2026 Reading Challenge

Thomas Chaloner Series

15 primary works • 15 total works
Thomas Chaloner, a reluctant spy for the Secretary in London, England:

Book 1

A Conspiracy of Violence
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3.89 · 1759 Ratings · 105 Reviews · published 2006 · 12 editions
The dour days of Cromwell are over. Charles II is …

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    Book 2

    Blood on the Strand
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    3.93     · 891 Ratings · 52 Reviews · published 2007 · 11 editions
    In London in 1663, rebellion is in the air. Thomas…

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    Book 3

    The Butcher of Smithfield
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    4.00     · 781 Ratings · 43 Reviews · published 2008 · 10 editions
    Thomas Chaloner, just returned from a clandestine …

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    Book 4

    The Westminster Poisoner
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    4.10     · 662 Ratings · 38 Reviews · published 2009 · 14 editions
    After the Puritan ban on Christmas festivities, Re…

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    Book 5

    A Murder on London Bridge
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    4.02     · 640 Ratings · 36 Reviews · published 2009 · 13 editions
    The murder of a man in broad daylight on London Br…

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    Book 6

    The Body in the Thames
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    4.14     · 644 Ratings · 49 Reviews · published 2010 · 13 editions
    London swelters in a heatwave in the summer of 166…

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    Book 7

    The Piccadilly Plot
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    4.12     · 571 Ratings · 36 Reviews · published 2012 · 13 editions
    The seventh Thomas Chaloner adventure in Restorati…

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    Book 8

    Death in St James's Park
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    4.07     · 552 Ratings · 33 Reviews · published 2013 · 15 editions
    Five years after Charles II’s triumphant return to…

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    Book 9

    Murder on High Holborn
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    4.08     · 501 Ratings · 34 Reviews · published 2014 · 15 editions
    The sinking of the pride of the navy in the Thames…

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    Book 10

    The Cheapside Corpse
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    4.15     · 494 Ratings · 30 Reviews · published 2015 · 11 editions

    London in the spring of 1665 is a city full of fea…

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    Book 11

    The Chelsea Strangler
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    4.02     · 461 Ratings · 26 Reviews · published 2016 · 7 editions
    In the sapping summer heat of 1665 there is little…

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    Book 12

    The Executioner of St Paul's
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    4.10     · 443 Ratings · 27 Reviews · published 2017 · 9 editions
    The plague raging through London in 1665 has empti…

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    Book 13

    Intrigue in Covent Garden
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    4.23     · 398 Ratings · 26 Reviews · published 2018 · 7 editions

    By January 1666 the plague has almost disappeared …

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    Book 14

    The Clerkenwell Affair
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    4.18     · 400 Ratings · 17 Reviews · published 2020 · 8 editions
    In the spring of 1666 everyone's first reaction to…

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    Book 15

    The Pudding Lane Plot
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    4.13     · 332 Ratings · 16 Reviews · 5 editions
    The people and businesses of London are quickly re…

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