Graham Ison Books in Order
Graham Ison has written 47 books, published between 1989 and 2021. The first book is Confirm or Deny (1989) and the newest is Hardcastle's Secret Agent (2021). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 47
- Published
- 1989–2021
- Pages on record
- 7,860 in 34 of 47 books
- Reading time
- 131–197 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 7,860 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 34 of 47 titles with a page count on record.
Graham Ison writes police procedurals set in London. Forty-seven books are catalogued between 1989 and 2021, from Confirm or Deny (1989) to Hardcastle's Secret Agent (2021). Four series divide them: the Brock and Poole Mysteries, the Hardcastle books, Tommy Fox, and Gaffney and Tipper. The Home Secretary Will See You Now (1989), A Damned Serious Business (1990), The Cold Light of Dawn (1990), The Laundry Man (1991) and The Taming of Tango Harris (1993) come from the early run. Murder, criminal investigation, English history and the First World War run through the subjects.
How many Graham Ison books are there?
Graham Ison has 47 books, released between 1989 and 2021. They include 4 series and 3 titles listed outside any series.
Graham Ison Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 47 Graham Ison 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.
- 119893162/4
- 219892212/4
- 31990–2/4
- 41990–2/4
- 51990–2/4
- 619914642/4
- 719924322/4
- 81992–2/4
- 91993–2/4
- 1019942162/4
- 1119952242/4
- 12Division1996 · 436 pages · confirmed 2/419964362/4
- 13Blue Murder1996 · 214 pages · confirmed 2/419962142/4
- 1420021922/4
- 1520032242/4
- 1620042242/4
- 1720042242/4
- 1820052242/4
- 1920052202/4
- 2020052182/4
- 2120062162/4
- 2220062042/4
- 2320062042/4
- 2420072162/4
- 2520082122/4
- 2620082022/4
- 2720082042/4
- 282009–2/4
- 292009–2/4
- 302010–2/4
- 312010–2/4
- 322011–2/4
- 332011–2/4
- 34The House at Oxford Square2012 · confirmed 2/42012–2/4
- 352012–2/4
- 3620131842/4
- 3720131852/4
- 3820141842/4
- 3920141922/4
- 4020151922/4
- 4120152042/4
- 4220161882/4
- 4320171992/4
- 4420182012/4
- 4520192082/4
- 4620192082/4
- 4720212082/4
Graham Ison characters in order
The character linked below has its own reading-order page.
- Brock and Poole books in order 17 books
Graham Ison 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.
Brock and Poole Mystery in order
17 books- 1. Working Girl
- 2. Light Fantastic
- 3. Whiplash
- 4. Kicking the Air
- 5. Whispering Grass
- 6. Drumfire
- 7. Lost or Found
- 8. Jack in the Box
- 9. Breach of Privilege
- 10. All Quiet on Arrival
- 11. Gunrunner
- 12. Make Them Pay
- and 5 more in the table above
Hardcastle in order
16 books- 1. Hardcastle's Spy
- 2. Hardcastle's Armistice
- 3. Hardcastle's Conspiracy
- 4. Hardcastle's Airmen
- 5. Hardcastle's Actress
- 6. Hardcastle's Burglar
- 7. Hardcastle's Mandarin
- 8. Hardcastle's Soldiers
- 9. Hardcastle's Obsession
- 10. Hardcastle's Frustration
- 11. Hardcastle's Traitors
- 12. Hardcastle's Quartet
- and 4 more in the table above
Tommy Fox in order
7 booksGaffney and Tipper in order
4 booksStandalone books
3 books3 Graham Ison titles here are not listed as part of any series.
Do you have to read Graham Ison books in order?
You only need to read Graham Ison 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 Graham Ison
Start with Working Girl (2002), the first Brock and Poole book. The earliest catalogued title overall is Confirm or Deny (1989).
What is the newest Graham Ison book?
Hardcastle's Secret Agent (2021) is the newest Graham Ison book released so far.
Is there a new Graham Ison book coming?
No next Graham Ison book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Graham Ison at a glance
- Paused
- No new Graham Ison title has appeared for 5 years. The last was published in 2021.
- Release pace
- Graham Ison books have appeared more than one a year on average.
- Length
- 7,860 pages across the 34 of 47 books with a recorded length, a median of 210 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Graham Ison books, 17 of 47, were published in the 2010s.
What the Graham Ison books are about
38 of the 47 Graham Ison books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: mystery & detective, police procedural is tagged on 23 of 38. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Mystery & detective, police procedural 23 of 38 books
- Police 23 of 38 books
- London (England) 15 of 38 books
- Crime 12 of 38 books
- Investigation 12 of 38 books
- Murder 12 of 38 books
- Mystery & detective 8 of 38 books
- England 5 of 38 books
- History 5 of 38 books
- Great Britain 4 of 38 books
- World War, 1914-1918 4 of 38 books