Author

Val McDermid

Scottish author Val McDermid is best known for the Tony Hill and Carol Jordan crime series, as well as the standalone psychological thriller *The Mermaids Singing*. Her books have sold over 17 million copies worldwide and won multiple awards, including the CWA Gold Dagger. This page lists Val McDermid’s books in order, including both chronological publication and series reading order.

All books · chronological
1987 Report For Murder PO · 1 No link
1989 Common Murder PO · 2 No link
1991 Final Edition / Open and Shut / Deadline for Murder PO · 3 No link
1992 Dead Beat PO · 1 No link
1993 Kick Back PO · 2 No link
1993 Union Jack / Conferences Are Murder PO · 4 No link
1994 Crack Down PO · 3 No link
1994 A Suitable Job for a Woman PO · 1 No link
1995 Clean Break PO · 4 No link
1995 The Mermaids Singing PO · 1 No link
1996 Blue Genes PO · 5 No link
1996 Booked For Murder PO · 5 No link
1997 Final Edition(With: V.L. McDermid) PO · 6 No link
1997 The Wire In The Blood PO · 2 No link
1997 Writing on the Wall and Other Stories PO · 1 No link
1998 Star Struck PO · 6 No link
1999 A Place of Execution PO · 1 No link
2000 Killing the Shadows PO · 2 No link
2002 The Last Temptation PO · 3 No link
2003 The Distant Echo PO · 1 No link
2003 Hostage To Murder PO · 7 No link
2004 The Torment of Others PO · 4 No link
2004 Stranded PO · 2 No link
2006 The Grave Tattoo PO · 3 No link
2006 Cleanskin PO · 1 No link
2007 Beneath the Bleeding PO · 5 No link
2008 Happy Holidays PO · 2 No link
2008 A Darker Domain PO · 2 No link
2009 Fever of the Bone PO · 6 No link
2010 Trick of the Dark PO · 4 No link
2010 Life's Too Short PO · 3 No link
2011 The Retribution PO · 7 No link
2012 The Vanishing Point PO · 5 No link
2012 My Granny Is a Pirate PO · 1 No link
2013 Cross and Burn PO · 8 No link
2013 Sense & Sensibility(By: Joanna Trollope) PO · 1 No link
2014 The Skeleton Road PO · 3 No link
2014 Forensics: What Bugs, Burns, Prints, DNA and More Tell Us About Crime PO · 2 No link
2014 Northanger Abbey PO · 2 No link
2014 Emma(By: Alexander McCall Smith) PO · 3 No link
2015 Splinter the Silence PO · 9 No link
2016 Out of Bounds PO · 4 No link
2016 Eligible(By: Curtis Sittenfeld) PO · 4 No link
2016 Murder under the Christmas Tree PO · 1 No link
2017 Insidious Intent PO · 10 No link
2017 Honor & ...(By: C.J. Box,Sandra Brown) PO · 1 No link
2017 Deserves to Be Dead(By: John Sandford,Lisa Jackson) PO · 2 No link
2017 Getaway(By: Lisa Scottoline,Nelson DeMille) PO · 3 No link
2017 Murder on Christmas Eve PO · 2 No link
2018 Broken Ground PO · 5 No link
2018 Midnight Flame(By: Christopher Rice,Lara Adrian) PO · 4 No link
2018 A Very Murderous Christmas PO · 3 No link
2019 Footloose(With: Peter James) PO · 11 No link
2019 How the Dead Speak PO · 12 No link
2019 Short Story(By: Karin Slaughter,Michael Koryta) PO · 5 No link
2019 Past Prologue(By: Diana Gabaldon,Steve Berry) PO · 6 No link
2019 Faking a Murderer(By: Lee Child,Kathy Reichs) PO · 7 No link
2019 Dig Here(By: Charlaine Harris,Andrew Gross) PO · 8 No link
2019 Taking the Veil(By: J.A. Jance,Eric Van Lustbader) PO · 9 No link
2019 Rambo on Their Minds(By: Gayle Lynds,David Morrell) PO · 10 No link
2019 Footloose(With: Peter James) PO · 11 No link
2019 Murder at Christmas PO · 4 No link
2019 My Scotland PO · 3 No link
2020 Still Life PO · 6 No link
2020 Christmas is Murder PO · 3 No link
2020 Murder in Midwinter PO · 5 No link
2021 Resistance PO · 1 No link
2021 Murder on a Winter's Night PO · 6 No link
2021 Rizzio(By: Denise Mina) PO · 1 No link
2021 1979 PO · 1 No link
2022 1989 PO · 2 No link
2022 Murder in the Falling Snow PO · 7 No link
2022 Hex(By: Jenni Fagan) PO · 2 No link
2023 Past Lying PO · 7 No link
2023 Nothing Left to Fear From Hell(By: Alan Warner) PO · 3 No link
2023 Columba's Bones(By: David Greig) PO · 4 No link
2024 Queen Macbeth PO · 5 No link
2024 Queen Macbeth PO · 6 No link
2025 Silent Bones PO · 8 No link
2025 Benbecula(By: Graeme Macrae Burnet) PO · 7 No link
2026 Winter: The Story of a Season PO · 4 No link
Book series
Publication Order of Lindsay Gordon Books 7 books · 1987–2003
01 Report For Murder 1987 No link
02 Common Murder 1989 No link
03 Final Edition / Open and Shut / Deadline for Murder 1991 No link
04 Union Jack / Conferences Are Murder 1993 No link
··· 3 more books in this series
Publication Order of Kate Brannigan Books 6 books · 1992–1998
01 Dead Beat 1992 No link
02 Kick Back 1993 No link
03 Crack Down 1994 No link
04 Clean Break 1995 No link
··· 2 more books in this series
Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books 4 books · 1994–present
01 A Suitable Job for a Woman 1994 No link
02 Forensics: What Bugs, Burns, Prints, DNA and More Tell Us About Crime 2014 No link
03 My Scotland 2019 No link
04 Winter: The Story of a Season 2026 No link
Publication Order of Tony Hill/Carol Jordan Books 12 books · 1995–2019
01 The Mermaids Singing 1995 No link
02 The Wire In The Blood 1997 No link
03 The Last Temptation 2002 No link
04 The Torment of Others 2004 No link
··· 8 more books in this series
Publication Order of Short Story Collections 3 books · 1997–2020
01 Writing on the Wall and Other Stories 1997 No link
02 Stranded 2004 No link
03 Christmas is Murder 2020 No link
Publication Order of Standalone Novels 5 books · 1999–2012
01 A Place of Execution 1999 No link
02 Killing the Shadows 2000 No link
03 The Grave Tattoo 2006 No link
04 Trick of the Dark 2010 No link
··· 1 more book in this series
Publication Order of Inspector Karen Pirie Books 8 books · 2003–2025
01 The Distant Echo 2003 No link
02 A Darker Domain 2008 No link
03 The Skeleton Road 2014 No link
04 Out of Bounds 2016 No link
··· 4 more books in this series
Publication Order of Short Stories/Novellas 3 books · 2006–2010
01 Cleanskin 2006 No link
02 Happy Holidays 2008 No link
03 Life's Too Short 2010 No link
Publication Order of Picture Books 1 book · 2012
01 My Granny Is a Pirate 2012 No link
Publication Order of Austen Project Books 4 books · 2013–2016
01 Sense & Sensibility(By: Joanna Trollope) 2013 No link
02 Northanger Abbey 2014 No link
03 Emma(By: Alexander McCall Smith) 2014 No link
04 Eligible(By: Curtis Sittenfeld) 2016 No link
Publication Order of Murderous Christmas Stories Books 7 books · 2016–2022
01 Murder under the Christmas Tree 2016 No link
02 Murder on Christmas Eve 2017 No link
03 A Very Murderous Christmas 2018 No link
04 Murder at Christmas 2019 No link
··· 3 more books in this series
Publication Order of The MatchUp Collection Books 11 books · 2017–2019
01 Honor & ...(By: C.J. Box,Sandra Brown) 2017 No link
02 Deserves to Be Dead(By: John Sandford,Lisa Jackson) 2017 No link
03 Getaway(By: Lisa Scottoline,Nelson DeMille) 2017 No link
04 Midnight Flame(By: Christopher Rice,Lara Adrian) 2018 No link
··· 7 more books in this series
Publication Order of Graphic Novels 1 book · 2021
01 Resistance 2021 No link
Publication Order of Darkland Tales Books 7 books · 2021–2025
01 Rizzio(By: Denise Mina) 2021 No link
02 Hex(By: Jenni Fagan) 2022 No link
03 Nothing Left to Fear From Hell(By: Alan Warner) 2023 No link
04 Columba's Bones(By: David Greig) 2023 No link
··· 3 more books in this series
Publication Order of Allie Burns Books 2 books · 2021–2022
01 1979 2021 No link
02 1989 2022 No link