Reading order · 2 books · 2025 to 2026 · Set in London
Ali Dawson Books in Order
The Ali Dawson books follow a detective in a secret police unit that solves cold cases in an unusual way.
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Series facts
- Books
- 2
- Published
- 2025 to 2026
- First book
- The Frozen People
- Latest
- The Killing Time (2026)
- Setting
- Set in London
The reading order
Every Ali Dawson book in publication order. Choose a title for its cast and summary.
2 books · Set in London
- 1The Frozen People2025With Ali DawsonDetective Ali Dawson works for a secret police unit that investigates cold cases by sending officers back in time.Buy on Amazon
- 2The Killing Time2026With Ali DawsonAli Dawson’s cold case unit is barred from time travel, so she looks into the death of a young man in a fall, and a risky trip lands her back in Victorian London.Buy on Amazon
Do you need to read them in order?
Read The Frozen People first, then The Killing Time.
Who appears in which book
The series’ main characters, book by book. Lead means the book is told around them; minor covers cameos.
| Book | Ali Dawson |
|---|---|
| 1 The Frozen People | LLead |
| 2 The Killing Time | LLead |
Characters in the Ali Dawson books
1 character from Elly Griffiths’s chart, with the number of Ali Dawson books each appears in.
| Character | Books | First in this series |
|---|---|---|
| Ali DawsonDetective working cold cases | 2 | The Frozen People 2025 |