Order of John Madden Books
John Madden is the protagonist in a series of historical mystery novels by South African novelist Rennie Airth. Inspector John Madden works out of Scotland Yard. Prior to becoming a detective, he was a veteran of World War I.
Rennie Airth began his John Madden series in 1999 with the novel River of Darkness. Originally planned as a trilogy, the series is currently ongoing. Below is a list of Rennie Airth’s John Madden books in order of when they were first released (which is the same as their chronological order):
Publication Order of John Madden Books
| River of Darkness | (1999) |
  
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| The Blood-Dimmed Tide | (2004) |
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| The Dead of Winter | (2009) |
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| The Reckoning | (2014) |
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| The Death of Kings | (2017) |
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| The Decent Inn of Death | (2020) |
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John Madden Synopsis: The Blood-Dimmed Tide by Rennie Airth, set in 1932, is the second novel featuring Inspector John Madden, whose discovery of a young girl’s mutilated body near his home in rural England brings him out of retirement despite his wife’s opinion. He soon finds himself chasing a killer whose horrific crime could have implications far afield in a Europe threatened by the rise of Hitler.
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