2026 Reading Challenge

Dr. Hailey Series

28 primary works • 28 total works
Dr. Eustace Hailey, a snuff-taking physician and psychologist, in England and sometimes Scotland:

Book 1

The Sign of Evil
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3.67 · 6 Ratings · 1 Reviews · published 1925 · 3 editions
THE SIGN OF EVIL is the first book in Anthony Wynn…

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    Book 2

    The Double-Thirteen Mystery: A Dr Hailey Detective Novel
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    3.76     · 54 Ratings · 5 Reviews · published 1926 · 7 editions
    Dr Eustice Hailey took a pinch of snuff, then cons…

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    Book 3

    The Horseman of Death: A Dr Hailey Detective Novel
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    3.31     · 39 Ratings · 2 Reviews · published 1927 · 3 editions
    ‘The outcome is startling and surprising’ Boston G…

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    Book 4

    The Mystery of the Ashes
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    3.72     · 92 Ratings · 6 Reviews · published 1927 · 5 editions
    The Ashes is a grand and sombre country house perc…

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    Book 5

    Sinners Go Secretly
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    2.00     · 1 Ratings · 2 Reviews · published 1927 · 1 edition

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    Book 6

    The Dagger
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    2.00     · 1 Ratings · 1 Reviews · published 1929 · 2 editions

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    Book 7

    The Red Scar: A Dr Hailey Detective Novel
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    3.98     · 57 Ratings · 4 Reviews · published 1928 · 14 editions
    ‘Brilliant characterisation, coupled with a thrill…

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    Book 8

    The Fourth Finger
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    4.00     · 1 Ratings · 1 Reviews · published 1929 · 2 editions

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    Book 9

    The Room with the Iron Shutters
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    3.50     · 2 Ratings · 1 Reviews · published 1929 · 2 editions

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    Book 10

    The Blue Vesuvius
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    4.50     · 2 Ratings · 1 Reviews · published 1931 · 3 editions
    Dr. Hailey investigates an impossible murder of a …

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    Book 11

    The Yellow Crystal
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    5.00     · 1 Ratings · 1 Reviews · published 1930 · 2 editions
    Murder mystery involving a man who felt his impend…

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    Book 12

    Murder of a Lady
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    3.43     · 1995 Ratings · 330 Reviews · published 1931 · 32 editions
    Duchlan Castle is a gloomy, forbidding place in th…

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    Book 13

    The White Arrow
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    4.00     · 2 Ratings · published 1931 · 2 editions

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    Book 14

    The Green Knife
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    3.00     · 2 Ratings · published 1932 · 3 editions

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    Book 15

    Case of the Red-Haired Girl
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    3.00     · 2 Ratings · 1 Reviews · published 1932 · 3 editions

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    Book 16

    Il coltello nella schiena
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    2.93     · 14 Ratings · 3 Reviews · published 1933 · 5 editions
    Il corpo di Lord Wallace, in pigiama e con un colt…

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    Book 17

    Death out of Night
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    2.00     · 1 Ratings · 1 Reviews · published 1933 · 2 editions
    Scarce Dr. Eustace Hailey mystery novel.

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    Book 18

    Death of a Banker
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    3.50     · 2 Ratings · 1 Reviews · published 1934 · 2 editions

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    Book 19

    The Red Lady
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    3.67     · 3 Ratings · 3 Reviews · published 1935 · 4 editions

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    Book 20

    The Toll House Murder
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    3.00     · 2 Ratings · 1 Reviews · published 1935 · 2 editions

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    Book 21

    Murder in Thin Air
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    1.00     · 1 Ratings · 1 Reviews · published 1936 · 2 editions

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    Book 22

    Death of a Golfer
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    4.00     · 2 Ratings · 1 Reviews · published 1937 · 4 editions
    Dr. Eustace Hailey, that urbane investigator of ap…

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    Book 23

    Murder Calls Dr. Hailey
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    2.50     · 2 Ratings · 1 Reviews · published 1938 · 2 editions

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    Book 24

    Door Nails Never Die
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    1.50     · 2 Ratings · 2 Reviews · published 1939 · 2 editions

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    Book 25

    The House on the Hard
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    0.00     · published 1940 · 1 edition

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    Book 26

    Emergency Exit
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    5.00     · 1 Ratings · 1 Reviews · published 1941 · 1 edition
    In Emergency Exit, Dr. Hailey is called to the Eng…

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    Book 27

    Murder in a Church
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    2.00     · 1 Ratings · 1 Reviews · published 1942 · 1 edition

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    Book 28

    Death of a Shadow
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    4.00     · 1 Ratings · 1 Reviews · published 1950 · 1 edition
    A detective story, it has been said, ought first a…

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