Akashic Noir Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| Brooklyn Noir |
2004 |
Buy |
| Trinidad Noir: The Classics |
2017 |
Buy |
| Chicago Noir |
2005 |
Buy |
| San Francisco Noir |
2002 |
Buy |
| Hasidic Noir |
2004 |
Buy |
| D.C. Noir |
2006 |
Buy |
| Brooklyn Noir 2 |
2005 |
Buy |
| Dublin Noir |
2005 |
Buy |
| Manhattan Noir |
2006 |
Buy |
| Baltimore Noir |
2006 |
Buy |
| London Noir |
2006 |
Buy |
| Miami Noir |
2006 |
Buy |
| New Orleans Noir |
2007 |
Buy |
| Los Angeles Noir |
2007 |
Buy |
| Twin Cities Noir |
2006 |
Buy |
| Wall Street Noir |
2007 |
Buy |
| Bronx Noir |
2003 |
Buy |
| Havana Noir |
2007 |
Buy |
| Detroit Noir |
2007 |
Buy |
| Queens Noir |
2008 |
Buy |
| Las Vegas Noir |
2008 |
Buy |
| Toronto Noir |
2008 |
Buy |
| Brooklyn Noir 3: Nothing But the Truth |
2008 |
Buy |
| Trinidad Noir |
2008 |
Buy |
| Chicago Noir: The Classics |
2015 |
Buy |
| Miami Noir: The Classics |
2020 |
Buy |
| Istanbul Noir |
2008 |
Buy |
| D.C. Noir 2 |
2008 |
Buy |
| Paris Noir |
2008 |
Buy |
| Manhattan Noir 2 |
2008 |
Buy |
| Rome Noir |
2009 |
Buy |
| San Francisco Noir 2: The Classics |
2009 |
N/A |
| Portland Noir |
2009 |
Buy |
| Seattle Noir |
2003 |
Buy |
| Delhi Noir |
2009 |
Buy |
| Boston Noir |
2009 |
Buy |
| San Francisco Noir 2 |
2009 |
Buy |
| Phoenix Noir |
2009 |
Buy |
| Mexico City Noir |
2010 |
Buy |
| Richmond Noir |
2010 |
Buy |
| Los Angeles Noir 2 |
2010 |
Buy |
| New Orleans Noir: The Classics |
2016 |
Buy |
| Orange County Noir |
2010 |
Buy |
| Indian Country Noir |
2010 |
Buy |
| Moscow Noir |
2010 |
Buy |
| Lone Star Noir |
2010 |
Buy |
| Philadelphia Noir |
2010 |
Buy |
| Haiti Noir |
2010 |
Buy |
| Copenhagen Noir |
2010 |
Buy |
| Pittsburgh Noir |
2011 |
Buy |
| San Diego Noir |
2011 |
Buy |
| Barcelona Noir |
2011 |
Buy |
| Cape Cod Noir |
2011 |
Buy |
| New Jersey Noir |
2011 |
Buy |
| Staten Island Noir |
2012 |
Buy |
| Mumbai Noir |
2012 |
Buy |
| Long Island Noir |
2012 |
Buy |
| Venice Noir |
2012 |
Buy |
| Kingston Noir |
2012 |
Buy |
| St. Petersburg Noir |
2012 |
Buy |
| Kansas City Noir |
2012 |
Buy |
| Boston Noir 2 |
2012 |
Buy |
| USA Noir |
2013 |
Buy |
| Manila Noir |
2013 |
Buy |
| Buffalo Noir |
2013 |
Buy |
| Dallas Noir |
2013 |
Buy |
| Haiti Noir 2 |
2013 |
Buy |
| Singapore Noir |
2014 |
Buy |
| Prison Noir |
2014 |
Buy |
| Tel Aviv Noir |
2014 |
Buy |
| Tehran Noir |
2014 |
Buy |
| Belfast Noir |
2014 |
Buy |
| Helsinki Noir |
2014 |
Buy |
| Rio Noir |
2014 |
Buy |
| Providence Noir |
2015 |
Buy |
| Memphis Noir |
2015 |
Buy |
| Zagreb Noir |
2015 |
Buy |
| Marseille Noir |
2015 |
Buy |
| Beirut Noir |
2015 |
Buy |
| Stockholm Noir |
2016 |
Buy |
| Brussels Noir |
2016 |
Buy |
| Mississippi Noir |
2016 |
Buy |
| St. Louis Noir |
2016 |
Buy |
| Prague Noir |
2016 |
Buy |
| San Juan Noir |
2016 |
Buy |
| Oakland Noir |
2017 |
Buy |
| Atlanta Noir |
2017 |
Buy |
| New Haven Noir |
2017 |
Buy |
| Montana Noir |
2017 |
Buy |
| Buenos Aires Noir |
2017 |
Buy |
| Montreal Noir |
2017 |
Buy |
| Berlin Noir |
2018 |
Buy |
| São Paulo Noir |
2018 |
Buy |
| Santa Cruz Noir |
2018 |
Buy |
| Lagos Noir |
2018 |
Buy |
| Marrakech Noir |
2018 |
Buy |
| Baghdad Noir |
2018 |
Buy |
| Vancouver Noir |
2018 |
Buy |
| Sydney Noir |
2018 |
Buy |
| Hong Kong Noir |
2018 |
Buy |
| Amsterdam Noir |
2019 |
Buy |
| Milwaukee Noir |
2019 |
Buy |
| Houston Noir |
2019 |
Buy |
| Nairobi Noir |
2020 |
Buy |
| Columbus Noir |
2020 |
Buy |
| Santa Fe Noir |
2020 |
Buy |
| Alabama Noir |
2020 |
Buy |
| Berkeley Noir |
2020 |
Buy |
| Addis Ababa Noir |
2020 |
Buy |
| Tampa Bay Noir |
2020 |
Buy |
| Accra Noir |
2020 |
Buy |
| Belgrade Noir |
2020 |
Buy |
| Palm Springs Noir |
2021 |
Buy |
| Paris Noir: The Suburbs |
2022 |
Buy |
| Denver Noir |
2022 |
Buy |
| South Central Noir |
2022 |
Buy |
| Cleveland Noir |
2023 |
Buy |
| East Jerusalem Noir |
2023 |
Buy |
| West Jerusalem Noir |
2023 |
Buy |
| Honolulu Noir |
2024 |
Buy |
| Sacramento Noir |
2025 |
Buy |
| Hamburg Noir |
2025 |
Buy |
Anthologies#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| The Oxford Book of Detective Stories |
2000 |
Buy |
| Down These Green Streets |
2011 |
Buy |
| Deadly Pleasures |
2013 |
Buy |
| Bodies in the Bookshop |
2014 |
Buy |
| Playing Dead: Short Stories by Members of the Detection Club |
2025 |
Buy |
Non-Fiction#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| An Atlas of Irish History |
1973 |
Buy |
| Daniel O’Connell and His World |
1975 |
Buy |
| James Connolly |
1981 |
Buy |
| Harold Macmillan |
1985 |
Buy |
| Victor Gollancz |
1987 |
Buy |
| Patrick Pearse |
1990 |
Buy |
| The Pursuit of Reason |
1993 |
Buy |
| True Brits |
1994 |
Buy |
| The Faithful Tribe |
1999 |
Buy |
| Newspapermen |
2003 |
Buy |
| Aftermath |
2009 |
Buy |
| The Seven |
2016 |
Buy |
Robert Amiss Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| Corridors of Death |
1982 |
Buy |
| The Saint Valentine’s Day Murders |
1984 |
Buy |
| The English School of Murder |
1990 |
Buy |
| The School of English Murder |
1990 |
N/A |
| Clubbed to Death |
1992 |
Buy |
| Matricide at St. Martha’s |
1995 |
Buy |
| Ten Lords A-Leaping |
1996 |
Buy |
| Murder in a Cathedral |
1997 |
Buy |
| Publish and Be Murdered |
1999 |
Buy |
| The Anglo-Irish Murders: A Robert Amiss/Baroness Jack Troutbeck Mystery #9 |
1981 |
N/A |
| The Anglo-Irish Murders |
2000 |
Buy |
| Carnage on the Committee |
2004 |
Buy |
| Murdering Americans |
2007 |
Buy |
| Killing the Emperors |
2012 |
Buy |
| Killing the Emperors: ‘Hilariously un-PC’ The Times |
2012 |
N/A |
Ruth Dudley Edwards is an Irish historian, journalist, and crime novelist. Her Robert Amiss mystery series spans twelve novels from 1982 to 2012, satirizing British institutions including the civil service, academia, the Church of England, the House of Lords, and the publishing industry. The series also features Baroness “Jack” Troutbeck, an outspoken and politically incorrect member of the House of Lords who became a fan favorite.
Outside fiction, Edwards has written extensively about Irish and British history. Her non-fiction titles include biographies of James Connolly and Patrick Pearse, a history of The Economist (The Pursuit of Reason), and Aftermath (2009), her account of the Omagh bombing and the families’ pursuit of justice, which won the CWA Non-fiction Gold Dagger.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many books has Ruth Dudley Edwards written?
Ruth Dudley Edwards has written 154 books across four series.
What was Ruth Dudley Edwards's first book?
Ruth Dudley Edwards’s first book is An Atlas of Irish History, published in 1973.
What awards has Ruth Dudley Edwards won?
She won the CrimeFest Last Laugh Award for Murdering Americans in 2008 and the CWA Non-fiction Gold Dagger for Aftermath in 2010. Her debut mystery Corridors of Death was shortlisted for the John Creasy Award for best first crime novel.