Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Trouble in Nuala | 2016 | Harriet Steel | Buy |
| 2 | Dark Clouds Over Nuala | 2017 | Harriet Steel | Buy |
| 3 | Offstage in Nuala | 2017 | Harriet Steel | Buy |
| 4 | Fatal Finds in Nuala | 2018 | Harriet Steel | Buy |
| 5 | Christmas in Nuala | 2018 | Harriet Steel | Buy |
| 6 | Passage from Nuala | 2019 | Harriet Steel | Buy |
| 7 | Rough Time in Nuala | 2019 | Harriet Steel | Buy |
| 8 | Taken in Nuala | 2020 | Harriet Steel | Buy |
| 9 | High Wire in Nuala | 2020 | Harriet Steel | Buy |
| 10 | Cold Case in Nuala | 2021 | Harriet Steel | Buy |
| 11 | Break from Nuala | 2022 | Harriet Steel | Buy |
| 12 | Stardust in Nuala | 2022 | Harriet Steel | Buy |
| 13 | Long Odds in Nuala | 2023 | Harriet Steel | Buy |
| 14 | Retreat from Nuala | 2024 | Harriet Steel | Buy |
| 15 | Changing Times in Nuala | 2025 | Harriet Steel | Buy |
| 16 | A Curse in Nuala | 2026 | Harriet Steel | Buy |
The Inspector de Silva Mysteries by Harriet Steel is a long-running series set in the fictional town of Nuala. Starting with Trouble in Nuala in 2016, the series has grown to sixteen books, with A Curse in Nuala arriving in 2026. Every title includes “Nuala” in its name, anchoring each mystery firmly in the same locale. Steel has maintained a consistent publishing pace of roughly one or two books per year across the series’ decade-long run.
The books fall into the holiday fiction genre and follow Inspector de Silva as he works through cases in his community. Readers new to the series should start with Trouble in Nuala and continue in publication order, since recurring characters and relationships develop over the course of the sixteen books. Titles like Christmas in Nuala, Cold Case in Nuala, and Stardust in Nuala give a sense of the variety of mysteries de Silva faces.