Bill Kitson Books in Order
Bill Kitson has written 49 books, published between 2010 and 2026. The first book is Depth of Despair / What Lies Beneath (2010) and the newest is Valley of Death (2026). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 49
- Published
- 2010–2026
- Pages on record
- 1,532 in 6 of 49 books
Bill Kitson writes crime fiction and police procedurals. DI Mike Nash is the recurring detective, and the series opens in 2010 with Depth of Despair, Chosen and Minds That Hate, each also published under a second title. Five further series follow: the Eden House Mysteries, the Cowgill Family Saga, Byland Crescent, Shepherd's Lodge and a Greek Island Romance run. Fifty-four books are catalogued through Valley of Death (2026). Serial murder investigation, human trafficking, organized crime and judicial error recur as subjects.
Source: composed
The DI Mike Nash series follows a detective who moves from London back to his Yorkshire hometown, where he investigates murder cases with his team, at times uncovering secrets from the past.
How many Bill Kitson books are there?
Bill Kitson has 49 books, released between 2010 and 2026. They include 6 series and 5 titles listed outside any series.
Bill Kitson Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 49 Bill Kitson 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 November 2026.
- 12010–1/4
- 220102231/4
- 32010–1/4
- 420112241/4
- 52011–1/4
- 620123221/4
- 720122661/4
- 82012–1/4
- 92013–1/4
- 10No Second Chance2014 · confirmed 1/42014–1/4
- 112014–1/4
- 122014–1/4
- 132014–1/4
- 142014–1/4
- 152014–1/4
- 1620142551/4
- 172015–1/4
- 182015–1/4
- 192015–1/4
- 202015–2/4
- 212016–1/4
- 222016–1/4
- 232017–1/4
- 242018–1/4
- 252018–1/4
- 262018–2/4
- 272019–1/4
- 282019–1/4
- 292020–1/4
- 302020–1/4
- 312020–1/4
- 32BLOOD DIAMOND2020 · confirmed 1/42020–1/4
- 33HIDE & SEEK2020 · confirmed 1/42020–1/4
- 342020–2/4
- 352021–1/4
- 36Flowers On My Grave2021 · confirmed 1/42021–1/4
- 37Love Changes Everything2021 · confirmed 1/42021–1/4
- 382021–2/4
- 3920212422/4
- 402022–1/4
- 412022–1/4
- 422022–1/4
- 432022–1/4
- 442023–1/4
- 452023–1/4
- 462024–1/4
- 472025–1/4
- 482025–2/4
- 492026–1/4
Bill Kitson 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.
DI Mike Nash in order
21 books- 1. Depth of Despair / What Lies Beneath
- 2. Chosen / Vanish without Trace
- 3. Minds That Hate / Playing with Fire
- 4. Altered Egos / Killing Christmas
- 5. Back-Slash / Slash Killer
- 6. Identity Crisis / Alone with a Killer
- 7. Snow Angel / False Witness
- 8. Buried in the Past / Blood Diamond
- 9. Dead and Gone
- 10. Picture of Innocence / Hide & Seek
- 11. Running Scared
- 12. The Bleeding Heart Killer
- and 9 more in the table above
Greek Island Romance in order
8 booksEden House Mysteries in order
5 booksCowgill Family Saga in order
4 booksByland Crescent in order
3 books- 1. Requiem
- 2. Renaissance
- 3. Retribution
Shepherd's Lodge in order
3 booksStandalone books
5 books5 Bill Kitson titles here are not listed as part of any series.
Do you have to read Bill Kitson books in order?
You only need to read Bill Kitson books in order within each series: the books listed here span 6 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.
Where to start with Bill Kitson
Start with Depth of Despair / What Lies Beneath (2010), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Bill Kitson book?
Valley of Death (2026) is the newest Bill Kitson book released so far.
Is there a new Bill Kitson book coming?
No next Bill Kitson book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Bill Kitson at a glance
- Still publishing
- Bill Kitson published a book as recently as 2026.
- Release pace
- Bill Kitson books have appeared more than one a year on average.
- Length
- 1,532 pages across the 6 of 49 books with a recorded length, a median of 248 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Bill Kitson books, 28 of 49, were published in the 2010s.
When Bill Kitson books were published
Publication distribution by decade, showing when Bill Kitson titles appeared. 2010s was the most productive decade with 28 titles.
49 books total across 2 decades. Decade reflects the year each title was first catalogued.
What the Bill Kitson books are about
8 of the 49 Bill Kitson books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: england is tagged on 6 of 8. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- England 6 of 8 books
- Police 6 of 8 books
- Mystery & detective, police procedural 5 of 8 books
- Crime 4 of 8 books
- Mike Nash (Fictitious character) 4 of 8 books
- Mystery & detective 4 of 8 books