When Probator Agusto Zidarov of the city’s enforcers is charged with locating the missing scion of a wealthy family, he knows full well that the chances of finding him alive are slight. In the immense city of Varangantua, life is cheap but mistakes are expensive. I’ve listed these novels in publication order:īloodlines by Chris Wraight (August 2020) NovelsĪt the time of writing (October 2022) there are four full Warhammer Crime novels, with each main character (or characters) also featuring in at least one additional short story or audio drama. It’s not essential, but might add to your overall enjoyment.

To get the most out of these anthologies, it might be worth picking up two or more of them and alternating between them, to make sure you’re getting as much variety (of author, characters, style etc.) as possible.

Both No Good Men and Sanction & Sin are (as you’ll see later on) quite heavily themed, with No Good Men in particular featuring a set of stories that are all quite similar. That being said, if you’re going to read the short story anthologies then I do have a suggestion to make (thanks to on Twitter for the inspiration). I would say that Bloodlines, as the first novel published in the range, would be a good starting point to get your head around Varangantua and the tone of these stories, but to be honest you should be able to pick up any of the novels or anthologies that appeal to you (or the audio drama Dredge Runners, to be fair) and start there, then see what takes your fancy next. It’s worth pointing out that while an increasing number of short stories connect to the novels, there’s still no real reading order for Warhammer Crime – it’s not a series as such, so you can start anywhere and just go from there. For each title, if I’ve either reviewed it or interviewed the author(s) I’ll also include links so that you can read those too, and as I publish new reviews or interviews I’ll add them into the article. I’ll point out the connections between stories where I’m aware of them, but as always I’m keen to avoid spoilers so I’ll only talk in the most general terms. What I’m going to do in this article is break things down by the type of release – so I’ll look at the novels first, then short story anthologies and then audio dramas (although there’s only one audio so far), and I’ll include BL’s synopsis for each one. Latest update: October 2022 (added The Wraithbone Phoenix, The Vorbis Conspiracy and standalone e-shorts)

Bloodlines novel series