Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Gentleman Detective | 2021 | Evelyn James | Buy |
| 2 | The Unholy Preacher | 2021 | Evelyn James | Buy |
| 3 | The Unwelcome Guests | 2021 | Evelyn James | Buy |
| 4 | The Last Word in Pickles | 2022 | Evelyn James | Buy |
| 5 | The Mayfair Myster | 2022 | Evelyn James | Buy |
| 6 | Murder on Ice | 2023 | Evelyn James | Buy |
| 7 | The Man of Friars’ Wood | 2023 | Evelyn James | Buy |
| 8 | The Cherry Tree Murder | 2023 | Evelyn James | Buy |
| 9 | The Mystery of Cromwell’s Skull | 2023 | Evelyn James | Buy |
| 10 | The Return of Turpin | 2024 | Evelyn James | Buy |
| 11 | The Fatal Gathering | 2024 | Evelyn James | Buy |
| 12 | The Mystery of the Cursed Castle | 2024 | Evelyn James | Buy |
| 13 | The Mystery of the Brewer’s Suicide | 2025 | Evelyn James | Buy |
| 14 | The Curse of the Norwich Mermaid | 2025 | Evelyn James | Buy |
| 15 | The Mystery of the Misplaced Teaspoon | 2025 | Evelyn James | Buy |
| 16 | Bad Luck Comes in Threes | 2025 | Evelyn James | Buy |
Evelyn James has been writing The Gentleman Detective Mysteries at a steady clip since 2021, and the series now stands at sixteen books. The mysteries carry colorful, old-fashioned titles that suggest classic British crime fiction, from The Unholy Preacher and The Last Word in Pickles to The Cherry Tree Murder and The Curse of the Norwich Mermaid. Three books arrived in the debut year alone, and James has kept up a pace of two to four releases per year since then.
The series began with The Gentleman Detective in 2021, and readers who start there will follow a recurring cast through cases that range from ice-bound murder scenes to cursed castles and missing historical relics. Later entries like The Mystery of Cromwell’s Skull and The Mystery of the Misplaced Teaspoon keep the tone firmly rooted in puzzle-driven mystery. Bad Luck Comes in Threes, the sixteenth book, arrived in 2025.