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Bruce Alexander Books in Order

Bruce Alexander has written 11 books, published between 1994 and 2005. The first book is Blind Justice (1994) and the newest is Rules of Engagement (2005). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
11
Published
1994–2005
Pages on record
2,854 in 9 of 11 books
Reading time
48–71 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 2,854 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 9 of 11 titles with a page count on record.

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Bruce Alexander wrote historical mysteries set in eighteenth-century London. One series is recorded against his name, Sir John Fielding, built around the blind magistrate who lived from 1721 to 1780. Blind Justice (1994) opens the run, which continues through Murder in Grub Street (1995), Watery Grave (1996), Jack, Knave and Fool (1998), The Color of Death (2000) and Smuggler's Moon (2001) to Rules of Engagement (2005). Smuggling, the courts and London crime supply the plots. Eleven books are catalogued, and the run ended in 2005.

How many Bruce Alexander books are there?

Bruce Alexander has 11 books, released between 1994 and 2005.

Bruce Alexander Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 11 Bruce Alexander 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 Blind Justice by Bruce Alexander, book 1 of the Sir John Fielding series (1994)
  2. Cover of Watery Grave by Bruce Alexander, book 3 of the Sir John Fielding series (1996)
  3. Cover of Jack, Knave and Fool by Bruce Alexander, book 5 of the Sir John Fielding series (1998)
  4. Cover of Death of a Colonial by Bruce Alexander, book 6 of the Sir John Fielding series (1999)
  5. Cover of Smuggler's Moon by Bruce Alexander, book 8 of the Sir John Fielding series (2001)
  6. Cover of An Experiment In Treason by Bruce Alexander, book 9 of the Sir John Fielding series (2002)
  7. Cover of The Price of Murder by Bruce Alexander, book 10 of the Sir John Fielding series (2003)
  8. Cover of Rules of Engagement by Bruce Alexander, book 11 of the Sir John Fielding series (2005)
  1. 1
    Blind JusticeSir John Fielding #11994 · 323 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1994323
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  2. 2
    Murder in Grub StreetSir John Fielding #21995 · 306 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1995306
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  3. 3
    Watery GraveSir John Fielding #31996 · 320 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1996320
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  4. 4
    Person or Persons UnknownSir John Fielding #41997 · confirmed 2/4
    1997–
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  5. 5
    Jack, Knave and FoolSir John Fielding #51998 · 416 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1998416
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  6. 6
    Death of a ColonialSir John Fielding #61999 · 304 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1999304
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  7. 7
    The Color of DeathSir John Fielding #72000 · 279 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2000279
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  8. 8
    Smuggler's MoonSir John Fielding #82001 · 294 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2001294
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  9. 9
    An Experiment In TreasonSir John Fielding #92002 · 324 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2002324
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  10. 10
    The Price of MurderSir John Fielding #102003 · confirmed 2/4
    2003–
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  11. 11
    Rules of EngagementSir John Fielding #112005 · 288 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2005288
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Bruce Alexander 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.

Sir John Fielding in order

11 books
  1. 1. Blind Justice
  2. 2. Murder in Grub Street
  3. 3. Watery Grave
  4. 4. Person or Persons Unknown
  5. 5. Jack, Knave and Fool
  6. 6. Death of a Colonial
  7. 7. The Color of Death
  8. 8. Smuggler's Moon
  9. 9. An Experiment In Treason
  10. 10. The Price of Murder
  11. 11. Rules of Engagement

Do you have to read Bruce Alexander books in order?

You only need to read Bruce Alexander books in order within the Sir John Fielding series, which holds 11 of the 11 Bruce Alexander books listed here. The numbered table above gives every book in publication order.

Where to start with Bruce Alexander

Start with Blind Justice (1994), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Bruce Alexander book?

Rules of Engagement (2005) is the newest Bruce Alexander book released so far.

Is there a new Bruce Alexander book coming?

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

Bruce Alexander at a glance

No recent titles
The newest Bruce Alexander title on record dates from 2005, 21 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
Release pace
Bruce Alexander books have appeared about one a year on average.
Length
2,854 pages across the 9 of 11 books with a recorded length, a median of 306 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Bruce Alexander books, 6 of 11, were published in the 1990s.

What the Bruce Alexander books are about

All 11 Bruce Alexander books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: blind is tagged on 11 of 11. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.