DS Bailey Books in Order

The DS Bailey strand is a compact crime-fiction series from Liz Evans, published under her Patricia Grey name. Taboo is identified as DS Bailey Book 1, making it the natural and only starting point for readers exploring this part of her work.

It begins with Bailey.

The available series record is brief, so the setting, supporting cast and the details of Bailey's first investigation have not been reliably documented. What is clear is that Taboo is presented as the opening novel rather than a later case, so readers do not need background from another book before beginning it.

That makes the series easy to approach. Read Taboo as a self-contained entry into a different detective-focused branch of Evans's writing, separate from the coastal private-eye world of Grace Smith and the wartime London cases written as Patricia Grey.

The title suggests difficult subjects and hidden boundaries, but it is best to let the book reveal its own case rather than assume details that have not been confirmed. For readers who like to track an author's different detectives, DS Bailey offers a short, direct place to start.

There is no complicated reading order here.

With one currently listed title, Taboo is both the introduction to Bailey and the complete available route through the series. It is a useful choice for readers who want to sample Evans's crime writing outside the Grace Smith books without committing to a long sequence.