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Inspector Faro Books in Order

Inspector Faro by Alanna Knight contains 20 books, published between 1988 and 2019. The first book is Enter Second Murderer (1988) and the newest is The Dower House Mystery (2019). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
20
Published
1988–2019
Pages on record
3,362 in 12 of 20 books
Reading time
56–84 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 3,362 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 12 of 20 titles with a page count on record.

See all 20 books in order Printable Inspector Faro checklist

Inspector Jeremy Faro is the police detective of Alanna Knight's historical crime series set in Edinburgh, Scotland. The Inspector Faro series holds 20 books, beginning with Enter Second Murderer (1988). Blood Line and Deadly Beloved followed in 1989, then Killing Cousins, A Quiet Death, To Kill a Queen and The Missing Duchess. Inspector Faro's Crime File (2013) gathers short stories, and The Dower House Mystery (2019) is the final title.

How many Inspector Faro books are there?

Inspector Faro has 20 books, released between 1988 and 2019.

Inspector Faro Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 20 Inspector Faro 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 Enter Second Murderer by Alanna Knight, book 1 of the Inspector Faro series (1988)
  2. Cover of Deadly Beloved by Alanna Knight, book 3 of the Inspector Faro series (1989)
  3. Cover of Killing Cousins by Alanna Knight, book 4 of the Inspector Faro series (1990)
  4. Cover of The Evil That Men Do by Alanna Knight, book 7 of the Inspector Faro series (1993)
  5. Cover of The Missing Duchess by Alanna Knight, book 8 of the Inspector Faro series (1994)
  6. Cover of The Bull Slayers by Alanna Knight, book 9 of the Inspector Faro series (1995)
  7. Cover of Murder by Appointment by Alanna Knight, book 10 of the Inspector Faro series (1997)
  8. Cover of The Coffin Lane Murders by Alanna Knight, book 11 of the Inspector Faro series (1998)
  9. Cover of The Final Enemy by Alanna Knight, book 12 of the Inspector Faro series (2003)
  10. Cover of Faro and the Royals by Alanna Knight, book 14 of the Inspector Faro series (2005)
  11. Cover of Murder in Paradise by Alanna Knight, book 15 of the Inspector Faro series (2009)
  12. Cover of The Seal King Murders by Alanna Knight, book 16 of the Inspector Faro series (2011)
  13. Cover of Murders Most Foul by Alanna Knight, book 17 of the Inspector Faro series (2013)
  14. Cover of Akin to Murder by Alanna Knight, book 18 of the Inspector Faro series (2016)
  15. Cover of The Dower House Mystery by Alanna Knight, book 19 of the Inspector Faro series (2019)
  1. 1
    Enter Second Murderer1988 · 242 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1988242
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  2. 1
    Inspector Faro's Crime File: Short Stories2013 · confirmed 2/4
    2013–
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  3. 2
    Blood Line1989 · confirmed 2/4
    1989–
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  4. 3
    Deadly Beloved1989 · 190 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1989190
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  5. 4
    Killing Cousins1990 · confirmed 2/4
    1990–
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  6. 5
    A Quiet Death1991 · confirmed 2/4
    1991–
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  7. 6
    To Kill a Queen1992 · confirmed 2/4
    1992–
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  8. 7
    The Evil That Men Do1993 · 250 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1993250
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  9. 8
    The Missing Duchess1994 · 252 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1994252
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  10. 9
    The Bull Slayers1995 · 255 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1995255
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  11. 10
    Murder by Appointment1997 · 265 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1997265
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  12. 11
    The Coffin Lane Murders1998 · 218 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1998218
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  13. 12
    The Final Enemy2003 · 186 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2003186
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  14. 13
    Unholy Trinity / Death at Carasheen2004 · confirmed 2/4
    2004–
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  15. 14
    Faro and the Royals2005 · 512 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2005512
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  16. 15
    Murder in Paradise2009 · confirmed 2/4
    2009–
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  17. 16
    The Seal King Murders2011 · 320 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2011320
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  18. 17
    Murders Most Foul2013 · 320 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2013320
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  19. 18
    Akin to Murder2016 · 352 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2016352
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  20. 19
    The Dower House Mystery2019 · confirmed 2/4
    2019–
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Is there a chronological order for Inspector Faro?

No separate chronological order is on record for Inspector Faro, 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 Inspector Faro books in order?

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

Where to start with Inspector Faro

Start with Enter Second Murderer (1988), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Inspector Faro book?

The Dower House Mystery (2019) is the newest Inspector Faro book released so far.

Is there a new Inspector Faro book coming?

No next Inspector Faro 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 Faro at a glance

No recent titles
The newest Inspector Faro title on record dates from 2019, 7 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
Release pace
Inspector Faro books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
Length
3,362 pages across the 12 of 20 books with a recorded length, a median of 254 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Inspector Faro books, 8 of 20, were published in the 1990s.

What the Inspector Faro books are about

16 of the 20 Inspector Faro books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: faro, jeremy (fictitious character) is tagged on 13 of 16. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.

More books by Alanna Knight

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

Other series by Alanna Knight

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