The Recurring Cast
Reading order · 3 books · 1990 to 2006

Harry Barnett Books in Order

Harry Barnett is an ageing drifter whose life keeps being upended by mysteries he never asked for, starting with the disappearance of a young woman on Rhodes.

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Series facts

Books
3
Published
1990 to 2006
First book
Into the Blue
Latest
Never Go Back (2006)

The reading order

Every Harry Barnett book in publication order. Choose a title for its cast and summary.

3 books
  1. 1Into the Blue1990With Harry BarnettHarry Barnett, a disgraced former civil servant looking after a villa on Rhodes, becomes the chief suspect when a young woman disappears on a mountain walk.Buy on Amazon
  2. 2Out of the Sun1996With Harry BarnettHarry Barnett learns that he has a son he never knew, a brilliant mathematician who now lies in a coma, and sets out to find out what happened to him.Buy on Amazon
  3. 3Never Go Back2006With Harry BarnettHarry Barnett goes to a reunion of men he did national service with in the RAF, at a hotel in Scotland, and the old comrades start to die.Buy on Amazon

Do you need to read them in order?

Read Into the Blue, Out of the Sun, then Never Go Back.

Who appears in which book

The series’ main characters, book by book. Lead means the book is told around them; minor covers cameos.

Who appears in each Harry Barnett book
BookHarry Barnett
1 Into the BlueLLead
2 Out of the SunLLead
3 Never Go BackLLead

Characters in the Harry Barnett books

1 character from Robert Goddard’s chart, with the number of Harry Barnett books each appears in.

CharacterBooksFirst in this series
Harry BarnettDrifter on Rhodes, later in England3Into the Blue 1990