Order of Inspector West Books
The Inspector West series is a series of crime fiction novels by English novelist John Creasey. Roger West is a good-looking detective inspector with Scotland Yard. The series follows him throughout his career and life.
John Creasey began his Inspector West series in 1942 with the novel Inspector West Takes Charge. The series ran for 43 novels, ending in 1978 with A Sharp Rise in Crime. Below is a list of John Creasey’s Inspector West books in order of when they were originally published (which is the same as their chronological order):
Publication Order of Inspector West Books
| Inspector West Takes Charge | (1942) |    |
| Inspector West Leaves Town / Go Away To Murder | (1943) | |
| Inspector West at Home / Apostle of Gloom | (1944) | |
| Inspector West Regrets | (1945) | |
| Holiday for Inspector West | (1946) | |
| Battle for Inspector West | (1948) | |
| Triumph for Inspector West / The Case Against Paul Raeburn | (1948) | |
| Inspector West Kicks Off / Sport for Inspector West | (1949) | |
| Inspector West Alone | (1950) | |
| Inspector West Cries Wolf / The Creepers | (1950) | |
| A Case for Inspector West / The Figure in the Dusk | (1951) | |
| Puzzle for Inspector West / The Dissemblers | (1951) | |
| Inspector West at Bay / The Blind Spot | (1952) | |
| A Gun for Inspector West / Give a Man a Gun | (1953) | |
| Send Superintendent West / Send Inspector West | (1953) | |
| A Beauty for Inspector West / The Beauty Queen Killer | (1954) | |
| Inspector West Makes Haste / The Gelignite Gang | (1955) | |
| Two for Inspector West / Murder: One, Two, Three | (1955) | |
| Parcels for Inspector West / Death of a Postman | (1956) | |
| A Prince for Inspector West / Death of an Assassin | (1956) | |
| Find Inspector West / Doorway to Death / The Trouble at Saxby's | (1957) | |
| Accident for Inspector West / Hit and Run | (1957) | |
| Murder, London - New York | (1958) | |
| Strike for Death / The Killing Strike | (1958) | |
| Death of a Racehorse | (1959) | |
| The Case of the Innocent Victims | (1959) | |
| Murder on the Line | (1960) | |
| Death in Cold Print | (1961) | |
| The Scene of the Crime | (1961) | |
| Policeman's Dread | (1962) | |
| Hang the Little Man | (1963) | |
| Look Three Ways at Murder | (1964) | |
| Murder, London - Australia | (1967) | |
| Murder, London - South Africa | (1967) | |
| So Young to Burn | (1967) | |
| The Executioners | (1967) | |
| Murder, London - Miami | (1969) | |
| A Part for a Policeman | (1970) | |
| Alibi / Alibi for Inspector West | (1971) | |
| A Splinter of Glass | (1972) | |
| The Theft of Magna Carta | (1973) | |
| The Extortioners | (1974) | |
| A Sharp Rise in Crime | (1978) | |
Notes: Inspector West Leaves Town was also titled Go Away to Murder. Inspector West Cries Wolf was re-published as The Creepers. A Case for Inspector West was also published as The Figure in the Dusk. Puzzle for Inspector West is also known as The Dissemblers. Inspector West at Bay was later re-titled The Blind Spot and also as The Case of the Acid Throwers. A Gun for Inspector West was also published under the title Give a Man a Gun. Send Inspector West was also published as Send Superintendent West. A Beauty for Inspector West was also released as The Beauty Queen Killer, and as So Young, So Cold, So Fair. Inspector West Makes Haste was also titled The Gelignite Gang, as Murder Makes Haste, and as Night of the Watchman. Two for Inspector West was re-published as Murder: One, Two, Three, and as Murder Tips the Scales. Parcels for Inspector West was also published as Death of a Postman. A Prince for Inspector West is also known as Death of a Assassin. Accident for Inspector West was later re-titled Hit and Run. Find Inspector West was also published as The Trouble at Saxby’s, and also as Doorway to Death. Strike for Death is also known as The Killing Strike. Triumph for Inspector West was later re-titled The Case Against Paul Raeburn. Inspector West Kicks Off was alternately titled Sport for Inspector West.
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