J.M. Gregson Books in Order
J.M. Gregson has written 50 books, published between 1989 and 2016. The first book is Murder at the Nineteenth (1989) and the newest is Final Act (2016). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 50
- Published
- 1989–2016
- Pages on record
- 8,583 in 38 of 50 books
- Reading time
- 143–215 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 8,583 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 38 of 50 titles with a page count on record.
J.M. Gregson wrote English police procedurals across two series. Lambert and Hook follows John Lambert and Bert Hook; the Inspector Peach books follow Percy Peach and Lucy Blake. The catalogue holds 50 titles dated 1989 to 2016, from Murder at the Nineteenth (1989) to Final Act (2016). Murder investigation in England is the standing subject, at a median of 218 pages, and the 2000s were the peak decade.
Source: composed
How many J.M. Gregson books are there?
J.M. Gregson has 50 books, released between 1989 and 2016. They include 2 series and 2 titles listed outside any series.
J.M. Gregson Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 50 J.M. Gregson 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.
- 119892082/4
- 219902762/4
- 319911922/4
- 419912772/4
- 519933072/4
- 619941922/4
- 719941922/4
- 819942052/4
- 919953042/4
- 1019961752/4
- 1119971922/4
- 1219981922/4
- 13Sherlock Holmes and the Frightened Golfer1999 · 280 pages · confirmed 2/419992802/4
- 1419992242/4
- 1519992882/4
- 1620002182/4
- 1720002122/4
- 1820012242/4
- 1920012242/4
- 2020022562/4
- 2120022242/4
- 2220032242/4
- 2320033082/4
- 2420032242/4
- 2520042182/4
- 2620041922/4
- 2720052242/4
- 2820052162/4
- 2920062162/4
- 3020062242/4
- 3120072082/4
- 3220072022/4
- 332008–2/4
- 3420082162/4
- 3520091972/4
- 362009–2/4
- 372010–2/4
- 382010–2/4
- 392011–2/4
- 402011–2/4
- 412012–2/4
- 422012–2/4
- 4320131962/4
- 4420132122/4
- 452014–2/4
- 462015–2/4
- 4720152202/4
- 48Sergeant Gregson's War2016 · confirmed 2/42016–2/4
- 4920162242/4
- 502016–2/4
J.M. Gregson 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.
Lambert and Hook in order
29 books- 1. Murder at the Nineteenth
- 2. Making a Killing / For Sale - With Corpse
- 3. Bring Forth Your Dead
- 4. Dead on Course
- 5. Stranglehold
- 6. The Fox in the Forest
- 7. Watermarked
- 8. Death of a Nobody
- 9. Accident by Design
- 10. Girl Gone Missing
- 11. Malice Aforethought
- 12. An Unsuitable Death
- and 17 more in the table above
Inspector Peach in order
19 books- 1. Who Saw Him Die?
- 2. Missing, Presumed Dead
- 3. To Kill a Wife
- 4. A Turbulent Priest
- 5. The Lancashire Leopard
- 6. A Little Learning
- 7. Murder at the Lodge
- 8. Wages of Sin
- 9. Dusty Death
- 10. The Witch's Sabbath
- 11. Remains to Be Seen
- 12. Pastures New
- and 7 more in the table above
Standalone books
2 books2 J.M. Gregson titles here are not listed as part of any series.
Do you have to read J.M. Gregson books in order?
You only need to read J.M. Gregson books in order within each series: the books listed here span 2 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.
Where to start with J.M. Gregson
Start with Murder at the Nineteenth (1989), the earliest published title.
What is the newest J.M. Gregson book?
Final Act (2016) is the newest J.M. Gregson book released so far.
Is there a new J.M. Gregson book coming?
No next J.M. Gregson book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
J.M. Gregson at a glance
- No recent titles
- The newest J.M. Gregson title on record dates from 2016, 10 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
- Release pace
- J.M. Gregson books have appeared more than one a year on average.
- Length
- 8,583 pages across the 38 of 50 books with a recorded length, a median of 218 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most J.M. Gregson books, 21 of 50, were published in the 2000s.
When J.M. Gregson books were published
Publication distribution by decade, showing when J.M. Gregson titles appeared. 2000s was the most productive decade with 21 titles.
50 books total across 4 decades. Decade reflects the year each title was first catalogued.
What the J.M. Gregson books are about
44 of the 50 J.M. Gregson books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: police is tagged on 23 of 44. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Police 23 of 44 books
- Mystery & detective, police procedural 19 of 44 books
- England 16 of 44 books
- Mystery & detective 14 of 44 books
- Peach, percy (fictitious character) 14 of 44 books
- John Lambert (Fictitious character) 12 of 44 books
- Bert Hook (Fictitious character) 11 of 44 books
- Crime 10 of 44 books
- Investigation 10 of 44 books
- Murder 10 of 44 books
- Percy Peach (Fictitious character) 10 of 44 books
- Lucy Blake (Fictitious character) 3 of 44 books