Bill Slider books in order

The Bill Slider series by Cynthia Harrod-Eagles features twenty-five detective novels set in London, published between 1991 and 2025.

Reading order

# Title Published Author Buy on Amazon
1 Orchestrated Death 1991 Cynthia Harrod Eagles Buy
2 Death Watch 1992 Cynthia Harrod Eagles Buy
3 Necrochip / Death to Go 1993 Cynthia Harrod Eagles Buy
4 Dead End / Grave Music 1994 Cynthia Harrod Eagles Buy
5 Blood Lines 1996 Cynthia Harrod Eagles Buy
6 Killing Time 1996 Cynthia Harrod Eagles Buy
7 Shallow Grave 1998 Cynthia Harrod Eagles Buy
8 Blood Sinister 1999 Cynthia Harrod Eagles Buy
9 Gone Tomorrow 2001 Cynthia Harrod Eagles Buy
10 Dear Departed 2005 Cynthia Harrod Eagles Buy
11 Game Over 2008 Cynthia Harrod Eagles Buy
12 Fell Purpose 2009 Cynthia Harrod Eagles Buy
13 Body Line 2011 Cynthia Harrod Eagles Buy
14 Kill My Darling 2011 Cynthia Harrod Eagles Buy
15 Blood Never Dies 2012 Cynthia Harrod Eagles Buy
16 Hard Going 2014 Cynthia Harrod Eagles Buy
17 Star Fall 2015 Cynthia Harrod Eagles Buy
18 One Under 2015 Cynthia Harrod Eagles Buy
19 Old Bones 2016 Cynthia Harrod Eagles Buy
20 Shadow Play 2017 Cynthia Harrod Eagles Buy
21 Headlong 2019 Cynthia Harrod Eagles Buy
22 Cruel as the Grave 2021 Cynthia Harrod Eagles Buy
23 Dying Fall 2022 Cynthia Harrod Eagles Buy
24 Before I Sleep 2023 Cynthia Harrod Eagles Buy
25 Easeful Death 2025 Cynthia Harrod Eagles Buy

Cynthia Harrod-Eagles’s Bill Slider series follows Detective Inspector Bill Slider of the Shepherd’s Bush CID in London. Orchestrated Death (1991) introduces Slider, and the series has continued steadily through twenty-seven books to Easeful Death (2025).

The mysteries range across London’s neighborhoods, with titles like Death Watch (1992), Blood Lines (1996), Shallow Grave (1998), and Star Fall (2015).

Frequently Asked Questions

How many books are in the Bill Slider series?

There are 25 books in the Bill Slider series, published between 1991 and 2025.

What is the first book in the Bill Slider series?

The first book in the Bill Slider series is Orchestrated Death, published in 1991.

What is the Bill Slider series about?

The series follows Detective Inspector Bill Slider of the Shepherd’s Bush CID in London. Orchestrated Death (1991) introduces Slider, and the series has grown to twenty-five books through Easeful Death (2025). The cases range from murders in the music world to cold cases across more than thirty years of publishing.

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