Nic Saint

When Nic’s not writing he enjoys curling up with a good comic book, sampling pastry (like apple cake), twisting himself into a pretzel doing his morning yoga, eating pasta and chocolate (preferably the dark kind), and spoiling Tommy (his big red tomcat). He also likes watching French comedies, Nancy Meyers movies, and British crime dramas. “One Spoonful of Trouble” is the first novel in the “Mysteries of Bell and Whitehouse” series and was released in the year 2015. Felicity Bell expresses her wish that there was more to life than just working in her family’s bakery, she had no idea that her wish would come…

The best place to start is The Mysteries of Bell & Whitehouse series, the earliest of Nic Saint's multi-book series: it opens with One Spoonful of Trouble (2015) and runs to 10 books across 2015–2019, ending with A Game of Dons (2019). Nic Saint's other series stand alone, so they can be read in any order.

Nic Saint has 188 books catalogued in this guide, published between 2014 and 2026. 181 of them belong to 25 named series — the largest being The Mysteries of Max series with 110 books — and 7 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. Nic Saint's series do not depend on one another, so they can be started in any order; by start date they are The Thorntons (2014, 1 book), The Mysteries of Bell & Whitehouse (2015–2019, 10 books) and Russian Enforcers: The Petrovs (2015, 8 books), plus 22 more.

This guide splits Nic Saint's 188 books into 25 named series and 7 titles that stand alone or appear only in collections: The Mysteries of Max (110 books, 2017–2026); The Mysteries of Bell & Whitehouse (10 books, 2015–2019); Russian Enforcers: The Petrovs (8 books, 2015); Ghosts of London (7 books, 2016–2025); Chief Inspector Holt (5 books, 2024–2026), plus 20 further series.