Order of Francis Hancock Books

Francis Hancock stands at the center of British novelist Barbara Nadel's compelling historical mystery series, set against the backdrop of 1940s wartime London. Working as an undertaker during World War II, Hancock carries the invisible wounds of his service in the First World War—battling what modern readers would recognize as post-traumatic stress disorder.

Nadel launched the Francis Hancock series in 2005 with Last Rights, crafting four gripping novels that concluded in 2009 with Sure and Certain Death. The books follow both publication and chronological order, creating a seamless reading experience for fans eager to follow Hancock's journey through war-torn England.

Here are Barbara Nadel's Francis Hancock novels listed in their original publication sequence: