Robert Thorogood Books in Order
Robert Thorogood has written 9 books, published between 2015 and 2026. The first book is A Meditation on Murder (2015) and the newest is The Mysterious Affair of Judith Potts (2026). Publication order is the reading order below. 5 of the 9 books listed here are in the Marlow Murder Club series, which has its own page: Marlow Murder Club books in order.
- Books
- 9
- Published
- 2015–2026
- Confirmed
- 7 of 9 titles
- Pages on record
- 1,784 in 5 of 9 books
- Reading time
- 30–45 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 1,784 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 5 of 9 titles with a page count on record.
Robert Thorogood is an English screenwriter and novelist, born in Colchester in 1972, who created the BBC One murder mystery Death in Paradise and co-created the spin-offs Beyond Paradise and Return to Paradise. The catalogue lists 9 books from 2015 to 2026 in two series, Death in Paradise and Marlow Murder Club. The first title is A Meditation on Murder (2015), and The Marlow Murder Club appeared in 2021; Thorogood turned the Marlow books into a TV series for PBS and UKTV. The Mysterious Affair of Judith Potts (2026) is the newest title.
Thorogood created the BBC television series Death in Paradise before writing detective novels. His mysteries are closed-circle stories often set on tropical islands, solved through observation rather than violence, with a detective working through a limited pool of suspects.
How many Robert Thorogood books are there?
Robert Thorogood has 9 books, released between 2015 and 2026. They include 2 separate series.
Robert Thorogood Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 9 Robert Thorogood 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.
- 120153683/4
- 220153333/4
- 320173843/4
- 42018–3/4
- 520213403/4
- 620223593/4
- 72024–2/4
- 82025–3/4
- 92026–2/4
Robert Thorogood series in order
Each series linked below has its own reading-order page.
Do you have to read Robert Thorogood books in order?
You only need to read Robert Thorogood 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 Robert Thorogood
Start with the first book of the Robert Thorogood series you want to read: Marlow Murder Club starts with The Marlow Murder Club (2021) and Death In Paradise starts with A Meditation on Murder (2015). The earliest catalogued title overall is A Meditation on Murder (2015).
What is the newest Robert Thorogood book?
The Mysterious Affair of Judith Potts (2026) is the newest Robert Thorogood book released so far.
Is there a new Robert Thorogood book coming?
No next Robert Thorogood book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Robert Thorogood at a glance
- Still publishing
- Robert Thorogood published a book as recently as 2026.
- Release pace
- Robert Thorogood books have appeared about one a year on average.
- Length
- 1,784 pages across the 5 of 9 books with a recorded length, a median of 359 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Robert Thorogood books, 5 of 9, were published in the 2020s.
What the Robert Thorogood books are about
5 of the 9 Robert Thorogood 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.
- Mystery & detective 4 of 5 books
- Investigation 2 of 5 books
- Murder 2 of 5 books
- Caribbean area 1 of 5 books
- Caribbean fiction 1 of 5 books
- Crime 1 of 5 books
- English literature 1 of 5 books
- Enquêtes 1 of 5 books
- Meurtre 1 of 5 books
- Romans, nouvelles 1 of 5 books