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Chris Collett Books in Order

Chris Collett has written 11 books, published between 2004 and 2026. The first book is The Worm in the Bud / Deadly Lies (2004) and the newest is Costly Lies (2026). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
11
Published
2004–2026
Pages on record
2,243 in 7 of 11 books
Reading time
37–56 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 2,243 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 7 of 11 titles with a page count on record.

See all 11 books in order Printable Chris Collett checklist

Chris Collett writes the DI Mariner novels, a police series built on Detective Inspector Tom Mariner. Eleven books run from The Worm in the Bud (2004) to Costly Lies (2026), and most carry a second title ending in Lies: Deadly Lies, Innocent Lies, Killer Lies, Baby Lies, Married Lies, Buried Lies and Missing Lies. Murder investigation, missing persons, police questioning and child witnesses are the recurring subjects.

How many Chris Collett books are there?

Chris Collett has 11 books, released between 2004 and 2026. 10 of them belong to the DI Mariner series.

Chris Collett Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 11 Chris Collett 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 The Worm in the Bud / Deadly Lies by Chris Collett, book 1 of the DI Mariner series (2004)
  2. Cover of Blood of the Innocents / Innocent Lies by Chris Collett, book 2 of the DI Mariner series (2005)
  3. Cover of Written in Blood / Killer Lies by Chris Collett, book 3 of the DI Mariner series (2006)
  4. Cover of Blood Money / Baby Lies by Chris Collett, book 4 of the DI Mariner series (2007)
  5. Cover of Stalked by Shadows / Married Lies by Chris Collett, book 5 of the DI Mariner series (2009)
  6. Cover of Blood and Stone / Buried Lies by Chris Collett, book 6 of the DI Mariner series (2013)
  7. Cover of Dead of Night / Missing Lies by Chris Collett, book 7 of the DI Mariner series (2015)
  8. Cover of A Good Death by Chris Collett, book 8 of the DI Mariner series (2017)
  1. 1
    The Worm in the Bud / Deadly LiesDI Mariner #12004 · 327 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2004327
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  2. 2
    Blood of the Innocents / Innocent LiesDI Mariner #22005 · 320 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2005320
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  3. 3
    Written in Blood / Killer LiesDI Mariner #32006 · 448 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2006448
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  4. 4
    Blood Money / Baby LiesDI Mariner #42007 · 266 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2007266
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  5. 5
    Stalked by Shadows / Married LiesDI Mariner #52009 · 397 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2009397
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  6. 6
    Blood and Stone / Buried LiesDI Mariner #62013 · confirmed 2/4
    2013–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  7. 7
    Dead of Night / Missing LiesDI Mariner #72015 · 250 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2015250
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  8. 8
    A Good DeathDI Mariner #82017 · 235 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2017235
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  9. 9
    The Truth About Murder2019 · confirmed 2/4
    2019–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  10. 10
    Midnight LiesDI Mariner #92022 · confirmed 2/4
    2022–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  11. 11
    Costly LiesDI Mariner #102026 · confirmed 2/4
    2026–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK

Chris Collett characters in order

The character linked below has its own reading-order page.

Chris Collett 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 Mariner in order

10 books
  1. 1. The Worm in the Bud / Deadly Lies
  2. 2. Blood of the Innocents / Innocent Lies
  3. 3. Written in Blood / Killer Lies
  4. 4. Blood Money / Baby Lies
  5. 5. Stalked by Shadows / Married Lies
  6. 6. Blood and Stone / Buried Lies
  7. 7. Dead of Night / Missing Lies
  8. 8. A Good Death
  9. 9. Midnight Lies
  10. 10. Costly Lies

Standalone books

1 book

1 Chris Collett title here is not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Chris Collett books in order?

You only need to read Chris Collett books in order within the DI Mariner series, which holds 10 of the 11 Chris Collett books listed here. The numbered table above gives every book in publication order.

Where to start with Chris Collett

Start with The Worm in the Bud / Deadly Lies (2004), the first D.I. Tom Mariner book. It is also the earliest catalogued title.

What is the newest Chris Collett book?

Costly Lies (2026) is the newest Chris Collett book released so far.

Is there a new Chris Collett book coming?

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

Chris Collett at a glance

Still publishing
Chris Collett published a book as recently as 2026.
Release pace
Chris Collett books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
Length
2,243 pages across the 7 of 11 books with a recorded length, a median of 320 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Chris Collett books, 5 of 11, were published in the 2000s.

What the Chris Collett books are about

7 of the 11 Chris Collett books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: investigation is tagged on 5 of 7. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.