DCI Yorke Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| One Last Prayer |
2019 |
Buy |
| A Lesson in Crime |
2019 |
Buy |
| The Repenting Serpent |
2019 |
Buy |
| The Silence of Severance |
2019 |
Buy |
| Rise of the Rays |
2020 |
Buy |
| Dance with the Reaper |
2020 |
Buy |
| Christmas with the Conduit |
2020 |
Buy |
| Better the Devil |
2023 |
Buy |
| The Secret Diary of Lacey Ray |
2024 |
Buy |
Jake Pettman Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| The Killing Pit |
2021 |
Buy |
| Fire in Bone |
2021 |
Buy |
| Fire in Bone: A Jake Pettman Thriller |
2021 |
N/A |
| Blue Falls |
2021 |
Buy |
| The Rotten Core |
2022 |
Buy |
| Rock and a Hard Place |
2022 |
Buy |
The Yorkshire Murders Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| The Viaduct Kilings |
2022 |
Buy |
| The Lonely Lake Killings |
2023 |
Buy |
| The Crying Cave Killings |
2023 |
Buy |
| The Graveyard Killings |
2024 |
Buy |
| The Winter Killings |
2024 |
Buy |
| The Black Rock Killings |
2025 |
Buy |
| The York Minster Killings |
2026 |
Buy |
Whitby’s Forgotten Victims Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| Forgotten Bones |
2024 |
Buy |
| Forgotten Lives |
2024 |
Buy |
| Forgotten Souls |
2024 |
Buy |
| Forgotten Graves |
2025 |
Buy |
| Forgotten Shadows |
2025 |
Buy |
| Forgotten Depths |
2026 |
Buy |
| Forgotten Frost |
2026 |
Buy |
Wes Markin has published twenty-nine crime novels since 2019, building four distinct detective series in rapid succession. DCI Yorke launched first with One Last Prayer in 2019, followed by the Jake Pettman thrillers starting in 2021, The Yorkshire Murders from 2022, and the Whitby’s Forgotten Victims series from 2024. Each series follows a different detective through cases set in atmospheric English locations.
The pace of his output is notable — twenty-nine books in seven years across four active series. Markin keeps the focus on classic British police procedural territory: flawed detectives, small-town secrets, bleak landscapes, and crimes that dig into the histories of the communities where they happen. The Yorkshire setting appears in two of his four series, suggesting a particular attachment to that part of England.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many books has Wes Markin written?
Wes Markin has written 29 books across four series.
What was Wes Markin's first book?
Wes Markin’s first book is A Lesson in Crime, published in 2019.
How are Wes Markin's four series connected?
“Markin’s four series each follow different detectives in different parts of England — DCI Yorke operates in Salisbury, Jake Pettman works in a different jurisdiction, and The Yorkshire Murders and Whitby’s Forgotten Victims are both set in Yorkshire. While each series can be read independently, they share Markin’s style of atmospheric British settings and layered police investigations. The Yorkshire and Whitby series overlap geographically, giving readers who follow both a fuller picture of crime in the region.”