Ambrose Parry Books in Order

Ambrose Parry has written 7 books, published between 2018 and 2025. The first book is The Way of All Flesh (2018) and the newest is The Death of Shame (2025). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
7
Published
2018–2025
Pages on record
1,239 in 3 of 7 books

Ambrose Parry is the shared pen name of Marisa Haetzman and Chris Brookmyre. Under it the pair write historical crime fiction set in Edinburgh, with physicians and medical students among the recurring figures. The Raven, Fisher, and Simpson series accounts for the catalogue's 7 books, published between 2018 and 2025, from The Way of All Flesh (2018) through The Art of Dying (2020), A Corruption of Blood (2021) and Voices of the Dead (2023) to The Death of Shame (2025). Parry is actively publishing.

How many Ambrose Parry books are there?

Ambrose Parry has 7 books, released between 2018 and 2025.

Ambrose Parry Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 7 Ambrose Parry 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. 1
    The Way of All FleshRaven, Fisher, and Simpson #12018 · 407 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2018407
  2. 2
    The Art of DyingRaven, Fisher, and Simpson #22020 · 416 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2020416
  3. 3
    A Corruption of BloodRaven, Fisher, and Simpson #32021 · confirmed 2/4
    2021
  4. 4
    The Spendthrift and the Swallow (Short Story)Raven, Fisher, and Simpson #42023 · confirmed 2/4
    2023
  5. 5
    Voices of the DeadRaven, Fisher, and Simpson #52023 · 416 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2023416
  6. 6
    The Apple Falls Not FarRaven, Fisher, and Simpson #62025 · confirmed 2/4
    2025
  7. 7
    The Death of ShameRaven, Fisher, and Simpson #72025 · confirmed 2/4
    2025

Ambrose Parry 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.

Do you have to read Ambrose Parry books in order?

You only need to read Ambrose Parry books in order within the Raven, Fisher, and Simpson series, which holds 7 of the 7 Ambrose Parry books listed here. The numbered table above gives every book in publication order.

Where to start with Ambrose Parry

Start with The Way of All Flesh (2018), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Ambrose Parry book?

The Death of Shame (2025) is the newest Ambrose Parry book released so far.

Is there a new Ambrose Parry book coming?

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

Ambrose Parry at a glance

Still publishing
Ambrose Parry published a book as recently as 2025.
Release pace
Ambrose Parry books have appeared about one a year on average.
Length
1,239 pages across the 3 of 7 books with a recorded length, a median of 416 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Ambrose Parry books, 6 of 7, were published in the 2020s.

What the Ambrose Parry books are about

2 of the 7 Ambrose Parry books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. No subject is tagged on more than one of them, so each one below describes a single book. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.