Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Degrees of Darkness | 2017 | Tony J. Forder | Buy |
| 2 | Fifteen Coffins | 2020 | Tony J. Forder | Buy |
Tony J. Forder’s standalone novels include Degrees of Darkness (2017) and Fifteen Coffins (2020). Both sit outside his detective series but share his taste for dark, suspenseful crime fiction.
Degrees of Darkness was Forder’s debut novel, published a year before the first DI Bliss book. It established the kind of gritty crime writing that would define his later work. Fifteen Coffins came later, after the Bliss series was well underway, and it shows a more experienced writer handling a standalone plot.
Forder has written extensively in the British crime fiction space, with the DI Bliss and DI Joanne Sterling series making up the bulk of his output. These two standalones are a good entry point for readers who want to try his writing before starting a longer series.