Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Christmas is Murder | 2008 | C.S Challinor | Buy |
| 2 | Murder in the Raw | 2009 | C.S Challinor | Buy |
| 3 | Phi Beta Murder | 2010 | C.S Challinor | Buy |
| 4 | Murder on the Moor | 2011 | C.S Challinor | Buy |
| 5 | Murder of the Bride | 2012 | C.S Challinor | Buy |
| 6 | Murder at the Dolphin Inn | 2012 | C.S Challinor | Buy |
| 7 | Say Murder With Flowers | 2013 | C.S Challinor | Buy |
| 8 | Say Goodbye to Archie | 2013 | C.S Challinor | Buy |
| 9 | Murder at Midnight | 2014 | C.S Challinor | Buy |
| 10 | Murder Comes Calling | 2015 | C.S Challinor | Buy |
| 11 | Prelude To Murder | 2015 | C.S Challinor | Buy |
| 12 | Judgment of Murder | 2016 | C.S Challinor | Buy |
| 13 | Upstaged by Murder | 2018 | C.S Challinor | Buy |
The Rex Graves Mystery series by C.S. Challinor follows a Scottish barrister who has a habit of turning up where murders happen. Starting with Christmas is Murder (2008), each book places Rex in a new English setting where he puts his legal mind to work solving a puzzling death. The series runs through thirteen books, ending with Upstaged by Murder in 2018.
The books sit comfortably in the cozy mystery tradition, with amateur sleuthing, closed-circle suspects, and murders that are more puzzle than gore. Fans of Agatha Christie and classic British whodunits will find familiar territory here, with Rex Graves as a likeable and sharp protagonist who approaches each case with logic and dry wit.