Mel Starr Books in Order
Mel Starr has written 17 books, published between 2008 and 2024. The first book is The Unquiet Bones (2008) and the newest is The Way of the Wicked (2024). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 17
- Published
- 2008–2024
- Pages on record
- 2,571 in 11 of 17 books
- Reading time
- 43–64 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 2,571 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 11 of 17 titles with a page count on record.
Hugh de Singleton, a surgeon in England, investigates murders in Mel Starr's historical mystery series. The Unquiet Bones (2008) opens the run, which continues through A Corpse at St. Andrew's Chapel (2009), A Trail of Ink (2010), The Tainted Coin (2012) and The Abbot's Agreement (2014). Starr's catalogue holds 17 books and reaches The Way of the Wicked in 2024.
How many Mel Starr books are there?
Mel Starr has 17 books, released between 2008 and 2024.
Mel Starr Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 17 Mel Starr 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.
- 120082522/4
- 2A Corpse at St. Andrew's ChapelChronicles Of Hugh De Singleton, Surgeon #22009 · 304 pages · confirmed 2/420093042/4
- 32010–2/4
- 420112392/4
- 52012–2/4
- 620132562/4
- 720142562/4
- 820152242/4
- 920161602/4
- 1020171762/4
- 1120182242/4
- 1220192402/4
- 1320202402/4
- 142021–2/4
- 152022–2/4
- 162023–2/4
- 172024–2/4
Mel Starr characters in order
The character linked below has its own reading-order page.
Mel Starr 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.
Chronicles Of Hugh De Singleton, Surgeon in order
17 books- 1. The Unquiet Bones
- 2. A Corpse at St. Andrew's Chapel
- 3. A Trail of Ink
- 4. Unhallowed Ground
- 5. The Tainted Coin
- 6. Rest Not in Peace
- 7. The Abbot's Agreement
- 8. Ashes to Ashes
- 9. Lucifer's Harvest
- 10. Deeds of Darkness
- 11. Prince Edward's Warrant
- 12. Without a Trace
- and 5 more in the table above
Do you have to read Mel Starr books in order?
You only need to read Mel Starr books in order within the Chronicles Of Hugh De Singleton, Surgeon series, which holds 17 of the 17 Mel Starr books listed here. The numbered table above gives every book in publication order.
Where to start with Mel Starr
Start with The Unquiet Bones (2008), the first Hugh de Singleton, Surgeon Chronicles book. It is also the earliest catalogued title.
What is the newest Mel Starr book?
The Way of the Wicked (2024) is the newest Mel Starr book released so far.
Is there a new Mel Starr book coming?
No next Mel Starr book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Mel Starr at a glance
- Still publishing
- Mel Starr published a book as recently as 2024.
- Release pace
- Mel Starr books have appeared about one a year on average.
- Length
- 2,571 pages across the 11 of 17 books with a recorded length, a median of 240 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Mel Starr books, 10 of 17, were published in the 2010s.
What the Mel Starr books are about
13 of the 17 Mel Starr books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: history is tagged on 7 of 13. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- History 7 of 13 books
- England 5 of 13 books
- Mystery & detective 5 of 13 books
- Mystery & detective, historical 5 of 13 books
- Crime 4 of 13 books
- Hugh De Singleton (Fictitious character) 4 of 13 books
- Physicians 4 of 13 books
- Surgeons 4 of 13 books
- American literature 2 of 13 books
- Great Britain 2 of 13 books
- Murder 2 of 13 books