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Start with The Chemistry of Death and continue through all 7 books in the listed reading order.
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Start with The Chemistry of Death
Book 1 by Simon Beckett • Published 2006
Grieving forensic anthropologist David Hunter has retreated to a quiet Norfolk village as a doctor. When a mutilated body is found and another woman vanishes, suspicion falls on the outsider, forcing Hunter to use his...
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Dr David Hunter reading order
Ends with The Bone Garden
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Book 1:The Chemistry of Death
Simon Beckett • 2006
Grieving forensic anthropologist David Hunter has retreated to a quiet Norfolk village as a doctor. When a mutilated body is found and another woman vanishes, suspicion falls on the outsider, forcing Hunter to use his...
- 2
Book 2:Written in Bone
Simon Beckett • 2007
Summoned to a remote Hebridean island, forensic anthropologist David Hunter examines a body burned to ash in an otherwise intact house. As a violent storm cuts the community off, further deaths and buried grudges turn...
- 3
Book 3:Whispers of the Dead
Simon Beckett • 2010
Still scarred from his last case, David Hunter returns to the Body Farm in Tennessee to rebuild his confidence. A grotesquely decomposed corpse in a cabin soon reveals a killer who understands forensics as well as the...
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Book 4:The Calling of the Grave
Simon Beckett • 2010
Years before his first David Hunter case in The Chemistry of Death, forensic anthropologist David Hunter helps search Dartmoor for the graves of killer Jerome Monk's victims. When Monk escapes years later, he comes af...
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Book 6:The Restless Dead
Simon Beckett • 2016
Disgraced after a previous case, David Hunter reluctantly heads to the Essex marshes to examine a body dredged from the tidal mudflats. The corpse does not match the missing man everyone expects, and rising waters and...
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Book 8:The Scent of Death
Simon Beckett • 2019
Called to derelict St Jude's Hospital in London, David Hunter examines a mummified body hidden in the loft, then uncovers a sealed ward containing more tortured corpses. Trapped in the crumbling building's politics an...
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Book 9:The Bone Garden
Tess Gerritsen
Use the reading order above to move through the series in the intended sequence.
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Dr David Hunter FAQ
What is the best order to read the Dr David Hunter series?
The recommended reading order is the numbered order shown on this page, starting with The Chemistry of Death.
How many books are in the Dr David Hunter series?
There are 7 books currently listed in the Dr David Hunter series on GurusReads.
Where should I start with the Dr David Hunter series?
New readers should start with The Chemistry of Death, the first book in the reading order.
Is the Dr David Hunter series complete?
Based on the publication years we have, the series appears likely complete and spans releases from 2006 to 2019.