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C.S. Challinor Books in Order

C.S. Challinor has written 14 books, published between 2008 and 2018. The first book is Christmas is Murder (2008) and the newest is Upstaged by Murder (2018). Publication order is the reading order below. 13 of the 14 books listed here are in the Rex Graves Mystery series, which has its own page: Rex Graves Mystery books in order.

Books
14
Published
2008–2018
Pages on record
1,939 in 9 of 14 books
Reading time
32–48 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 1,939 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 9 of 14 titles with a page count on record.

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C.S. Challinor is the author of the Rex Graves Mystery series. The catalogue holds 14 books published between 2008 and 2018, starting with Christmas is Murder (2008) and followed by Murder in the Raw (2009) and Phi Beta Murder (2010). Subjects include mystery and detective fiction, murder investigation, lawyers, hotels and Scotland. Upstaged by Murder (2018) is the latest title, and no newer book is listed.

How many C.S. Challinor books are there?

C.S. Challinor has 14 books, released between 2008 and 2018. 13 of them belong to the Rex Graves Mystery series.

C.S. Challinor Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 14 C.S. Challinor 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 Christmas is Murder by C.S. Challinor, book 1 of the Rex Graves Mystery series (2008)
  2. Cover of Murder in the Raw by C.S. Challinor, book 2 of the Rex Graves Mystery series (2009)
  3. Cover of Phi Beta Murder by C.S. Challinor, book 3 of the Rex Graves Mystery series (2010)
  4. Cover of Murder on the Moor by C.S. Challinor, book 4 of the Rex Graves Mystery series (2011)
  5. Cover of Murder of the Bride by C.S. Challinor, book 5 of the Rex Graves Mystery series (2012)
  6. Cover of Say Goodbye to Archie by C.S. Challinor, book 8 of the Rex Graves Mystery series (2013)
  7. Cover of Murder at Midnight by C.S. Challinor, book 9 of the Rex Graves Mystery series (2014)
  8. Cover of Prelude To Murder by C.S. Challinor, book 11 of the Rex Graves Mystery series (2015)
  1. 1
    Christmas is MurderRex Graves Mystery #12008 · confirmed 2/4
    2008–
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  2. 2
    Murder in the RawRex Graves Mystery #22009 · confirmed 2/4
    2009–
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  3. 3
    Phi Beta MurderRex Graves Mystery #32010 · 208 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2010208
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  4. 4
    Murder on the MoorRex Graves Mystery #42011 · confirmed 2/4
    2011–
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  5. 5
    Breathtaking2012 · 258 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2012258
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  6. 6
    Murder of the BrideRex Graves Mystery #52012 · confirmed 2/4
    2012–
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  7. 7
    Murder at the Dolphin InnRex Graves Mystery #62012 · 314 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2012314
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  8. 8
    Say Murder With FlowersRex Graves Mystery #72013 · confirmed 2/4
    2013–
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  9. 9
    Say Goodbye to ArchieRex Graves Mystery #82013 · 104 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2013104
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  10. 10
    Murder at MidnightRex Graves Mystery #92014 · 216 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2014216
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  11. 11
    Murder Comes CallingRex Graves Mystery #102015 · 205 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2015205
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  12. 12
    Prelude To MurderRex Graves Mystery #112015 · 203 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2015203
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  13. 13
    Judgment of MurderRex Graves Mystery #122016 · 203 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2016203
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  14. 14
    Upstaged by MurderRex Graves Mystery #132018 · 228 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2018228
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C.S. Challinor series and characters in order

Each link below opens a reading-order page with every book in publication order.

C.S. Challinor 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.

Standalone books

1 book

1 C.S. Challinor title here is not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read C.S. Challinor books in order?

You only need to read C.S. Challinor books in order within the Rex Graves Mystery series, which holds 13 of the 14 C.S. Challinor books listed here. The numbered table above gives every book in publication order.

Where to start with C.S. Challinor

Start with the first book of the C.S. Challinor series you want to read: Rex Graves Mystery starts with Christmas is Murder (2008), Rex Graves starts with Christmas is Murder (2008) and Rex Graves Mysteries starts with Christmas is Murder (2008). The earliest catalogued title overall is Christmas is Murder (2008).

What is the newest C.S. Challinor book?

Upstaged by Murder (2018) is the newest C.S. Challinor book released so far.

Is there a new C.S. Challinor book coming?

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

C.S. Challinor at a glance

No recent titles
The newest C.S. Challinor title on record dates from 2018, 8 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
Release pace
C.S. Challinor books have appeared about one a year on average.
Length
1,939 pages across the 9 of 14 books with a recorded length, a median of 208 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most C.S. Challinor books, 12 of 14, were published in the 2010s.

What the C.S. Challinor books are about

9 of the 14 C.S. Challinor books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: mystery & detective is tagged on 8 of 9. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.