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Bill Slider Books in Order

Bill Slider by Cynthia Harrod-Eagles contains 26 books, published between 1991 and 2026. The first book is Orchestrated Death (1991) and the newest is Deadly Force (2026). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
26
Published
1991–2026
Pages on record
5,056 in 18 of 26 books
Reading time
84–126 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 5,056 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 18 of 26 titles with a page count on record.

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Bill Slider is a London police procedural series by Cynthia Harrod-Eagles, following Detective Inspector Bill Slider through homicide investigations in England. Orchestrated Death (1991) opens the sequence and Deadly Force (2026) is the twenty-sixth book. Thirty-five years of cases separate the two, and the series remains ongoing.

How many Bill Slider books are there?

Bill Slider has 26 books, released between 1991 and 2026.

Bill Slider Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 26 Bill Slider 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 Orchestrated Death by Cynthia Harrod-Eagles, book 1 of the Bill Slider series (1991)
  2. Cover of Death Watch by Cynthia Harrod-Eagles, book 2 of the Bill Slider series (1992)
  3. Cover of Blood Lines by Cynthia Harrod-Eagles, book 5 of the Bill Slider series (1996)
  4. Cover of Killing Time by Cynthia Harrod-Eagles, book 6 of the Bill Slider series (1996)
  5. Cover of Shallow Grave by Cynthia Harrod-Eagles, book 7 of the Bill Slider series (1998)
  6. Cover of Blood Sinister by Cynthia Harrod-Eagles, book 8 of the Bill Slider series (1999)
  7. Cover of Gone Tomorrow by Cynthia Harrod-Eagles, book 9 of the Bill Slider series (2001)
  8. Cover of Dear Departed by Cynthia Harrod-Eagles, book 10 of the Bill Slider series (2005)
  9. Cover of Game Over by Cynthia Harrod-Eagles, book 11 of the Bill Slider series (2008)
  10. Cover of Fell Purpose by Cynthia Harrod-Eagles, book 12 of the Bill Slider series (2009)
  11. Cover of Body Line by Cynthia Harrod-Eagles, book 13 of the Bill Slider series (2011)
  12. Cover of Blood Never Dies by Cynthia Harrod-Eagles, book 15 of the Bill Slider series (2012)
  13. Cover of Hard Going by Cynthia Harrod-Eagles, book 16 of the Bill Slider series (2014)
  14. Cover of Star Fall by Cynthia Harrod-Eagles, book 17 of the Bill Slider series (2015)
  15. Cover of One Under by Cynthia Harrod-Eagles, book 18 of the Bill Slider series (2015)
  16. Cover of Headlong by Cynthia Harrod-Eagles, book 21 of the Bill Slider series (2019)
  1. 1
    Orchestrated Death1991 · 266 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1991266
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  2. 2
    Death Watch1992 · 280 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1992280
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  3. 3
    Necrochip / Death to Go1993 · 481 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1993481
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  4. 4
    Dead End / Grave Music1994 · 234 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1994234
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  5. 5
    Blood Lines1996 · 281 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1996281
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  6. 6
    Killing Time1996 · 280 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1996280
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  7. 7
    Shallow Grave1998 · 312 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1998312
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  8. 8
    Blood Sinister1999 · 308 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1999308
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  9. 9
    Gone Tomorrow2001 · 362 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2001362
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  10. 10
    Dear Departed2005 · 352 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2005352
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  11. 11
    Game Over2008 · 224 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2008224
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  12. 12
    Fell Purpose2009 · confirmed 2/4
    2009–
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  13. 13
    Body Line2011 · confirmed 2/4
    2011–
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  14. 14
    Kill My Darling2011 · 246 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2011246
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  15. 15
    Blood Never Dies2012 · 248 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2012248
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  16. 16
    Hard Going2014 · 236 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2014236
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  17. 17
    Star Fall2015 · 250 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2015250
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  18. 18
    One Under2015 · 220 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2015220
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  19. 19
    Old Bones2016 · confirmed 2/4
    2016–
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  20. 20
    Shadow Play2017 · 220 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2017220
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  21. 21
    Headlong2019 · 256 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2019256
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  22. 22
    Cruel as the Grave2021 · confirmed 2/4
    2021–
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  23. 23
    Dying Fall2022 · confirmed 2/4
    2022–
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  24. 24
    Before I Sleep2023 · confirmed 2/4
    2023–
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  25. 25
    Easeful Death2025 · confirmed 2/4
    2025–
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  26. 26
    Deadly Force2026 · confirmed 2/4
    2026–
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Is there a chronological order for Bill Slider?

No separate chronological order is on record for Bill Slider, because none of the book listings this catalogue draws on publishes one; the publication order above is the only order given.

Do you have to read Bill Slider books in order?

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

What order should you read Bill Slider books in?

Read them in publication order, starting with Orchestrated Death (1991), the earliest published title. After it come Death Watch (1992), Necrochip / Death to Go (1993), Dead End / Grave Music (1994) and Blood Lines (1996); the numbered table above continues from there.

What is the newest Bill Slider book?

Deadly Force (2026) is the newest Bill Slider book released so far.

Is there a new Bill Slider book coming?

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

Bill Slider at a glance

Still running
Bill Slider is still running, with a title published as recently as 2026.
Release pace
Bill Slider books have appeared about one a year on average.
Length
5,056 pages across the 18 of 26 books with a recorded length, a median of 261 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Bill Slider books, 9 of 26, were published in the 2010s.

What the Bill Slider books are about

21 of the 26 Bill Slider 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 18 of 21. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.

More books by Cynthia Harrod-Eagles

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

Other series by Cynthia Harrod-Eagles

The series linked below has its own reading-order page.