Order of Book Series
0

Moray Dalton Books in Order

12 books are credited to Moray Dalton, published between 1909 and 2020; 2 of them appeared after Moray Dalton's death in 1963. The first book is Olive in Italy (1909) and the newest is The Condamine Case (2020). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
12
Published
1909–2020
Pages on record
427 in 2 of 12 books
See all 12 books in order Printable Moray Dalton checklist

Inspector Hugh Collier is the detective in Moray Dalton's English mysteries. Twelve books are catalogued, opening with Olive in Italy in 1909 and taking in One by One They Disappeared (1928), The Body in the Road (1930), The Night of Fear (1931), The Strange Case of Harriet Hall (1936) and The Art School Murders (1943). Detective and mystery fiction accounts for all but the first of them.

How many Moray Dalton books are there?

Moray Dalton has 12 books, released between 1909 and 2020. 2 of them were published after Moray Dalton's death in 1963. 5 of them belong to the Inspector Hugh Collier series.

Moray Dalton Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 12 Moray Dalton 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 Night of Fear by Moray Dalton, book 2 of the Inspector Hugh Collier series (1931)
  2. Cover of The Art School Murders by Moray Dalton (1943)
  1. 1
    Olive in Italy1909 · confirmed 1/4
    1909–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  2. 2
    One by One They DisappearedInspector Hugh Collier #11928 · confirmed 1/4
    1928–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  3. 3
    The Body in the Road1930 · confirmed 1/4
    1930–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  4. 4
    The Night of FearInspector Hugh Collier #21931 · 213 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1931213
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  5. 5
    Death in the Cup1932 · confirmed 1/4
    1932–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  6. 6
    The Strange Case of Harriet HallInspector Hugh Collier #31936 · confirmed 1/4
    1936–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  7. 7
    The Mystery of the Kneeling Woman1936 · confirmed 1/4
    1936–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  8. 8
    The Art School Murders1943 · 214 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1943214
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  9. 9
    The Murder of Eve1945 · confirmed 1/4
    1945–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  10. 10
    Death at the Villa1946 · confirmed 1/4
    1946–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  11. 11
    The Belfry MurderInspector Hugh Collier #42020 · confirmed 1/4
    2020–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  12. 12
    The Condamine CaseInspector Hugh Collier #52020 · confirmed 1/4
    2020–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK

Moray Dalton 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.

Inspector Hugh Collier in order

5 books
  1. 1. One by One They Disappeared
  2. 2. The Night of Fear
  3. 3. The Strange Case of Harriet Hall
  4. 4. The Belfry Murder
  5. 5. The Condamine Case

Standalone books

7 books

7 Moray Dalton titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Moray Dalton books in order?

You only need to read Moray Dalton books in order within the Inspector Hugh Collier series, which holds 5 of the 12 Moray Dalton books listed here. The numbered table above gives every book in publication order.

Where to start with Moray Dalton

Start with Olive in Italy (1909), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Moray Dalton book?

The Condamine Case (2020) is the newest Moray Dalton book released so far.

Is there a new Moray Dalton book coming?

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

Moray Dalton at a glance

Died
Moray Dalton died in 1963, according to Wikidata.
After death
Books credited to Moray Dalton are still being published after Moray Dalton's death in 1963; the newest appeared in 2020.
Release pace
Moray Dalton books have appeared about one every 10 years on average.
Length
427 pages across the 2 of 12 books with a recorded length, a median of 214 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Moray Dalton books, 5 of 12, were published in the 1930s.

What the Moray Dalton books are about

1 of the 12 Moray Dalton books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. No subject is tagged on more than one of them, so each one below describes a single book. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.