Graham Smith Books In Order

Publication Order of DI Harry Evans Books

Publication Order of Jake Boulder Books

Publication Order of Major Crimes Team Books

Publication Order of Detective Beth YoungBooks

Graham Smith is a famous author from Scotland, who has interests in the crime fiction genre. He is particularly well known for writing the DI Harry Evans series. After the much required initial success with the publication of the first two books of this crime fiction series, author Smith has started working on a new book series known as the Jake Boulder series. The first book of this new series has already been published had has gathered huge praises and a great success. Author Smith is happily married and is blessed with a son. He lives along with his family in Gretna Green, Scotland. Smith has served some time working as a joiner. He was involved in building bridges, dug drains, houses, slated roofs, etc., for some time in order to earn livelihood for himself and his family. Now, he has found a stable job and has been working as a manager of a wedding venue and hotel near Gretna Green in Scotland. Author Smith has been involved in this job for the last 11 years. Whatever time he gets after working his hours at the hotel, Smith uses them to develop his crime fiction books and short stories. He says that he is a big fan of the crime fiction stories from a very long time. He developed the interest in this genre after receiving one of the Famous Five novels of Enid Blyton at the age of 8 years. Being a reputed author of crime novels, he also works as a reviewer for a crime fiction review site called Crimesquad.com. The author has been doing this job for around 2 years now. In addition to this, author Smith has also interviewed some of the stellar names in the field of writing, including Lee Child, Jeffrey Deaver, Matt Hilton, David Baldacci, Mark Billingham, Dennis Lehane, Peter James, and several others. Whenever author Smith is not busy with his works, he likes to spend time in reading, playing games, relaxing with his son, and writing.

Author Smith likes to socialize a lot. He makes sure that he spends an ample amount of time with his fans and readers, and answer their queries. On his personal website, Smith often gives out information regarding his upcoming novels and future projects. He even likes to give time to his family and friends, often going out on vacations in nearby places. Smith made an usual progression from Hardy Boys and then to the adult novels. He took up the job of reviewing in 2009 and has been doing it even to this day. Author Smith took up writing in his late 30’s. He considers this job as an infuriatingly rewarding job. He even says that he had never imagined this work will bring him so much of success over the years. Author Smith thinks of him more of a stenographer for all the voices that turn up in his head. Besides contributing to writing, author Smith has laid the foundation of Crime & Publisment. This establishment provides master classes about crime-writing the aspiring authors of this genre. The master classes are held every year at a hotel called The Mill Forge. This is the same hotel where Smith works as a manager. And he takes great pride in saying that 6 of the attendees of the crime writing master-classes at his establishment have become successful in obtaining contracts from literary publishers. The idea of the establishment was a collaborative effort of the author and Inga McVicar. Author Smith came across Inga when the latter was working as the project manager of ‘Destination Galloway and Dumfries’. The two developed the idea of hosting weekend creative workshops on creative writing together. And to make it a success, the pair used their contacts and professional expertise in the publishing industry. And as a result, their unique offering has attracted interest from a wide range of people from the publishing and tourism sectors. Smith’s short story collections have been nominated for the Spine Tingler prize. The collections include Harry Charters Chronicles, Eleven the Hardest Way, and Gutshots. Besides, he maintains a blog in which he talks about a range of agendas related to writing and reading. Author Smith’s lead characters, Jake Boulder and Harry Evans have become quite successful as chief protagonists. They have been praised by many critics all around the world.

The DI Harry Evans series written by Graham Smith is comprised of 2 novels and 2 novellas in total, which were released between the years 2015 and 2016. All the books depict Harry Evans as a detective inspector living in Glasgow. He is a part of the Major Crimes squad, which includes other important members in the role of DS Neil Chislon, DC Amir Bhaki, and DC Lauren Phillips. The first book of this series is entitled ‘ Snatched From Home’. It was released by the Caffeine Nights publication in the year 2015. The main characters of the story include Nicholas and Victoria Faulkes, Harry Evans, and John Campbell. At the start of the book’s story, it is shown that Victoria and Nicholas are middle class parents. They become distraught after hearing about the kidnapping of their children because of the gambling debts of Nicholas Foulkes. As the Foulkes do not have any money and are quite desperate to get their children back, they decide to indulge in a criminal activity to raise the amount of ransom asked by the kidnappers. Harry Evans tries to track down the couple. Harry is fighting a personal battle against his enforced retirement. Therefore, he needs a big case to prove to his department that he can still work efficiently as any other detective in spite of becoming old. On the other hand, the Faulkes couple doesn’t want the police to come in their way. They continue to evade them and collect funds through criminal activities. They fear that if they do not ransom on time, their children might get amputated or killed. When Harry Evans hears their side of the story, he tries to catch the kidnappers and save the children. Also, he tries to make the Faulkes stop committing any more crimes as well as set all the wrongs right, that have already been committed by them.

The next installment of the series is called ‘I Know Your Secret’. The Caffeine Nights publishers released it in 2016. This book’s plot is set in Cumbria. At the beginning, it is depicted that a priest is crucified in his own church. John Campbell races to catch the killer before he takes the life of another innocent victim. In the meantime, Harry Evans spends his time attending the judicial trial of the rapist of his wife. During the night time, he carries out the investigation of the priest’s murder on his own, even though he is ordered by his department not to do any such thing. At one point, John and Harry joins hands by putting aside their differences and look to bring the killer to his knees.