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Steve Mosby Books in Order

Steve Mosby has written 15 books, published between 2003 and 2025. The first book is The Third Person (2003) and the newest is Dark Room (2025). Publication order is the reading order below.

Steve Mosby also publishes as Alex North books in order.

Books
15
Published
2003–2025
Pages on record
4,066 in 12 of 15 books
Reading time
68–102 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 4,066 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 12 of 15 titles with a page count on record.

See all 15 books in order Printable Steve Mosby checklist

Steve Mosby is a British crime writer from Leeds who also writes as Alex North. Crime novels published under the Mosby name came first, and Mosby won the Crime Writers' Association Dagger in the Library in 2012. The Whisper Man (2019), the first Alex North novel, was shortlisted for the Ian Fleming Steel Dagger in 2020, and a film version was released by Netflix in 2026. The catalogue holds 15 Mosby books from The Third Person (2003) to Dark Room (2025), including The 50/50 Killer (2007) and Black Flowers (2011).

How many Steve Mosby books are there?

Steve Mosby has 15 books, released between 2003 and 2025.

Steve Mosby Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 15 Steve Mosby 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 Third Person by Steve Mosby (2003)
  2. Cover of The 50/50 Killer by Steve Mosby (2007)
  3. Cover of Cry for Help by Steve Mosby (2008)
  4. Cover of Still Bleeding by Steve Mosby (2009)
  5. Cover of Black Flowers by Steve Mosby (2011)
  6. Cover of The Nightmare Place by Steve Mosby (2014)
  7. Cover of I Know Who Did It by Steve Mosby (2015)
  8. Cover of The Reckoning on Cane Hill by Steve Mosby (2016)
  9. Cover of The Whisper Man by Steve Mosby (2019)
  10. Cover of The Shadows / The Shadow Friend / The Shadow Killer by Steve Mosby (2020)
  11. Cover of The Angel Maker / The Half Burnt House by Steve Mosby (2023)
  12. Cover of Dark Room by Steve Mosby (2025)
  1. 1
    The Third Person2003 · 296 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2003296
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  2. 2
    The Cutting Crew2006 · 384 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2006384
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  3. 3
    The 50/50 Killer2007 · 288 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2007288
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  4. 4
    Cry for Help2008 · 280 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2008280
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  5. 5
    Still Bleeding2009 · 352 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2009352
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  6. 6
    Black Flowers2011 · 311 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2011311
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  7. 7
    Dark Room / The Murder Code2012 · 368 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2012368
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  8. 8
    The Nightmare Place2014 · confirmed 1/4
    2014–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  9. 9
    I Know Who Did It2015 · confirmed 1/4
    2015–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  10. 10
    The Reckoning on Cane Hill2016 · 344 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2016344
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  11. 11
    You Can Run2017 · 336 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2017336
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  12. 12
    The Whisper Man2019 · 355 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2019355
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  13. 13
    The Shadows / The Shadow Friend / The Shadow Killer2020 · 336 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2020336
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  14. 14
    The Angel Maker / The Half Burnt House2023 · confirmed 2/4
    2023–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  15. 15
    Dark Room2025 · 416 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2025416
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Steve Mosby 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.

Standalone books

15 books

15 Steve Mosby titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Steve Mosby books in order?

No. No source lists any of the 15 Steve Mosby books here as part of a series. The numbered table above gives them by publication date.

Where to start with Steve Mosby

Start with The Third Person (2003), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Steve Mosby book?

Dark Room (2025) is the newest Steve Mosby book released so far.

Is there a new Steve Mosby book coming?

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

Awards Steve Mosby has won

Wikidata records 1 award for Steve Mosby. Each row states whether the title won or was shortlisted, and the year the award was given.

  • Dagger in the Library2012Won

Steve Mosby at a glance

Still publishing
Steve Mosby published a book as recently as 2025.
Release pace
Steve Mosby books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
Length
4,066 pages across the 12 of 15 books with a recorded length, a median of 340 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Steve Mosby books, 7 of 15, were published in the 2010s.

What the Steve Mosby books are about

All 15 Steve Mosby 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 7 of 15. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.