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Thane and Moss Books in Order
Below you'll find the complete list of Thane and Moss books in publication order. This is generally the recommended reading order for the series.
Reading order verified: April 2026
Quick Answer
What order should I read the Thane and Moss series? Start with "Deadline for a Dream / In at the Kill (By: Bill Knox)" (1957) and follow publication order through all 86 books.
The complete Thane and Moss reading order is listed below in publication sequence.
Publication Order
Deadline for a Dream / In at the Kill (By: Bill Knox)
1957
Death Department (By: Bill Knox)
1959
Leave it to the Hangman (By: Bill Knox)
1960
Little Drops of Blood (By: Bill Knox)
1962
Sanctuary Isle / The Gray Sentinels (By: Bill Knox)
1962
The Man In The Bottle (By: Bill Knox)
1963
The Taste of Proof (By: Bill Knox)
1965
The Deep Fall / The Ghost Car (By: Bill Knox)
1966
Justice on the Rocks (By: Bill Knox)
1967
The Tallyman (By: Bill Knox)
1969
Children of the Mist / Who Shot the Bull (By: Bill Knox)
1970
To Kill a Witch (By: Bill Knox)
1971
Draw Batons! / Penalty Shootout (By: Bill Knox)
1973
Children of the Water (By: Bill Knox)
1974
Rally to Kill (By: Bill Knox)
1975
Pilot Error (By: Bill Knox)
1977
Live Bait (By: Bill Knox)
1979
A Killing in Antiques (By: Bill Knox)
1981
The Hanging Tree (By: Bill Knox)
1985
The Crossfire Killings (By: Bill Knox)
1986
The Interface man (By: Bill Knox)
1990
Blood Proof (By: Bill Knox)
1999
Death Bytes (By: Bill Knox)
1999
The Lazarus Widow (With: Bill Knox)
2000
Ask a Policeman
1933
Northern Blood
1992
Northern Blood 2
1995
Perfectly Criminal
1996
Shakespearean Whodunnits
1997
Perfectly Criminal 2: Whydunit?
1997
Northern Blood 3
1998
Past Crimes: Perfectly Criminal III
1999
Missing Persons
1999
Scenes of Crime: CWA Anthology 2000
2000
Crimewave 6
2002
Murder Squad
2002
Mysterious Pleasures
2003
Crime in the City
2003
Green for Danger
2004
Crime on the Move
2005
I.D.: Crimes of Identity
2006
M.O.: Crimes of Practice
2008
Original Sins
2010
Best Eaten Cold and Other Stories: A Murder Squad Anthology
2011
Guilty Consciences
2012
Deadly Pleasures
2013
Guilty Parties
2014
Capital Crimes
2015
Resorting to Murder
2015
Truly Criminal
2015
Silent Nights
2015
The Mammoth Book of the Adventures of Professor Moriarty
2015
The Mammoth Book of Jack the Ripper Stories
2015
Murder at the Manor
2016
Serpents in Eden
2016
The Sinking Admiral
2016
Crimson Snow
2016
Motives for Murder
2016
Foreign Bodies
2017
The Long Arm of the Law
2017
Miraculous Mysteries
2017
Continental Crimes
2017
Noir at the Salad Bar: Culinary Tales with a Bite
2017
CWA Anthology of Short Stories: Mystery Tour
2017
Blood on the Tracks
2018
The Christmas Card Crime and Other Stories
2018
Ten Year Stretch
2018
The Measure of Malice
2019
The Christmas Card Crime
2019
Settling Scores
2020
Blood Sports
2020
Vintage Crime
2020
A Surprise for Christmas and Other Seasonal Mysteries
2020
Guilty Creatures
2021
Murder by the Book
2021
Many Deadly Returns
2021
Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, September-October 2022
2022
Music of the Night
2022
Edgar & Shamus Go Golden
2022
The Edinburgh Mystery: And Other Tales of Scottish Crime
2023
Final Acts: Theatrical Mysteries
2023
Midsummer Mysteries Short Stories
2024
Metropolitan Mysteries: A Casebook of London's Detectives
2025
Playing Dead: Short Stories by Members of the Detection Club
2025
Then There Were More Short Stories
2025
Cyanide in the Sun: And Other Stories of Summertime Crime
2026
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