Death In Paradise Books in Order

Death In Paradise by Robert Thorogood contains 4 books, published between 2015 and 2018. The first book is A Meditation on Murder (2015) and the newest is Murder in the Caribbean (2018). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
4
Published
2015–2018
Confirmed
4 of 4 titles
Pages on record
1,085 in 3 of 4 books
Reading time
18–27 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 1,085 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200300 words a minute, covering the 3 of 4 titles with a page count on record.

Death In Paradise is a crime series by Robert Thorogood set in the Caribbean. Four books make up the run: A Meditation on Murder (2015), The Killing of Polly Carter (2015), Death Knocks Twice (2017) and Murder in the Caribbean (2018). Murder investigation is the standing subject, and no further book has appeared since 2018.

How many Death In Paradise books are there?

Death In Paradise has 4 books, released between 2015 and 2018.

Death In Paradise Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 4 Death In Paradise 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. 1
    A Meditation on Murder2015 · 368 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2015368
  2. 2
    The Killing of Polly Carter2015 · 333 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2015333
  3. 3
    Death Knocks Twice2017 · 384 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2017384
  4. 4
    Murder in the Caribbean2018 · confirmed 3/4
    2018

Is there a chronological order for Death In Paradise?

No separate chronological order is on record for Death In Paradise, 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 Death In Paradise books in order?

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

What order should you read Death In Paradise books in?

Read them in publication order, starting with A Meditation on Murder (2015), the earliest published title. After it come The Killing of Polly Carter (2015), Death Knocks Twice (2017) and Murder in the Caribbean (2018).

What is the newest Death In Paradise book?

Murder in the Caribbean (2018) is the newest Death In Paradise book released so far.

Is there a new Death In Paradise book coming?

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

Death In Paradise at a glance

No recent titles
The newest Death In Paradise title on record dates from 2018, 8 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
Release pace
Death In Paradise books have appeared about one a year on average.
Length
1,085 pages across the 3 of 4 books with a recorded length, a median of 368 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Death In Paradise books, 4 of 4, were published in the 2010s.

What the Death In Paradise books are about

All 4 Death In Paradise 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 4 of 4. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.

  • Mystery & detective 4 of 4 books
  • Investigation 2 of 4 books
  • Murder 2 of 4 books
  • Caribbean area 1 of 4 books
  • Caribbean fiction 1 of 4 books
  • Crime 1 of 4 books
  • Enquêtes 1 of 4 books
  • Meurtre 1 of 4 books
  • Romans, nouvelles 1 of 4 books

More books by Robert Thorogood

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

Other series by Robert Thorogood

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