At the point of writing this, there are seven books in the main Bow Street Society Mystery novel series and six volumes of the Bow Street Society Casebook. A question I often get asked by readers is: what order should I read the short stories and novels in? I usually recommend reading the novels in publication order and the short stories in any order. Yet, what if you want to read the short stories and novels in the order they occur within the Bow Street Society universe? In this month’s blog I share the official timeline of the chronological order of the events within the novels and short stories.
N.B. When a date / month hasn’t been specified in a novel / short story, that novel / short story has been given an approximate position on the timeline based upon in-narrative references to the season, weather conditions, and temperature, etc.
JANUARY 1896
The Case of the Curious Client
FEBRUARY 1896
The Case of the Lonesome Lushington
APRIL 1896
The Case of the Shrinking Shopkeeper
MAY 1896
The Case of the Winchester Wife
JUNE 1896
The Case of the Perilous Pet
JULY 1896
The Case of the Eerie Encounter
The Case of the Chilling Chamber
The Case of the Fowler Fortune
SEPTEMBER 1896
The Case of the Counterfeit Clairvoyant
The Case of the Doomed Drawlatch
The Case of the Fearful Father
OCTOBER 1896
The Case of the Spectral Shot
The Case of the Desperate Deed
The Case of the Scandalous Somnambulist
The Case of the Pesky Passenger
The Case of the Terrific Theft
The Case of the Puma Problem
NOVEMBER 1896
The Case of the Toxic Tonic
The Case of the Peculiar Portrait
The Case of the Ghastly Gallop
The Case of the Taken Teacup
The Case of the Russian Rose
The Case of the Crooked Cottage
The Case of the Baffled Bride
The Case of the Gentleman’s Gambit
The Case of the Scream in the Smog
The Case of the Lyall Lighthouse
DECEMBER 1896
The Case of the Maxwell Murder
The Case of the Pugilist’s Ploy
The Case of the Whitechapel Wraith
The Case of Mastermind Moss
The Case of the Redi Robbery
The Case of the Impossible Implication
The Case of the Bold Blackmailer
The Case of the Christmas Crisis
The Case of the Cryptic Clues
JANUARY 1897
The Case of the Fatal Flaw
This list will be updated as more novels and short stories are published. I hope this timeline has provided a better understanding of the in-narrative events within the Bow Street Society universe. Please get in touch at info@bowstreetsociety.com if you have any questions. All that’s left for me to say is have a very merry Christmas and a happy New Year!
~ T.G. Campbell, December 2025
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