Car Detective Books in Order
Part ofAmy Myers Books in OrderBrowse the Car Detective books by Amy Myers in order, with quick summaries, Jack Colby series background, and straightforward where-to-start advice.
Last updated: June 10, 2026
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Publication Order
8 books
Classic in the Barn
by Amy Myers
2011
A chance sighting of a 1938 Lagonda in an old barn pulls Jack Colby into murder. When the car's owner is shot dead, he starts uncovering rumours of smuggling, hidden compartments, and dangerous secrets.
Classic Calls the Shots
by Amy Myers
2012
Another prized classic car draws Jack Colby into a case shaped by rivalry, money, and deceit. The closer he gets to the truth, the clearer it becomes that someone is still calling the shots from the shadows.
Classic In The Clouds
by Amy Myers
2013
Jack Colby is asked to find one of the original cars from the 1907 Peking to Paris rally for a charity rerun in Kent. The hunt sounds eccentric enough, until it opens the door to a far more dangerous investigation.
Classic Mistake
by Amy Myers
2013
What looks like a simple mix-up around a classic car quickly turns into murder. Jack Colby has to decide what was accident, what was design, and who is determined to keep the facts buried.
Classic in the Pits
by Amy Myers
2014
Jack Colby is pulled into the high-pressure world of motor racing when a classic-car trail turns murderous. Beneath the glamour and machinery of the pits, old grudges and risky ambitions are waiting.
Classic Cashes In
by Amy Myers
2015
A supposedly profitable classic-car deal promises a tidy reward, then turns deadly. Jack Colby has to sort real opportunity from fraud and work out who is willing to kill for money, ownership, and silence.
Classic in the Dock
by Amy Myers
2015
A murder case involving a classic car leaves reputations and possibly freedom on the line. As Jack Colby digs deeper, he finds that the truth could put him in almost as much danger as the killer does.
Classic at Bay
by Amy Myers
2017
Jack Colby is hired to track down a missing Jaguar for former cabaret singer Adora Ferne, whose private collection holds a car from each old lover. A straightforward job becomes dangerous once greed, memory, and murder enter the picture.
Series background & context
The Car Detective books move Amy Myers into the present day, but they still keep her usual mix of local atmosphere, specialist knowledge, and murder. Jack Colby is a classic-car restorer based in Kent, and his work brings him into contact with collectors, enthusiasts, dreamers, cheats, and people whose pasts are not as polished as their vehicles. He often helps the police on cases involving historic cars, which is how his trade turns into sleuthing.
Cars are the hook, but they are not the whole point.
What matters is the world around them. Rare motors carry money, vanity, nostalgia, and obsession with them, and those things make excellent fuel for crime. In these books a car can be an object of desire, a clue, a cover for smuggling, a family heirloom, a status symbol, or the last link to a dead person's secrets. Jack understands the machinery, but he also has to learn the people around it.
He is a useful lead because he feels grounded. Jack is not glamorous. He runs a restoration business, deals with practical problems, and keeps going partly through skill and partly through stubbornness. The supporting cast at his garage gives the series extra warmth, and the police connection keeps the books close to the mystery rather than drifting off into motoring trivia. Even readers who do not know one model from another can follow the cases easily.
The tone is modern cosy with a bit of grit. There is danger, but Myers never loses sight of place or personality. Kent lanes, workshops, showrooms, race culture, collectors' circles, and roadside discoveries all help shape the stories. The result is a series that feels both niche and welcoming. If you like mysteries built around a specialist world, the car books deliver that pleasure without shutting out newcomers.
In short, this is Amy Myers having fun with a subject she clearly enjoys. Jack Colby's cases combine mechanical history, current greed, and neatly worked murder plots, which makes the series a good choice for readers who want something contemporary but still very much in the classic British mystery tradition.
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