Malcolm Rose

Malcolm Rose is a prolific novelist of young adult suspense fiction most of which makes use of science in resolving some interesting quandaries. As such, he used to do most of his writing when he got home in the evenings where he used to write well past midnight. It is for this reason that he believes that some of his best scenes are usually set on dark nights. “Framed” by Malcolm Rose is a futuristic novel that comes with deadpan humor and a thrilling plot that has been compared to the Alex Rider series by Anthony Horowitz.

The best place to start is the Lawless & Tilley series, the earliest of Malcolm Rose's multi-book series: it opens with The Secrets of the Dead (1997) and runs to 7 books across 1997–1999, ending with Lethal Harvest (1999). Malcolm Rose's other series stand alone, so they can be read in any order.

Malcolm Rose has 59 books catalogued in this guide, published between 1985 and 2019. 33 of them belong to 6 named series — the largest being the Shades series with 11 books — and 26 are standalone titles, collections or anthologies.

Read each series in publication order — the numbered entries in each series follow the year each book first appeared. Malcolm Rose's series do not depend on one another, so they can be started in any order; by start date they are Son of Pete Flude (1991–1999, 2 books), Lawless & Tilley (1997–1999, 7 books) and Traces (2005–2013, 7 books), plus 3 more.

This guide splits Malcolm Rose's 59 books into 6 named series and 26 titles that stand alone or appear only in collections: Shades (11 books, 2008–2012); Lawless & Tilley (7 books, 1997–1999); Traces (7 books, 2005–2013); The Outer Reaches (4 books, 2014–2015); Jordan Stryker (2 books, 2010–2011), plus 1 further series.