Order of Charles Todd Books

Charles Todd is a pen name for the mother-son writing team of American authors Caroline and Charles Todd. Their primary series centers on Inspector Ian Rutledge, an English detective at Scotland Yard in post-WWI England. Other notable characters include Francesca Hatton and Bess Crawford. Caroline sadly passed away in 2021, but her legacy endures through the characters that her son Charles continues to develop. Charles Todd released his debut novel, A Test of Wills, in 1996. Below is a list of Charles Todd’s books in the order of their original publication.

Charles Todd became a published novelist in 1994 with the novel A Test of Wills. Below is a list of Charles Todd's books in order of when they were originally released:

Publication Order of Inspector Ian Rutledge Books

Book Title	Year	Amazon USA	Amazon UK
A Test of Wills	(1994)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Wings of Fire	(1998)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Search the Dark	(1999)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Legacy of the Dead	(2000)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Watchers of Time	(2001)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
A Fearsome Doubt	(2002)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
A Cold Treachery	(2005)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
A Long Shadow	(2006)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
A False Mirror	(2007)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
A Pale Horse	(2007)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
A Matter of Justice	(2008)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Red Door	(2009)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Kidnapping	(2010)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
A Lonely Death	(2011)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Confession	(2011)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Proof of Guilt	(2013)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Cold Comfort	(2013)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Hunting Shadows	(2014)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
A Fine Summer's Day	(2015)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
No Shred of Evidence	(2016)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Racing the Devil	(2017)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Piper	(2017)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Gatekeeper	(2018)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Black Ascot	(2019)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
A Divided Loyalty	(2020)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
A Fatal Lie	(2021)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
A Game of Fear	(2022)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
A Christmas Witness	(2025)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk

Publication Order of Bess Crawford Books

Book Title	Year	Amazon USA	Amazon UK
A Duty to the Dead	(2009)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Girl on the Beach	(2010)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
An Impartial Witness	(2010)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
A Bitter Truth	(2011)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
An Unmarked Grave	(2012)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
A Question of Honor	(2013)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
An Unwilling Accomplice	(2014)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Maharani's Pearls	(2014)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
A Pattern of Lies	(2015)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Shattered Tree	(2016)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
A Casualty of War	(2017)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
A Forgotten Place	(2018)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
A Cruel Deception	(2019)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
A Hanging at Dawn	(2020)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
An Irish Hostage	(2021)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Cliff's Edge	(2023)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk

Publication Order of Standalone Novels Books

Book Title	Year	Amazon USA	Amazon UK
The Murder Stone	(2003)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk

Publication Order of Short Stories/Novellas Books

Book Title	Year	Amazon USA	Amazon UK
The Walnut Tree	(2012)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
A Guid Soldier	(2015)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk

Publication Order of Short Story Collections Books

Book Title	Year	Amazon USA	Amazon UK
Tales	(2015)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk

Publication Order of Mysterious Profiles Books

Book Title	Year	Amazon USA	Amazon UK
Ian Rutledge	(2022)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk

Publication Order of Bibliomysteries Books

Book Title	Year	Amazon USA	Amazon UK
The Pretty Little Box	(2018)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk

Publication Order of Music and Murder Mystery Books

Book Title	Year	Amazon USA	Amazon UK
The Book of Virtue (By: Ken Bruen)	(2012)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Scroll (By: Anne Perry)	(2014)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Pronghorns of the Third Reich (By: C.J. Box)	(2012)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
An Acceptable Sacrifice (By: Jeffery Deaver)	(2012)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Death Leaves a Bookmark (By: William Link)	(2012)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Seven Years (By: Peter Robinson)	(2018)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Book Thing (By: Laura Lippman)	(2012)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Book of Ghosts (By: Reed Farrel Coleman)	(2013)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Book Club (By: Loren D. Estleman)	(2014)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Long Sonata of the Dead (By: Andrew Taylor)	(2013)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Final Testament (By: Peter Blauner)	(2013)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Rides a Stranger (By: David Bell)	(2013)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
What's in a Name? (By: Thomas H. Cook)	(2014)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
It's in the Book (By: Max Allan Collins,Mickey Spillane)	(2014)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Nature of My Inheritance (By: Bradford Morrow)	(2014)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Remaindered (By: Peter Lovesey)	(2014)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Compendium of Srem (By: F. Paul Wilson)	(2014)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Gospel of Sheba (By: Lyndsay Faye)	(2014)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Sequel (By: R.L. Stine)	(2014)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Book of the Lion (By: Thomas Perry)	(2015)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Little Men (By: Megan Abbott)	(2015)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
From the Queen (By: Carolyn Hart)	(2015)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Every Seven Years (By: Denise Mina)	(2015)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Citadel (By: Stephen Hunter)	(2016)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Condor in the Stacks (By: James Grady)	(2015)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Mystery, Inc. (By: Joyce Carol Oates)	(2015)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Travelling Companion (By: Ian Rankin)	(2016)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Haze (By: James W. Hall)	(2016)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Dead Dames Don't Sing (By: John Harvey)	(2016)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Reconciliation Day (By: Christopher Fowler)	(2016)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Hoodoo Harry (By: Joe R. Lansdale)	(2017)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Pretty Little Box	(2018)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Caxton Private Lending Library & Book Depository (By: John Connolly)	(2018)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Hemingway Valise (By: Robert Olen Butler)	(2018)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Last Honest Horse Thief (By: Michael Koryta)	(2018)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Book Case (By: Nelson DeMille)	(2012)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
From the Queen (By: Carolyn Hart)	(2015)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Girl Who Did Say No (By: David Handler)	(2020)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Traitor (By: Martin Edwards)	(2022)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Dark Door (By: Lisa Unger)	(2022)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Honeymoon Trap (By: Peter Swanson)	(2022)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk

Publication Order of Anthologies Books

Book Title	Year	Amazon USA	Amazon UK
Hotel California (By: Heather Graham,John Gilstrap,Reed Farrel Coleman,Andrew Child,Amanda Flower,Don Bruns,Rick Bleiweiss,Jennifer Dornbush)	(2022)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Bat Out of Hell (With: Heather Graham,John Gilstrap,Andrew Child,Don Bruns,Rick Bleiweiss,Dave Bruns,C.J. Kudlacz)	(2025)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk

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