Nick Oldham Books in Order
Nick Oldham has written 39 books, published between 1996 and 2026. The first book is A Time For Justice (1996) and the newest is Death at the Castle Gates (2026). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 39
- Published
- 1996–2026
- Confirmed
- 39 of 39 titles
- Pages on record
- 6,506 in 25 of 39 books
- Reading time
- 108–163 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 6,506 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 25 of 39 titles with a page count on record.
Nick Oldham writes police procedurals. Henry Christie is the recurring detective across a catalogue of 39 books published between 1996 and 2026, from A Time For Justice (1996) to Death at the Castle Gates (2026). Steve Flynn and Jessica Raker lead two further series, and standalone novels sit beside them. Murder investigation, crime, ex-police officers and English settings are the subject headings, and One Dead Witness (1998), The Last Big Job (1999), Backlash (2001) and Psycho Alley (2006) fall in the earlier stretch. The median book runs 224 pages.
How many Nick Oldham books are there?
Nick Oldham has 39 books, released between 1996 and 2026. They include 3 separate series.
Nick Oldham Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 39 Nick Oldham 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.
- 11996–3/4
- 219973203/4
- 31998–3/4
- 419993763/4
- 520013843/4
- 620023493/4
- 720042883/4
- 820054123/4
- 920063953/4
- 1020072563/4
- 1120082003/4
- 1220092193/4
- 132009–3/4
- 142010–3/4
- 162011–3/4
- 172012–3/4
- 1820122163/4
- 192013–3/4
- 2020132203/4
- 2120142023/4
- 2220142183/4
- 2320142173/4
- 2420152243/4
- 2520152163/4
- 2620162323/4
- 2720162173/4
- 2820172153/4
- 2920172243/4
- 3020182183/4
- 3120202243/4
- 3220202243/4
- 332021–3/4
- 342022–3/4
- 352022–3/4
- 362023–3/4
- 372024–3/4
- 3820252403/4
- 392026–3/4
Nick Oldham 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.
Henry Christie in order
31 books- 1. A Time For Justice
- 2. Nightmare City
- 3. One Dead Witness
- 4. The Last Big Job
- 5. Backlash
- 6. Substantial Threat
- 7. Dead Heat
- 8. Big City Jacks
- 9. Psycho Alley
- 10. Critical Threat
- 11. Screen of Deceit
- 12. Crunch Time
- and 19 more in the table above
Steve Flynn in order
3 books- 1. Onslaught
- 2. Ambush
- 3. Headhunter
Jessica Raker in order
3 booksNick Oldham Standalone Novels
2 books2 titles published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.
Do you have to read Nick Oldham books in order?
You only need to read Nick Oldham 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 Nick Oldham
Start with A Time For Justice (1996), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Nick Oldham book?
Death at the Castle Gates (2026) is the newest Nick Oldham book released so far.
Is there a new Nick Oldham book coming?
No next Nick Oldham book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Nick Oldham at a glance
- Still publishing
- Nick Oldham published a book as recently as 2026.
- Release pace
- Nick Oldham books have appeared about one a year on average.
- Length
- 6,506 pages across the 25 of 39 books with a recorded length, a median of 224 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Nick Oldham books, 17 of 39, were published in the 2010s.
What the Nick Oldham books are about
30 of the 39 Nick Oldham books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: henry christie (fictitious character) is tagged on 19 of 30. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Henry Christie (Fictitious character) 19 of 30 books
- Police 19 of 30 books
- England 16 of 30 books
- Mystery & detective, police procedural 14 of 30 books
- Crime 8 of 30 books
- Murder 8 of 30 books
- Investigation 6 of 30 books
- Mystery & detective 6 of 30 books
- English literature 3 of 30 books
- Ex-police officers 3 of 30 books
- Fishers 3 of 30 books
- Suspense 3 of 30 books