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Inspector Blackstone Books in Order

Sally Spencer has written 10 Inspector Blackstone books, published between 2003 and 2013. The first book is A Rendezvous with Death (2003) and the newest is Blackstone and the Endgame (2013). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
10
Published
2003–2013
Confirmed
10 of 10 titles
Pages on record
1,489 in 6 of 10 books
Reading time
25–37 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 1,489 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 6 of 10 titles with a page count on record.

See all 10 books in order Printable Inspector Blackstone checklist

Inspector Blackstone is the police detective Sally Spencer follows across 10 novels published between 2003 and 2013. Readers searching for Inspector Blackstone books in order begin with A Rendezvous with Death (2003) and finish with Blackstone and the Endgame (2013). Subject headings file the cases as police procedurals and place them in London and New York, with Sam Blackstone named as the recurring character. Spencer is credited alone on all 10 titles, each running to a median of 240 pages.

How many Inspector Blackstone books are there?

Inspector Blackstone has 10 books, released between 2003 and 2013.

Inspector Blackstone Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 10 Inspector Blackstone 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 A Rendezvous with Death by Sally Spencer, book 1 of the Inspector Sam Blackstone series (2003)
  2. Cover of Blackstone and the Tiger / Blackstone and the Great Game by Sally Spencer (2004)
  3. Cover of Blackstone and the Golden Egg / Blackstone and the House of Secrets by Sally Spencer (2005)
  4. Cover of Blackstone and the Fire Bug / Blackstone and the Burning Secret by Sally Spencer (2005)
  5. Cover of Blackstone and the Balloon of Death / Blackstone and the Stage of Death by Sally Spencer (2006)
  6. Cover of Blackstone and the Heart of Darkness by Sally Spencer, book 6 of the Inspector Sam Blackstone series (2007)
  7. Cover of Blackstone and the New World by Sally Spencer, book 7 of the Inspector Sam Blackstone series (2009)
  8. Cover of Blackstone and the Wolf of Wall Street by Sally Spencer, book 8 of the Inspector Sam Blackstone series (2010)
  9. Cover of Blackstone and the Great War by Sally Spencer, book 9 of the Inspector Sam Blackstone series (2012)
  10. Cover of Blackstone and the Endgame by Sally Spencer, book 10 of the Inspector Sam Blackstone series (2013)
  1. 1
    A Rendezvous with DeathInspector Sam Blackstone #12003 · 256 pages · confirmed 4/4
    2003256
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  2. 2
    Blackstone and the Tiger / Blackstone and the Great GameInspector Sam Blackstone #22004 · 256 pages · confirmed 4/4
    2004256
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  3. 3
    Blackstone and the Golden Egg / Blackstone and the House of SecretsInspector Sam Blackstone #32005 · 224 pages · confirmed 4/4
    2005224
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  4. 4
    Blackstone and the Fire Bug / Blackstone and the Burning SecretInspector Sam Blackstone #42005 · 332 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2005332
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  5. 5
    Blackstone and the Balloon of Death / Blackstone and the Stage of DeathInspector Sam Blackstone #52006 · 202 pages · confirmed 4/4
    2006202
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  6. 6
    Blackstone and the Heart of DarknessInspector Sam Blackstone #62007 · 219 pages · confirmed 4/4
    2007219
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  7. 7
    Blackstone and the New WorldInspector Sam Blackstone #72009 · confirmed 4/4
    2009–
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  8. 8
    Blackstone and the Wolf of Wall StreetInspector Sam Blackstone #82010 · confirmed 3/4
    2010–
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  9. 9
    Blackstone and the Great WarInspector Sam Blackstone #92012 · confirmed 4/4
    2012–
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  10. 10
    Blackstone and the EndgameInspector Sam Blackstone #102013 · confirmed 4/4
    2013–
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Do you have to read Inspector Blackstone books in order?

You should read the Inspector Blackstone books in publication order, the order of the numbered table above. The catalogue does not record whether each Inspector Blackstone book also stands alone.

Where to start with Inspector Blackstone

Start with A Rendezvous with Death (2003), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Inspector Blackstone book?

Blackstone and the Endgame (2013) is the newest Inspector Blackstone book released so far.

Is there a new Inspector Blackstone book coming?

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

Inspector Blackstone at a glance

No recent titles
The newest Inspector Blackstone title on record dates from 2013, 13 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
Release pace
Inspector Blackstone books have appeared about one a year on average.
Length
1,489 pages across the 6 of 10 books with a recorded length, a median of 240 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Inspector Blackstone books, 7 of 10, were published in the 2000s.
Corroboration
8 of the 10 titles appear in all four independent book listings, and every one of them in at least three.

What the Inspector Blackstone books are about

All 10 Inspector Blackstone 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 9 of 10. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.

More books by Sally Spencer

The author page linked below lists every book in publication order.