Stephen Done Books in Order

Stephen Done has written 12 books, published between 2007 and 2022. The first book is Smoke Gets in Your Eyes (2007) and the newest is The Signalman's Daughter (2022). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
12
Published
2007–2022
Pages on record
924 in 3 of 12 books

Railway police, railway stations and Great Britain appear among the recorded subjects for Stephen Done, whose series is Inspector Vignoles Mysteries. The catalogue lists 12 books from Smoke Gets in Your Eyes (2007) to The Signalman's Daughter (2022). The Murder of Crows (2008), The Marylebone Murders (2011), The Last Train to Brackley Central (2012), Blood and Custard (2015) and Cold Steel Rail (2018) are other titles. Done is marked as dormant.

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How many Stephen Done books are there?

Stephen Done has 12 books, released between 2007 and 2022.

Stephen Done Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 12 Stephen Done 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 November 2026.

  1. 1
    Smoke Gets in Your EyesInspector Vignoles Mysteries #12007 · 277 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2007277
  2. 2
    The Murder of CrowsInspector Vignoles Mysteries #22008 · confirmed 1/4
    2008–
  3. 3
    The Torn CurtainInspector Vignoles Mysteries #32009 · confirmed 1/4
    2009–
  4. 4
    The Marylebone MurdersInspector Vignoles Mysteries #42011 · confirmed 1/4
    2011–
  5. 5
    The Last Train to Brackley CentralInspector Vignoles Mysteries #52012 · 367 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2012367
  6. 6
    New Brighton RockInspector Vignoles Mysteries #62013 · 280 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2013280
  7. 7
    Blood and CustardInspector Vignoles Mysteries #72015 · confirmed 1/4
    2015–
  8. 8
    The Mountsorrel MysteryInspector Vignoles Mysteries #82017 · confirmed 1/4
    2017–
  9. 9
    Cold Steel RailInspector Vignoles Mysteries #92018 · confirmed 1/4
    2018–
  10. 10
    Murder in BroadwayInspector Vignoles Mysteries #102019 · confirmed 1/4
    2019–
  11. 11
    This Transient LifeInspector Vignoles Mysteries #112021 · confirmed 1/4
    2021–
  12. 12
    The Signalman's DaughterInspector Vignoles Mysteries #122022 · confirmed 1/4
    2022–

Stephen Done 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.

Do you have to read Stephen Done books in order?

You only need to read Stephen Done books in order within the Inspector Vignoles Mysteries series, which holds 12 of the 12 Stephen Done books listed here. The numbered table above gives every book in publication order.

Where to start with Stephen Done

Start with Smoke Gets in Your Eyes (2007), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Stephen Done book?

The Signalman's Daughter (2022) is the newest Stephen Done book released so far.

Is there a new Stephen Done book coming?

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

Stephen Done at a glance

Paused
No new Stephen Done title has appeared for 4 years. The last was published in 2022.
Release pace
Stephen Done books have appeared about one a year on average.
Length
924 pages across the 3 of 12 books with a recorded length, a median of 280 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Stephen Done books, 7 of 12, were published in the 2010s.

When Stephen Done books were published

Publication distribution by decade, showing when Stephen Done titles appeared. 2010s was the most productive decade with 7 titles.

2000s
3
2010s
7
2020s
2

12 books total across 3 decades. Decade reflects the year each title was first catalogued.

What the Stephen Done books are about

2 of the 12 Stephen Done 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.

  • Great Britain 1 of 2 books
  • History 1 of 2 books
  • Railroad police 1 of 2 books
  • Railroad stations 1 of 2 books