James Craig

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  • Bibliography:
    31 Books (2 Series)
  • First Book:
    June 2011
  • Latest Book:
    February 2025
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Full Series List in Order

A Daniel Hunter Novel

1 - A Shot at Salvation (Oct-2016)
2 - The Sweetest Morsel (Mar-2017)

An Inspector Carlyle Novel

0.5 - Enemy Within (Dec-2012)
0.75 - Circus (Jan-2013)
1 - London Calling (Jun-2011)
2 - Never Apologise, Never Explain (Jan-2012)
3 - Buckingham Palace Blues (Jul-2012)
4 - Then We Die (Aug-2013)
5 - What Dies Inside (Jun-2013)
5.5 - The Hand of God (Dec-2013)
6 - A Man of Sorrows (Mar-2015)
6.5 - Shoot to Kill (Aug-2014)
7 - Time of Death (Nov-2014)
8 - The Criminals We Deserve (Feb-2015)
9 - Sins of the Fathers (May-2016)
10 - Nobody's Hero (May-2016)
11 - Acts of Violence (Jul-2016)
12 - All Kinds of Dead (Feb-2017)
13 - This Is Where I Say Goodbye (Apr-2018)
14 - Dying Days (Apr-2019)
15 - Into the Valley (Apr-2020)
16 - Circus Games (Feb-2021)
17 - The Taste of Blood (Aug-2022)
18 - Sink or Swim (Feb-2023)

Book List in Order: 31 titles

  • London Calling

    An Inspector Carlyle Novel - 1

    In the middle of a General Election, someone is targeting former members of hte ultra-exclusive Merrion Club, youthful hedonists addicted to excess transformed into pillars of the political establishment. Next in the killer's sights is charismatic, ...

  • Never Apologise, Never Explain

    An Inspector Carlyle Novel - 2

    The worst murders occur closest to home . . .When Agatha Mills is killed in her own apartment in the shadow of the British Museum, there is only one suspect -- her husband, Henry. For Inspector Carlyle, it seems like an open-and-shut case. But much t...

  • Buckingham Palace Blues

    An Inspector Carlyle Novel - 3

    This conspiracy goes all the way to the top …When Inspector John Carlyle discovers a disoriented girl in a park near Buckingham Palace, he takes it upon himself to find out who she is and where she’s from.His hunt for the identity of the lost gir...

  • Enemy Within

    An Inspector Carlyle Novel - 0.5

    Yorkshire, June 1984: War is raging between the police and striking mine workers. New recruit John Carlyle is sent up from London to man the picket lines. But when seventy-eight year old rose grower and political activist Beatrice Slater is found dea...

  • Circus

    An Inspector Carlyle Novel - 0.75

    It's always dangerous when you know too much . . .When the body of a journalist is found in the back of a garbage truck, Inspector Carlyle is thrown into the middle of a scandal that threatens to expose corrupt links between the police, parliament, a...

  • What Dies Inside

    An Inspector Carlyle Novel - 5

    London, October 1984: Irish terrorists have blown up British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher in a hotel near London. Gerry Durkan, the prime suspect, is on the run in west London and Constable John Carlyle is drafted in to join the hunt to find him...

  • Then We Die

    An Inspector Carlyle Novel - 4

    All things -- good or bad -- must come to an end …Inspector Carlyle gets the shock of his life when his mother announces she is divorcing his father after fifty years of marriage. But it’s nothing compared to the storm that erupts when he stumble...

  • The Hand of God

    An Inspector Carlyle Novel - 5.5

    England, Summer 1986 When journalist Hugh Scanlon and his wife Marjorie are murdered, veteran cop Walter Callender finds himself on the trail of rogue Secret Service agent Martin Palmer. Enlisting the help of rookie John Carlyle, Callender turns to p...

  • My Loyalty, My Honor

    When Adolf Hitler called for all German's sons to return to defend the Fatherland, Willi Marcks left his adopted home in Western Kansas and answered the call, joining the German Army in time for the invasion of France. As their son tries to come to g...



  • Shoot to Kill

    An Inspector Carlyle Novel - 6.5

    When French gangster Tuco Martinez threatens Carlyle and his family, the inspector has to call on the resources and skills of Dominic Silver to try and see him off. But Dom won’t do all the dirty work and so Carlyle has to go into hiding. Cut off...

  • Time of Death

    An Inspector Carlyle Novel - 7

    The worst murders occur closest to home . . . When Agatha Mills is killed in her own apartment in the shadow of the British Museum, there is only one suspect -- her husband, Henry. For Inspector Carlyle, it seems like an open-and-shut case. But mu...

  • The Criminals We Deserve

    An Inspector Carlyle Novel - 8

    It's always dangerous when you know too much . . . When the body of a journalist is found in the back of a garbage truck, Inspector Carlyle is thrown into the middle of a scandal that threatens to expose corrupt links between the police, parliamen...

  • A Man of Sorrows

    An Inspector Carlyle Novel - 6

    It's time for confession... Inspector Carlyle is burning the candle at both ends. While investigating a priest who has engaged in less-than-pious activities, Carlyle comes head-to-head with an old adversary--Christian Holyrod, the Mayor of London....

  • Plague

    When a science experiment backfires and two deadly beasts, Dinosaurs and Dragons, combine into one monster, it is up to Fred Mcgreen and his friends to save the world. It's man vs monster, and the world is at stake....

  • Nobody's Hero

    An Inspector Carlyle Novel - 10

    In and out of prison for over 40 years, Seymour Eriksson is officially "London’s most unsuccessful criminal." So why can’t Carlyle keep him off the streets for more than five minutes -- and how can he stop hack Bernie Gilmore from naming and sham...

  • Sins of the Fathers

    An Inspector Carlyle Novel - 9

    When Julian Schaeffer is shot in front of his son in a London park, suspicion falls on his estranged wife. The woman has a seemingly watertight alibi, but Carlyle -- trying to make the best of a difficult relationship with his new sergeant, Umar Slig...

  • A Slow Death

    Mafia killings, undercover cops and rough justice â€" Berlin like you’ve never seen her before. This is the first book in the brand new Max Drescher series from James Craig - the best selling author of the Inspector John Carlyle novels "Exciting an...

  • Acts of Violence

    An Inspector Carlyle Novel - 11

    Awakening the sleeping dragon. Smooth expat Michael Nicholson is a fixer, getting on by doing favours for the rich and powerful in booming China. When he makes the mistake of getting too close to one of his clients, the wife of a leading Communis...

  • A Shot at Salvation

    A Daniel Hunter Novel - 1

    Three British teenagers radicalised by Islamic State propaganda run away from home to serve on the Jihadi front line in Raqqa. Back in England their disbelieving families are caught up in a media storm and struggle to make sense of the inexplicable a...



  • All Kinds of Dead

    An Inspector Carlyle Novel - 12

    Inspector Carlyle has a new partner in crime . . . but for how long? When a fortune in uncut diamonds are nicked by a group of soldiers, Carlyle teams up with Captain Daniel Hunter of the Military Police to hunt them down. But Hunter has come up a...

  • The Sweetest Morsel

    A Daniel Hunter Novel - 2

    Back in London after a gruelling, bloody and ultimately doomed mission behind Islamic State lines all Daniel Hunter really wants is a quiet life.Not a chance.Hunter falls into what looks like an easy affair with an exotic London business-woman but li...

  • This Is Where I Say Goodbye

    An Inspector Carlyle Novel - 13

    His father is dying.He's stuck in the middle of a gang war.And he has to solve a case with no clues.Welcome to the world of Inspector John Carlyle. Work goes on the backburner for Inspector Carlyle as he tries to manage his father's final days. But w...

  • Dying Days

    An Inspector Carlyle Novel - 14

    Dying well is an art . . . the rest is just murder Inspector John Carlyle is waiting for his father to die of a terminal illness. Meanwhile, others are dropping like flies. An elderly professor is found dead in his Bloomsbury flat. The verdict ...

  • Into the Valley

    An Inspector Carlyle Novel - 15

    To everyone's surprise, John Carlyle has been promoted to Commander. The new job comes with its own office, a PA, and a diary filled with meetings. Struggling to come to terms with the his new responsibilities, Carlyle finds his position threatened b...

  • Circus Games

    An Inspector Carlyle Novel - 16

    Who is the man with no head? Commander John Carlyle has enough on his plate with a dead film producer and a runaway actor, not to mention the alcoholic boss who's accused him of harassment. The last thing he needs is a headless corpse in the cells o...

  • Project Anima

    Many claim that a perfect world should be the end goal for humanity, the height of a civilization that makes our ancestors proud, but at what cost? How far are we willing to go in this pursuit of a utopia? Project Anima is a thought-provoking short s...

  • The Taste of Blood

    An Inspector Carlyle Novel - 17

    Victim or assassin - the lines are blurred...A badly beaten woman walks into A&E and is promptly arrested by the Home Office on suspicion of being an illegal alien. However, she is neither illegal, nor a victim. After she escapes detention, the b...

  • Sink or Swim

    An Inspector Carlyle Novel - 18

    Coward?Or scapegoat?When a terror attack in Westminster leaves a colleague dead, Commander John Carlyle is accused by the media of fleeing the scene. For a man with more than his fair share of enemies, the fight to save his good name - and his career...

  • The Lesson

    Praise for James Craig:'A cracking read' BBC Radio 4'Fast paced and very easy to get quickly lost in' Lovereading.com'Craig writes like an angel' Crimefictionlover.com...



  • Declared Dead

    Praise for James Craig:'A cracking read' BBC Radio 4'Fast paced and very easy to get quickly lost in' Lovereading.com'Craig writes like an angel' Crimefictionlover.comHaving left the Metropolitan police force - somewhat under a cloud - John Carlyle i...

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    This ebook is a compilation of three flash fictions stories by James Craig.​Bitches Love Poems is a comedic tale of adolescence. It follows two boys in high school as they try to come up with a plan to win over the heart of a fellow c...

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James Craig has published 31 books.

The next book by James Craig, Declared Dead, will be published in February 2025.

The first book by James Craig, London Calling, was published in June 2011.

Yes. James Craig has 2 series.
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