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Atticus Priest
The Atticus Priest series by Mark Dawson has 6 books and is best read in publication order, starting with The House in the Woods (2020).
- Books
- 6 books
- First published
- 2020
- Status
- ongoing
- Last checked
Start here: The House in the Woods (2020) — then read straight through in publication order.
Reading order
The order the books were released — the default way to read the series.
- Book 1:
The House in the Woods
Alternative text for cover: Cover of The House in the Woods - Book 2:
A Place to Bury Strangers
Alternative text for cover: Cover of A Place to Bury Strangers - Book 3:
The Red Room
Alternative text for cover: Cover of The Red Room - Book 4:
All the Devils Are Here
Alternative text for cover: Cover of All the Devils Are Here - Book 5:
The Inheritance
Alternative text for cover: Cover of The Inheritance - Book 6:
The Forest
Alternative text for cover: Cover of The Forest
About the Atticus Priest series
Atticus Priest was a rising star of Wiltshire Police's murder squad until a very public error ended his career; a few years on he's working as a private investigator in Salisbury, using an obsessive, borderline-photographic memory to solve the cases everyone else has given up on. Mark Dawson's series opens with The House in the Woods (2020) and repeatedly puts Priest in uneasy, unofficial partnership with DCI Mackenzie Jones, his former colleague, whose professional standing depends on staying at arm's length from the disgraced detective even as she keeps needing his help.
Unlike Dawson's Group Fifteen-world thrillers, Atticus Priest is a straighter English procedural mystery, closer to a classic English cozy-adjacent puzzle-driven detective story than to Milton's globe-trotting action, and it's spun off its own further spin-off, the Casebook of Atticus Priest, tracked separately.
Frequently asked questions
How many Atticus Priest books are there?
Six novels, from The House in the Woods (2020) through The Forest (2026).
Is Atticus Priest connected to John Milton?
No -- it's set in Wiltshire and follows a disgraced former detective turned private investigator, entirely separate from the Group Fifteen world of Milton, Beatrix Rose, and Isabella Rose.
What is the Casebook of Atticus Priest?
A separate spin-off series of shorter mysteries featuring the same character, tracked as its own file in this catalogue.
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