Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A Man Lay Dead | 1934 | Stella Duffy | Buy |
| 2 | Enter a Murder | 1935 | Stella Duffy | N/A |
| 3 | Enter a Murderer | 1935 | Stella Duffy | Buy |
| 4 | The Nursing Home Murder | 1935 | Stella Duffy | Buy |
| 5 | Death in Ecstasy | 1936 | Stella Duffy | Buy |
| 6 | Mort en extase | 1936 | Stella Duffy | N/A |
| 7 | Vintage Murder | 1937 | Stella Duffy | Buy |
| 8 | Artists in Crime | 1938 | Stella Duffy | Buy |
| 9 | Death in a White Tie | 1938 | Stella Duffy | Buy |
| 10 | Overture to Death | 1939 | Stella Duffy | Buy |
| 11 | Death at the Bar | 1940 | Stella Duffy | Buy |
| 12 | Death of a Peer / Surfeit of Lampreys | 1940 | Stella Duffy | Buy |
| 13 | Death of a peer | 1940 | Stella Duffy | N/A |
| 14 | Death and the Dancing Footman | 1941 | Stella Duffy | Buy |
| 15 | Colour Scheme | 1943 | Stella Duffy | Buy |
| 16 | Died in the Wool | 1945 | Stella Duffy | Buy |
| 17 | Final Curtain | 1947 | Stella Duffy | Buy |
| 18 | A Wreath for Rivera / Swing, Brother, Swing | 1949 | Stella Duffy | Buy |
| 19 | Swing, Brother, Swing | 1949 | Stella Duffy | N/A |
| 20 | Night at the Vulcan / Opening Night | 1951 | Stella Duffy | Buy |
| 21 | Opening Night | 1951 | Stella Duffy | N/A |
| 22 | Spinsters In Jeopardy / The Bride of Death | 1953 | Stella Duffy | Buy |
| 23 | Spinsters in Jeopardy | 1953 | Stella Duffy | N/A |
| 24 | Scales of Justice | 1955 | Stella Duffy | Buy |
| 25 | Death Of A Fool | 1956 | Stella Duffy | N/A |
| 26 | Death of a Fool / Off With His Head | 1956 | Stella Duffy | Buy |
| 27 | Singing in the Shrouds | 1958 | Stella Duffy | Buy |
| 28 | False Scent | 1959 | Stella Duffy | Buy |
| 29 | Hand in Glove | 1962 | Stella Duffy | Buy |
| 30 | Dead Water | 1963 | Stella Duffy | Buy |
| 31 | Killer Dolphin | 1966 | Stella Duffy | N/A |
| 32 | Killer Dolphin / Death at the Dolphin | 1966 | Stella Duffy | Buy |
| 33 | Clutch of Constables | 1968 | Stella Duffy | Buy |
| 34 | Murharisteily | 1968 | Stella Duffy | N/A |
| 35 | When in Rome | 1970 | Stella Duffy | Buy |
| 36 | Tied Up in Tinsel | 1971 | Stella Duffy | Buy |
| 37 | Chiricahua | 1972 | Stella Duffy | N/A |
| 38 | Black As He’s Painted | 1973 | Stella Duffy | Buy |
| 39 | Last Ditch | 1976 | Stella Duffy | Buy |
| 40 | A Grave Mistake | 1978 | Stella Duffy | Buy |
| 41 | Photo Finish | 1980 | Stella Duffy | Buy |
| 42 | Light Thickens | 1982 | Stella Duffy | Buy |
| 43 | Alleyn and Others / The Collected Short Fiction of Ngaio Marsh | 1989 | Stella Duffy | Buy |
| 44 | Still Unsolved | 1990 | Stella Duffy | Buy |
| 45 | Money in the Morgue | 2018 | Stella Duffy | Buy |
The Roderick Alleyn series is a classic British detective series created by Ngaio Marsh, beginning with A Man Lay Dead in 1934. Inspector Alleyn of Scotland Yard is the lead character across 32 original novels published through Light Thickens (1982). The series includes well-known titles like Death in Ecstasy (1936), Artists in Crime (1938), Death in a White Tie (1938), and Final Curtain (1947).
Money in the Morgue (2018), completed by Stella Duffy from Marsh’s unfinished manuscript, added one final entry nearly four decades after the previous novel. The series is considered one of the great classic detective series alongside works by Agatha Christie and Dorothy L. Sayers. The 45 entries in this collection include novels, short fiction collections like Alleyn and Others (1989), and international editions.