Order of Jim Eldridge Books

Jim Eldridge is a British author known for his historical mysteries, thrillers, young adult and children's novels, as well as non-fiction works. After leaving school at 16, he held various jobs before becoming a teacher in underprivileged areas while also pursuing a writing career. Over the course of 40 years, he wrote 250 scripts for television and 250 for BBC radio, including the well-regarded King Street Junior. He has also written bestselling children's books such as The Trenches and Roman Invasion. In 2010, Eldridge transitioned to writing historical crime novels, creating popular series like the Victorian-era Museum Mysteries and the WWII-themed DCI Edgar Saxe-Coburg. He currently resides in Kent with his wife, Lynne. Jim Eldridge made his novel debut in 1994, releasing several books that year. Below is a list of his works in the order of their initial publication.

Jim Eldridge became a published novelist in 1972 with the novel Down Payment On Death. Below is a list of Jim Eldridge's books in order of when they were originally released:

Publication Order of Black Ops Books

Book Title	Year	Amazon USA	Amazon UK
Jungle Kill	(2010)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Death in the Desert	(2010)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Urban Assassin	(2011)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk

Publication Order of Cathedral Mysteries Books

Book Title	Year	Amazon USA	Amazon UK
Murder at St Paul's Cathedral	(2025)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk

Publication Order of DCI Paul Stark Books

Book Title	Year	Amazon USA	Amazon UK
Assassins	(2016)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Shadows of the Dead	(2017)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk

Publication Order of Disgusting Dave Books

Book Title	Year	Amazon USA	Amazon UK
Disgusting Dave And The Farting Dog	(2009)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Disgusting Dave And The Flesh Eating Maggots	(2010)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Disgusting Dave and the Bucketful of Vomit	(2011)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk

Publication Order of Fantasy Soldiers Books

Book Title	Year	Amazon USA	Amazon UK
Death In The Jungle	(1995)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Killer In The City	(1995)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
White Death	(1995)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Plague Ship	(1995)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk

Publication Order of Hotel Mysteries Books

Book Title	Year	Amazon USA	Amazon UK
Murder at the Ritz	(2021)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Murder at the Savoy	(2021)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Murder at Claridge's	(2022)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk

Publication Order of London Underground Station Mysteries Books

Book Title	Year	Amazon USA	Amazon UK
Murder at Aldwych Station	(2022)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Murder at Down Street Station	(2023)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Murder at Lord's Station	(2024)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Murder at Whitechapel Road Station	(2024)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk

Publication Order of The Malichea Quest Books

Book Title	Year	Amazon USA	Amazon UK
The Invisible Assassin	(2012)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Deadly Game	(2012)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Lethal Target	(2013)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Last Enemy	(2013)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk

Publication Order of Museum Mysteries Books

Book Title	Year	Amazon USA	Amazon UK
Murder at the Fitzwilliam	(2018)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Murder at the British Museum	(2019)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Murder at the Ashmolean	(2019)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Murder at the Manchester Museum	(2020)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Murder at the Natural History Museum	(2020)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Murder at Madame Tussauds	(2021)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Murder at the National Gallery	(2022)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Murder at the Victoria and Albert Museum	(2022)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Murder at the Tower of London	(2023)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Murder at the Louvre	(2023)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Murder at the Colosseum	(2025)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk

Publication Order of SAS Books

Book Title	Year	Amazon USA	Amazon UK
Hostile Terrain	(2003)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
London Siege	(2003)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Secret Assault	(2004)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Jungle War	(2004)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk

Publication Order of Survivor Books

Book Title	Year	Amazon USA	Amazon UK
Survivor: Escape from Pompeii	(2017)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Survivor: Titanic (By: Stephen Davies)	(2017)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk

Publication Order of Warpath Books

Book Title	Year	Amazon USA	Amazon UK
Tank Attack	(1999)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Deadly Skies	(1999)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Behind Enemy Lines	(1999)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Depth Charge Danger	(1999)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Night Bomber	(2000)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Island of Fear	(2000)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk

Publication Order of Wrestling Trolls Books

Book Title	Year	Amazon USA	Amazon UK
Big Rock and the Masked Avenger	(2014)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Hunk and Thud	(2014)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Giant Rumble	(2014)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Thud in Trouble	(2015)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Jack Versus Veto	(2015)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Final Showdown	(2015)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk

Publication Order of Standalone Novels Books

Book Title	Year	Amazon USA	Amazon UK
Down Payment On Death	(1972)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Bad Boyes (With: Duncan Eldridge)	(1987)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
King Street Junior	(1988)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Bad Boyes and the Gangsters	(1988)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Monsterman (With: Duncan Eldridge)	(1988)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Uncle Jack and Operation Green	(1990)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Double Life of E.W.Potts, Schoolboy	(1991)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Time Riders	(1991)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Uncle Jack and the Loch Ness Monster	(1991)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Legend of the Lost Keys	(1998)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Desert Duel	(2004)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Dunkirk Escape	(2009)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
4.3.2.1	(2010)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Sink the Tirpitz	(2010)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Bomb!	(2011)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Blood on the Wall	(2013)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk

Publication Order of Chapter Books

Book Title	Year	Amazon USA	Amazon UK
Under Attack	(2013)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Gunpoint	(2016)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk

Publication Order of Picture Books

Book Title	Year	Amazon USA	Amazon UK
Tractor and Digger Save the Day	(1997)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Tractor And Digger	(1999)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Wayfarers	(2017)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Refugee Camp	(2017)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk

Publication Order of Graphic Novels Books

Book Title	Year	Amazon USA	Amazon UK
Captain Hawk And The Stone Of Destiny	(1997)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk

Publication Order of Collections Books

Book Title	Year	Amazon USA	Amazon UK
Monster Summer Reading Pack	(1995)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Spies And Special Forces!	(2002)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Second World War Stories for Boys	(2012)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Daring World War Two Stories for Boys	(2013)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Courageous First World War Stories	(2014)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk

Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books

Book Title	Year	Amazon USA	Amazon UK
The Funniest Joke Book	(1983)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Bogeys, Boils And Bellybuttons (With: Duncan Eldridge)	(1986)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Save Our Planet	(1987)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Holidays Survival Guide	(1989)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Complete How to Handle Grown-ups (With: Duncan Eldridge)	(1991)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Completely Misleading Guide to School	(1994)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
What Grown-Ups Say and What They Really Mean	(1994)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Even More Ways to Handle Grown-ups (With: Duncan Eldridge)	(1996)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Warriors! True Stories Of Combat, Skill And Courage	(2001)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
A Canny History of Carlisle	(2006)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Standing Alone	(2011)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
London Stories	(2012)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Charles Dickens	(2012)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Alan Turing	(2013)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Stories of the First World War	(2014)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Independence. War in Ireland	(2017)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk

Publication Order of 50 Things You Should Know About . . . Books

Book Title	Year	Amazon USA	Amazon UK
50 Things You Should Know About The Tudors (By: Rupert Matthews)	(2004)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
50 Things You Should Know about Fierce Creatures (By: Steve Parker)	(2004)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
50 Things You Should Know About The First World War	(2014)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
50 Things You Should Know About the Second World War (By: Simon Pratt-Adams)	(2015)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
50 Things You Should Know About The Human Body (By: Angela Royston)	(2015)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
50 Things You Should Know About the Environment (By: Jen Green)	(2016)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk

Publication Order of Bug Club Books

Book Title	Year	Amazon USA	Amazon UK
Flash the Dog Dives In!	(2012)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Dragon's Tale and Other Beastly Stories (By: Anthony Horowitz,Simone Massoni)	(2012)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Flash the Dog Bounces In!	(2013)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk

Publication Order of I Was There Books

Book Title	Year	Amazon USA	Amazon UK
I Was There�� Alone In The Trenches (By: Vince Cross)	(2014)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Richard III (By: Stuart Hill)	(2014)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
I Was There Boudica's Army (By: Hilary McKay)	(2015)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
I Was There Tutankhamun's Tomb (By: Sue Reid)	(2015)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
1066	(2015)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
I Was There Viking Invasion (By: Stuart Hill)	(2015)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
I Was There...: Ira Aldridge (By: Judy Hepburn)	(2021)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
On Board the Titanic (By: Margi McAllister)	(2021)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk

Publication Order of My Story Books

Book Title	Year	Amazon USA	Amazon UK
My Story The Trenches	(1999)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Hunger (By: Carol Drinkwater)	(2001)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Twentieth Century Girl (By: Carol Drinkwater)	(2001)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Suffragette (By: Carol Drinkwater)	(2003)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Cadogan Square (By: Carol Drinkwater)	(2010)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Nowhere to Run (By: Carol Drinkwater)	(2012)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
War Spy	(2013)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Codename C��line	(2015)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Coming Home	(2018)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk

Publication Order of My Story: Boys Books

Book Title	Year	Amazon USA	Amazon UK
The Trenches: Billy Stevens, The Western Front, 1914-1918	(2002)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Battle of Britain (By: Chris Priestley)	(2002)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Trafalgar: James Grant, HMS Norseman, 1799-1806 (By: Bryan Perrett)	(2002)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Armada: Thomas Hobbs, England, 1587-1588	(2002)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Agincourt : Jenkin Lloyd, France, 1415 (By: Michael Cox)	(2003)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Waterloo: Bob Jenkins, Royal Horse Artillery, 1814-1817 (By: Bryan Perrett)	(2003)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Flying Ace: Jack Fairfax, Royal Flying Corps, 1915-1918	(2003)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
D-Day: Lieutenant Andy Pope, Normandy, 1944 (By: Bryan Perrett)	(2004)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Crimea: Michael Pope, 110th Regiment, 1853-1857 (By: Bryan Perrett)	(2004)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Spy Smuggler: Paul Lelaud, France, 1942-1944	(2004)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Desert Danger: Tim Jackson, North Africa WWII	(2005)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
U-boat Hunter: Peter Rogers, HMS Arum, 1939-1945 (By: Bryan Perrett)	(2005)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Roman Invasion: A British Boy, AD 84	(2008)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Sweep's Boy: A Victorian Boy, London, 1870	(2010)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Pyramid of Secrets	(2010)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Dodger: The Story of a Victorian Pickpocket	(2011)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk

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