Marjorie Eccles Books in Order
Marjorie Eccles has written 34 books, published between 1988 and 2025. The first book is Cast a Cold Eye (1988) and the newest is A Fatal Necessity (2025). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 34
- Published
- 1988–2025
- Pages on record
- 6,048 in 24 of 34 books
- Reading time
- 101–151 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 6,048 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 24 of 34 titles with a page count on record.
Marjorie Eccles is a British author of crime fiction who has also written romantic novels, and some titles appeared under the name Jennifer Hyde. Three police series divide the work: Gil Mayo, Herbert Reardon and Tom Richmonds, covering contemporary procedure and historical crime in England. Thirty-four catalogued books run from Cast a Cold Eye (1988) to A Fatal Necessity in 2025.
How many Marjorie Eccles books are there?
Marjorie Eccles has 34 books, released between 1988 and 2025. They include 3 series and 14 titles listed outside any series.
Marjorie Eccles Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 34 Marjorie Eccles 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.
- 119882802/4
- 219893492/4
- 319903692/4
- 419911742/4
- 5Arabesque of Daisies (As:Jennifer Hyde)1992 · 211 pages · confirmed 2/419922112/4
- 619923152/4
- 7A Handful of Shadows (As:Jennifer Hyde)1993 · confirmed 2/41993–2/4
- 81993–2/4
- 919942082/4
- 10Pandora's Box1995 · 159 pages · confirmed 2/419951592/4
- 11A Secret Shore (As:Jennifer Hyde)1995 · confirmed 2/41995–2/4
- 12Winter Magic (As:Jennifer Hyde)1995 · 240 pages · confirmed 2/419952402/4
- 1319952862/4
- 1419962262/4
- 151998–2/4
- 1619992402/4
- 1720002182/4
- 1820002562/4
- 1920012242/4
- 20Killing a Unicorn2002 · 236 pages · confirmed 2/420022362/4
- 21The Shape of Sand2004 · 288 pages · confirmed 2/420042882/4
- 22Shadows and Lies2006 · 288 pages · confirmed 2/420062882/4
- 23Last Nocturne2008 · confirmed 2/42008–2/4
- 2420093822/4
- 25The Cuckoo's Child2011 · 232 pages · confirmed 2/420112322/4
- 26Account Rendered And Other Stories2012 · 208 pages · confirmed 2/420122082/4
- 27After Clare2012 · 220 pages · confirmed 2/420122202/4
- 282013–2/4
- 29The Firebird's Feather2014 · 219 pages · confirmed 2/420142192/4
- 302015–2/4
- 31Against the Light2016 · 220 pages · confirmed 2/420162202/4
- 322017–2/4
- 332021–2/4
- 342025–2/4
Marjorie Eccles 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.
Gil Mayo in order
13 books- 1. Cast a Cold Eye
- 2. Death of a Good Woman
- 3. Requiem for a Dove
- 4. More Deaths Than One
- 5. Late of This Parish
- 6. The Company She Kept
- 7. An Accidental Shroud
- 8. A Death of Distinction
- 9. A Species of Revenge
- 10. Killing Me Softly
- 11. The Superintendent's Daughter
- 12. A Sunset Touch
- and 1 more in the table above
Herbert Reardon in order
6 booksTom Richmonds in order
1 bookStandalone books
14 books14 Marjorie Eccles titles here are not listed as part of any series.
Do you have to read Marjorie Eccles books in order?
You only need to read Marjorie Eccles 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 Marjorie Eccles
Start with Cast a Cold Eye (1988), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Marjorie Eccles book?
A Fatal Necessity (2025) is the newest Marjorie Eccles book released so far.
Is there a new Marjorie Eccles book coming?
No next Marjorie Eccles book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Marjorie Eccles at a glance
- Still publishing
- Marjorie Eccles published a book as recently as 2025.
- Release pace
- Marjorie Eccles books have appeared about one a year on average.
- Length
- 6,048 pages across the 24 of 34 books with a recorded length, a median of 234 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Marjorie Eccles books, 14 of 34, were published in the 1990s.
What the Marjorie Eccles books are about
24 of the 34 Marjorie Eccles 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 9 of 24. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Mystery & detective 9 of 24 books
- Great Britain 7 of 24 books
- England 5 of 24 books
- Police 5 of 24 books
- Gil Mayo (Fictitious character) 4 of 24 books
- Crime 3 of 24 books
- Crimes against 3 of 24 books
- History 3 of 24 books
- Investigation 3 of 24 books
- Murder 3 of 24 books
- Mystery & detective, historical 3 of 24 books
- Mystery & detective, police procedural 3 of 24 books