Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shanghai Thunder | 1986 | David Hewson | Buy |
| 2 | Semana Santa / Death in Seville | 1996 | David Hewson | Buy |
| 3 | Epiphany | 1996 | David Hewson | Buy |
| 4 | Solstice | 1999 | David Hewson | Buy |
| 5 | Native Rites | 2000 | David Hewson | Buy |
| 6 | Lucifer’s Shadow / The Cemetery of Secrets | 2001 | David Hewson | Buy |
| 7 | The Promised Land | 2007 | David Hewson | Buy |
| 8 | Carnival for the Dead | 2011 | David Hewson | Buy |
| 9 | Macbeth | 2011 | David Hewson | Buy |
| 10 | The Flood | 2013 | David Hewson | Buy |
| 11 | Hamlet, Prince of Denmark | 2014 | David Hewson | Buy |
| 12 | Juliet and Romeo | 2016 | David Hewson | Buy |
| 13 | Shoother in the Shadows | 2020 | David Hewson | Buy |
| 14 | The Garden of Angels | 2021 | David Hewson | Buy |
| 15 | Baptiste: The Blade Must Fall | 2024 | David Hewson | Buy |
| 16 | When the Germans Come | 2024 | David Hewson | Buy |
David Hewson’s standalone novels cover a wide range from his 1986 debut Shanghai Thunder through When the Germans Come in 2024. His Shakespeare adaptations bring Macbeth, Hamlet, and Romeo and Juliet into novel form, treating the plays as source material for new literary works. The Garden of Angels, set in World War II Venice, shows his historical fiction capabilities.
Earlier standalones like Semana Santa (set in Seville) and Lucifer’s Shadow demonstrate his fascination with European settings long before he settled on Rome for the Nic Costa series. More recent entries like Shooter in the Shadows and Baptiste: The Blade Must Fall show him continuing to experiment with different forms and settings. The variety of his standalone work reflects a writer with broad literary interests who is not confined to a single genre or formula.