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Marshall Browne Books in Order

11 books are credited to Marshall Browne, published between 1981 and 2020; 1 of them appeared after Marshall Browne's death in 2014. The first book is City of Masks (1981) and the newest is Inspector Anders and the Blood Vendetta (2020). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
11
Published
1981–2020
Pages on record
2,779 in 10 of 11 books
Reading time
46–69 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 2,779 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 10 of 11 titles with a page count on record.

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Marshall Browne was an Australian crime fiction writer, born on 27 November 1935, who died on 14 February 2014. The catalogue credits Browne with the Melbourne Trilogy and the Inspector Anders and Franz Schmidt series. City of Masks (1981) is the earliest title, followed by Dark Harbour (1984) and The Gilded Cage (1996). The Wooden Leg of Inspector Anders (1999), The Eye of the Abyss (2002) and Rendezvous at Kamakura Inn (2005) come later. Subject headings name police procedurals, thrillers, historical, Italy, terrorism, auditors and banking.

How many Marshall Browne books are there?

Marshall Browne has 11 books, released between 1981 and 2020. 1 of them were published after Marshall Browne's death in 2014. They include 3 series and 4 titles listed outside any series.

Marshall Browne Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 11 Marshall Browne 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.

  1. Cover of The Wooden Leg of Inspector Anders by Marshall Browne, book 1 of the Inspector Anders series (1999)
  2. Cover of Inspector Anders And The Ship Of Fools by Marshall Browne, book 2 of the Inspector Anders series (2001)
  3. Cover of The Trumpeting Angel by Marshall Browne, book 3 of the Melbourne Trilogy (2001)
  4. Cover of The Eye of the Abyss by Marshall Browne, book 1 of the Franz Schmidt series (2002)
  5. Cover of Rendezvous at Kamakura Inn by Marshall Browne (2005)
  1. 1
    City of Masks1981 · 190 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1981190
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  2. 2
    Dark Harbour1984 · 192 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1984192
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  3. 3
    The Gilded CageMelbourne Trilogy #11996 · 364 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1996364
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  4. 4
    The Wooden Leg of Inspector AndersInspector Anders #11999 · 240 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1999240
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  5. 5
    The Burnt CityMelbourne Trilogy #21999 · 333 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1999333
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  6. 6
    Inspector Anders And The Ship Of FoolsInspector Anders #22001 · 320 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2001320
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  7. 7
    The Trumpeting AngelMelbourne Trilogy #32001 · 416 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2001416
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  8. 8
    The Eye of the AbyssFranz Schmidt #12002 · 290 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2002290
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  9. 9
    Rendezvous at Kamakura Inn2005 · 288 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2005288
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  10. 10
    The Sabre and the Shawl2013 · 146 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2013146
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  11. 11
    Inspector Anders and the Blood VendettaInspector Anders #32020 · confirmed 1/4
    2020–
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Marshall Browne 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.

Melbourne Trilogy in order

3 books
  1. 1. The Gilded Cage
  2. 2. The Burnt City
  3. 3. The Trumpeting Angel

Inspector Anders in order

3 books
  1. 1. The Wooden Leg of Inspector Anders
  2. 2. Inspector Anders And The Ship Of Fools
  3. 3. Inspector Anders and the Blood Vendetta

Franz Schmidt in order

1 book
  1. 1. The Eye of the Abyss

Standalone books

4 books

4 Marshall Browne titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Marshall Browne books in order?

You only need to read Marshall Browne 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 Marshall Browne

Start with City of Masks (1981), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Marshall Browne book?

Inspector Anders and the Blood Vendetta (2020) is the newest Marshall Browne book released so far.

Is there a new Marshall Browne book coming?

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

Marshall Browne at a glance

Died
Marshall Browne died in 2014, according to Wikidata.
After death
Books credited to Marshall Browne are still being published after Marshall Browne's death in 2014; the newest appeared in 2020.
Release pace
Marshall Browne books have appeared about one every 4 years on average.
Length
2,779 pages across the 10 of 11 books with a recorded length, a median of 289 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Marshall Browne books, 4 of 11, were published in the 2000s.

What the Marshall Browne books are about

6 of the 11 Marshall Browne 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 3 of 6. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.