Superintendent Green books in order

Superintendent Green is a seven-book series by John Bude, sharing several entries with the Superintendent Meredith series and covering Golden Age crime fiction set across English locations including Sussex and the French Riviera.

Reading order

# Title Published Author Buy on Amazon
1 Loss of a Head 1938 John Bude N/A
2 The Sussex Downs Murder 1936 John Bude N/A
3 Hand on the Alibi of Detection 1939 John Bude Buy
4 The Cheltenham Square Murder 1937 John Bude N/A
5 Death on the Riviera 1952 John Bude N/A
6 Death Makes a Prophet 1947 John Bude N/A
7 A Telegram from Le Touquet 1956 John Bude N/A

The Superintendent Green series covers seven of John Bude’s novels, a number of which also appear in the broader Superintendent Meredith catalog. The overlap reflects how Bude sometimes featured both characters in the same investigations, with Green functioning as a foil or colleague to Meredith in the British police hierarchy.

The books range across several of the same English settings that Bude used throughout his career — Sussex, Cheltenham, the Riviera — and carry the same procedural approach that defines his detective fiction more broadly.


Frequently Asked Questions

How many books are in the Superintendent Green series?

There are seven books in the Superintendent Green series, published between 1936 and 1956.

What is the first book in the Superintendent Green series?

The first book in the Superintendent Green series is Loss of a Head, published in 1938.

Does the Superintendent Green series overlap with the Superintendent Meredith series?

Yes. Several books appear in both series, including The Sussex Downs Murder and Death on the Riviera, as Green appears alongside or in connection with Meredith in those novels.

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