Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Hampstead Mystery | 1916 | Arthur J. Rees | N/A |
| 2 | Island of Destiny | 1923 | Arthur J. Rees | Buy |
| 3 | The Mystery of the Downs | 1918 | Arthur J. Rees | N/A |
| 4 | The Pavilion by the Lake | 1930 | Arthur J. Rees | N/A |
| 5 | The Tragedy of Twelvetrees | 1931 | Arthur J. Rees | N/A |
| 6 | The River Mystery | 1932 | Arthur J. Rees | N/A |
| 7 | Aldringham’s Last Chance | 1933 | Arthur J. Rees | N/A |
| 8 | The Single Clue | 1940 | Arthur J. Rees | N/A |
Inspector Luckraft is Arthur J. Rees’s longest-running detective character, appearing in eight novels over nearly twenty-five years. The series begins with The Hampstead Mystery (1916), which Luckraft shares with Inspector Crewe, and continues through The Single Clue (1940).
The novels take Luckraft through a variety of settings and case types, from the London murder of The Hampstead Mystery to rural mysteries like Island of Destiny (1923) and The River Mystery (1932). Later entries including The Tragedy of Twelvetrees (1931) and Aldringham’s Last Chance (1933) show an experienced detective handling increasingly complex cases.