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Peter Ritchie Books in Order

Peter Ritchie has written 10 books, published between 2014 and 2020. The first book is Noble Cause (2014) and the newest is Bits of Life (2020). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
10
Published
2014–2020
Pages on record
1,940 in 5 of 10 books
Reading time
32–49 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 1,940 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 5 of 10 titles with a page count on record.

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DCI Grace Macallan is the recurring figure in Peter Ritchie's crime fiction, and two series carry the Ritchie credit: DCI Grace Macallan and the Grace den Herder Trilogy. Ten books are catalogued between 2014 and 2020, from Noble Cause (2014) to Bits of Life (2020). The Lothian and Borders Police, women detectives, gangs, human trafficking and murder investigation run through the subject headings. Cause of Death (2017), Shores of Death (2018), Maxine's Story (2019) and Where No Shadows Fall (2019) also sit in the run.

How many Peter Ritchie books are there?

Peter Ritchie has 10 books, released between 2014 and 2020. They include 2 series and 2 titles listed outside any series.

Peter Ritchie Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 10 Peter Ritchie 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 Cause of Death by Peter Ritchie, book 1 of the DCI Grace Macallan series (2017)
  2. Cover of Evidence of Death by Peter Ritchie, book 2 of the DCI Grace Macallan series (2018)
  3. Cover of Shores of Death by Peter Ritchie, book 3 of the DCI Grace Macallan series (2018)
  4. Cover of Where No Shadows Fall by Peter Ritchie, book 4 of the DCI Grace Macallan series (2019)
  1. 1
    Noble CauseGrace den Herder Trilogy #12014 · confirmed 1/4
    2014–
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  2. 2
    The Shortest Days of the YearGrace den Herder Trilogy #22014 · 280 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2014280
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  3. 3
    Red Sky in the MorningGrace den Herder Trilogy #32015 · 476 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2015476
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  4. 4
    Cause of DeathDCI Grace Macallan #12017 · 384 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2017384
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  5. 5
    Evidence of DeathDCI Grace Macallan #22018 · confirmed 1/4
    2018–
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  6. 6
    Shores of DeathDCI Grace Macallan #32018 · confirmed 1/4
    2018–
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  7. 7
    Maxine's Story2019 · confirmed 1/4
    2019–
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  8. 8
    Where No Shadows FallDCI Grace Macallan #42019 · 400 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2019400
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  9. 9
    Our Little SecretsDCI Grace Macallan #52019 · 400 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2019400
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  10. 10
    Bits of Life2020 · confirmed 1/4
    2020–
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Peter Ritchie 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.

DCI Grace Macallan in order

5 books
  1. 1. Cause of Death
  2. 2. Evidence of Death
  3. 3. Shores of Death
  4. 4. Where No Shadows Fall
  5. 5. Our Little Secrets

Grace den Herder Trilogy in order

3 books
  1. 1. Noble Cause
  2. 2. The Shortest Days of the Year
  3. 3. Red Sky in the Morning

Standalone books

2 books

2 Peter Ritchie titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Peter Ritchie books in order?

You only need to read Peter Ritchie books in order within each series: the books listed here span 2 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.

Where to start with Peter Ritchie

Start with Noble Cause (2014), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Peter Ritchie book?

Bits of Life (2020) is the newest Peter Ritchie book released so far.

Is there a new Peter Ritchie book coming?

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

Peter Ritchie at a glance

No recent titles
The newest Peter Ritchie title on record dates from 2020, 6 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
Release pace
Peter Ritchie books have appeared more than one a year on average.
Length
1,940 pages across the 5 of 10 books with a recorded length, a median of 400 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Peter Ritchie books, 9 of 10, were published in the 2010s.

What the Peter Ritchie books are about

5 of the 10 Peter Ritchie 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 4 of 5. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.