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H.R.F. Keating Books in Order
Every H.R.F. Keating book in publication order — 70 in total, spanning 1959–2009.
Publication Order of Inspector Ghote Books
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Perfect Murder | 1964 | Amazon US UK |
| 2 | Inspector Ghote's Good Crusade | 1966 | Amazon US UK |
| 3 | Inspector Ghote Caught in Meshes | 1967 | Amazon US UK |
| 4 | Inspector Ghote Hunts the Peacock | 1968 | Amazon US UK |
| 5 | Inspector Ghote Plays a Joker | 1969 | Amazon US UK |
| 6 | Inspector Ghote Breaks an Egg | 1970 | Amazon US UK |
| 7 | Inspector Ghote Goes By Train | 1971 | Amazon US UK |
| 8 | Inspector Ghote Trusts the Heart | 1972 | Amazon US UK |
| 9 | Bats Fly Up for Inspector Ghote | 1974 | Amazon US UK |
| 10 | Filmi, Filmi, Inspector Ghote | 1976 | Amazon US UK |
| 11 | Inspector Ghote Draws a Line | 1979 | Amazon US UK |
| 12 | The Murder of the Maharajah | 1980 | Amazon US UK |
| 13 | Go West, Inspector Ghote | 1981 | Amazon US UK |
| 14 | The Sheriff of Bombay | 1984 | Amazon US UK |
| 15 | Under a Monsoon Cloud | 1986 | Amazon US UK |
| 16 | The Body in the Billiard Room | 1987 | Amazon US UK |
| 17 | Dead on Time | 1988 | Amazon US UK |
| 18 | Inspector Ghote, His Life and Crimes | 1989 | Amazon US UK |
| 19 | The Iciest Sin | 1990 | Amazon US UK |
| 20 | Cheating Death | 1992 | Amazon US UK |
| 21 | Doing Wrong | 1993 | Amazon US UK |
| 22 | Asking Questions | 1996 | Amazon US UK |
| 23 | Bribery, Corruption Also | 1999 | Amazon US UK |
| 24 | Breaking and Entering | 2000 | Amazon US UK |
| 25 | Inspector Ghote's First Case | 2008 | Amazon US UK |
| 26 | A Small Case for Inspector Ghote? | 2009 | Amazon US UK |
Publication Order of Harriet Martens Books
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Hard Detective | 2000 | Amazon US UK |
| 2 | A Detective in Love | 2001 | Amazon US UK |
| 3 | A Detective Under Fire | 2002 | Amazon US UK |
| 4 | The Dreaming Detective | 2003 | Amazon US UK |
| 5 | A Detective at Death's Door | 2004 | Amazon US UK |
| 6 | One Man and His Bomb | 2006 | Amazon US UK |
| 7 | Rules, Regs and Rotten Eggs | 2007 | Amazon US UK |
Publication Order of Harriet Unwin Mystery Books
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Governess | 1983 | Amazon US UK |
| 2 | The Man of Gold | 1985 | Amazon US UK |
| 3 | Into the Valley of Death | 1986 | Amazon US UK |
Publication Order of Standalone Novels
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Death and the Visiting Firemen | 1959 | Amazon US UK |
| 2 | Zen There Was Murder | 1960 | Amazon US UK |
| 3 | A Rush on the Ultimate | 1961 | Amazon US UK |
| 4 | The Dog It Was That Died | 1962 | Amazon US UK |
| 5 | Death of a Fat God | 1963 | Amazon US UK |
| 6 | Is Skin Deep, Is Fatal | 1965 | Amazon US UK |
| 7 | The Strong Man | 1971 | Amazon US UK |
| 8 | The Underside | 1974 | Amazon US UK |
| 9 | Murder Must Appetize | 1975 | Amazon US UK |
| 10 | A Remarkable Case of Burglary | 1975 | Amazon US UK |
| 11 | Murder by Death | 1976 | Amazon US UK |
| 12 | A Long Walk to Wimbledon | 1978 | Amazon US UK |
| 13 | Sherlock Holmes, The Man and His World | 1979 | Amazon US UK |
| 14 | The Governess | 1983 | Amazon US UK |
| 15 | Mrs. Craggs: Crimes Cleaned Up | 1985 | Amazon US UK |
| 16 | The Rich Detective | 1993 | Amazon US UK |
| 17 | The Good Detective | 1995 | Amazon US UK |
| 18 | The Soft Detective | 1998 | Amazon US UK |
| 19 | The Bad Detective | 1999 | Amazon US UK |
| 20 | Jack, the Lady Killer | 1999 | Amazon US UK |
Publication Order of Short Story Collections
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | In Kensington Gardens Once... | 1997 | Amazon US UK |
Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Blood on My Mind | 1972 | Amazon US UK |
| 2 | Sherlock Holmes | 1979 | Amazon US UK |
| 3 | Whodunit?: A Guide To Crime, Suspense and Spy Fiction | 1982 | Amazon US UK |
| 4 | Writing Crime Fiction | 1986 | Amazon US UK |
| 5 | Crime and Mystery | 1987 | Amazon US UK |
| 6 | Great Crimes | 1991 | Amazon US UK |
| 7 | The Bedside Companion to Crime | 1997 | Amazon US UK |
Publication Order of Anthologies
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Agatha Christie | 1977 | Amazon US UK |
| 2 | Chilling and Killing | 1978 | Amazon US UK |
| 3 | Crime Waves 1 | 1978 | Amazon US UK |
| 4 | 1st Culprit | 1992 | Amazon US UK |
| 5 | 3rd Culprit | 1994 | Amazon US UK |
| 6 | Win, Lose or Die | 1996 | Amazon US UK |
Every title by year All 70, oldest to newest
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Death and the Visiting Firemen | 1959 | Amazon US UK |
| 2 | Zen There Was Murder | 1960 | Amazon US UK |
| 3 | A Rush on the Ultimate | 1961 | Amazon US UK |
| 4 | The Dog It Was That Died | 1962 | Amazon US UK |
| 5 | Death of a Fat God | 1963 | Amazon US UK |
| 6 | The Perfect Murder | 1964 | Amazon US UK |
| 7 | Is Skin Deep, Is Fatal | 1965 | Amazon US UK |
| 8 | Inspector Ghote's Good Crusade | 1966 | Amazon US UK |
| 9 | Inspector Ghote Caught in Meshes | 1967 | Amazon US UK |
| 10 | Inspector Ghote Hunts the Peacock | 1968 | Amazon US UK |
| 11 | Inspector Ghote Plays a Joker | 1969 | Amazon US UK |
| 12 | Inspector Ghote Breaks an Egg | 1970 | Amazon US UK |
| 13 | Inspector Ghote Goes By Train | 1971 | Amazon US UK |
| 14 | The Strong Man | 1971 | Amazon US UK |
| 15 | Inspector Ghote Trusts the Heart | 1972 | Amazon US UK |
| 16 | Blood on My Mind | 1972 | Amazon US UK |
| 17 | Bats Fly Up for Inspector Ghote | 1974 | Amazon US UK |
| 18 | The Underside | 1974 | Amazon US UK |
| 19 | Murder Must Appetize | 1975 | Amazon US UK |
| 20 | A Remarkable Case of Burglary | 1975 | Amazon US UK |
| 21 | Filmi, Filmi, Inspector Ghote | 1976 | Amazon US UK |
| 22 | Murder by Death | 1976 | Amazon US UK |
| 23 | Agatha Christie | 1977 | Amazon US UK |
| 24 | A Long Walk to Wimbledon | 1978 | Amazon US UK |
| 25 | Chilling and Killing | 1978 | Amazon US UK |
| 26 | Crime Waves 1 | 1978 | Amazon US UK |
| 27 | Inspector Ghote Draws a Line | 1979 | Amazon US UK |
| 28 | Sherlock Holmes, The Man and His World | 1979 | Amazon US UK |
| 29 | Sherlock Holmes | 1979 | Amazon US UK |
| 30 | The Murder of the Maharajah | 1980 | Amazon US UK |
| 31 | Go West, Inspector Ghote | 1981 | Amazon US UK |
| 32 | Whodunit?: A Guide To Crime, Suspense and Spy Fiction | 1982 | Amazon US UK |
| 33 | The Governess | 1983 | Amazon US UK |
| 34 | The Governess | 1983 | Amazon US UK |
| 35 | The Sheriff of Bombay | 1984 | Amazon US UK |
| 36 | The Man of Gold | 1985 | Amazon US UK |
| 37 | Mrs. Craggs: Crimes Cleaned Up | 1985 | Amazon US UK |
| 38 | Under a Monsoon Cloud | 1986 | Amazon US UK |
| 39 | Into the Valley of Death | 1986 | Amazon US UK |
| 40 | Writing Crime Fiction | 1986 | Amazon US UK |
| 41 | The Body in the Billiard Room | 1987 | Amazon US UK |
| 42 | Crime and Mystery | 1987 | Amazon US UK |
| 43 | Dead on Time | 1988 | Amazon US UK |
| 44 | Inspector Ghote, His Life and Crimes | 1989 | Amazon US UK |
| 45 | The Iciest Sin | 1990 | Amazon US UK |
| 46 | Great Crimes | 1991 | Amazon US UK |
| 47 | Cheating Death | 1992 | Amazon US UK |
| 48 | 1st Culprit | 1992 | Amazon US UK |
| 49 | Doing Wrong | 1993 | Amazon US UK |
| 50 | The Rich Detective | 1993 | Amazon US UK |
| 51 | 3rd Culprit | 1994 | Amazon US UK |
| 52 | The Good Detective | 1995 | Amazon US UK |
| 53 | Asking Questions | 1996 | Amazon US UK |
| 54 | Win, Lose or Die | 1996 | Amazon US UK |
| 55 | In Kensington Gardens Once... | 1997 | Amazon US UK |
| 56 | The Bedside Companion to Crime | 1997 | Amazon US UK |
| 57 | The Soft Detective | 1998 | Amazon US UK |
| 58 | Bribery, Corruption Also | 1999 | Amazon US UK |
| 59 | The Bad Detective | 1999 | Amazon US UK |
| 60 | Jack, the Lady Killer | 1999 | Amazon US UK |
| 61 | Breaking and Entering | 2000 | Amazon US UK |
| 62 | The Hard Detective | 2000 | Amazon US UK |
| 63 | A Detective in Love | 2001 | Amazon US UK |
| 64 | A Detective Under Fire | 2002 | Amazon US UK |
| 65 | The Dreaming Detective | 2003 | Amazon US UK |
| 66 | A Detective at Death's Door | 2004 | Amazon US UK |
| 67 | One Man and His Bomb | 2006 | Amazon US UK |
| 68 | Rules, Regs and Rotten Eggs | 2007 | Amazon US UK |
| 69 | Inspector Ghote's First Case | 2008 | Amazon US UK |
| 70 | A Small Case for Inspector Ghote? | 2009 | Amazon US UK |
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