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DCI Andy Gilchrist Books in Order

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See the DCI Andy Gilchrist books in order by T. Frank Muir, with quick summaries, series background, and help choosing the best place to start.

Last updated: July 8, 2026

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DCI Andy Gilchrist books in publication order

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14 books

1

Eye for an Eye

by T Frank Muir

2007

Six men, all known abusers, are found stabbed through the left eye in St Andrews. Forced off the case, Gilchrist investigates alone, chasing a serial killer before the next storm brings another body.

2

Hand for a Hand

by T Frank Muir

2009

A severed hand clutching a note addressed to Gilchrist appears on the Old Course in St Andrews. As more body parts and messages surface, he realizes the killer is using the case to strike at him personally.

3

Tooth for a Tooth

by T Frank Muir

2012

A woman's skeleton in a shallow grave forces Gilchrist to reopen wounds from his own past. As the evidence points toward his dead brother, the case threatens his job, his loyalties, and everything he thought he knew.

4

Life for a Life

by T Frank Muir

2013

A frozen young woman found on Fife's Coastal Path is only the start of a savage investigation. On Jessie Janes's first day with the team, Gilchrist follows the killings into trafficking, gangland power, and a deadly trap.

5

The Meating Room

by T Frank Muir

2014

An apparent suicide and a historic rape case soon collide when one of the complainants is murdered. Gilchrist and Jessie dig into Thomas Magner's past and uncover a long-buried horror.

6

Blood Torment

by T Frank Muir

2016

A missing three-year-old girl draws Gilchrist into a politically charged case with pressure from a powerful family. As suspicion shifts and a fresh body turns up, he uncovers a secret with long and ugly roots.

7

The Killing Connection

by T Frank Muir

2018

When an unidentified woman washes up below St Andrews Castle, Gilchrist struggles to find even her name. A missing witness, a vanished suspect, and a trail of voyeurism and blackmail turn the case into something far darker.

8

Dead Catch

by T Frank Muir

2019

A storm drives a missing fishing boat onto Tentsmuir Beach, with a mutilated body in the hold. Gilchrist and Jessie follow the trail into gangland business, drug shipments, and police corruption.

9

Dead Still

by T Frank Muir

2020

A preserved body discovered inside a whisky cask sends Gilchrist and Jessie back to a disappearance from twenty-five years earlier. The Gleneden Distillery case opens into family lies, another suspicious death, and a killer guarding old secrets.

10

The Murder List

by T Frank Muir

2021

When an elderly woman is found crucified in her St Andrews home, DCI Andy Gilchrist and DS Jessie Janes hunt a brutal killer. Then Gilchrist learns the murders are tied to an old case, and his own name may be on the list.

11

Dead Find

by T Frank Muir

2023

Maintenance work on the Old Course uncovers a shallow grave and the body of Rab Shepherd, brother of a notorious crime boss. Gilchrist and Jessie uncover gangland betrayals and a secret powerful enough to shake high places.

12

The Killing Mood

by T Frank Muir

2023

A lecturer's death looks like suicide, until a student insists he would never have killed himself. Gilchrist and Jessie uncover drugs, romance scams, hidden money, and a past that left more than one enemy.

13

Dead Cold

by T Frank Muir

2024

An eviscerated young woman is found on a St Andrews golf course, and one detail of the post-mortem shocks even Gilchrist's team. Links to an older murder pull him into a dangerous game with a calculating killer.

14

The Last Grave

by T Frank Muir

2025

A body dragged from the River Clyde pulls Gilchrist and Jessie into a Glasgow murder inquiry with gangland roots. As missing bodies and an old enemy close in, the case turns into a fight for survival.

DCI Andy Gilchrist books in chronological order

  1. Book cover for "Eye for an Eye"

    Eye for an Eye

    by T Frank Muir

    2007DCI Andy Gilchrist, Book 1
  2. Book cover for "Hand for a Hand"

    Hand for a Hand

    by T Frank Muir

    2009DCI Andy Gilchrist, Book 2
  3. Book cover for "Tooth for a Tooth"

    Tooth for a Tooth

    by T Frank Muir

    2012DCI Andy Gilchrist, Book 3
  4. Book cover for "Life for a Life"

    Life for a Life

    by T Frank Muir

    2013DCI Andy Gilchrist, Book 4
  5. Book cover for "The Meating Room"

    The Meating Room

    by T Frank Muir

    2014DCI Andy Gilchrist, Book 5
  6. Book cover for "Blood Torment"

    Blood Torment

    by T Frank Muir

    2016DCI Andy Gilchrist, Book 6
  7. Book cover for "The Killing Connection"

    The Killing Connection

    by T Frank Muir

    2018DCI Andy Gilchrist, Book 7
  8. Book cover for "Dead Catch"

    Dead Catch

    by T Frank Muir

    2019DCI Andy Gilchrist, Book 8
  9. Book cover for "Dead Still"

    Dead Still

    by T Frank Muir

    2020DCI Andy Gilchrist, Book 9
  10. Book cover for "The Murder List"

    The Murder List

    by T Frank Muir

    2021DCI Andy Gilchrist, Book 10
  11. Book cover for "Dead Find"

    Dead Find

    by T Frank Muir

    2023DCI Andy Gilchrist, Book 11
  12. Book cover for "The Killing Mood"

    The Killing Mood

    by T Frank Muir

    2023DCI Andy Gilchrist, Book 12
  13. Book cover for "Dead Cold"

    Dead Cold

    by T Frank Muir

    2024DCI Andy Gilchrist, Book 13
  14. Book cover for "The Last Grave"

    The Last Grave

    by T Frank Muir

    2025DCI Andy Gilchrist, Book 14

Series background & context

The DCI Andy Gilchrist books are Scottish police procedurals set mostly in St Andrews and across Fife. At first glance the setting looks genteel, old university buildings, golf links, seaside weather, quiet streets. Then Muir starts digging. Bodies turn up in bunkers, on beaches, in distilleries, by castle ruins, and in ordinary homes, and the contrast between postcard Scotland and what people are capable of becomes part of the series' pull.

Andy Gilchrist is a stubborn, instinct-led detective who does not always play nicely with rules or bosses. He is good at the job, but it costs him. The books keep one eye on the case and the other on what that work is doing to him, his family life, and the people around him. He is not a glamorous supercop. He is more the kind of investigator who keeps going because he cannot let a question go.

Jessie Janes becomes just as important.

When Jessie enters the series, she brings sharp humor, nerve, and a willingness to challenge Gilchrist when he is heading somewhere foolish. Their partnership is one of the best reasons to read these books in order. Around them is a wider police team, a chain of awkward senior officers, and the usual mix of politics, pressure, and patchy trust that comes with murder work.

The cases themselves cover a wide range inside the crime genre. Some are serial-killer stories, like Eye for an Eye and Dead Cold. Some dig up old crimes and family history, like Tooth for a Tooth and Dead Still. Others widen into gangland territory, trafficking, blackmail, or organized criminal networks, as in Life for a Life, Dead Catch, Dead Find, and The Last Grave. However different the setups are, Muir usually keeps the pace brisk and the stakes personal.

This is not a cozy series.

Some of the books are gruesome, and Muir does not flinch from damaged bodies or the emotional mess left behind. But there is also a strong procedural spine here, interviews, false leads, forensic detail, team friction, and the slow work of pulling a shape out of chaos. A streak of black humor, especially in the banter, helps keep the stories from sinking under their own darkness.

You can read individual books for the case of the week, but the series is richer when followed in order. Gilchrist changes, Jessie grows into a bigger role, and older grudges, family wounds, and criminal connections keep echoing forward. If you like Scottish crime with a strong sense of place, tough investigators, and stories where the murder case rarely stays neatly on the surface, this series has a lot to settle into.

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