Gerald Hammond Books in Order

Gerald Hammond has written 73 books, published between 1965 and 2012. The first book is Fred in Situ (1965) and the newest is The Unkindest Cut (2012). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books: 73
Published: 1965–2012
Pages on record: 13,581 in 64 of 73 books
Reading time: 226–340 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 13,581 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 64 of 73 titles with a page count on record.

See all 73 books in order Printable Gerald Hammond checklist

Scotland is where Gerald Hammond's mysteries take place, much of the action in the invented town of Newton Lauder. Keith Calder is a gunsmith, John Cunningham a dog breeder, and Honey Laird leads a third series; between them they carry a catalogue of 73 books. Hammond wrote short, at a median of 190 pages, from Fred in Situ (1965) to The Unkindest Cut in 2012.

How many Gerald Hammond books are there?

Gerald Hammond has 73 books, released between 1965 and 2012. They include 3 series and 34 titles listed outside any series.

Gerald Hammond 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.

Keith Calder in order

23 books

1. Dead Game
2. The Reward Game
3. The Revenge Game
4. Fair Game
5. The Game
6. Cousin Once Removed
7. Sauce for the Pigeon
8. Pursuit of Arms
9. Silver City Scandal
10. The Executor
11. The Worried Widow
12. Adverse Report
and 11 more in the table above

Three Oaks in order

13 books

1. Dog in the Dark
2. Whose Dog Are You?
3. Doghouse
4. Give a Dog a Name
5. The Curse of the Cockers
6. Sting in the Tail
7. Mad Dogs and Scotsmen
8. Bloodlines
9. Twice Bitten
10. A Shocking Affair
11. Dogsbody
12. Dead Weight
and 1 more in the table above

Honey Laird in order

3 books

1. Cold Relations
2. A Dead Question
3. Loving Memory

Standalone books

34 books

34 Gerald Hammond titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Gerald Hammond books in order?

You only need to read Gerald Hammond 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 Gerald Hammond

Start with Fred in Situ (1965), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Gerald Hammond book?

The Unkindest Cut (2012) is the newest Gerald Hammond book released so far.

Is there a new Gerald Hammond book coming?

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

Gerald Hammond at a glance

No recent titles: The newest Gerald Hammond title on record dates from 2012, 14 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
Release pace: Gerald Hammond books have appeared more than one a year on average.
Length: 13,581 pages across the 64 of 73 books with a recorded length, a median of 190 pages each.
Busiest decade: Most Gerald Hammond books, 24 of 73, were published in the 2000s.

What the Gerald Hammond books are about

64 of the 73 Gerald Hammond 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 45 of 64. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.

Mystery & detective 45 of 64 books
Scotland 32 of 64 books
Calder, keith (fictitious character) 17 of 64 books
Newton lauder (scotland : imaginary place) 17 of 64 books
Keith Calder (Fictitious character) 15 of 64 books
Gunsmiths 13 of 64 books
Cunningham, john (fictitious character) 9 of 64 books
Dog breeders 8 of 64 books
John Cunningham (Fictitious character) 8 of 64 books
Murder 5 of 64 books
Calder, deborah (fictitious character) 3 of 64 books