Parish & Richards Books in Order

Parish & Richards by Tim Ellis contains 32 books, published between 2010 and 2021. The first book is A Life for a Life (2010) and the newest is The Motives of Men's Hearts (2021). Publication order is the reading order below.

Also searched as Parish and Richards.

Books
32
Published
2010–2021
Pages on record
762 in 2 of 32 books

Parish & Richards is Tim Ellis's police series, filed under mystery, thrillers and suspense. The listing holds 32 books published between 2010 and 2021, opening with A Life for a Life (2010). The titles read as a sequence of set phrases: The Wages of Sin (2011), The Flesh is Weak (2011), His Wrath is Come (2012), Through a Glass Darkly (2013), closing at The Motives of Men's Hearts (2021). The novels are long, around 381 pages.

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How many Parish & Richards books are there?

Parish & Richards has 32 books, released between 2010 and 2021.

Parish & Richards Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 32 Parish & Richards 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 November 2026.

  1. 1
    A Life for a Life2010 · confirmed 2/4
    2010–
  2. 2
    The Wages of Sin2011 · confirmed 2/4
    2011–
  3. 3
    The Flesh is Weak2011 · confirmed 2/4
    2011–
  4. 4
    The Shadow of Death2011 · confirmed 2/4
    2011–
  5. 5
    His Wrath is Come2012 · confirmed 2/4
    2012–
  6. 6
    The Breath of Life2012 · confirmed 2/4
    2012–
  7. 7
    The Dead Know Not2012 · confirmed 2/4
    2012–
  8. 8
    Be Not Afraid2012 · confirmed 2/4
    2012–
  9. 9
    The House of Mourning2013 · confirmed 2/4
    2013–
  10. 10
    Through a Glass Darkly2013 · confirmed 2/4
    2013–
  11. 11
    A Lamb to the Slaughter2013 · confirmed 2/4
    2013–
  12. 12
    Silent in the Grave2014 · 338 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2014338
  13. 13
    In the Twinkling of an Eye2014 · confirmed 2/4
    2014–
  14. 14
    A Time to Kill2014 · confirmed 2/4
    2014–
  15. 15
    Deceit is in the Heart2015 · confirmed 2/4
    2015–
  16. 16
    The Fragments That Remain2015 · confirmed 2/4
    2015–
  17. 17
    The Kisses of an Enemy2015 · confirmed 2/4
    2015–
  18. 18
    Evidence of Things Not Seen2016 · confirmed 2/4
    2016–
  19. 19
    Dominion of Darkness2016 · confirmed 2/4
    2016–
  20. 20
    There is No Fear in Love2016 · confirmed 2/4
    2016–
  21. 21
    All is Vanity2017 · confirmed 2/4
    2017–
  22. 22
    Wings of the Dawn2017 · confirmed 2/4
    2017–
  23. 23
    I Will Fear No Evil2018 · 424 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2018424
  24. 24
    The Heart Knoweth2018 · confirmed 2/4
    2018–
  25. 25
    Through the Eye of a Needle2019 · confirmed 2/4
    2019–
  26. 26
    Lest Darkness Come Upon You2019 · confirmed 2/4
    2019–
  27. 27
    Few Are Chosen2019 · confirmed 2/4
    2019–
  28. 28
    All Things Must Pass2019 · confirmed 2/4
    2019–
  29. 29
    The Way of All Flesh2020 · confirmed 2/4
    2020–
  30. 30
    Pearls Before Swine2020 · confirmed 2/4
    2020–
  31. 31
    Neither Angels Nor Demons2021 · confirmed 2/4
    2021–
  32. 32
    The Motives of Men's Hearts2021 · confirmed 2/4
    2021–

Is there a chronological order for Parish & Richards?

No separate chronological order is on record for Parish & Richards, 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 Parish & Richards books in order?

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

Where to start with Parish & Richards

Start with A Life for a Life (2010), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Parish & Richards book?

The Motives of Men's Hearts (2021) is the newest Parish & Richards book released so far.

Is there a new Parish & Richards book coming?

No next Parish & Richards book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.

Parish & Richards at a glance

Paused
No new Parish & Richards title has appeared for 5 years. The last was published in 2021.
Release pace
Parish & Richards books have appeared more than one a year on average.
Length
762 pages across the 2 of 32 books with a recorded length, a median of 381 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Parish & Richards books, 28 of 32, were published in the 2010s.

When Parish & Richards books were published

Publication distribution by decade, showing when Parish & Richards titles appeared. 2010s was the most productive decade with 28 titles.

2010s
28
2020s
4

32 books total across 2 decades. Decade reflects the year each title was first catalogued.

What the Parish & Richards books are about

1 of the 32 Parish & Richards books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. No subject is tagged on more than one of them, so each one below describes a single book. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.

Other series by Tim Ellis

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