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Tim Ayliffe

2 Series • 6 Books

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🎯 Where Should I Start?

Best Starting Point
Publication Order of John Bailey Books
Start with: The Greater Good (2018)
Popular Choice
Publication Order of Standalone Novels
Start with: Dark Desert Road (2026)

ⓘ About Tim Ayliffe

Tim worked in London for Sky News as a digital and telvision journalist. He would work there for a number of years before making his way to ABC in Australia. Tim joined ABC in 2006 and he has worked as a TV News Editor as well as Executive Prodcuer of ABC News Breakfast. In his free time Tim enjoys spending time with his wife, Justin Dougherty and their two children. He lives in Sydney, Australia with his family and enjoys surfing and riding bikes when he’s not writing or doing his journalism job. With writing fiction, Ayliffe finds that you can often get closer to the truth than you can with writing non-fiction as fiction allows you to get into the story and inside people’s heads and exposes their true motivations.

All Book Series by Tim Ayliffe

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The Greater Good

Series opener · book 1 of 5 · published 2018

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2018
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State of Fear

Book 2 of 5 · published 2020

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2020
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The Enemy Within

Book 3 of 5 · published 2021

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2021
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Killer Traitor Spy

Book 4 of 5 · published 2023

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2023
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The Wrong Man

Latest in the series · book 5 of 5 · published 2024

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2024
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Dark Desert Road

Single-title series · published 2026

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2026

? Frequently Asked Questions

Who is Tim Ayliffe?

Tim worked in London for Sky News as a digital and telvision journalist. He would work there for a number of years before making his way to ABC in Australia. Tim joined ABC in 2006 and he has worked as a TV News Editor as well as Executive Prodcuer of ABC News Breakfast.

Which Tim Ayliffe series should I start with?

The best place to start is the John Bailey series, the earliest of Tim Ayliffe's multi-book series: it opens with The Greater Good (2018) and runs to 5 books across 2018–2024, ending with The Wrong Man (2024).

How many books has Tim Ayliffe written?

Tim Ayliffe has 6 books catalogued in this guide, published between 2018 and 2026. 5 of them belong to 1 named series — the largest being the John Bailey series with 5 books — and 1 is a standalone title, collection or anthology.

In what order should Tim Ayliffe's series be read?

Read each series in publication order — the numbered entries in each series follow the year each book first appeared. Tim Ayliffe's series do not depend on one another, so they can be started in any order; by start date they are John Bailey (2018–2024, 5 books).

How are Tim Ayliffe's books organised into series?

This guide splits Tim Ayliffe's 6 books into 1 named series and 1 title that stands alone or appear only in collections: John Bailey (5 books, 2018–2024).