Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Cleverness of Mr. Budd | 1935 | Gerald Verner | Buy |
| 2 | Midnight Murder | 1935 | Gerald Verner | Buy |
| 3 | The Grim Joker | 1936 | Gerald Verner | Buy |
| 4 | The Jockey | 1937 | Gerald Verner | Buy |
| 5 | The Return of Mr. Budd | 1938 | Gerald Verner | Buy |
| 6 | The Silver Horseshoe | 1938 | Gerald Verner | Buy |
| 7 | The Witches Moon | 1938 | Gerald Verner | Buy |
| 8 | The Football Pool Murders / The Coupon Crimes | 1939 | Gerald Verner | Buy |
| 9 | The Huntsman | 1940 | Gerald Verner | Buy |
| 10 | Mr. Budd Investigates | 1940 | Gerald Verner | Buy |
| 11 | The House of the Goat | 1940 | Gerald Verner | Buy |
| 12 | Crooked Circle | 1945 | Gerald Verner | Buy |
| 13 | The Twelve Apostles | 1946 | Gerald Verner | Buy |
| 14 | The Seven Lamps | 1947 | Gerald Verner | Buy |
| 15 | The Royal Flush Murders | 1948 | Gerald Verner | Buy |
| 16 | The Tipster | 1949 | Gerald Verner | Buy |
| 17 | The Whispering Woman | 1949 | Gerald Verner | Buy |
| 18 | Mr. Midnight | 1953 | Gerald Verner | Buy |
| 19 | The Nursery Rhyme Murders | 1960 | Gerald Verner | Buy |
| 20 | The Last Warning | 1962 | Gerald Verner | Buy |
| 21 | The Red Tape Murders | 1962 | Gerald Verner | Buy |
| 22 | Murder in Manuscript | 1963 | Gerald Verner | Buy |
| 23 | Six Men Died | 1964 | Gerald Verner | Buy |
| 24 | Mister Big | 1966 | Gerald Verner | Buy |
| 25 | Mr. Budd Steps In | 2011 | Gerald Verner | Buy |
| 26 | Mr. Budd Again | 2012 | Gerald Verner | Buy |
| 27 | The Beard of the Prophet | 2012 | Gerald Verner | Buy |
| 28 | The Chained Man | 2013 | Gerald Verner | Buy |
| 29 | The Seventh Virgin | 2019 | Gerald Verner | Buy |
The Robert Budd Mystery series is Gerald Verner’s longest and most popular, following a Scotland Yard superintendent through twenty-nine cases. Starting with The Cleverness of Mr. Budd in 1935, the series ran through the golden age of detective fiction and into the 1960s, with posthumous compilations continuing through 2019.
Budd is a patient, thorough investigator whose cases include murder mysteries (Midnight Murder, The Nursery Rhyme Murders), criminal conspiracies (The Silver Horseshoe, The Twelve Apostles), and puzzles built around coded messages and hidden identities. Titles like Mr. Budd Investigates and Mr. Budd Steps In became synonymous with a particular style of dependable British crime fiction.