DCI Andy Gilchrist Books in Order
Part ofT Frank Muir Books in OrderSee the DCI Andy Gilchrist books in order by T. Frank Muir, with quick summaries, series background, and help choosing the best place to start.
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DCI Andy Gilchrist books in publication order
14 books
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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

Eye for an Eye
by T Frank Muir
2007DCI Andy Gilchrist, Book 1
Hand for a Hand
by T Frank Muir
2009DCI Andy Gilchrist, Book 2
Tooth for a Tooth
by T Frank Muir
2012DCI Andy Gilchrist, Book 3
Life for a Life
by T Frank Muir
2013DCI Andy Gilchrist, Book 4
The Meating Room
by T Frank Muir
2014DCI Andy Gilchrist, Book 5
Blood Torment
by T Frank Muir
2016DCI Andy Gilchrist, Book 6
The Killing Connection
by T Frank Muir
2018DCI Andy Gilchrist, Book 7
Dead Catch
by T Frank Muir
2019DCI Andy Gilchrist, Book 8
Dead Still
by T Frank Muir
2020DCI Andy Gilchrist, Book 9
The Murder List
by T Frank Muir
2021DCI Andy Gilchrist, Book 10
Dead Find
by T Frank Muir
2023DCI Andy Gilchrist, Book 11
The Killing Mood
by T Frank Muir
2023DCI Andy Gilchrist, Book 12
Dead Cold
by T Frank Muir
2024DCI Andy Gilchrist, Book 13
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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