Reading order · 14 books · 1987 to 2013 · Set in an invented world
Garrett P.I. Books in Order
Garrett is a former Marine turned private investigator in TunFaire, a sprawling city full of elves, trolls, ghouls and vampires. Fantasy crossed with the hardboiled detective story, full of wisecracks.
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Series facts
- Books
- 14
- Published
- 1987 to 2013
- First book
- Sweet Silver Blues
- Latest
- Wicked Bronze Ambition (2013)
- Setting
- Set in an invented world
The reading order
Every Garrett P.I. book in publication order. Choose a title for its cast and summary.
14 books · Set in an invented world
- 1Sweet Silver Blues1987With GarrettGarrett is hired to find the heir to a dead soldier’s fortune, a woman he once knew, and the trail leads him into the war zone of the Cantard.Buy on Amazon
- 2Bitter Gold Hearts1988With GarrettThe powerful Storm Warden is away and her son and heir has been kidnapped, and Garrett, who specialises in recovering kidnap victims, takes a case that may be more than he can handle.Buy on Amazon
- 3Cold Copper Tears1988With GarrettA tall blonde woman hires Garrett for a simple case, the Grand Inquisitor wants his help, and Garrett learns he has been chosen as the next sacrifice to a long-dead god.Buy on Amazon
- 4Old Tin Sorrows1989With GarrettGarrett is hired to find out who is slowly poisoning his old commander, General Stantnor, in a mansion where the household staff are dying even faster than the general.Buy on Amazon
- 5Dread Brass Shadows1990With GarrettThe search for a fortune and a legendary Book of Shadows draws dangerous players into TunFaire, and Garrett finds himself a target for thugs and would-be sorcerers alike.Buy on Amazon
- 6Red Iron Nights1991With GarrettA killer is preying on women across TunFaire, and Captain Block of the Watch hires Garrett to find him, in a hunt that leads from the slums to the city’s grandest estates.Buy on Amazon
- 7Deadly Quicksilver Lies1994With GarrettA former royal mistress hires Garrett to find her missing teenage daughter, and a powerful figure known as the Rainmaker wants him off the case.Buy on Amazon
- 8Petty Pewter Gods1995With GarrettWith temple space scarce on the Street of the Gods, two rival pantheons both hire Garrett, a self-declared atheist, to find the key to the last available temple.Buy on Amazon
- 9Faded Steel Heat1999With GarrettHuman rights brotherhoods are pushing TunFaire towards race riots, and Garrett is drawn in when one of them begins extorting his employer.Buy on Amazon
- 10Angry Lead Skies2002With GarrettGarrett agrees to guard Kip Prose, an annoying young inventor hunted by creatures no one can describe, until Kip is kidnapped.Buy on Amazon
- 11Whispering Nickel Idols2005With GarrettGarrett is hired to find out how TunFaire’s ageing underworld boss ended up in a coma, leaving his dangerously unstable daughter in charge, just as everyone seems to want Garrett dead.Buy on Amazon
- 12Cruel Zinc Melodies2008With GarrettGarrett is asked to rid a grand new theatre of the ghosts said to be haunting it, and finds far more than phantoms behind the scenes.Buy on Amazon
- 13Gilded Latten Bones2010With GarrettGarrett is trying to settle into a quiet home life when he catches two intruders hired to kidnap Tinnie Tate, and soon after, his best friend is attacked.Buy on Amazon
- 14Wicked Bronze Ambition2013With GarrettBuy on Amazon
Do you need to read them in order?
Read in order, starting with Sweet Silver Blues. Each case stands alone.
Who appears in which book
The series’ main characters, book by book. Lead means the book is told around them; minor covers cameos.
| Book | Garrett | The Dead Man | Morley Dotes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Sweet Silver Blues | LLead | MMajor | MMajor |
| 2 Bitter Gold Hearts | LLead | MMajor | MMajor |
| 3 Cold Copper Tears | LLead | MMajor | MMajor |
| 4 Old Tin Sorrows | LLead | MMajor | MMajor |
| 5 Dread Brass Shadows | LLead | MMajor | MMajor |
| 6 Red Iron Nights | LLead | MMajor | MMajor |
| 7 Deadly Quicksilver Lies | LLead | MMajor | MMajor |
| 8 Petty Pewter Gods | LLead | MMajor | MMajor |
| 9 Faded Steel Heat | LLead | MMajor | MMajor |
| 10 Angry Lead Skies | LLead | MMajor | MMajor |
| 11 Whispering Nickel Idols | LLead | MMajor | MMajor |
| 12 Cruel Zinc Melodies | LLead | MMajor | MMajor |
| 13 Gilded Latten Bones | LLead | MMajor | MMajor |
| 14 Wicked Bronze Ambition | LLead | MMajor | MMajor |
Characters in the Garrett P.I. books
3 characters from Glen Cook’s chart, with the number of Garrett P.I. books each appears in.
| Character | Books | First in this series |
|---|---|---|
| GarrettEx-Marine private investigator | 14 | Sweet Silver Blues 1987 |
| The Dead ManLong-dead Loghyr telepath | 14 | Sweet Silver Blues 1987 |
| Morley DotesDark-elf restaurateur and fixer | 14 | Sweet Silver Blues 1987 |