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Rex Graves Mystery Books in Order

Rex Graves Mystery by C.S. Challinor contains 13 books, published between 2008 and 2018. The first book is Christmas is Murder (2008) and the newest is Upstaged by Murder (2018). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
13
Published
2008–2018
Pages on record
1,681 in 8 of 13 books
Reading time
28–42 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 1,681 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 8 of 13 titles with a page count on record.

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Rex Graves is the fictitious character named in C.S. Challinor's Rex Graves Mystery series, 13 books published from 2008 to 2018. Christmas is Murder (2008) is the first and Upstaged by Murder (2018) the last. Subject tags include lawyers, Scotland, hotels, missing persons and nudist camps. Murder in the Raw, Phi Beta Murder, Murder on the Moor, Murder at the Dolphin Inn and Say Goodbye to Archie are among the titles.

How many Rex Graves Mystery books are there?

Rex Graves Mystery has 13 books, released between 2008 and 2018.

Rex Graves Mystery Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 13 Rex Graves Mystery 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 Christmas is Murder by C.S. Challinor, book 1 of the Rex Graves Mystery series (2008)
  2. Cover of Murder in the Raw by C.S. Challinor, book 2 of the Rex Graves Mystery series (2009)
  3. Cover of Phi Beta Murder by C.S. Challinor, book 3 of the Rex Graves Mystery series (2010)
  4. Cover of Murder on the Moor by C.S. Challinor, book 4 of the Rex Graves Mystery series (2011)
  5. Cover of Murder of the Bride by C.S. Challinor, book 5 of the Rex Graves Mystery series (2012)
  6. Cover of Say Goodbye to Archie by C.S. Challinor, book 8 of the Rex Graves Mystery series (2013)
  7. Cover of Murder at Midnight by C.S. Challinor, book 9 of the Rex Graves Mystery series (2014)
  8. Cover of Prelude To Murder by C.S. Challinor, book 11 of the Rex Graves Mystery series (2015)
  1. 1
    Christmas is Murder2008 · confirmed 2/4
    2008–
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  2. 2
    Murder in the Raw2009 · confirmed 2/4
    2009–
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  3. 3
    Phi Beta Murder2010 · 208 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2010208
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  4. 4
    Murder on the Moor2011 · confirmed 2/4
    2011–
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  5. 5
    Murder of the Bride2012 · confirmed 2/4
    2012–
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  6. 6
    Murder at the Dolphin Inn2012 · 314 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2012314
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  7. 7
    Say Murder With Flowers2013 · confirmed 2/4
    2013–
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  8. 8
    Say Goodbye to Archie2013 · 104 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2013104
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  9. 9
    Murder at Midnight2014 · 216 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2014216
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  10. 10
    Murder Comes Calling2015 · 205 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2015205
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  11. 11
    Prelude To Murder2015 · 203 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2015203
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  12. 12
    Judgment of Murder2016 · 203 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2016203
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  13. 13
    Upstaged by Murder2018 · 228 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2018228
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Is there a chronological order for Rex Graves Mystery?

No separate chronological order is on record for Rex Graves Mystery, 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 Rex Graves Mystery books in order?

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

Where to start with Rex Graves Mystery

Start with Christmas is Murder (2008), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Rex Graves Mystery book?

Upstaged by Murder (2018) is the newest Rex Graves Mystery book released so far.

Is there a new Rex Graves Mystery book coming?

No next Rex Graves Mystery book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.

Rex Graves Mystery at a glance

No recent titles
The newest Rex Graves Mystery title on record dates from 2018, 8 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
Release pace
Rex Graves Mystery books have appeared about one a year on average.
Length
1,681 pages across the 8 of 13 books with a recorded length, a median of 206 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Rex Graves Mystery books, 11 of 13, were published in the 2010s.

What the Rex Graves Mystery books are about

9 of the 13 Rex Graves Mystery 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 8 of 9. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.

More books by C.S. Challinor

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

Characters in the Rex Graves Mystery books

Each character linked below has its own reading-order page.