Atticus Priest Books in Order: All 6 Books

Series facts

Every Atticus Priest book in publication order. Choose a title for its cast and summary.

6 books · Set in Salisbury

1The House in the Woods2020With Atticus PriestAtticus Priest, a former police detective dismissed in disgrace, now works as a private investigator in Salisbury.Buy on Amazon
2A Place to Bury Strangers2021With Atticus PriestA human bone found on Salisbury Plain leads DCI Mackenzie Jones and ex-detective Atticus Priest to the abandoned village of Imber, and to a conspiracy reaching the establishment.Buy on Amazon
3The Red Room2023With Atticus PriestA man falls to his death from Salisbury Cathedral’s tower, and as more bodies appear Atticus and Mack race to find the killer.Buy on Amazon
4All the Devils Are Here2024With Atticus PriestAtticus and Mack investigate a woman who vanished after swimming in the River Avon, uncovering a conspiracy with deep roots.Buy on Amazon
5The Inheritance2025With Atticus PriestWhen a prominent landowner disappears, Atticus is drawn into the crumbling estate of the Ainsley family, where inheritance feuds and buried scandals abound.Buy on Amazon
6The Forest2026With Atticus PriestFourteen years after the Horned Man murders, a new body is found in the New Forest, and the convicted killer will speak only to Atticus.Buy on Amazon

Read in order, starting with The House in the Woods.

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

2 characters from Mark Dawson’s chart, with the number of Atticus Priest books each appears in.

Character	Books	First in this series
Atticus PriestFormer police detective turned private investigator in Salisbury	6	The House in the Woods 2020
Mack JacksonDetective Sergeant and Atticus’s former colleague	6	The House in the Woods 2020