Christianna Brand Books in Order

32 books are credited to Christianna Brand, published between 1941 and 2025; 3 of them appeared after Christianna Brand's death in 1988. The first book is Death in High Heels (1941) and the newest is The Three-Cornered Halo (2025). Publication order is the reading order below.

Christianna Brand is the pen name of Mary Christianna Milne. Christianna Brand also publishes as Annabel Jones, China Thompson, Mary Ann Ashe, Mary Brand, Mary Roland.

Books: 32
Published: 1941–2025
Pages on record: 3,902 in 17 of 32 books
Reading time: 65–98 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 3,902 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 17 of 32 titles with a page count on record.

See all 32 books in order Printable Christianna Brand checklist

Christianna Brand was the professional name of Mary Christianna Lewis, born Mary Christianna Milne on 17 December 1907 in British Malaya, now Malaysia, a British writer of crime fiction and children's books who died on 11 March 1988. Inspector Cockrill is a series, with subject headings naming police procedurals and traditional English detective stories. The catalogue lists 32 books, beginning with Death in High Heels and Heads You Lose (both 1941), Green for Danger (1944), Death of Jezebel (1949) and Tour de Force (1955). Nurse Matilda, Inspector Charlesworth and Inspector Chucky are further series, and humorous children's stories appear among the subjects.

How many Christianna Brand books are there?

Christianna Brand has 32 books, released between 1941 and 2025. 3 of them were published after Christianna Brand's death in 1988. They include 4 series and 15 titles listed outside any series.

Christianna Brand 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.

Inspector Cockrill in order

8 books

1. Heads You Lose
2. Green for Danger
3. Suddenly at His Residence / The Crooked Wreath
4. Death of Jezebel
6. Tour de Force
7. The Three-Cornered Halo
8. The Spotted Cat and Other Mysteries from Inspector Cockrill's Casebook
9. The Three-Cornered Halo

Nurse Matilda in order

4 books

1. Nurse Matilda
2. Nurse Matilda Goes to Town
3. Nurse Matilda Goes to Hospital
4. Nurse Matilda: The Collected Tales

Inspector Charlesworth in order

2 books

1. Death in High Heels
2. The Rose in Darkness

Inspector Chucky in order

2 books

1. Cat and Mouse
2. A Ring of Roses

British Library Crime Classics in order

1 book

65. London Particular / Fog of Doubt

Standalone books

15 books

15 Christianna Brand titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Christianna Brand books in order?

You only need to read Christianna Brand books in order within each series: the books listed here span 4 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.

Where to start with Christianna Brand

Start with Death in High Heels (1941), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Christianna Brand book?

The Three-Cornered Halo (2025) is the newest Christianna Brand book released so far.

Is there a new Christianna Brand book coming?

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

Christianna Brand at a glance

Died: Christianna Brand died in 1988, according to Wikidata.
After death: Books credited to Christianna Brand are still being published after Christianna Brand's death in 1988; the newest appeared in 2025.
Release pace: Christianna Brand books have appeared about one every 3 years on average.
Length: 3,902 pages across the 17 of 32 books with a recorded length, a median of 223 pages each.
Busiest decade: Most Christianna Brand books, 8 of 32, were published in the 1960s.

What the Christianna Brand books are about

19 of the 32 Christianna Brand books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: inspector cockrill (fictitious character) is tagged on 7 of 19. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.

Inspector Cockrill (Fictitious character) 7 of 19 books
Police 7 of 19 books
Cockrill, inspector (fictitious character) 6 of 19 books
Mystery & detective 6 of 19 books
England 5 of 19 books
Fiction in English 5 of 19 books
Children's fiction 3 of 19 books
Humor 3 of 19 books
Mystery & detective, police procedural 3 of 19 books
Mystery & detective, traditional 3 of 19 books
Behavior 2 of 19 books