Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | White Mercenary | 1962 | Mark Hodder | Buy |
| 2 | The Silent Thunder Caper | 2014 | Mark Hodder | Buy |
| 3 | Sexton Blake and the Great War | 2020 | Mark Hodder | Buy |
| 4 | Sexton Blake and the Master Crooks | 2020 | Mark Hodder | Buy |
| 5 | Sexton Blake’s Allies | 2020 | Mark Hodder | Buy |
| 6 | Sexton Blake on the Home Front | 2021 | Mark Hodder | Buy |
| 7 | Sexton Blake’s New Order | 2021 | Mark Hodder | Buy |
| 8 | Sexton Blake: Caribbean Crisis & Voodoo Island | 2023 | Mark Hodder | Buy |
Sexton Blake is a collected series bringing together fiction featuring the British pulp detective of the same name, spanning from a 1962 original through to modern revivals edited and partly written by Mark Hodder. Blake first appeared in 1893 in Union Jack magazine and became one of the most prolific fictional detectives in English literature, featuring in an estimated four thousand stories across a century of publication.
The modern revival volumes from Obverse Books, beginning in 2014 and continuing through 2023, reintroduce Blake to contemporary readers through new stories written by various authors. Mark Hodder, whose interest in Victorian and Edwardian fiction underpins much of his creative work, was a key figure in the revival project. The collected volumes include stories set during World War One, the Home Front, and various historical periods that suit the character’s longevity.
All eight volumes are listed in the reading order table below. Readers who enjoy classic British detective fiction and its modern pastiches will find the series a good entry point to the Sexton Blake character.