Action Scene Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| Bushranger |
1987 |
Buy |
| Skydive |
1987 |
Buy |
| Seabird |
1987 |
Buy |
| Snowstorm |
1988 |
Buy |
Alan Saxon Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| Bullet Hole |
1986 |
Buy |
| Double Eagle |
1987 |
Buy |
| Green Murder |
1990 |
Buy |
| Bermuda Grass |
2002 |
Buy |
| Honolulu Play-Off |
2004 |
Buy |
| Flagstick |
2012 |
Buy |
Anthologies#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| Malice Domestic 6 |
1997 |
Buy |
| AZ Murder Goes… Artful |
1997 |
Buy |
| The Sunken Sailor |
2004 |
Buy |
| The Mammoth Book of Best British Crime 8 |
2011 |
Buy |
Architecture Mysteries Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| Murder at the Arizona Biltmore / Murder in Perspective |
2023 |
Buy |
| Homicide in Chicago /Saint’s Rest |
2023 |
Buy |
Bow Street Rivals Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| Shadow of the Hangman |
2015 |
Buy |
| Steps to the Gallows |
2017 |
Buy |
| Date with the Executioner |
2017 |
Buy |
| Fugitive from the Grave |
2018 |
Buy |
| Rage of the Assassin |
2021 |
Buy |
Captain Rawson Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| Soldier of Fortune |
2008 |
Buy |
| Drums of War |
2008 |
Buy |
| Fire and Sword |
2009 |
Buy |
| Under Siege |
2010 |
Buy |
| A Very Murdering Battle |
2011 |
Buy |
Christopher Redmayne Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| The King’s Evil |
1999 |
Buy |
| The Amorous Nightingale |
2000 |
Buy |
| The Repentant Rake |
2001 |
Buy |
| The Frost Fair |
2003 |
Buy |
| The Parliament House |
2006 |
Buy |
| The Painted Lady |
2007 |
Buy |
City Hospital Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| New Blood |
1995 |
Buy |
| Flames |
1995 |
Buy |
| Fever |
1995 |
Buy |
| Emergency |
1995 |
Buy |
| Coma |
1995 |
Buy |
| Target |
1995 |
Buy |
| Stress |
1996 |
Buy |
| High Rise |
1996 |
Buy |
| Heart Rate |
1996 |
Buy |
| X-ray |
1996 |
Buy |
| Accident |
2000 |
Buy |
Dan Hawker Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| Touch Play |
1991 |
Buy |
| Stone Dead |
1991 |
Buy |
Dillman & Masefield / Ocean Liner Mysteries Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| Murder on the Lusitania |
1999 |
Buy |
| Murder on the Mauretania |
2000 |
Buy |
| Murder on the Minnesota |
2002 |
Buy |
| Murder on the Caronia |
2003 |
Buy |
| Murder on the Marmora |
2004 |
Buy |
| Murder on the Salsette |
2005 |
Buy |
| Murder on the Oceanic |
2006 |
Buy |
| Murder on the Celtic |
2007 |
Buy |
Domesday Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| The Wolves of Savernake |
1993 |
Buy |
| The Ravens of Blackwater |
1994 |
Buy |
| The Dragons of Archenfield |
1995 |
Buy |
| The Lions of the North |
1996 |
Buy |
| The Serpents Of Harbledown |
1996 |
Buy |
| The Stallions of Woodstock |
1997 |
Buy |
| The Hawks of Delamere |
1998 |
Buy |
| The Wildcats of Exeter |
1998 |
Buy |
| The Foxes of Warwick |
1999 |
Buy |
| The Owls of Gloucester |
2000 |
Buy |
| The Elephants of Norwich |
2000 |
Buy |
Edward Marston Short Story Collections#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| Murder, Ancient And Modern |
2005 |
Buy |
Elizabethan Theater Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| The Queen’s Head |
1988 |
Buy |
| The Merry Devils |
1989 |
Buy |
| The Trip to Jerusalem |
1990 |
Buy |
| The Nine Giants |
1991 |
Buy |
| The Mad Courtesan |
1992 |
Buy |
| The Silent Woman |
1992 |
Buy |
| The Roaring Boy |
1995 |
Buy |
| The Laughing Hangman |
1996 |
Buy |
| The Fair Maid of Bohemia |
1997 |
Buy |
| The Wanton Angel |
1999 |
Buy |
| The Devil’s Apprentice |
2001 |
Buy |
| The Bawdy Basket |
2002 |
Buy |
| The Vagabond Clown |
2003 |
Buy |
| The Counterfeit Crank |
2004 |
Buy |
| The Malevolent Comedy |
2005 |
Buy |
| The Princess of Denmark |
2006 |
Buy |
Frankenstein Horror#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| Dragon’s Teeth |
1973 |
Buy |
Home Front Detective Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| A Bespoke Murder |
2011 |
Buy |
| An Instrument of Slaughter |
2012 |
Buy |
| Five Dead Canaries |
2013 |
Buy |
| Deeds of Darkness |
2014 |
Buy |
| Dance of Death |
2015 |
Buy |
| The Enemy Within |
2016 |
Buy |
| Under Attack |
2017 |
Buy |
| The Unseen Hand |
2019 |
Buy |
| Orders to Kill |
2021 |
Buy |
| Danger of Defeat |
2023 |
Buy |
| Spring Offensive |
2024 |
Buy |
Inspector Robert Colbeck Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| The Railway Detective |
2004 |
Buy |
| The Excursion Train |
2005 |
Buy |
| The Railway Viaduct |
2006 |
Buy |
| The Iron Horse |
2007 |
Buy |
| Murder on the Brighton Express |
2007 |
Buy |
| The Silver Locomotive Mystery |
2009 |
Buy |
| Railway to the Grave |
2010 |
Buy |
| Blood on the Line |
2011 |
Buy |
| The Stationmaster’s Farewell |
2012 |
Buy |
| Peril on the Royal Train |
2013 |
Buy |
| A Ticket to Oblivion |
2014 |
Buy |
| Timetable of Death |
2015 |
Buy |
| Signal for Vengeance |
2016 |
Buy |
| The Circus Train Conspiracy |
2017 |
Buy |
| A Christmas Railway Mystery |
2017 |
Buy |
| Points of Danger |
2019 |
Buy |
| Fear on the Phantom Special |
2019 |
Buy |
| Slaughter in the Sapperton Tunnel |
2020 |
Buy |
| Tragedy on the Branch Line |
2021 |
Buy |
| The Railway Detective’s Christmas Case |
2022 |
Buy |
| Death at the Terminus |
2023 |
Buy |
| Murder in Transit |
2024 |
Buy |
| Mystery at the Station Hotel |
2025 |
Buy |
| Murder on the Great Northern Railway |
2025 |
Buy |
Inspector Robert Colbeck Collections#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| Inspector Colbeck’s Casebook |
2014 |
Buy |
Merlin Richards Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| Murder in Perspective |
1997 |
Buy |
| Saint’s Rest |
1999 |
Buy |
Mountjoy Memoirs Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| Queen and Country |
1985 |
Buy |
| Coming of Age |
1985 |
Buy |
| The Honourable Member |
1986 |
Buy |
Non-Fiction#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| Günter Grass |
1975 |
Buy |
| Jahangir and the Khan Dynasty |
1988 |
Buy |
| Handbook of Rugby |
1999 |
Buy |
Novels of the American Revolution Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| Saratoga |
2005 |
Buy |
| Valley Forge |
2006 |
Buy |
Peter Lovesey Short Stories/Novellas Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| Vandals |
1985 |
N/A |
| The Crime of Miss Oyster Brown |
1994 |
Buy |
| A Parrot is Forever |
1996 |
Buy |
| Corbett Correspondence |
1997 |
Buy |
Sin Bin Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| Iggy |
1988 |
Buy |
| Melanie |
1988 |
Buy |
| Tariq |
1989 |
Buy |
| Bev |
1989 |
Buy |
Sportsline#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| Death Vault |
1990 |
Buy |
Standalone Novels#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| Ambridge Summer |
1975 |
Buy |
| The Warrior Kings |
1978 |
Buy |
| The Devil’s Crown |
1978 |
Buy |
| Crossroads, A Family Affair |
1980 |
Buy |
| Marco Polo |
1982 |
Buy |
| We’ll Meet Again |
1982 |
Buy |
| Breaks |
1983 |
Buy |
| Boys from the Blackstuff |
1984 |
Buy |
| Finest Swordsman in All France |
1984 |
Buy |
| Not Far Glory, Not Far Gold |
1986 |
Buy |
Keith Miles is a Welsh writer who has published over 100 novels under several names. As Edward Marston, he is known for the Inspector Robert Colbeck (Railway Detective) series, the Domesday Books, and the Elizabethan Theater series. As Conrad Allen, he wrote the Dillman and Masefield ocean liner mysteries. Under his own name, he created the Alan Saxon golf mysteries.
Miles began writing mystery fiction in the mid-1980s. His work spans centuries of historical settings, from medieval England in the Domesday series to Victorian railways with Inspector Colbeck. He also wrote the Bow Street Rivals, Captain Rawson, Christopher Redmayne, and Home Front Detective series, among many others. His books combine period detail with traditional whodunit plotting.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many books has Conrad Allen/ Keith Miles written?
Conrad Allen/ Keith Miles has written 147 books across 25 series.
What was Conrad Allen/ Keith Miles's first book?
Conrad Allen/ Keith Miles’s first book is Dragon’s Teeth, published in 1973.
How are Conrad Allen, Keith Miles, and Edward Marston related?
They are all the same person. Keith Miles is the Welsh author’s real name. He writes historical mysteries under the pen name Edward Marston and wrote ocean liner mysteries as Conrad Allen. He has also published as Martin Inigo.