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Douglas Lindsay Books in Order

Douglas Lindsay has written 64 books, published between 1999 and 2026. The first book is The Long Midnight of Barney Thomson aka The Legend of Barney Thomson (1999) and the newest is The Vikström Papers: Cold Harbor (2026). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
64
Published
1999–2026
Pages on record
2,472 in 8 of 64 books
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Barney Thomson, a barber, is the figure Douglas Lindsay started with, in The Long Midnight of Barney Thomson (1999), and that series sets serial murder against comedy. Lindsay went on to build a run of Scottish police series: Detective Thomas Hutton, DI Buchan, DCI Jericho, DI Ben Westphall, DI Pereira & DS Bain and Sam Vikstrom. The catalogue holds 64 books through to The Vikstrom Papers: Cold Harbor (2026), at a median of 339 pages.

How many Douglas Lindsay books are there?

Douglas Lindsay has 64 books, released between 1999 and 2026. They include 8 series and 15 titles listed outside any series.

Douglas Lindsay Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 64 Douglas Lindsay 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 Long Midnight of Barney Thomson aka The Legend of Barney Thomson by Douglas Lindsay (1999)
  2. Cover of The Cutting Edge of Barney Thomson by Douglas Lindsay, book 2 of the Barney Thomson series (2000)
  3. Cover of A Prayer For Barney Thomson by Douglas Lindsay, book 3 of the Barney Thomson series (2001)
  4. Cover of The King Was In His Counting House by Douglas Lindsay, book 4 of the Barney Thomson series (2004)
  5. Cover of The Last Fish Supper by Douglas Lindsay, book 5 of the Barney Thomson series (2006)
  6. Cover of The Haunting of Barney Thomson by Douglas Lindsay, book 6 of the Barney Thomson series (2007)
  7. Cover of Lost in Juarez by Douglas Lindsay (2008)
  8. Cover of The Final Cut by Douglas Lindsay, book 7 of the Barney Thomson series (2009)
  9. Cover of The Face of Death by Douglas Lindsay, book 2 of the Barney Thomson Short Stories/Novellas series (2013)
  10. Cover of Song of the Dead by Douglas Lindsay, book 1 of the DI Ben Westphall series (2016)
  11. Cover of From #Indyref to Eternity by Douglas Lindsay (2017)
  1. 1
    The Long Midnight of Barney Thomson aka The Legend of Barney ThomsonBarney Thomson #11999 · confirmed 1/4
    1999–
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  2. 2
    The Cutting Edge of Barney ThomsonBarney Thomson #22000 · 384 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2000384
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  3. 3
    A Prayer For Barney ThomsonBarney Thomson #32001 · 416 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2001416
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  4. 4
    The King Was In His Counting HouseBarney Thomson #42004 · 310 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2004310
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  5. 5
    The Last Fish SupperBarney Thomson #52006 · confirmed 1/4
    2006–
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  6. 6
    The Haunting of Barney ThomsonBarney Thomson #62007 · 260 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2007260
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  7. 7
    Lost in Juarez2008 · confirmed 1/4
    2008–
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  8. 8
    The Final CutBarney Thomson #72009 · confirmed 1/4
    2009–
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  9. 9
    21 Years on the Back of Dixie Klondyke's Spanish Guitar2010 · confirmed 1/4
    2010–
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  10. 10
    The End Of DaysBarney Thomson Short Stories/Novellas #12011 · confirmed 1/4
    2011–
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  11. 11
    Santa's Christmas Eve Blues2012 · confirmed 1/4
    2012–
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  12. 12
    The Unburied DeadDetective Thomas Hutton #12012 · confirmed 1/4
    2012–
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  13. 13
    We Are The Hanged ManDCI Jericho #12012 · confirmed 1/4
    2012–
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  14. 14
    For The Most Part Uncontaminated2013 · confirmed 1/4
    2013–
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  15. 15
    A Plague Of CrowsDetective Thomas Hutton #22013 · confirmed 1/4
    2013–
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  16. 16
    The Face of DeathBarney Thomson Short Stories/Novellas #22013 · 78 pages · confirmed 1/4
    201378
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  17. 17
    There Are Always Side Effects2013 · confirmed 1/4
    2013–
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  18. 18
    Being For The Benefit Of Mr Kite!2014 · confirmed 1/4
    2014–
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  19. 19
    Kids, And Why You Shouldn't Eat More Than One For Breakfast2014 · confirmed 1/4
    2014–
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  20. 20
    The Blood That Stains Your HandsDetective Thomas Hutton #32014 · confirmed 1/4
    2014–
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  21. 22
    A Room With No Natural Light2015 · confirmed 1/4
    2015–
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  22. 23
    Song of the DeadDI Ben Westphall #12016 · 272 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2016272
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  23. 24
    Cold CutsDI Pereira & DS Bain #12017 · confirmed 1/4
    2017–
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  24. 25
    Boy in the WellDI Ben Westphall #22017 · 384 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2017384
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  25. 26
    The Judas FlowerDI Pereira & DS Bain #22017 · confirmed 1/4
    2017–
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  26. 27
    We Are DeathDCI Jericho #22017 · confirmed 1/4
    2017–
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  27. 28
    Barney Thomson: Zombie SlayerBarney Thomson Short Stories/Novellas #42017 · confirmed 1/4
    2017–
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  28. 29
    From #Indyref to Eternity2017 · confirmed 1/4
    2017–
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  29. 30
    Ballad In Blue2018 · confirmed 1/4
    2018–
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Douglas Lindsay series and characters in order

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

Douglas Lindsay books grouped by series

Each title below is a row in the publication-order table above. A group whose heading is a link has its own reading-order page; the other groups have no page of their own on this site.

Barney Thomson books in order

11 books by Douglas Lindsay
  1. 1. The Long Midnight of Barney Thomson aka The Legend of Barney Thomson
  2. 2. The Cutting Edge of Barney Thomson
  3. 3. A Prayer For Barney Thomson
  4. 4. The King Was In His Counting House
  5. 5. The Last Fish Supper
  6. 6. The Haunting of Barney Thomson
  7. 7. The Final Cut
  8. 8. Aye, Barney
  9. 9. Curse Of The Clown
  10. 10. Scenes From The Barbershop Floor: Volume 1
  11. 11. Scenes From The Barbershop Floor: Volume 2

Sam Vikstrom in order

5 books
  1. 1. The Vikström Papers: Restoration Man
  2. 2. The Vikström Papers: Jacob's Point
  3. 3. The Vikström Papers: Shadow Tide
  4. 4. The Vikström Papers: Leviathan
  5. 5. The Vikström Papers: Cold Harbor

Barney Thomson Short Stories/Novellas

4 books

4 titles published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.

DCI Jericho in order

3 books
  1. 1. We Are The Hanged Man
  2. 2. We Are Death
  3. 3. We Are The Fool

DI Ben Westphall in order

3 books
  1. 1. Song of the Dead
  2. 2. Boy in the Well
  3. 3. The Art of Dying

DI Pereira & DS Bain in order

2 books
  1. 1. Cold Cuts
  2. 2. The Judas Flower

Hilary Stamp in order

2 books
  1. 1. The Cabinet of Curiosities
  2. 2. Murder At The Fingerpost

Standalone books

15 books

15 Douglas Lindsay titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Douglas Lindsay books in order?

You only need to read Douglas Lindsay books in order within each series: the books listed here span 8 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.

Where to start with Douglas Lindsay

Start with the first book of the Douglas Lindsay series you want to read: Detective Thomas Hutton starts with The Unburied Dead (2012), DI Buchan starts with Buchan (2022) and Barney Thomson starts with The Long Midnight of Barney Thomson aka The Legend of Barney Thomson (1999). The earliest catalogued title overall is The Long Midnight of Barney Thomson aka The Legend of Barney Thomson (1999).

What is the newest Douglas Lindsay book?

The Vikström Papers: Cold Harbor (2026) is the newest Douglas Lindsay book released so far.

Is there a new Douglas Lindsay book coming?

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

Douglas Lindsay at a glance

Still publishing
Douglas Lindsay published a book as recently as 2026.
Release pace
Douglas Lindsay books have appeared more than one a year on average.
Length
2,472 pages across the 8 of 64 books with a recorded length, a median of 339 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Douglas Lindsay books, 31 of 64, were published in the 2020s.

What the Douglas Lindsay books are about

12 of the 64 Douglas Lindsay 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 7 of 12. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.