Inspector Henry Tibbett Mystery Books in Order
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Inspector Henry Tibbett Mystery books in publication order
19 books
Dead Men Don't Ski
by Patricia Moyes
1959
Henry and Emmy Tibbett head to the Italian Dolomites for a ski break, but the holiday ends when a man who boarded a ski lift alive arrives at the bottom dead. More bodies follow in a sharp, chilly locked-room style mystery.
The Sunken Sailor / Down Among the Dead Men
by Patricia Moyes
1961
Sailing the English coast on a friend's yacht, Henry and Emmy Tibbett expect an easy holiday. Instead Henry becomes fixated on the death of a local sailor, and soon suspects the drowning is tied to a robbery at a nearby manor house.
Death on the Agenda
by Patricia Moyes
1962
Henry and Emmy Tibbett go to Geneva for a law-enforcement conference on drug smuggling, only to have an official found stabbed at his desk. With suspects all around him and gaps in his own movements, Henry faces an uncomfortably close investigation.
Murder à la Mode
by Patricia Moyes
1963
The staff of Style magazine are racing to finish their big fashion issue when one of them ends up dead. Henry Tibbett enters a world of models, photographers, ambition, and sabotage, with his own niece suddenly in danger.
Falling Star
by Patricia Moyes
1964
A glamorous film production turns deadly when a leading man dies in what looks like an accident but feels all wrong. Henry Tibbett steps behind the scenes to investigate a clever murder hidden among egos, money, and movie-set illusion.
Johnny Underground
by Patricia Moyes
1965
At her old RAF reunion, Emmy Tibbett is forced to revisit the wartime death of the pilot she once loved. When she realizes she may have been the last to see him alive, buried secrets begin surfacing and Henry knows the past is no safer than the present.
Murder Fantastical / Murder By Threes
by Patricia Moyes
1967
When a pushy bookmaker trying to buy the Manciple estate is shot in the family driveway, Henry Tibbett is sent to a village full of loyalty, eccentricity, and buried history. The deeper he digs, the stranger and more dangerous the case becomes.
Death and the Dutch Uncle
by Patricia Moyes
1968
The murder of a shabby Soho gambler looks routine until Henry Tibbett links it to an international commission handling an African border dispute. The trail runs from London to the Netherlands, where a local killing may trigger something much bigger.
Who Saw Her Die / Many Deadly Returns
by Patricia Moyes
1970
At a birthday house party, an elderly hostess dies suddenly after opening her presents, and suspicion falls across her family. Henry Tibbett follows the trail through old loyalties, shaky alibis, and a carefully arranged family facade.
Season of Snows and Sins
by Patricia Moyes
1971
On holiday in the Alpine village of Montarraz, Henry and Emmy Tibbett are drawn into the murder of a charming ski instructor whose wife seems the obvious suspect. Henry isn't convinced, and the snowy resort starts to reveal a far uglier scandal.
The Curious Affair of the Third Dog
by Patricia Moyes
1973
A man goes to prison after a drunken killing, and Emmy Tibbett's sister turns up to collect his three dogs, only to find one greyhound missing. Henry connects the vanished dog to a much larger case involving crime, racing, and a very determined village.
Black Widower
by Patricia Moyes
1975
After an unruly diplomat's wife is found shot at an embassy reception in Washington, Henry Tibbett is called in for a discreet investigation. The case carries him from drawing-room scandal to Caribbean politics, where another death may be waiting.
To Kill a Coconut / The Coconut Killings
by Patricia Moyes
1977
A U.S. senator is hacked to death at a Caribbean golf club, and a likable young islander is quickly blamed. Asked to help by friends on the island, Henry and Emmy Tibbett find motives that reach far beyond a local grudge.
Who Is Simon Warwick?
by Patricia Moyes
1978
A dying lord changes his will to favor a long-lost nephew, then two men appear claiming to be Simon Warwick. When one claimant winds up dead, Henry Tibbett has to solve both an inheritance puzzle and a murder.
Angel Death
by Patricia Moyes
1980
A Caribbean holiday takes a strange turn when Emmy and Henry Tibbett meet a woman with a troubling story about someone lost at sea. After that woman disappears, Emmy has to sort through smugglers, storms, and half-truths while Henry is unusually off balance.
A Six-Letter Word for Death
by Patricia Moyes
1983
An anonymous crossword lands on Henry Tibbett's desk, and its clues point toward old deaths, false identities, and a gathering of mystery writers. What starts as a puzzle soon turns into a murder case with Henry and Emmy racing to solve both grid and crime.
Night ferry to death
by Patricia Moyes
1985
On the ferry home to England, Henry and Emmy Tibbett wake to find a fellow passenger murdered and a fortune in Dutch diamonds missing. When the gems turn up in Emmy's bag, the trip's bad luck becomes a very personal threat.
Black Girl, White Girl
by Patricia Moyes
1989
Henry and Emmy Tibbett head to the Caribbean under the cover of a winter holiday, hoping to help an elderly friend who fears a cocaine ring is closing in. Their quiet investigation leads Henry into a risky game with smugglers and corrupt officials.
Twice in a Blue Moon
by Patricia Moyes
1993
Susan Gardiner inherits the Blue Moon, a country pub that seems like a stroke of luck until a customer dies after lunch and suspicion lands close to home. Henry and Emmy Tibbett step in to untangle the pub's grudges, gossip, and hidden motives.
Inspector Henry Tibbett Mystery books in chronological order

Dead Men Don't Ski
by Patricia Moyes
1959Inspector Henry Tibbett Mystery, Book 1
The Sunken Sailor / Down Among the Dead Men
by Patricia Moyes
1961Inspector Henry Tibbett Mystery, Book 2
Death on the Agenda
by Patricia Moyes
1962Inspector Henry Tibbett Mystery, Book 3
Murder à la Mode
by Patricia Moyes
1963Inspector Henry Tibbett Mystery, Book 4
Falling Star
by Patricia Moyes
1964Inspector Henry Tibbett Mystery, Book 5
Johnny Underground
by Patricia Moyes
1965Inspector Henry Tibbett Mystery, Book 6
Murder Fantastical / Murder By Threes
by Patricia Moyes
1967Inspector Henry Tibbett Mystery, Book 7
Death and the Dutch Uncle
by Patricia Moyes
1968Inspector Henry Tibbett Mystery, Book 8
Who Saw Her Die / Many Deadly Returns
by Patricia Moyes
1970Inspector Henry Tibbett Mystery, Book 9
Season of Snows and Sins
by Patricia Moyes
1971Inspector Henry Tibbett Mystery, Book 10
The Curious Affair of the Third Dog
by Patricia Moyes
1973Inspector Henry Tibbett Mystery, Book 11
Black Widower
by Patricia Moyes
1975Inspector Henry Tibbett Mystery, Book 12
To Kill a Coconut / The Coconut Killings
by Patricia Moyes
1977Inspector Henry Tibbett Mystery, Book 13
Who Is Simon Warwick?
by Patricia Moyes
1978Inspector Henry Tibbett Mystery, Book 14
Angel Death
by Patricia Moyes
1980Inspector Henry Tibbett Mystery, Book 15
A Six-Letter Word for Death
by Patricia Moyes
1983Inspector Henry Tibbett Mystery, Book 16
Night ferry to death
by Patricia Moyes
1985Inspector Henry Tibbett Mystery, Book 17
Black Girl, White Girl
by Patricia Moyes
1989Inspector Henry Tibbett Mystery, Book 18
Twice in a Blue Moon
by Patricia Moyes
1993Inspector Henry Tibbett Mystery, Book 19
Series background & context
The Inspector Henry Tibbett books are classic mystery novels built around a married couple who work beautifully together. Henry is a Scotland Yard detective, quiet, observant, and much smarter than he first appears. Emmy, his Dutch wife, is warm, sensible, and far more useful to an investigation than the label of detective's wife might suggest. The series starts with Dead Men Don't Ski and runs through Twice in a Blue Moon, following Henry from chief inspector to chief superintendent.
These are not hardboiled police procedurals. They are fair-play puzzles with a cozy surface, but they are never flimsy. Moyes likes good settings, careful clues, and the small pressures that make ordinary-looking people lie. Henry often arrives on a case while traveling for work or on holiday, and Emmy is usually right beside him, talking to the people Henry cannot reach in quite the same way.
Travel is half the fun.
One book may take you to the Italian Dolomites, another to a yacht on the English coast, a Geneva conference, a London fashion magazine, Dutch waterways, Washington embassy circles, or a Caribbean island hotel. In Season of Snows and Sins, a ski resort murder opens into a bigger social scandal. In Death and the Dutch Uncle and Black Widower, local killings brush up against diplomacy and international politics. The places matter. They are not just backdrops, and Moyes uses them to shape the tension in each story.
The cases themselves vary in a satisfying way. Some are village or country-house puzzles, like Murder Fantastical and Who Saw Her Die?. Others lean into odd premises: a missing greyhound in The Curious Affair of the Third Dog, two rival heirs in Who Is Simon Warwick?, an anonymous crossword in A Six-Letter Word for Death. Later books such as Black Girl, White Girl and To Kill a Coconut bring in smuggling, money, and island politics, but the books never lose their interest in character and motive.
There is no giant series-long villain or cliffhanger to chase.
The ongoing appeal is the relationship. Henry and Emmy feel like a real, long-married couple who enjoy each other's company and think well together. Emmy gets more room to shine in books like Johnny Under Ground and Angel Death, and that shift gives the later novels extra charm. You can read many of the books on their own, but publication order works best if you want to watch the couple's partnership deepen and the world around them widen.
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