The Recurring Cast
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
  1. 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
  2. 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.

Who appears in each Ali Dawson book
BookAli Dawson
1 The Frozen PeopleLLead
2 The Killing TimeLLead

Characters in the Ali Dawson books

1 character from Elly Griffiths’s chart, with the number of Ali Dawson books each appears in.

CharacterBooksFirst in this series
Ali DawsonDetective working cold cases2The Frozen People 2025