27 The Inspector Littlejohn Mysteries books in order

I could go on like this for ever, but Nemesis, in the form of one Littlejohn, is almost on the doorstep.

The mayor of Westcome, Sir Gideon Ware, has a speciality… show more.

Dr James Macintosh, the Bishop of Greyle, is a mysterious man; for a long time, nobody even seems to know his last name. But things suddenly… show more.

But his job is not easy, for he finds himself amongst the sombre, secretive inhabitants of St. Marcellin, a dying French village in the… show more.

‘The House in the Lepers’ Hollow. That’s what it was called. How right they were… the whole place seems unclean…diseased…rotten.’

And in this eerie winter mystery, Inspector Littlejohn uncovers just how dark and rotten Beyle House really is…

Set on having a relaxing holiday in Tilsey, Littlejohn once again finds… show more.

At first, the women hadn’t believed Dodd was dead. They had put him in his pyjamas, fixed up his wound with plaster and lint, and put him to bed. Then, they’d realised he had died quietly whilst… show more.

The Isle’s Deemster, the most senior judge on the island, has been murdered and it’s down to Littlejohn to solve the… show more.

The Manx Shearwater was scallop dredging—but it dragged up a body from the water instead. Considering that the corpse is tied at the ankles and weighed down with stones, it’s clear this… show more.

A week after Finlo Crennell, ex-harbourmaster of Castletown, is reported missing, he is found wandering the streets of… show more.

On a twilit autumn night, the Falbright Jenny ferries forty passengers back to Falbright from Elmer’s Creek. Except, before the ferry can make it across the River Hore, she ends up marooned on a sand back. Mysteriously, the… show more.

Chief Inspector Littlejohn is sent to France to make informal enquiries about a motor accident, but his job is not easy. He finds himself amongst the sombre, secretive inhabitants of St. Marcellin, a dying French village in the… show more.

Upper Square is the last stronghold of snobbery in Abbot’s Caldicott, a dying little metropolis in East Anglia, and the remnants of queer old families reside there.

Doctor Beharrell, a prominent physician,… show more.

The old man on the empty promenade died, without a complaint, a convulsion, or a single sound.

It is holiday time in Douglas and the town is alive with the local carnival. Whirling noises, swirling figures, a brass band and bagpipes – a procession makes its way down the promenade.… show more.

The many admirers of Sergeant Cromwell, faithful assistant and friend to Superintendent Littlejohn, will learn with dismay that, whilst attending the funeral of… show more.

Samuel Cheever went to France in search of antiques and is never heard of again. So when Cheever’s bones are discovered in the wilderness of the Camargue, Littlejohn finds himself having to navigate the company of the French… show more.

The curraghs in the Isle of Man are, as a rule, eerie and silent after dark, but that silence is shattered for the villagers of Mylecharaine one black night in April by a loud explosion… show more.

Ned Bunn wasn’t a popular member of the community of Enderby. There were people who had wished him dead.

But when he is murdered on the doorstep of his own shop there’s… show more.

‘The place is dead now at night. It’s like it was in wartime. As soon as night falls, you don’t know what’s going to happen.’

When Samuel Bracknell is found dead in his home… show more.

But behind this glossy façade, something sinister stirs. Superintendent Littlejohn thought he was in for a few days’ holiday, but when the handsome Hal Vale, charismatic male-lead and debaucherous divorcee, is found dead… show more.

The boy maintains his innocence, but the victim’s influential family are calling for justice. With the police unable to contain the conflict, Littlejohn is… show more.

Waldo and Averil Keelagher’s holiday is ruined when Waldo’s unbearable uncle joins them in the south of France. Not long after their arrival on the Riviera, however, they’re relieved of their unwelcome guest when Waldo finds… show more.

During a police conference in Geneva, a detective assigned to the personal safety of the British Minister of Security is murdered.

His body is found in a car that has been left in a rose garden. The car… show more.

When Madame Garnier arrives at the casino on the Isle of Man, everyone is interested. She knows all the tricks, bets on all the… show more.

In the strange, nearly-deserted village of Plumpton Bois, Mr Cyril Savage inherits the home of his wealthy and estranged Aunt. But before Savage has the chance… show more.

When the police are called to a fire in the isolated farm of Great Lands, they discover the dead body of Harry Quill next to his unconscious wife. It… show more.