Detective Markham Mystery Books in Order

Two skeletons in the grounds of St Mary's Choir School are wearing modern clothes, and foul play is clear. In his first case, DI Gilbert Markham and DS Noakes face local hostility, corruption, and a killer who threatens Olivia.

Patients have vanished from the Newman Hospital, and the discovery of a body suggests its secrets may be lethal. Markham and Noakes meet a wall of silence while probing a psychiatric facility where powerful people want questions to stop.

When teacher Ashley Dean is brutally murdered at Hope Academy, Markham refuses to accept the idea of a random intruder. With Olivia teaching at the school, the investigation becomes personal as staff, students, and local power players close ranks.

As Bromgrove Ballet prepares its Christmas production of *The Nutcracker*, choreographer George Baranov is found murdered in a Rat King costume. Markham enters a competitive world of dancers, backstage rivalries, and carefully guarded artistic grudges.

Murders at Bromgrove's art gallery reveal that the town's respectable public face hides dangerous private lives. With Olivia's help, Markham and his team search through jealousies, secrets, and the tensions surrounding the gallery's ambitious circle.

A series of killings shatters the peace around St Cecilia's Church, where Olivia worships. Markham and Noakes uncover fraud, buried family history, and old hatreds as the murderer turns a place of faith into a place of fear.

New College Close seems safely ordinary until two women are found asphyxiated beneath a luxury mattress. A badge from a local academy is the only clue, sending Markham into a case where old connections carry deadly consequences.

Dance school owner Shirley Bastin is found drowned in a water butt, and everyone assumes it was a tragic accident. Markham notices details that do not fit, then enters a close-knit dance community full of hidden resentment.

Michael Dominguez, Calder Vale's wealthy literary golden boy, is beaten to death in a vintage train carriage. A page from his reading group is attached to the body, drawing Markham into a gated community where envy and ambition run high.

In the middle of a heatwave, English teacher Rebecca Shawcross is found strangled and hidden in a refrigerator at a community centre doctor's office. Markham and Noakes follow a trail of professional and personal grudges to the killer.

Markham returns to his old Oxford college for what should be a restful weekend. When builders uncover a skeleton beneath a crumbling staircase, a long-hidden identity and the college's old loyalties draw him into a dangerous investigation.

At London's Theresian Club, receptionist Julia Porter is found strangled in her room with her own tights. She appears to have welcomed her killer inside, leaving Markham to investigate the private lives behind the club's calm, religious facade.

Beloved teacher Jayne Padgett is found dead at her kitchen counter, strangled and forced to drink bleach. As Markham investigates, the careful staging of the crime points to someone with a troubling reason to erase the evidence.

Celebrity weight-loss doctor Nariman is murdered in his clinic, leaving behind patients, rivals, and fans with reasons to resent him. Markham must sort through the bitter fallout of a public career to find who struck the fatal blow.

A cleaner finds a dead man among the tapestries at grand Carton Hall, his face frozen in agony. Markham follows the scent of revenge through the hall's history, priceless collections, and the people determined to protect its image.

A quiet museum visit in Oxford turns horrific when DI Gilbert Markham finds a battered body displayed in a glass case. To identify the killer, he must uncover why someone turned a cultural institution into a stage for murder.

Former ballerina Andrée Clark is found strangled at the genteel Rosemount Retirement Home, with a favourite doll beside her bed. Markham must find a killer hiding among the home's residents, staff, and carefully maintained comforts.

Gino Everard, the flamboyant owner of Bromgrove bridal boutique The Confetti Club, is found dead in a dress cupboard. Markham investigates a glamorous workplace where staff tensions, old grudges, and public image all complicate the case.

Headteacher Catherine Leckie is found strangled in her potting shed at Beauclair Drive Allotments. Markham and his team dig into the plot holders' rivalries and secrets, discovering that even a peaceful vegetable patch can hide violence.

Sheila Craven is found smothered in her armchair with one of her Liberty cushions. Markham and the team trace her final connections through Bromgrove's high street, including the Italian restaurant she loved to visit.

A Saturday morning at Bromgrove's Mane Event turns grim when a stylist finds her boss slumped dead in a barber's chair. Markham investigates the salon's friendships, workplace rivalries, and the enemies hidden behind a polished image.

A curator researching the Princes in the Tower is brutally murdered inside the Tower of London. Called in to help, Markham must cut through historic legends, jealous rivalries, and guilty secrets before another life is put at risk.

A body is discovered in the tropical Palm House at Hollingrove Park, laid across ancient stones surrounded by sinister folklore. As further violence follows, Markham faces a killer using the garden's history to disguise a very modern motive.