Evil That Men Do | (1993) | |
| The Missing Duchess | (1994) | |
| The Bull Slayers | (1995) | |
| Murder by Appointment | (1997) | |
| The Coffin Lane Murders | (1998) | |
| The Final Enemy | (2003) | |
| Unholy Trinity / Death at Carasheen | (2004) | |
| Faro and the Royals | (2005) | |
| Murder in Paradise | (2009) | |
| The Seal King Murders | (2011) | |
| Murders Most Foul | (2013) | |
| Akin to Murder | (2016) | |
| The Dower House Mystery | (2019) | |
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Inspector Faro Synopses: Enter Second Murderer by Alanna Knight is the first book in the Inspector Faro mystery series, set in Victorian-era Edinburgh. Looking to prove a convicted murderer innocent of a second murder, Detective Inspector Faro reopens the case and finds a lengthy list of suspects.
Blood Line is the second Inspector Faro novel by Alanna Knight. Inspector Faro’s investigation begins with an unidentifiable body, a pair of jewelled cameos and three decade old mystery surrounding a discovery in the old apartments that once belonged to Mary Queen of Scots.