Brock and Poole Books in Order
Graham Ison has written 17 Brock and Poole books, published between 2002 and 2019. The first book is Working Girl (2002) and the newest is Naked Flames (2019). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 17
- Published
- 2002–2019
- Pages on record
- 2,850 in 14 of 17 books
- Reading time
- 48–71 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 2,850 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 14 of 17 titles with a page count on record.
Brock and Poole are Detective Inspector Brock and Detective Sergeant Poole, the fictitious characters of Graham Ison's Brock and Poole Mystery series. The 17 books were published from 2002 to 2019 and are tagged as police procedurals, with London, murder and missing persons among the subjects. Working Girl (2002) is the first book, followed by Light Fantastic (2003), Whiplash (2004) and Kicking the Air (2005). Naked Flames (2019) is the final title.
How many Brock and Poole books are there?
Brock and Poole has 17 books, released between 2002 and 2019.
Brock and Poole Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 17 Brock and Poole 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.
- 120021922/4
- 220032242/4
- 320042242/4
- 420052182/4
- 520062042/4
- 620062042/4
- 720082022/4
- 820082042/4
- 92009–2/4
- 102010–2/4
- 112011–2/4
- 1220131852/4
- 1320141922/4
- 1420152042/4
- 1520161882/4
- 1620182012/4
- 1720192082/4
Do you have to read Brock and Poole books in order?
You should read the Brock and Poole books in publication order, the order of the numbered table above. The catalogue does not record whether each Brock and Poole book also stands alone.
Where to start with Brock and Poole
Start with Working Girl (2002), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Brock and Poole book?
Naked Flames (2019) is the newest Brock and Poole book released so far.
Is there a new Brock and Poole book coming?
No next Brock and Poole book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Brock and Poole at a glance
- No recent titles
- The newest Brock and Poole title on record dates from 2019, 7 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
- Release pace
- Brock and Poole books have appeared about one a year on average.
- Length
- 2,850 pages across the 14 of 17 books with a recorded length, a median of 204 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Brock and Poole books, 9 of 17, were published in the 2000s.
What the Brock and Poole books are about
All 17 Brock and Poole books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: police is tagged on 13 of 17. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Police 13 of 17 books
- Mystery & detective, police procedural 12 of 17 books
- London (England) 10 of 17 books
- Investigation 8 of 17 books
- Murder 8 of 17 books
- Crime 5 of 17 books
- Mystery & detective 4 of 17 books
- Crimes against 3 of 17 books
- England 3 of 17 books
- Brock, Harry (Fictitious character : Ison) 2 of 17 books
- Dave Poole (Fictitious character) 2 of 17 books
- David Brock (Fictitious character) 2 of 17 books
More books by Graham Ison
The author page linked below lists every book in publication order.
- Graham Ison books in order 47 books