Detective Markham Mysteries Books 1-15: A fiercely addictive crime thriller series

by Catherine Moloney

3709 pages, Kindle Edition

Published May 27, 2026

About the author

I was born in Ikom, Nigeria (where my parents were missionaries) and come from a Liverpool medical family, but am not a doctor of medicine. . After graduating in Jurisprudence from Jesus College (University of Oxford), I was called to the Bar at Gray’s Inn. Despite qualifying as a barrister, my first love was English; this led to a PhD in English Literature at Birkbeck College (University of London).

In my academic career, I lectured and published widely on the subject of tuberculosis and nineteenth-century literature, but somehow managed to avoid contracting galloping hypochondria and turned my attention to crime fiction.

Reviews

[Julie Powell · Rating 5 out of 5]

I have reviewed each book separately, so will just say that this British crime series has some good characters where Markham and his team investigate multiple murders in every instalment.

The writing style was good overall, though there were numerous archaic words in addition to an old-fashioned feel to supposed modern policing. Markham does have perfect manners and an old-fashioned view but is also determined to find the truth. The four main characters suited the plots with each having a distinct personality.

Overall, I enjoyed the series, which was engaging, informative and entertaining.

[Jenny Stevens · Rating 2 out of 5]

Pity all the books had the same scenarios. .

I liked the settings and obvious research into each setting. The descriptive writing was very good but repetitive at times especially when referring to the characters past. These never really developed into full three dimensional people till the last book.
I knew what was going to happen in every book. Several deaths, hints of a serial killer, blackmail , jealousy and eventual capture. I could have read the first and last book book and known them just as well. I wanted them to develop much more throughout.