Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Inspector West Takes Charge | 1942 | John Creasey | Buy |
| 2 | Go Away to Murder | 1943 | John Creasey | N/A |
| 3 | Inspector West Leaves Town / Go Away To Murder | 1943 | John Creasey | Buy |
| 4 | Inspector West at Home / Apostle of Gloom | 1944 | John Creasey | Buy |
| 5 | Holy Death | 2016 | John Creasey | N/A |
| 6 | Holiday for Inspector West | 1946 | John Creasey | Buy |
| 7 | Battle for Inspector West | 1948 | John Creasey | Buy |
| 8 | Triumph for Inspector West / The Case Against Paul Raeburn | 1948 | John Creasey | Buy |
| 9 | Inspector West Kicks Off / Sport for Inspector West | 1949 | John Creasey | Buy |
| 10 | Inspector West Regrets | 1945 | John Creasey | Buy |
| 11 | Inspector West Cries Wolf / The Creepers | 1950 | John Creasey | Buy |
| 12 | A Case for Inspector West / The Figure in the Dusk | 1951 | John Creasey | Buy |
| 13 | Puzzle for Inspector West / The Dissemblers | 1951 | John Creasey | Buy |
| 14 | Inspector West Alone | 1950 | John Creasey | Buy |
| 15 | Inspector West at Bay / The Blind Spot | 1952 | John Creasey | Buy |
| 16 | A Gun for Inspector West / Give a Man a Gun | 1953 | John Creasey | Buy |
| 17 | Send Superintendent West | 1953 | John Creasey | N/A |
| 18 | Send Superintendent West / Send Inspector West | 1953 | John Creasey | Buy |
| 19 | A Beauty for Inspector West / The Beauty Queen Killer | 1954 | John Creasey | Buy |
| 20 | Inspector West Makes Haste / The Gelignite Gang | 1955 | John Creasey | Buy |
| 21 | Two for Inspector West / Murder: One, Two, Three | 1955 | John Creasey | Buy |
| 22 | Parcels for Inspector West / Death of a Postman | 1956 | John Creasey | Buy |
| 23 | A Prince for Inspector West / Death of an Assassin | 1956 | John Creasey | Buy |
| 24 | Find Inspector West / Doorway to Death / The Trouble at Saxby’s | 1957 | John Creasey | Buy |
| 25 | Accident for Inspector West / Hit and Run | 1957 | John Creasey | Buy |
| 26 | Murder, London - New York | 1958 | John Creasey | Buy |
| 27 | Strike for Death | 1958 | John Creasey | N/A |
| 28 | Strike for Death / The Killing Strike | 1958 | John Creasey | Buy |
| 29 | Death of a Racehorse | 1959 | John Creasey | Buy |
| 30 | The Case of the Innocent Victims | 1959 | John Creasey | Buy |
| 31 | Murder on the Line | 1960 | John Creasey | Buy |
| 32 | Death in Cold Print | 1961 | John Creasey | Buy |
| 33 | The Scene of the Crime | 1961 | John Creasey | Buy |
| 34 | Policeman’s Dread | 1962 | John Creasey | Buy |
| 35 | Hang the Little Man | 1963 | John Creasey | Buy |
| 36 | Look Three Ways at Murder | 1964 | John Creasey | Buy |
| 37 | Murder, London - Australia | 1967 | John Creasey | Buy |
| 38 | Murder, London - South Africa | 1967 | John Creasey | Buy |
| 39 | So Young to Burn | 1967 | John Creasey | Buy |
| 40 | The Executioners | 1967 | John Creasey | Buy |
| 41 | Murder, London - Miami | 1969 | John Creasey | Buy |
| 42 | A Part for a Policeman | 1970 | John Creasey | Buy |
| 43 | Alibi / Alibi for Inspector West | 1971 | John Creasey | Buy |
| 44 | A Splinter of Glass | 1972 | John Creasey | Buy |
| 45 | The Theft of Magna Carta | 1973 | John Creasey | Buy |
| 46 | The Extortioners | 1974 | John Creasey | Buy |
| 47 | A Sharp Rise in Crime | 1978 | John Creasey | Buy |
“Inspector West is John Creasey’s entry in the classic police procedural tradition. Forty-seven books follow Roger West from Inspector to Superintendent at Scotland Yard, covering cases that range from domestic murder to international crime. The series launched in 1942 with Inspector West Takes Charge and ran through A Sharp Rise in Crime in 1978.”
“Creasey built the series around methodical police work rather than brilliant deduction or amateur sleuthing. West is a professional doing a difficult job, and the novels reflect the realities of institutional policing — the paperwork, the politics, the long hours. The international titles (Murder, London - New York; Murder, London - Australia; Murder, London - Miami) show the series expanding its scope as West’s career progressed.”