Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Turnstone | 2000 | Graham Hurley | Buy |
| 2 | The Take | 2001 | Graham Hurley | Buy |
| 3 | Angels Passing | 2002 | Graham Hurley | Buy |
| 4 | Deadlight | 2003 | Graham Hurley | Buy |
| 5 | Cut To Black | 2004 | Graham Hurley | Buy |
| 6 | Blood and Honey | 2006 | Graham Hurley | Buy |
| 7 | One Under | 2006 | Graham Hurley | Buy |
| 8 | The Price of Darkness | 2008 | Graham Hurley | Buy |
| 9 | No Lovelier Death | 2009 | Graham Hurley | Buy |
| 10 | Beyond Reach | 2010 | Graham Hurley | Buy |
| 11 | Borrowed Light | 2010 | Graham Hurley | Buy |
| 12 | Happy Days | 2012 | Graham Hurley | Buy |
Graham Hurley’s Faraday and Winter series is a twelve-book police procedural saga set in Portsmouth, a working-class naval city on England’s south coast. The series follows two detectives with very different approaches to policing: DI Joe Faraday, a quiet, methodical investigator who finds solace in birdwatching, and DC Paul Winter, a pragmatic operator who is as comfortable dealing with criminals as arresting them. Their storylines run in parallel, sometimes crossing, always contrasting.
Starting with Turnstone (2000) and concluding with Happy Days (2012), the series tracks the decline of one man’s integrity and the testing of another’s. Hurley uses Portsmouth’s geography and social fabric extensively, making the city as much a character as the detectives. The books grew darker and more complex as they progressed, with Winter’s moral compromises becoming increasingly difficult to justify even as his logic remained persuasive.