DI Joanna Piercy Reading Order: Priscilla Masters's Series

Priscilla Masters’s DI Joanna Piercy series is a long-running British police procedural set in the wild Staffordshire Moorlands, following a determined detective inspector through three decades of cases. An underrated staple of regional British crime — read in publication order.

The complete reading order

1. Winding Up the Serpent / Killer on the Moors (1995)
2. Catch the Fallen Sparrow / Burnt on the Moors (1996)
3. A Wreath For My Sister / Frozen on the Moors (1997)
4. And None Shall Sleep / Kidnap on the Moors (1997)
5. Scaring Crows / Missing on the Moors (1999)
6. Embroidering Shrouds / Murder on the Moors (2001)
7. Endangering Innocents / Hidden on the Moors (2003)
8. Wings Over the Watcher / Stalker on the Moors (2006)
9. Grave Stones / Revenge on the Moors (2009)
10. A Velvet Scream / Alone on the Moors (2011)
11. The Final Curtain / Fear on the Moors (2013)
12. Guilty Waters / Guilt on the Moors (2015)
13. Crooked Street / Crooked Lane / Trapped on the Moors (2016)
14. Taken on the Moors / Blood on the Rocks (2019)
15. Almost a Whisper / Blood on the Moors (2022)
16. Bloodline (2025)

The series is best read in publication order.

Where to start

Winding Up the Serpent (book one). Solid, atmospheric British procedural for fans of regional crime.

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