DCI Warren Jones Books in Order
Paul Gitsham has written 13 DCI Warren Jones books, published between 2014 and 2023: 9 in the DCI Warren Jones series and 4 related titles. The first book is The Last Straw (2014) and the newest main-line book is Web of Lies (2023). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 13
- Published
- 2014–2023
- Pages on record
- 1,248 in 3 of 13 books
DCI Warren Jones is the lead of Paul Gitsham's mystery series, 13 books catalogued from 2014 to 2023. For DCI Warren Jones books in order, The Last Straw (2014) is first, and No Smoke Without Fire also dates from 2014. Blood Is Thicker Than Water (2015), A Case Gone Cold (2018) and Forgive Me Father (2019) are among the later books. Gitsham also has a series of DCI Warren Jones short stories and novellas. Web of Lies (2023) is the newest.
How many DCI Warren Jones books are there?
DCI Warren Jones has 13 books, released between 2014 and 2023. 9 of them belong to the DCI Warren Jones series, and 4 related titles sit outside it: short stories and novellas.
DCI Warren Jones Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 13 DCI Warren Jones 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.
- 120144801/4
- 22014–1/4
- 32015–1/4
- 42015–1/4
- 52018–1/4
- 620183841/4
- 72019–1/4
- 82019–1/4
- 92020–1/4
- 1020203841/4
- 112021–1/4
- 122022–1/4
- 132023–1/4
Do you have to read DCI Warren Jones books in order?
You should read the DCI Warren Jones series in publication order, the order of the numbered table above; the 4 related titles (short stories and novellas) sit outside that sequence. The catalogue does not record whether each DCI Warren Jones book also stands alone.
Where to start with DCI Warren Jones
Start with The Last Straw (2014), the earliest published book in the DCI Warren Jones series.
What is the newest DCI Warren Jones book?
Web of Lies (2023) is the newest book in the DCI Warren Jones series.
Is there a new DCI Warren Jones book coming?
No next DCI Warren Jones book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
DCI Warren Jones at a glance
- Paused
- No new main-line DCI Warren Jones title has appeared for 3 years. The last was Web of Lies (2023).
- Release pace
- DCI Warren Jones books have appeared about one a year on average.
- Length
- 1,248 pages across the 3 of 13 books with a recorded length, a median of 384 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most DCI Warren Jones books, 8 of 13, were published in the 2010s.
What the DCI Warren Jones books are about
2 of the 13 DCI Warren Jones 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 2 of 2. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Mystery & detective 2 of 2 books
More books by Paul Gitsham
The author page linked below lists every book in publication order.
- Paul Gitsham books in order 14 books