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Updated 2026-07-11 / 142 books / 13 series
Scottish crime writer Denise Mina is best known for her Garnethill trilogy and the Paddy Meehan series. Her work has won the CWA Gold Dagger for Best Crime Novel. This page provides the Denise Mina books in order, including both chronological and series reading order.
Books by Denise Mina in Publication Order
1939
The Big Sleep(By: Raymond Chandler)
POoPMB / 1
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1940
Farewell, My Lovely(By: Raymond Chandler)
POoPMB / 2
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1942
The High Window(By: Raymond Chandler)
POoPMB / 3
Buy
1943
The Lady in the Lake(By: Raymond Chandler)
POoPMB / 4
Buy
1949
The Little Sister(By: Raymond Chandler)
POoPMB / 5
Buy
1953
The Long Goodbye(By: Raymond Chandler)
POoPMB / 6
Buy
1958
Playback(By: Raymond Chandler)
POoPMB / 7
Buy
1989
Poodle Springs(By: Robert B. Parker,Raymond Chandler)
POoPMB / 8
Buy
1991
Dangerous Habits(By: Jamie Delano)
POoHGN / 1
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1991
Bloodlines(By: Garth Ennis,William Simpson)
POoHGN / 2
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1991
Perchance to Dream(By: Robert B. Parker)
POoPMB / 9
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1993
Fear and Loathing(By: Garth Ennis)
POoHGN / 3
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1993
Damnation's Flame(By: Garth Ennis)
POoHGN / 4
Buy
1998
Garnethill
POoGB / 1
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1998
The Chill(By: Jason Starr)
POoVCB / 1
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1998
The Fear Machine(By: Jamie Delano)
POoHGN / 5
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2000
Hard Time(By: Brian Azzarello)
POoHGN / 6
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2001
Resolution
POoGB / 3
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2001
Freezes Over(By: Brian Azzarello)
POoHGN / 7
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2002
Sanctum / Deception
POoSN / 1
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2002
Good Intentions(By: Brian Azzarello)
POoHGN / 8
Buy
2003
Son of Man(By: Garth Ennis)
POoHGN / 9
Buy
2003
Haunted(By: Warren Ellis)
POoHGN / 10
Buy
2004
Setting Sun(By: Warren Ellis)
POoHGN / 11
Buy
2004
Highwater(By: Brian Azzarello)
POoHGN / 12
Buy
2005
The Field Of Blood
POoPMB / 1
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2005
Rare Cuts(By: Grant Morrison,Garth Ennis,Jamie Delano)
POoHGN / 13
Buy
2005
All His Engines(By: Mike Carey)
POoHGN / 14
Buy
2006
The Dead Hour
POoPMB / 2
Buy
2006
The Gift(By: Mike Carey)
POoHGN / 15
Buy
2006
Lady Constantine(By: Andy Diggle)
POoHGN / 16
Buy
2006
Papa Midnite(By: Mat Johnson)
POoHGN / 17
Buy
2006
Empathy is the Enemy
POoHGN / 18
Buy
2007
Slip of the Knife / The Last Breath
POoPMB / 3
Buy
2007
The Devil You Know(By: Jamie Delano)
POoHGN / 19
Buy
2007
The Red Right Hand
POoHGN / 20
Buy
2008
The Family Man(By: Jamie Delano)
POoHGN / 21
Buy
2008
Joyride(By: Andy Diggle)
POoHGN / 22
Buy
2008
The Laughing Magician(By: Andy Diggle)
POoHGN / 23
Buy
2009
Still Midnight
POoAMB / 1
Buy
2009
Filthy Rich(By: Brian Azzarello)
POoVCB / 2
Buy
2009
Dark Entries(By: Ian Rankin)
POoHGN / 24
Buy
2009
The Roots of Coincidence(By: Andy Diggle)
POoHGN / 25
Buy
2009
Scab(By: Peter Milligan)
POoHGN / 26
Buy
2010
The Executor(By: Andrea Mutti,Jon Evans)
POoVCB / 3
Buy
2010
The Bronx Kill(By: Peter Milligan)
POoVCB / 4
Buy
2010
Fogtown(By: Andersen Gabrych)
POoVCB / 5
Buy
2010
A Sickness in the Family
POoVCB / 6
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2010
Hooked(By: Peter Milligan)
POoHGN / 27
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2010
India(By: Peter Milligan)
POoHGN / 28
Buy
2011
The End of the Wasp Season
POoAMB / 2
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2011
Rat Catcher(By: Andy Diggle)
POoVCB / 7
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2011
Area 10(By: Christos Gage)
POoVCB / 8
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2011
Cowboys(By: Brian Hurtt)
POoVCB / 9
Buy
2011
City of Demons(By: Si Spencer)
POoHGN / 29
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2011
Bloody Carnations(By: Peter Milligan)
POoHGN / 30
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2011
Original Sins(By: John Ridgway,Jamie Delano)
POoHGN / 31
Buy
2012
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, Book 1
POoMTGNB / 1
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2012
The Book of Virtue(By: Ken Bruen)
POoBB / 1
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2012
Pronghorns of the Third Reich(By: C.J. Box)
POoBB / 2
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2012
The Book Thing(By: Laura Lippman)
POoBB / 3
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2012
Gods and Beasts
POoAMB / 3
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2012
The Book Case(By: Nelson DeMille)
POoBB / 4
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2012
An Acceptable Sacrifice(By: Jeffery Deaver)
POoBB / 5
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2012
Death Leaves a Bookmark(By: William Link)
POoBB / 6
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2012
Phantom Pains(By: Peter Milligan)
POoHGN / 32
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2012
The Devil's Trenchcoat(By: Peter Milligan)
POoHGN / 33
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2013
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, Book 2
POoMTGNB / 2
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2013
The Red Road
POoAMB / 4
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2013
The Final Testament(By: Peter Blauner)
POoBB / 7
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2013
Rides a Stranger(By: David Bell)
POoBB / 8
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2013
The Long Sonata of the Dead(By: Andrew Taylor)
POoBB / 9
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2013
The Book of Ghosts(By: Reed Farrel Coleman)
POoBB / 10
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2013
Death and Cigarettes(By: Peter Milligan)
POoHGN / 34
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2014
The Girl Who Played with Fire
POoMTGNB / 3
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2014
The Black-Eyed Blonde / Marlowe(By: Benjamin Black)
POoPMB / 10
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2014
The Compendium of Srem(By: F. Paul Wilson)
POoBB / 11
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2014
What's in a Name?(By: Thomas H. Cook)
POoBB / 12
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2014
Remaindered(By: Peter Lovesey)
POoBB / 13
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2014
The Sequel(By: R.L. Stine)
POoBB / 14
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2014
The Gospel of Sheba(By: Lyndsay Faye)
POoBB / 15
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2014
Book Club(By: Loren D. Estleman)
POoBB / 16
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2014
The Nature of My Inheritance(By: Bradford Morrow)
POoBB / 17
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2014
It's in the Book(By: Max Allan Collins,Mickey Spillane)
POoBB / 18
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2014
The Scroll(By: Anne Perry)
POoBB / 19
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2014
Tainted Love(By: Garth Ennis)
POoHGN / 35
Buy
2014
Shoot(By: Brian Azzarello)
POoHGN / 36
Buy
2014
Rake at the Gates of Hell(By: Garth Ennis)
POoHGN / 37
Buy
2014
Critical Mass(By: Paul Jenkins)
POoHGN / 38
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2015
The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest
POoMTGNB / 4
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2015
Blood Salt Water
POoAMB / 5
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2015
The Book of the Lion(By: Thomas Perry)
POoBB / 20
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2015
The Little Men(By: Megan Abbott)
POoBB / 21
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2015
Condor in the Stacks(By: James Grady)
POoBB / 22
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2015
Mystery, Inc.(By: Joyce Carol Oates)
POoBB / 23
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2015
Every Seven Years
POoBB / 24
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2015
From the Queen(By: Carolyn Hart)
POoBB / 25
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2015
In The Line Of Fire(By: Paul Jenkins)
POoHGN / 39
Buy
2015
Last Man Standing(By: Paul Jenkins)
POoHGN / 40
Buy
2016
The Travelling Companion(By: Ian Rankin)
POoBB / 26
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2016
Citadel(By: Stephen Hunter)
POoBB / 27
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2016
Reconciliation Day(By: Christopher Fowler)
POoBB / 28
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2016
Dead Dames Don't Sing(By: John Harvey)
POoBB / 29
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2016
The Haze(By: James W. Hall)
POoBB / 30
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2016
How to Play with Fire(By: Sean Phillips)
POoHGN / 41
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2017
The Long Drop
POoSN / 2
Buy
2017
Hoodoo Harry(By: Joe R. Lansdale)
POoBB / 31
Buy
2017
The Wild Card(By: Mike Carey)
POoHGN / 42
Buy
2017
Out of Season(By: Mike Carey)
POoHGN / 43
Buy
2018
Only to Sleep(By: Lawrence Osborne)
POoPMB / 11
Buy
2018
The Pretty Little Box(By: Charles Todd)
POoBB / 32
Buy
2018
Seven Years(By: Peter Robinson)
POoBB / 33
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2018
The Hemingway Valise(By: Robert Olen Butler)
POoBB / 34
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2018
The Last Honest Horse Thief(By: Michael Koryta)
POoBB / 35
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2018
The Caxton Private Lending Library & Book Depository(By: John Connolly)
POoBB / 36
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2018
30th Anniversary Celebration(By: Neil Gaiman,Paul Jenkins,Alan Moore,Garth Ennis)
POoHGN / 44
Buy
2019
Conviction
POoAaFB / 1
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2019
Nemo Me Impune Lacessit
POoSS / 2
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2019
Systems of Control(By: Mike Carey)
POoHGN / 45
Buy
2020
The Less Dead
POoSN / 3
Buy
2020
The Girl Who Did Say No(By: David Handler)
POoBB / 37
Buy
2020
Regeneration(By: Peter Milligan)
POoHGN / 46
Buy
2020
No Future(By: Peter Milligan)
POoHGN / 47
Buy
2021
Rizzio
POoDTB / 1
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2021
Sectioned(By: Peter Milligan,Si Spencer)
POoHGN / 48
Buy
2021
Another Season(By: Peter Milligan)
POoHGN / 49
Buy
2022
Hex(By: Jenni Fagan)
POoDTB / 2
Buy
2022
Confidence
POoAaFB / 2
Buy
2022
The Goodbye Coast(By: Joe Ide)
POoPMB / 12
Buy
2022
The Traitor(By: Martin Edwards)
POoBB / 38
Buy
2022
The Dark Door(By: Lisa Unger)
POoBB / 39
Buy
2022
The Honeymoon Trap(By: Peter Swanson)
POoBB / 40
Buy
2022
The Curse of the Constantines(By: Peter Milligan)
POoHGN / 50
Buy
2023
Nothing Left to Fear From Hell(By: Alan Warner)
POoDTB / 3
Buy
2023
Three Fires
POoSN / 4
Buy
2023
Columba's Bones(By: David Greig)
POoDTB / 4
Buy
2023
The Second Murderer
POoPMB / 13
Buy
2024
Queen Macbeth(By: Val McDermid)
POoDTB / 5
Buy
2025
The Good Liar
POoSN / 5
Buy
2025
Benbecula(By: Graeme Macrae Burnet)
POoDTB / 7
Buy
Complete Denise Mina Series Reading Order /
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01
The Book of Virtue(By: Ken Bruen)
2012
Buy
02
Pronghorns of the Third Reich(By: C.J. Box)
2012
Buy
03
The Book Thing(By: Laura Lippman)
2012
Buy
04
The Book Case(By: Nelson DeMille)
2012
Buy
05
An Acceptable Sacrifice(By: Jeffery Deaver)
2012
Buy
06
Death Leaves a Bookmark(By: William Link)
2012
Buy
07
The Final Testament(By: Peter Blauner)
2013
Buy
08
Rides a Stranger(By: David Bell)
2013
Buy
09
The Long Sonata of the Dead(By: Andrew Taylor)
2013
Buy
10
The Book of Ghosts(By: Reed Farrel Coleman)
2013
Buy
11
The Compendium of Srem(By: F. Paul Wilson)
2014
Buy
12
What's in a Name?(By: Thomas H. Cook)
2014
Buy
13
Remaindered(By: Peter Lovesey)
2014
Buy
14
The Sequel(By: R.L. Stine)
2014
Buy
15
The Gospel of Sheba(By: Lyndsay Faye)
2014
Buy
16
Book Club(By: Loren D. Estleman)
2014
Buy
17
The Nature of My Inheritance(By: Bradford Morrow)
2014
Buy
18
It's in the Book(By: Max Allan Collins,Mickey Spillane)
2014
Buy
19
The Scroll(By: Anne Perry)
2014
Buy
20
The Book of the Lion(By: Thomas Perry)
2015
Buy
21
The Little Men(By: Megan Abbott)
2015
Buy
22
Condor in the Stacks(By: James Grady)
2015
Buy
23
Mystery, Inc.(By: Joyce Carol Oates)
2015
Buy
24
Every Seven Years
2015
Buy
25
From the Queen(By: Carolyn Hart)
2015
Buy
26
The Travelling Companion(By: Ian Rankin)
2016
Buy
27
Citadel(By: Stephen Hunter)
2016
Buy
28
Reconciliation Day(By: Christopher Fowler)
2016
Buy
29
Dead Dames Don't Sing(By: John Harvey)
2016
Buy
30
The Haze(By: James W. Hall)
2016
Buy
31
Hoodoo Harry(By: Joe R. Lansdale)
2017
Buy
32
The Pretty Little Box(By: Charles Todd)
2018
Buy
33
Seven Years(By: Peter Robinson)
2018
Buy
34
The Hemingway Valise(By: Robert Olen Butler)
2018
Buy
35
The Last Honest Horse Thief(By: Michael Koryta)
2018
Buy
36
The Caxton Private Lending Library & Book Depository(By: John Connolly)
2018
Buy
37
The Girl Who Did Say No(By: David Handler)
2020
Buy
38
The Traitor(By: Martin Edwards)
2022
Buy
39
The Dark Door(By: Lisa Unger)
2022
Buy
40
The Honeymoon Trap(By: Peter Swanson)
2022
Buy
02
Nemo Me Impune Lacessit
2019
Buy
01
The Field Of Blood
2005
Buy
02
The Dead Hour
2006
Buy
03
Slip of the Knife / The Last Breath
2007
Buy
01
Still Midnight
2009
Buy
02
The End of the Wasp Season
2011
Buy
03
Gods and Beasts
2012
Buy
05
Blood Salt Water
2015
Buy
01
Dangerous Habits(By: Jamie Delano)
1991
Buy
02
Bloodlines(By: Garth Ennis,William Simpson)
1991
Buy
03
Fear and Loathing(By: Garth Ennis)
1993
Buy
04
Damnation's Flame(By: Garth Ennis)
1993
Buy
05
The Fear Machine(By: Jamie Delano)
1998
Buy
06
Hard Time(By: Brian Azzarello)
2000
Buy
07
Freezes Over(By: Brian Azzarello)
2001
Buy
08
Good Intentions(By: Brian Azzarello)
2002
Buy
09
Son of Man(By: Garth Ennis)
2003
Buy
10
Haunted(By: Warren Ellis)
2003
Buy
11
Setting Sun(By: Warren Ellis)
2004
Buy
12
Highwater(By: Brian Azzarello)
2004
Buy
13
Rare Cuts(By: Grant Morrison,Garth Ennis,Jamie Delano)
2005
Buy
14
All His Engines(By: Mike Carey)
2005
Buy
15
The Gift(By: Mike Carey)
2006
Buy
16
Lady Constantine(By: Andy Diggle)
2006
Buy
17
Papa Midnite(By: Mat Johnson)
2006
Buy
18
Empathy is the Enemy
2006
Buy
19
The Devil You Know(By: Jamie Delano)
2007
Buy
20
The Red Right Hand
2007
Buy
21
The Family Man(By: Jamie Delano)
2008
Buy
22
Joyride(By: Andy Diggle)
2008
Buy
23
The Laughing Magician(By: Andy Diggle)
2008
Buy
24
Dark Entries(By: Ian Rankin)
2009
Buy
25
The Roots of Coincidence(By: Andy Diggle)
2009
Buy
26
Scab(By: Peter Milligan)
2009
Buy
27
Hooked(By: Peter Milligan)
2010
Buy
28
India(By: Peter Milligan)
2010
Buy
29
City of Demons(By: Si Spencer)
2011
Buy
30
Bloody Carnations(By: Peter Milligan)
2011
Buy
31
Original Sins(By: John Ridgway,Jamie Delano)
2011
Buy
32
Phantom Pains(By: Peter Milligan)
2012
Buy
33
The Devil's Trenchcoat(By: Peter Milligan)
2012
Buy
34
Death and Cigarettes(By: Peter Milligan)
2013
Buy
35
Tainted Love(By: Garth Ennis)
2014
Buy
36
Shoot(By: Brian Azzarello)
2014
Buy
37
Rake at the Gates of Hell(By: Garth Ennis)
2014
Buy
38
Critical Mass(By: Paul Jenkins)
2014
Buy
39
In The Line Of Fire(By: Paul Jenkins)
2015
Buy
40
Last Man Standing(By: Paul Jenkins)
2015
Buy
41
How to Play with Fire(By: Sean Phillips)
2016
Buy
42
The Wild Card(By: Mike Carey)
2017
Buy
43
Out of Season(By: Mike Carey)
2017
Buy
44
30th Anniversary Celebration(By: Neil Gaiman,Paul Jenkins,Alan Moore,Garth Ennis)
2018
Buy
45
Systems of Control(By: Mike Carey)
2019
Buy
46
Regeneration(By: Peter Milligan)
2020
Buy
47
No Future(By: Peter Milligan)
2020
Buy
48
Sectioned(By: Peter Milligan,Si Spencer)
2021
Buy
49
Another Season(By: Peter Milligan)
2021
Buy
50
The Curse of the Constantines(By: Peter Milligan)
2022
Buy
01
Sanctum / Deception
2002
Buy
02
The Long Drop
2017
Buy
03
The Less Dead
2020
Buy
05
The Good Liar
2025
Buy
01
The Chill(By: Jason Starr)
1998
Buy
02
Filthy Rich(By: Brian Azzarello)
2009
Buy
03
The Executor(By: Andrea Mutti,Jon Evans)
2010
Buy
04
The Bronx Kill(By: Peter Milligan)
2010
Buy
05
Fogtown(By: Andersen Gabrych)
2010
Buy
06
A Sickness in the Family
2010
Buy
07
Rat Catcher(By: Andy Diggle)
2011
Buy
08
Area 10(By: Christos Gage)
2011
Buy
09
Cowboys(By: Brian Hurtt)
2011
Buy
02
Hex(By: Jenni Fagan)
2022
Buy
03
Nothing Left to Fear From Hell(By: Alan Warner)
2023
Buy
04
Columba's Bones(By: David Greig)
2023
Buy
05
Queen Macbeth(By: Val McDermid)
2024
Buy
07
Benbecula(By: Graeme Macrae Burnet)
2025
Buy
01
The Big Sleep(By: Raymond Chandler)
1939
Buy
02
Farewell, My Lovely(By: Raymond Chandler)
1940
Buy
03
The High Window(By: Raymond Chandler)
1942
Buy
04
The Lady in the Lake(By: Raymond Chandler)
1943
Buy
05
The Little Sister(By: Raymond Chandler)
1949
Buy
06
The Long Goodbye(By: Raymond Chandler)
1953
Buy
07
Playback(By: Raymond Chandler)
1958
Buy
08
Poodle Springs(By: Robert B. Parker,Raymond Chandler)
1989
Buy
09
Perchance to Dream(By: Robert B. Parker)
1991
Buy
10
The Black-Eyed Blonde / Marlowe(By: Benjamin Black)
2014
Buy
11
Only to Sleep(By: Lawrence Osborne)
2018
Buy
12
The Goodbye Coast(By: Joe Ide)
2022
Buy
13
The Second Murderer
2023
Buy
01
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, Book 1
2012
Buy
02
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, Book 2
2013
Buy
03
The Girl Who Played with Fire
2014
Buy
04
The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest
2015
Buy
Where to start with Denise Mina
What is the best order to read Denise Mina books?
Publication order is usually the safest place to start. If a book belongs to a series,
follow the numbered series reading order shown on this page.
Are standalone books and series both included?
Yes. Standalone titles appear in the full chronological bibliography, and series are
broken out separately with reading-order links when catalog data is available.
Source note: Sequencebooks organizes author, book, and series records from its catalog data.
Publication years and series order are shown when available.