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Home / Authors / Alex Gray Alex Gray Alex Gray is a Scottish crime writer best known for her DCI Lorimer series, set in Glasgow. Her novels have been shortlisted for the Scottish Crime Book of the Year. This page provides the Alex Gray books in order, including both chronological publication order and the series reading order.
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2002 Never Somewhere Else POoDLB · 1 Buy ↗ 2004 A Small Weeping POoDLB · 2 Buy ↗ 2005 Shadows of Sounds POoDLB · 3 Buy ↗ 2007 The Riverman POoDLB · 4 Buy ↗ 2008 Pitch Black POoDLB · 5 Buy ↗ 2009 Glasgow Kiss POoDLB · 6 Buy ↗ 2010 Five Ways to Kill a Man POoDLB · 7 Buy ↗ 2011 Sleep Like the Dead POoDLB · 8 Buy ↗ 2012 A Pound Of Flesh POoDLB · 9 Buy ↗ 2013 The Swedish Girl POoDLB · 10 Buy ↗ 2014 The Bird That Did Not Sing / The Silent Games POoDLB · 11 Buy ↗ 2015 The Bank Job POoDLB · 12 Buy ↗ 2015 Keep the Midnight Out POoDLB · 13 Buy ↗ 2016 The Darkest Goodbye POoDLB · 14 Buy ↗ 2017 Still Dark POoDLB · 15 Buy ↗ 2018 Only the Dead Can Tell POoDLB · 16 Buy ↗ 2019 The Stalker POoDLB · 17 Buy ↗ 2020 When Shadows Fall POoDLB · 18 Buy ↗ 2021 Before the Storm POoDLB · 19 Buy ↗ 2022 Echo of the Dead POoDLB · 20 Buy ↗ 2023 Questions for a Dead Man POoDLB · 21 Buy ↗ 2024 Out of Darkness POoDLB · 22 Buy ↗ 2025 Acts of Malice POoDLB · 23 Buy ↗ Book series · browse all →
Publication Order of Detective Lorimer Books 23 books · 2002–2025
01 Never Somewhere Else 2002 Buy ↗ 02 A Small Weeping 2004 Buy ↗ 03 Shadows of Sounds 2005 Buy ↗ 07 Five Ways to Kill a Man 2010 Buy ↗ 08 Sleep Like the Dead 2011 Buy ↗ 09 A Pound Of Flesh 2012 Buy ↗ 10 The Swedish Girl 2013 Buy ↗ 11 The Bird That Did Not Sing / The Silent Games 2014 Buy ↗ 13 Keep the Midnight Out 2015 Buy ↗ 14 The Darkest Goodbye 2016 Buy ↗ 16 Only the Dead Can Tell 2018 Buy ↗ 18 When Shadows Fall 2020 Buy ↗ 19 Before the Storm 2021 Buy ↗ 20 Echo of the Dead 2022 Buy ↗ 21 Questions for a Dead Man 2023 Buy ↗ 22 Out of Darkness 2024 Buy ↗ 23 Acts of Malice 2025 Buy ↗