Stuart Pawson Books in Order
Stuart Pawson has written 13 books, published between 1995 and 2010. The first book is The Picasso Scam (1995) and the newest is A Very Private Murder (2010). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 13
- Published
- 1995–2010
- Pages on record
- 3,615 in 11 of 13 books
- Reading time
- 60–90 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 3,615 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 11 of 13 titles with a page count on record.
Stuart Pawson worked as a mining engineer and then for the probation service before writing full time, and that grounding in the justice system shaped the Detective Charlie Priest Mysteries. Yorkshire and a dry humour run through the books, which take in fraud, drug trafficking and murder investigation. The Picasso Scam (1995) opens 13 catalogued titles, ending at A Very Private Murder (2010). Pawson was shortlisted for the CWA Dagger in the Library Award in 2004 and belonged to the writers' group The Murder Squad.
How many Stuart Pawson books are there?
Stuart Pawson has 13 books, released between 1995 and 2010.
Stuart Pawson Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 13 Stuart Pawson 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.
- 119953522/4
- 219963832/4
- 319963152/4
- 419972882/4
- 519983842/4
- 619992882/4
- 720013622/4
- 820023682/4
- 920032882/4
- 1020042992/4
- 1120062882/4
- 122007–2/4
- 132010–2/4
Stuart Pawson characters in order
The character linked below has its own reading-order page.
- D.I. Charlie Priest books in order 13 books
Stuart Pawson 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.
Charlie Priest in order
13 books- 1. The Picasso Scam
- 2. The Judas Sheep
- 3. The Mushroom Man
- 4. Last Reminder
- 5. Deadly Friends
- 6. Some by Fire
- 7. Chill Factor
- 8. Laughing Boy
- 9. Limestone Cowboy
- 10. Over The Edge
- 11. Shooting Elvis
- 12. Grief Encounters
- and 1 more in the table above
Do you have to read Stuart Pawson books in order?
You only need to read Stuart Pawson books in order within the Charlie Priest series, which holds 13 of the 13 Stuart Pawson books listed here. The numbered table above gives every book in publication order.
Where to start with Stuart Pawson
Start with The Picasso Scam (1995), the first D.I. Charlie Priest book. It is also the earliest catalogued title.
What is the newest Stuart Pawson book?
A Very Private Murder (2010) is the newest Stuart Pawson book released so far.
Is there a new Stuart Pawson book coming?
No next Stuart Pawson book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Stuart Pawson at a glance
- No recent titles
- The newest Stuart Pawson title on record dates from 2010, 16 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
- Release pace
- Stuart Pawson books have appeared about one a year on average.
- Length
- 3,615 pages across the 11 of 13 books with a recorded length, a median of 315 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Stuart Pawson books, 6 of 13, were published in the 2000s.
What the Stuart Pawson books are about
All 13 Stuart Pawson books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: series:detective-charlie-priest-mysteries is tagged on 13 of 13. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Series:Detective-Charlie-Priest-Mysteries 13 of 13 books
- Crime 11 of 13 books
- Police 10 of 13 books
- Mystery & detective 7 of 13 books
- Mystery & detective, police procedural 6 of 13 books
- England 5 of 13 books
- English fiction 4 of 13 books
- Drug traffic 2 of 13 books
- Investigation 2 of 13 books