Inspector Tay Books in Order
Jake Needham has written 11 Inspector Tay books, published between 1999 and 2019. The first book is The Big Mango (1999) and the newest is And Brother It's Starting To Rain (2019). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 11
- Published
- 1999–2019
- Pages on record
- 3,742 in 10 of 11 books
- Reading time
- 62–94 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 3,742 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 10 of 11 titles with a page count on record.
Inspector Samuel Tay appears in Jake Needham's Mean Streets of Asia Crime Novels. The catalogue groups 11 books under the name, published from 1999 to 2019, and also lists Jack Shepherd among the characters. Subjects include Thailand, Singapore, police procedurals, serial murders and conspiracies. The Big Mango (1999) is the earliest title. Killing Plato (2007), The Ambassador's Wife (2008), The Umbrella Man (2012) and The Girl in the Window (2016) come later, and And Brother It's Starting To Rain (2019) is the newest.
How many Inspector Tay books are there?
Inspector Tay has 11 books, released between 1999 and 2019.
Inspector Tay Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 11 Inspector Tay 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.
- 119993722/4
- 220023782/4
- 320073902/4
- 420083802/4
- 520124122/4
- 620123742/4
- 720143462/4
- 820143642/4
- 920163542/4
- 1020173722/4
- 112019–2/4
Do you have to read Inspector Tay books in order?
You should read the Inspector Tay books in publication order, the order of the numbered table above. The catalogue does not record whether each Inspector Tay book also stands alone.
Where to start with Inspector Tay
Start with The Big Mango (1999), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Inspector Tay book?
And Brother It's Starting To Rain (2019) is the newest Inspector Tay book released so far.
Is there a new Inspector Tay book coming?
No next Inspector Tay 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 Tay at a glance
- No recent titles
- The newest Inspector Tay title on record dates from 2019, 7 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
- Release pace
- Inspector Tay books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
- Length
- 3,742 pages across the 10 of 11 books with a recorded length, a median of 373 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Inspector Tay books, 7 of 11, were published in the 2010s.
What the Inspector Tay books are about
4 of the 11 Inspector Tay books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: thrillers is tagged on 4 of 4. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Thrillers 4 of 4 books
- Suspense 3 of 4 books
- Thailand 2 of 4 books
- Ambassadors' spouses 1 of 4 books
- Conspiracies 1 of 4 books
- Mystery & detective, police procedural 1 of 4 books
- Serial murders 1 of 4 books
- Singapore 1 of 4 books
More books by Jake Needham
The author page linked below lists every book in publication order.
- Jake Needham books in order 20 books