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Inspector Pel Books in Order

Inspector Pel contains 25 books, published between 1979 and 2002. The first book is Pel and the Parked Car / Death Set to Music (1979) and the newest is Pel and the Nickname Game (2002). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
25
Published
1979–2002
Pages on record
5,203 in 24 of 25 books
Reading time
87–130 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 5,203 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 24 of 25 titles with a page count on record.

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Evariste Clovis Desire Pel is the police detective at the heart of the Inspector Pel series by Mark Hebden. The 25 police procedurals are set in Burgundy, France, and were published from 1979 to 2002. Pel and the Parked Car / Death Set to Music and Pel and the Faceless Corpse both appeared in 1979. Murder and terrorism feature among the subjects. Pel and the Nickname Game is the last title, and the series is listed as likely complete.

How many Inspector Pel books are there?

Inspector Pel has 25 books, released between 1979 and 2002.

Inspector Pel Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 25 Inspector Pel 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 Pel and the Faceless Corpse by Mark Hebden, book 2 of the Inspector Pel series (1979)
  2. Cover of Pel Under Pressure by Mark Hebden, book 3 of the Inspector Pel series (1980)
  3. Cover of Pel And The Staghound by Mark Hebden, book 5 of the Inspector Pel series (1982)
  4. Cover of Pel and the Bombers by Mark Hebden, book 6 of the Inspector Pel series (1982)
  5. Cover of Pel And The Predators by Mark Hebden, book 7 of the Inspector Pel series (1984)
  6. Cover of Pel and the Pirates by Mark Hebden, book 8 of the Inspector Pel series (1984)
  7. Cover of Pel and the Prowler by Mark Hebden, book 9 of the Inspector Pel series (1985)
  8. Cover of Pel And The Paris Mob by Mark Hebden, book 10 of the Inspector Pel series (1986)
  9. Cover of Pel Among the Pueblos by Mark Hebden, book 11 of the Inspector Pel series (1987)
  10. Cover of Pel And The Touch Of Pitch by Mark Hebden, book 12 of the Inspector Pel series (1987)
  11. Cover of Pel and the Party Spirit by Mark Hebden, book 14 of the Inspector Pel series (1989)
  12. Cover of Pel and the Missing Persons by Mark Hebden, book 15 of the Inspector Pel series (1990)
  13. Cover of Pel And The Promised Land by Mark Hebden, book 16 of the Inspector Pel series (1991)
  14. Cover of Pel And The Sepulchre Job by Mark Hebden, book 17 of the Inspector Pel series (1992)
  15. Cover of Pel Picks Up The Pieces by Juliet Hebden, book 18 of the Inspector Pel series (1993)
  16. Cover of Pel and the Perfect Partner by Juliet Hebden, book 19 of the Inspector Pel series (1994)
  17. Cover of Pel and The Patriarch by Juliet Hebden, book 20 of the Inspector Pel series (1996)
  18. Cover of Pel Is Provoked by Juliet Hebden, book 22 of the Inspector Pel series (1999)
  19. Cover of Pel and the Death of the Detective by Juliet Hebden, book 23 of the Inspector Pel series (2000)
  20. Cover of Pel and the Butcher's Blades by Juliet Hebden, book 24 of the Inspector Pel series (2001)
  21. Cover of Pel and the Nickname Game by Juliet Hebden, book 25 of the Inspector Pel series (2002)
  1. 1
    Pel and the Parked Car / Death Set to Music1979 · 188 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1979188
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  2. 2
    Pel and the Faceless Corpse1979 · 228 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1979228
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  3. 3
    Pel Under Pressure1980 · 250 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1980250
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  4. 4
    Pel Is Puzzled1981 · confirmed 1/4
    1981–
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  5. 5
    Pel And The Staghound1982 · 246 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1982246
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  6. 6
    Pel and the Bombers1982 · 196 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1982196
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  7. 7
    Pel And The Predators1984 · 183 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1984183
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  8. 8
    Pel and the Pirates1984 · 187 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1984187
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  9. 9
    Pel and the Prowler1985 · 196 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1985196
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  10. 10
    Pel And The Paris Mob1986 · 264 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1986264
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  11. 11
    Pel Among the Pueblos1987 · 208 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1987208
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  12. 12
    Pel And The Touch Of Pitch1987 · 250 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1987250
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  13. 13
    Pel And The Picture Of Innocence1988 · 224 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1988224
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  14. 14
    Pel and the Party Spirit1989 · 236 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1989236
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  15. 15
    Pel and the Missing Persons1990 · 238 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1990238
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  16. 16
    Pel And The Promised Land1991 · 220 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1991220
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  17. 17
    Pel And The Sepulchre Job1992 · 158 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1992158
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  18. 18
    Pel Picks Up The Pieces1993 · 208 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1993208
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  19. 19
    Pel and the Perfect Partner1994 · 224 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1994224
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  20. 20
    Pel and The Patriarch1996 · 198 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1996198
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  21. 21
    Pel and the Precious Parcel1997 · 192 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1997192
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  22. 22
    Pel Is Provoked1999 · 192 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1999192
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  23. 23
    Pel and the Death of the Detective2000 · 224 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2000224
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  24. 24
    Pel and the Butcher's Blades2001 · 237 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2001237
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  25. 25
    Pel and the Nickname Game2002 · 256 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2002256
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Do you have to read Inspector Pel books in order?

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

Where to start with Inspector Pel

Start with Pel and the Parked Car / Death Set to Music (1979), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Inspector Pel book?

Pel and the Nickname Game (2002) is the newest Inspector Pel book released so far.

Is there a new Inspector Pel book coming?

No next Inspector Pel 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 Pel at a glance

No recent titles
The newest Inspector Pel title on record dates from 2002, 24 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
Release pace
Inspector Pel books have appeared about one a year on average.
Length
5,203 pages across the 24 of 25 books with a recorded length, a median of 222 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Inspector Pel books, 12 of 25, were published in the 1980s.
Attribution
Of the 25 titles, 17 are credited to Mark Hebden and 8 to Juliet Hebden.

What the Inspector Pel books are about

22 of the 25 Inspector Pel books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: france is tagged on 17 of 22. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.