Michael Gilbert Titles in order of first publication
All Series titles can be read in order, or randomly as standalone novels
Inspector Hazlerigg
1. Close Quarters | 1947 | |
2. They Never Looked Inside | alt: He Didn’t Mind Danger | 1948 |
3. The Doors Open | 1949 | |
4. Smallbone Deceased | 1950 | |
5. Death has Deep Roots | 1951 | |
6. Fear To Tread | (in part) | 1953 |
7. The Young Petrella | (included) (short stories) | 1988 |
8. The Man Who Hated Banks and Other Mysteries | (included) (short stories) | 1997 |
Patrick Petrella
1. Blood and Judgement | 1959 | |
2. Amateur in Violence | (included) (short stories) | 1973 |
3. Petrella at Q | (short stories) | 1977 |
4. The Young Petrella | (short stories) | 1988 |
5. Roller Coaster | 1993 | |
6. The Man Who Hated Banks and Other Mysteries | (included) (short stories) | 1997 |
Luke Pagan
1. Ring of Terror | 1995 | |
2. Into Battle | 1997 | |
3. Over and Out | 1998 |
Calder & Behrens
1. Game Without Rules | (short stories) | 1967 |
2. Mr. Calder and Mr. Behrens | (short stories) | 1982 |
Non-Series
1. Death in Captivity | alt: The Danger Within | 1952 |
2. Sky High | alt: The Country House Burglar | 1955 |
3. Be Shot for Sixpence | 1956 | |
4. After the Fine Weather | 1963 | |
5. The Crack in the Teacup | 1966 | |
6. The Dust and the Heat | alt: Overdrive | 1967 |
7. The Etruscan Net | alt: The Family Tomb | 1969 |
8. Stay of Execution and Other Stories | (short stories) | 1971 |
9. The Body of a Girl | 1972 | |
10. The Ninety-Second Tiger | 1973 | |
11. Flash Point | 1974 | |
12. The Night of the Twelfth | 1976 | |
13. The Empty House | 1979 | |
14. The Killing of Katie Steelstock | alt: Death of a Favourite Girl | 1980 |
15. The Final Throw | alt: End Game | 1982 |
16. The Black Seraphim | 1984 | |
17. The Long Journey Home | 1985 | |
18. Trouble | 1987 | |
19. Paint, Gold, and Blood | 1989 | |
20. Anything for a Quiet Life | (short stories) | 1990 |
21. The Queen against Karl Mullen | 1992 |