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Allan Guthrie Books in Order

Allan Guthrie has written 10 books, published between 2004 and 2013. The first book is Two-Way Split (2004) and the newest is Bad Men (2013). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
10
Published
2004–2013
Confirmed
1 of 10 titles
Pages on record
1,137 in 5 of 10 books
Reading time
19–28 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 1,137 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 5 of 10 titles with a page count on record.

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Allan Guthrie, born Allan Buchan in 1965, is a Scottish crime writer who also works as a literary agent and editor. Guthrie was born in Orkney and has lived in Edinburgh for most of his adult life; Edinburgh heads the places indexed in the catalogue, alongside hard-boiled mystery, revenge, extortion and ex-convicts. Two-Way Split (2004) was shortlisted for the CWA Debut Dagger and took the Theakston's Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year Award in 2007, and Kiss Her Goodbye (2005) drew Edgar, Anthony and Gumshoe nominations. Ten books are catalogued through to Bad Men (2013), and the Pearce series carries the Guthrie credit.

How many Allan Guthrie books are there?

Allan Guthrie has 10 books, released between 2004 and 2013. 2 of them belong to the Pearce series.

Allan Guthrie Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 10 Allan Guthrie books in the order they were published, with the release year, the page count where one is on record, and how many independent book listings confirm each title. Catalogue data as of September 2026.

  1. Cover of Two-Way Split by Allan Guthrie (2004)
  2. Cover of Kiss Her Goodbye by Allan Guthrie, book 1 of the Pearce series (2005)
  3. Cover of Hard Man by Allan Guthrie, book 2 of the Pearce series (2007)
  4. Cover of Kill Clock by Allan Guthrie, book 3 of the Most Wanted series (2007)
  5. Cover of Slammer by Allan Guthrie (2009)
  6. Cover of Killing Mum by Allan Guthrie (2009)
  1. 1
    Two-Way Split2004 · 188 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2004188
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  2. 2
    Kiss Her GoodbyePearce #12005 · 223 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2005223
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  3. 3
    Hard ManPearce #22007 · 268 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2007268
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  4. 4
    Kill ClockMost Wanted #32007 · 160 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2007160
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  5. 5
    Savage Night2008 · 298 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2008298
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  6. 6
    Slammer2009 · confirmed 1/4
    2009–
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  7. 7
    Killing Mum2009 · confirmed 1/4
    2009–
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  8. 8
    Bye Bye Baby2010 · confirmed 1/4
    2010–
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  9. 9
    Hilda's Big Day Out2012 · confirmed 1/4
    2012–
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  10. 10
    Bad Men2013 · confirmed 1/4
    2013–
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Allan Guthrie books grouped by series

Each title below is a row in the publication-order table above. None of these groups has a reading-order page of its own on this site.

Pearce in order

2 books
  1. 1. Kiss Her Goodbye
  2. 2. Hard Man

Most Wanted in order

1 book
  1. 3. Kill Clock

Standalone books

7 books

7 Allan Guthrie titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Allan Guthrie books in order?

You only need to read Allan Guthrie books in order within the Pearce series, which holds 2 of the 10 Allan Guthrie books listed here. The numbered table above gives every book in publication order.

Where to start with Allan Guthrie

Start with Two-Way Split (2004), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Allan Guthrie book?

Bad Men (2013) is the newest Allan Guthrie book released so far.

Is there a new Allan Guthrie book coming?

No next Allan Guthrie book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.

Allan Guthrie at a glance

No recent titles
The newest Allan Guthrie title on record dates from 2013, 13 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
Release pace
Allan Guthrie books have appeared about one a year on average.
Length
1,137 pages across the 5 of 10 books with a recorded length, a median of 223 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Allan Guthrie books, 7 of 10, were published in the 2000s.

What the Allan Guthrie books are about

7 of the 10 Allan Guthrie books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: edinburgh (scotland) is tagged on 3 of 7. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.