Will Thomas Books in Order
Will Thomas has written 20 books, published between 2004 and 2026. The first book is Some Danger Involved (2004) and the newest is For Services Rendered (2026). Publication order is the reading order below. 18 of the 20 books listed here are in the Barker & Llewelyn series, which has its own page: Barker & Llewelyn books in order.
- Books
- 20
- Published
- 2004–2026
- Confirmed
- 20 of 20 titles
- Pages on record
- 3,876 in 12 of 20 books
- Reading time
- 65–97 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 3,876 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 12 of 20 titles with a page count on record.
Will Thomas, born 1958 in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, is an American novelist behind the Barker & Llewelyn Victorian mysteries. Cyrus Barker is a Scottish private enquiry agent, and Thomas Llewelyn is Barker's Welsh assistant. The novels are set in the 1880s, draw on historical events and people, and feature martial combat throughout. The catalogue counts 20 books from Some Danger Involved (2004) to For Services Rendered (2026), including The Limehouse Text (2006) and Hell Bay (2016). Barker is modelled on figures such as Richard Francis Burton and Edward William Barton-Wright. Before the novels, Thomas wrote essays for Sherlock Holmes societies and lectured on Victorian crime fiction.
How many Will Thomas books are there?
Will Thomas has 20 books, released between 2004 and 2026. 18 of them belong to the Barker & Llewelyn series.
Will Thomas Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 20 Will Thomas 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.
- 120043043/4
- 220052883/4
- 320063373/4
- 420073113/4
- 520083363/4
- 620142933/4
- 720154603/4
- 820153263/4
- 920162903/4
- 102017–3/4
- 1120172943/4
- 1220183173/4
- 132019–3/4
- 142019–3/4
- 1520213203/4
- 162022–3/4
- 172023–3/4
- 182024–3/4
- 192025–3/4
- 202026–3/4
Will Thomas series in order
The series linked below has its own reading-order page.
- Barker & Llewelyn books in order 18 books
Will Thomas 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.
MX New Sherlock Holmes Stories in order
2 booksDo you have to read Will Thomas books in order?
You only need to read Will Thomas books in order within the Barker & Llewelyn series, which holds 18 of the 20 Will Thomas books listed here. The numbered table above gives every book in publication order.
Where to start with Will Thomas
Start with Some Danger Involved (2004), the first Barker & Llewelyn book. It is also the earliest catalogued title.
What is the newest Will Thomas book?
For Services Rendered (2026) is the newest Will Thomas book released so far.
Is there a new Will Thomas book coming?
No next Will Thomas book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Will Thomas at a glance
- Still publishing
- Will Thomas published a book as recently as 2026.
- Release pace
- Will Thomas books have appeared about one a year on average.
- Length
- 3,876 pages across the 12 of 20 books with a recorded length, a median of 314 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Will Thomas books, 9 of 20, were published in the 2010s.
What the Will Thomas books are about
12 of the 20 Will Thomas books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: private investigators is tagged on 10 of 12. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Private investigators 10 of 12 books
- History 8 of 12 books
- Cyrus Barker (Fictitious character) 7 of 12 books
- London (England) 5 of 12 books
- Mystery & detective 4 of 12 books
- Mystery & detective, historical 4 of 12 books
- Mystery & detective, traditional 3 of 12 books
- American literature 2 of 12 books
- Investigation 2 of 12 books
- Murder 2 of 12 books