Metatemporal Detectives books in order

Metatemporal Detectives is a Mark Hodder series beginning with The Albino's Secret (2025), featuring cross-time detective fiction in his characteristic blend of pulp and steampunk styles.

Reading order

# Title Published Author Buy on Amazon
1 The Albino’s Secret 2025 Mark Hodder Buy

Metatemporal Detectives is a series by Mark Hodder launched in 2025 with The Albino’s Secret. The concept brings together detectives operating across different time periods and alternate histories, a premise that fits naturally with Hodder’s longstanding interests in Victorian settings, pulp fiction, and the mechanics of time and alternate reality established in his Burton and Swinburne novels.

Hodder has written extensively in the steampunk and alternate-history genres, and Metatemporal Detectives appears to draw on that accumulated world-building. The Albino’s Secret is the first entry and establishes the series’ premise and tone.

The series has one volume at the time of writing. It is listed in the reading order table below.


Frequently Asked Questions

How many books are in the Metatemporal Detectives series?

There are one books in the Metatemporal Detectives series, published in 2025.

What is the first book in the Metatemporal Detectives series?

The first book in the Metatemporal Detectives series is The Albino’s Secret, published in 2025.

Is Metatemporal Detectives connected to Mark Hodder's other series?

The series shares Hodder’s broader interest in alternate histories and Victorian pulp characters. The Albino’s Secret, the first volume, features characters and concepts that draw on his wider fictional world, including Zenith the Albino, who also appears in other Hodder works. Readers familiar with his other series will recognise elements, but the book is readable as a standalone starting point.

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