Morton Crime Thrillers Books in Order
Morton Crime Thrillers contains 9 books, published between 2012 and 2020. The first book is Dead on Demand (2012) and the newest is My Hands Are Tied (2020). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 9
- Published
- 2012–2020
- Pages on record
- 1,926 in 6 of 9 books
- Reading time
- 32–48 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 1,926 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 6 of 9 titles with a page count on record.
Morton Crime Thrillers is a crime series credited mainly to Daniel Campbell, who carries 8 of the 9 catalogued books; Sean Campbell is the credited name on the ninth. Dead on Demand (2012) opens the run and My Hands Are Tied (2020) closes it, with Cleaver Square (2013), Ten Guilty Men (2015), The Patient Killer (2016) and Double Blind (2018) in between. One entry is catalogued as a novella, Christmas Can Be Murder: A DCI Morton Novella (2019). Six books have a recorded length, with a median of 300 pages.
How many Morton Crime Thrillers books are there?
Morton Crime Thrillers has 9 books, released between 2012 and 2020.
Morton Crime Thrillers Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 9 Morton Crime Thrillers 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.
- 1Dead on Demand2012 · 386 pages · confirmed 2/420123862/4
- 2Cleaver Square2013 · 388 pages · confirmed 2/420133882/4
- 3Ten Guilty Men2015 · 268 pages · confirmed 2/420152682/4
- 4The Patient Killer2016 · 306 pages · confirmed 2/420163062/4
- 5Missing Persons2017 · 294 pages · confirmed 2/420172942/4
- 6The Evolution of a Serial Killer2017 · confirmed 2/42017–2/4
- 7Double Blind2018 · 284 pages · confirmed 2/420182842/4
- 8Christmas Can Be Murder: A DCI Morton Novella2019 · confirmed 2/42019–2/4
- 9My Hands Are Tied2020 · confirmed 2/42020–2/4
Do you have to read Morton Crime Thrillers books in order?
You should read the Morton Crime Thrillers books in publication order, the order of the numbered table above. The catalogue does not record whether each Morton Crime Thrillers book also stands alone.
Where to start with Morton Crime Thrillers
Start with Dead on Demand (2012), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Morton Crime Thrillers book?
My Hands Are Tied (2020) is the newest Morton Crime Thrillers book released so far.
Is there a new Morton Crime Thrillers book coming?
No next Morton Crime Thrillers book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Morton Crime Thrillers at a glance
- No recent titles
- The newest Morton Crime Thrillers title on record dates from 2020, 6 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
- Release pace
- Morton Crime Thrillers books have appeared about one a year on average.
- Length
- 1,926 pages across the 6 of 9 books with a recorded length, a median of 300 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Morton Crime Thrillers books, 8 of 9, were published in the 2010s.
- Attribution
- Of the 9 titles, 8 are credited to Daniel Campbell and 1 to Sean Campbell.





