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C. I. D. Room Books in Order

C. I. D. Room by Roderic Jeffries / Roderic Graeme contains 14 books, published between 1967 and 1983. The first book is The C.I.D Room / All Leads Negative (1967) and the newest is One Man's Justice (1983). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
14
Published
1967–1983
Pages on record
2,097 in 11 of 14 books
Reading time
35–52 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 2,097 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 11 of 14 titles with a page count on record.

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C. I. D. Room is a British police procedural series credited to Roderic Jeffries / Roderic Graeme. The series spans 14 books published between 1967 and 1983, beginning with The C.I.D Room / All Leads Negative (1967). Circle of Danger (1968), Murder Among Thieves (1969) and Guilt Without Proof (1970) come next. One Man's Justice (1983) is the last title, and the series is likely complete.

How many C. I. D. Room books are there?

C. I. D. Room has 14 books, released between 1967 and 1983.

C. I. D. Room Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 14 C. I. D. Room 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 Betrayed by Death by Roderic Jeffries / Roderic Graeme, book 13 of the C. I. D. Room series (1982)
  1. 1
    The C.I.D Room / All Leads Negative1967 · 164 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1967164
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  2. 2
    Circle of Danger1968 · 172 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1968172
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  3. 3
    Murder Among Thieves1969 · confirmed 1/4
    1969–
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  4. 4
    Guilt Without Proof1970 · 150 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1970150
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  5. 5
    Despite the Evidence1972 · 416 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1972416
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  6. 6
    Call Back to Crime1972 · 184 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1972184
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  7. 7
    Field of Fire1973 · 184 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1973184
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  8. 8
    The Murder Line1974 · confirmed 1/4
    1974–
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  9. 9
    Six Days to Death1975 · 184 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1975184
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  10. 10
    Murder is Suspected1977 · 136 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1977136
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  11. 11
    Ransom Town1979 · confirmed 1/4
    1979–
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  12. 12
    A Man Condemned1981 · 192 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1981192
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  13. 13
    Betrayed by Death1982 · 191 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1982191
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  14. 14
    One Man's Justice1983 · 124 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1983124
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Is there a chronological order for C. I. D. Room?

No separate chronological order is on record for C. I. D. Room, 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 C. I. D. Room books in order?

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

Where to start with C. I. D. Room

Start with The C.I.D Room / All Leads Negative (1967), the earliest published title.

What is the newest C. I. D. Room book?

One Man's Justice (1983) is the newest C. I. D. Room book released so far.

Is there a new C. I. D. Room book coming?

No next C. I. D. Room book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.

C. I. D. Room at a glance

No recent titles
The newest C. I. D. Room title on record dates from 1983, 43 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
Release pace
C. I. D. Room books have appeared about one a year on average.
Length
2,097 pages across the 11 of 14 books with a recorded length, a median of 184 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most C. I. D. Room books, 8 of 14, were published in the 1970s.

What the C. I. D. Room books are about

3 of the 14 C. I. D. Room books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: great britain is tagged on 2 of 3. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.

More books by Roderic Jeffries / Roderic Graeme

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

Other series by Roderic Jeffries / Roderic Graeme

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