Douglas Skelton Books in Order
Douglas Skelton has written 31 books, published between 1992 and 2025. The first book is Scotland (1992) and the newest is Ship of Thieves (2025). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 31
- Published
- 1992–2025
- Pages on record
- 3,913 in 17 of 31 books
- Reading time
- 65–98 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 3,913 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 17 of 31 titles with a page count on record.
Douglas Skelton wrote Scottish true crime before he wrote crime fiction. Blood on the Thistle (1992), Frightener (1992), Deadlier Than the Male (2003) and Scotland's Most Wanted (2006) set out real cases; the Davie McCall, Dominic Queste and Rebecca Connolly novels came later. Crime, murder and criminal investigation run through all of it. Thirty-one catalogued titles reach Ship of Thieves (2025).
Source: Wikidata
How many Douglas Skelton books are there?
Douglas Skelton has 31 books, released between 1992 and 2025. They include 3 series and 13 titles listed outside any series.
Douglas Skelton Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 31 Douglas Skelton 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 November 2026.
- 1Scotland1992 · 144 pages · confirmed 1/419921441/4
- 2Blood on the Thistle1992 · 224 pages · confirmed 1/419922241/4
- 3Frightener1992 · 188 pages · confirmed 1/419921881/4
- 4No Final Solution1995 · 191 pages · confirmed 1/419951911/4
- 5A Time to Kill1995 · 192 pages · confirmed 1/419951921/4
- 6Devil's Gallop2001 · 207 pages · confirmed 1/420012071/4
- 7Deadlier Than the Male2003 · 192 pages · confirmed 1/420031921/4
- 8Indian Peter2004 · 272 pages · confirmed 1/420042721/4
- 9Bloody Valentine2004 · 192 pages · confirmed 1/420041921/4
- 10Scotland's Most Wanted2006 · 222 pages · confirmed 1/420062221/4
- 11Dark Heart2008 · 239 pages · confirmed 1/420082391/4
- 12Glasgow's Black Heart2009 · 318 pages · confirmed 1/420093181/4
- 1320113201/4
- 1420132241/4
- 152014–1/4
- 1620152241/4
- 172016–1/4
- 182016–1/4
- 1920172041/4
- 20The Janus Run2018 · confirmed 1/42018–1/4
- 212020–1/4
- 2220213601/4
- 232021–1/4
- 242022–1/4
- 252022–1/4
- 262023–1/4
- 272023–1/4
- 282024–1/4
- 292024–1/4
- 302024–1/4
- 312025–1/4
Douglas Skelton 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.
Rebecca Connolly in order
6 booksCompany of Rogues in order
5 booksDavie McCall in order
4 books- 1. Blood City
- 2. Crow Bait
- 3. Devil's Knock
- 4. Open Wounds
Dominic Queste in order
3 booksStandalone books
13 books13 Douglas Skelton titles here are not listed as part of any series.
Do you have to read Douglas Skelton books in order?
You only need to read Douglas Skelton books in order within each series: the books listed here span 3 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.
Where to start with Douglas Skelton
Start with Scotland (1992), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Douglas Skelton book?
Ship of Thieves (2025) is the newest Douglas Skelton book released so far.
Is there a new Douglas Skelton book coming?
No next Douglas Skelton 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 Skelton at a glance
- Still publishing
- Douglas Skelton published a book as recently as 2025.
- Release pace
- Douglas Skelton books have appeared about one a year on average.
- Length
- 3,913 pages across the 17 of 31 books with a recorded length, a median of 222 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Douglas Skelton books, 11 of 31, were published in the 2020s.
When Douglas Skelton books were published
Publication distribution by decade, showing when Douglas Skelton titles appeared. 2020s was the most productive decade with 11 titles.
31 books total across 4 decades. Decade reflects the year each title was first catalogued.
What the Douglas Skelton books are about
21 of the 31 Douglas Skelton books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: crime is tagged on 7 of 21. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Crime 7 of 21 books
- Murder 6 of 21 books
- Thrillers 6 of 21 books
- History 4 of 21 books
- Suspense 4 of 21 books
- Biography 2 of 21 books
- Case studies 2 of 21 books
- Criminal investigation 2 of 21 books
- Criminals 2 of 21 books
- Mystery & detective 2 of 21 books
- Edinburgh 2 of 21 books