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ⓘ About Graeme Macrae Burnet
He was born and raised in Kilmarnock, and spent a few years working as an English teacher in Porto, Prague, London, and Bordeaux, before he came back to Glasgow and worked for eight years for various independent television companies. Graeme has degrees in International Security Studies and English Literature from St. Andrews and Glasgow universities respectively. “His Bloody Project” won the Vrij Nederland Thriller of Year Award in 2017 and the Saltire Fiction Book of the Year in 2016. The novel was also shortlisted for the LA Times Mystery Book of the Year 2017, the European Crime Fiction Prize 2017, and the Man Booker Prize in 2016. “The Accident on the A35” and was longlisted for the Hearst Big Book Awards and the Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year 2018.
All Book Series by Graeme Macrae Burnet
Nothing Left to Fear From Hell
Book 3 of 8 · published 2023 Anthology · Alan Warner
This Door of the Seas
Latest in the series · book 8 of 8 · published 2026 Anthology · Val McDermid,Jo Sharp
? Frequently Asked Questions
Who is Graeme Macrae Burnet?
He was born and raised in Kilmarnock, and spent a few years working as an English teacher in Porto, Prague, London, and Bordeaux, before he came back to Glasgow and worked for eight years for various independent television companies. Graeme has degrees in International Security Studies and English Literature from St. Andrews and Glasgow universities respectively. “His Bloody Project” won the Vrij Nederland Thriller of Year Award in 2017 and the Saltire Fiction Book of the Year in 2016.
Which Graeme Macrae Burnet series should I start with?
The best place to start is the Georges Gorski series, the earliest of Graeme Macrae Burnet's multi-book series: it opens with The Disappearance of Adèle Bedeau (2014) and runs to 3 books across 2014–2024, ending with A Case of Matricide (2024). Graeme Macrae Burnet's other series stand alone, so they can be read in any order.
How many books has Graeme Macrae Burnet written?
Graeme Macrae Burnet has 13 books catalogued in this guide, published between 2014 and 2026. 11 of them belong to 2 named series — the largest being the Darkland Tales series with 8 books — and 2 are standalone titles, collections or anthologies.
In what order should Graeme Macrae Burnet's series be read?
Read each series in publication order — the numbered entries in each series follow the year each book first appeared. Graeme Macrae Burnet's series do not depend on one another, so they can be started in any order; by start date they are Georges Gorski (2014–2024, 3 books) and Darkland Tales (2021–2026, 8 books).
How are Graeme Macrae Burnet's books organised into series?
This guide splits Graeme Macrae Burnet's 13 books into 2 named series and 2 titles that stand alone or appear only in collections: Darkland Tales (8 books, 2021–2026); Georges Gorski (3 books, 2014–2024).