Order of Inspector West Books
The Inspector West series is a series of crime fiction novels by English novelist John Creasey. Roger West is a good-looking detective inspector with Scotland Yard. The series follows him throughout his career and life.
John Creasey began his Inspector West series in 1942 with the novel Inspector West Takes Charge. The series ran for 43 novels, ending in 1978 with A Sharp Rise in Crime. Below is a list of John Creasey’s Inspector West books in order of when they were originally published (which is the same as their chronological order):
Publication Order of Inspector West Books
| Inspector West Takes Charge | (1942) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Inspector West Leaves Town / Go Away To Murder | (1943) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Inspector West at Home / Apostle of Gloom | (1944) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Inspector West Regrets | (1945) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Holiday for Inspector West | (1946) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Battle for Inspector West | (1948) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Triumph for Inspector West / The Case Against Paul Raeburn | (1948) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Inspector West Kicks Off / Sport for Inspector West | (1949) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Inspector West Alone | (1950) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Inspector West Cries Wolf / The Creepers | (1950) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| A Case for Inspector West / The Figure in the Dusk | (1951) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Puzzle for Inspector West / The Dissemblers | (1951) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Inspector West at Bay / The Blind Spot | (1952) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| A Gun for Inspector West / Give a Man a Gun | (1953) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Send Superintendent West / Send Inspector West | (1953) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| A Beauty for Inspector West / The Beauty Queen Killer | (1954) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Inspector West Makes Haste / The Gelignite Gang | (1955) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Two for Inspector West / Murder: One, Two, Three | (1955) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Parcels for Inspector West / Death of a Postman | (1956) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| A Prince for Inspector West / Death of an Assassin | (1956) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Find Inspector West / Doorway to Death / The Trouble at Saxby's | (1957) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Accident for Inspector West / Hit and Run | (1957) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Murder, London - New York | (1958) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Strike for Death / The Killing Strike | (1958) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Death of a Racehorse | (1959) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Case of the Innocent Victims | (1959) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Murder on the Line | (1960) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Death in Cold Print | (1961) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Scene of the Crime | (1961) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Policeman's Dread | (1962) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Hang the Little Man | (1963) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Look Three Ways at Murder | (1964) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Murder, London - Australia | (1967) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Murder, London - South Africa | (1967) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| So Young to Burn | (1967) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Executioners | (1967) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Murder, London - Miami | (1969) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| A Part for a Policeman | (1970) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Alibi / Alibi for Inspector West | (1971) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| A Splinter of Glass | (1972) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Theft of Magna Carta | (1973) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Extortioners | (1974) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| A Sharp Rise in Crime | (1978) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Notes: Inspector West Leaves Town was also titled Go Away to Murder. Inspector West Cries Wolf was re-published as The Creepers. A Case for Inspector West was also published as The Figure in the Dusk. Puzzle for Inspector West is also known as The Dissemblers. Inspector West at Bay was later re-titled The Blind Spot and also as The Case of the Acid Throwers. A Gun for Inspector West was also published under the title Give a Man a Gun. Send Inspector West was also published as Send Superintendent West. A Beauty for Inspector West was also released as The Beauty Queen Killer, and as So Young, So Cold, So Fair. Inspector West Makes Haste was also titled The Gelignite Gang, as Murder Makes Haste, and as Night of the Watchman. Two for Inspector West was re-published as Murder: One, Two, Three, and as Murder Tips the Scales. Parcels for Inspector West was also published as Death of a Postman. A Prince for Inspector West is also known as Death of a Assassin. Accident for Inspector West was later re-titled Hit and Run. Find Inspector West was also published as The Trouble at Saxby’s, and also as Doorway to Death. Strike for Death is also known as The Killing Strike. Triumph for Inspector West was later re-titled The Case Against Paul Raeburn. Inspector West Kicks Off was alternately titled Sport for Inspector West.
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