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Will Thomas is an American novelist that writes the Barker and Llewelyn series. A native of Bucks County, Pennsylvania, the author spent his teenage and adult years in Oklahoma. He has Drama and English degrees.

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1 Some Danger Involved 2004 Description / Buy
2 To Kingdom Come 2005 Description / Buy
3 The Limehouse Text 2006 Description / Buy
4 The Hellfire Conspiracy 2007 Description / Buy
5 The Black Hand 2008 Description / Buy
6 Fatal Enquiry 2014 Description / Buy
7 Anatomy of Evil 2015 Description / Buy
8 Hell Bay 2016 Description / Buy
9 An Awkward Way to Die (Short Story) 2017 Description / Buy
10 Old Scores 2017 Description / Buy
11 Blood Is Blood 2018 Description / Buy
12 Lethal Pursuit 2019 Description / Buy
13 Dance with Death 2021 Description / Buy
14 Fierce Poison 2022 Description / Buy
15 Heart of the Nile 2023 Description / Buy
16 Death and Glory 2024 Description / Buy
17 Season of Death 2025 Description / Buy

Order of MX New Sherlock Holmes Stories Series

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1 Part I: 1881 to 1889 ( With: Craig Janacek, Denis O. Smith, David Marcum, Daniel McGachey, Derrick Belanger, Martin Rosenstock, John Hall, Mark Mower, Daniel D. Victor, Hugh Ashton, Jayantika Ganguly, Shane Simmons, Adrian Middleton, John Heywood, Deanna Baran, Amy Thomas, Stephen Wade) 2015 Description / Buy
2 Part II: 1890 to 1895 ( By: Bill Crider, Lyndsay Faye, Christopher Redmond, Bert Coules, J.R. Campbell, William Patrick Maynard, Sam Wiebe, Marcia Wilson, David Marcum, Matthew Booth, Jack Grochot, Ann Margaret Lewis, Mike Hogan, Jeremy Branton Holstein, Dick Gillman, Mike Hogan) 2015 Description / Buy
3 Part III: 1896 to 1929 ( By: Lyn McConchie, James Lovegrove, Matthew J. Elliott, Bob Byrne, Stuart Douglas, David Marcum, Larry Millett, Paul D. Gilbert, Geri Schear, Mark Alberstat, Tim Symonds) 2015 Description / Buy
4 Part IV: 2016 Annual ( By: David Stuart Davies, Nicholas Utechin, Andy Lane, Richard Doyle, J.R. Campbell, Craig Janacek, Roger Johnson, Bob Byrne, Denis O. Smith, Marcia Wilson, David Marcum, Daniel McGachey, Derrick Belanger, Matthew Booth, Bonnie MacBird, Mark Mower, Daniel D. Victor, Hugh Ashton, Jayantika Ganguly, Steve Emecz, Deanna Baran, Arthur Hall, Vincent W. Wright, Jeremy Holstein, Andrea Mantin Levy, Steven Rothman, Melissa Farnham) 2016 Description / Buy
5 Part V ( By: James Lovegrove, Nicholas Utechin, Jan Edwards, Matthew J. Elliott, Bert Coules, William Patrick Maynard, Bob Byrne, Denis O. Smith, Marcia Wilson, David Marcum, Derrick Belanger, Narrelle M. Harris, Mike Chinn, John Hall, Paul D. Gilbert, Mark Mower, Jan Edwards, Hugh Ashton, N. John Hall, Julie McKuras, Tracy J. Revels, Roger Riccard, Amy Thomas, Julie McKuras, Arthur Hall) 2016 Description / Buy
6 Part VI ( By: David Timson, Nicholas Utechin, Carla Coupe, Jan Edwards, Craig Janacek, Roger Johnson, Bob Byrne, Marcia Wilson, David Marcum, Derrick Belanger, Mark Mower, Thomas A. Turley, Robert Perret, Jan Edwards, Daniel D. Victor, Hugh Ashton, Geri Schear, Shane Simmons, Julie McKuras, Keith Hann, Steve Emecz, Steve Emecz, Thomas A. Turley, Roger Riccard, Deanna Baran, Thomas A. Turley, Julie McKuras, Tim Symonds, Arthur Hall) 2017 Description / Buy
7 Part VII ( By: Lee Child, James Lovegrove, Jan Edwards, Rand Lee, John Linwood Grant, Michael Cox, Steven Philip Jones, David Marcum, Mike Chinn, John Hall, Mark Mower, Thomas A. Turley, Jan Edwards, Daniel D. Victor, James Moffett, Hugh Ashton, Geri Schear, Jayantika Ganguly, Shane Simmons, Anna Elliott, Charles Veley, N. John Hall, Adrian Middleton, Mike Hogan, Thomas A. Turley, Mike Hogan) 2017 Description / Buy
8 Part VIII: Eliminate The Impossible: 1892-1905 ( By: Will Murray, William Meikle, Craig Janacek, Marcia Wilson, David Marcum, Daniel McGachey, Michael Mallory, Derrick Belanger, Aaron Smith, Paul D. Gilbert, Robert Perret, Jeremy Branton Holstein, Roger Riccard, Tim Symonds, Arthur Hall) 2017 Description / Buy
9 Part IX: 2018 Annual ( By: Leslie Charteris, Marcia Wilson, David Marcum, Denis Green, Mark Mower, James Moffett, Geri Schear, Shane Simmons, Robert Stapleton, Roger Riccard, Deanna Baran, Kevin Thornton) 2018 Description / Buy
10 Part X: 2018 Annual ( By: Will Murray, Kelvin Jones, David Marcum, Martin Rosenstock, Greg Hatcher, Robert Perret, Daniel D. Victor, Hugh Ashton, Jayantika Ganguly, Peter Coe Verbica, Mike Hogan, Dick Gillman, Tim Symonds, Arthur Hall) 2018 Description / Buy
11 Part XI: Some Untold Cases ( By: Craig Stephen Copland, Will Murray, Leslie Charteris, Stephen Herczeg, Richard Dean Starr, David Marcum, Denis Green, Robert Perret, Hugh Ashton, Jayantika Ganguly, Kevin P. Thornton, Roger Riccard, Deanna Baran, Mike Hogan) 2018 Description / Buy
12 Part XII: Some Untold Cases ( By: Craig Janacek, John Linwood Grant, David Marcum, Derrick Belanger, Nik Morton, Paul D. Gilbert, Mark Mower, Daniel D. Victor, Robert Stapleton, Mike Hogan, Jane Rubino, Arthur Hall) 2018 Description / Buy
13 Part XIII: 2019 Annual 1881-1890 ( With: Roger Johnson, Mark Wardecker, David Marcum, Derrick Belanger, Mark Mower, Hugh Ashton, Shane Simmons, Tim Gambrell, Steve Emecz, Paul Hiscock, Andrew Bryant, Arthur Hall, Brenda Seabrook, Robert Stapleton, S.F. Bennett, Edwin A. Enstrom, M.J.H. Simmonds, Tracy Revels, Sean M. Wright, Marino C. Álvarez, Kevin P. Thornton, Stephen Seitz, Jim French, David Friend, Peter Coe Verbica, Jacquelynn Morris, Melissa Grigsby) 2019 Description / Buy
14 Part XV: 2019 Annual ( By: Will Murray, Leslie Charteris, Kelvin Jones, David Marcum, Jack Grochot, Denis Green, Mark Mower, Robert Perret, Robert Stapleton, Peter Coe Verbica, Mike Hogan, Tracy J. Revels, Roger Riccard, Dick Gillman, Tim Symonds, Arthur Hall, Robert Stapleton, Peter Coe Verbica) 2019 Description / Buy
15 Part XIV: 2019 Annual ( By: Stephen Herczeg, Marcia Wilson, David Marcum, Matthew Booth, I.A. Watson, Geri Schear, Jayantika Ganguly, Anna Elliott, Charles Veley, Liz Hedgecock, Harry DeMaio, Tracy J. Revels, Roger Riccard, Thomas A. Burns, Jr., Arthur Hall, Edwin A. Enstrom) 2019 Description / Buy
16 Part XVII: Whatever Remains . . . Must Be the Truth ( By: Will Murray, David Marcum, Michael Mallory, Anna Elliott, Charles Veley, Jane Rubino, Chris Chan, Arthur Hall) 2019 Description / Buy
17 Part XVIII: Whatever Remains . . . Must Be the Truth 1899-1925 ( By: Matthew J. Elliott, Craig Janacek, Gareth Tilley, Kelvin I. Jones, Roger Johnson, David Marcum, Roger Silverwood, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Christopher James, Steve Emecz, Harry DeMaio, Matthew White, Paul Hiscock, Arthur Hall, S.F. Bennett, Thomas A. Burns Jr., Roger Stapleton, Tom Turley, Tracey J. Revels, Nick Cardillo) 2019 Description / Buy
18 Part XVI: Whatever Remains . . . Must Be the Truth ( By: Josh Pachter, Victoria Watson, David Marcum, Kevin Jones, Mark Mower, Jayantika Ganguly, Shane Simmons, Tim Gambrell, Elizabeth Sophia Watson, Brenda Seabrooke, Andrew Bryant, Kevin Thornton, Arthur Hall, Tracy Revels, David Friend) 2019 Description / Buy
19 Part XX: 2020 Annual ( By: Will Murray, Matthew J. Elliott, Steven Philip Jones, David Marcum, I.A. Watson, Mark Mower, Robert Perret, Anna Elliott, Charles Veley, Sonia Fetherston, Harry DeMaio, Harry DeMaio, Deanna Baran, Susan Knight, Kevin Thornton, Arthur Hall, Tracy Revels, Thomas A. Burns Jr.) 2020 Description / Buy
20 Part XXI: 2020 Annual ( By: John Lawrence, Leslie Charteris, Bob Byrne, David Marcum, Stephen Mason Merrill, Michael Mallory, Derrick Belanger, Denis Green, Mark Mower, Hugh Ashton, Geri Schear, Jayantika Ganguly, John Lawrence Toole, Peter Coe Verbica, Dick Gillman, Paula Hammond, Jane Rubino, Arthur Hall, Peter Coe Verbica) 2020 Description / Buy
21 Part XIX: 2020 Annual ( By: Craig Stephen Copland, Will Murray, David Marcum, James Moffett, Tim Gambrell, Matthew White, Robert Stapleton, Peter Coe Verbica, Ian Ableson, Kevin P. Thornton, Roger Riccard, Ian Ableson, Matthew White, Thomas A. Turley, Brenda Seabrooke, Dick Gillman, Andrew Bryant, Chris Chan, Arthur Hall, Robert Stapleton, Sean M. Wright, David Friend, Peter Coe Verbica, Nick Cardillo) 2020 Description / Buy
22 Some More Untold Cases Part XXII: 1877-1887 ( By: Leslie Charteris, Denis O. Smith, David Marcum, Stephen Mason Merrill, Derrick Belanger, Denis Green, Richard Paolinelli, Mark Mower, Geri Schear, Liese Sherwood-Fabre, Ian Ableson, Kevin P. Thornton, Susan Knight, Tracy J. Revels, Roger Riccard, Chris Chan, Tim Symonds, Robert Stapleton, S.F. Bennett, Kevin P. Thornton) 2020 Description / Buy
23 Part XXIII: 1888-1894 ( By: Dacre Stoker, Will Murray, Matthew J. Elliott, Craig Janacek, Steven Philip Jones, Leverett Butts, Marcia Wilson, David Marcum, Mike Chinn, I.A. Watson, Paul D. Gilbert, Hugh Ashton, Shane Simmons, Tim Gambrell, Paul Hiscock, Margaret Walsh, Tracy J. Revels, Barry Clay, Margaret Walsh, Jane Rubino, Arthur Hall) 2020 Description / Buy
24 Part XXIV: 1895-1903 ( By: Craig Stephen Copland, John Lawrence, John Linwood Grant, Stephen Herczeg, Marcia Wilson, David Marcum, John Davis, Jayantika Ganguly, Kevin P. Thornton, Susan Knight, Harry DeMaio, Tracy J. Revels, Harry DeMaio, Brenda Seabrooke, Dick Gillman, Paula Hammond, Arthur Hall, Kevin P. Thornton, Thomas A. Burns Jr.) 2020 Description / Buy
25 Part XXV: 2021 Annual 1881-1888 ( By: Peter Lovesey, Matthew J. Elliott, Craig Janacek, Roger Johnson, Denis O. Smith, Marcia Wilson, David Marcum, Hugh Ashton, Kevin McCann, Steve Emecz, Matthew White, Martin Daley, Paul Hiscock, Jane Rubino, Chris Chan, Robert Stapleton, M.J.H. Simmonds, Brenda Seagrove, Keith Hann, Hal Glatzer, Stephen Gaspar) 2021 Description / Buy
26 Part XXVI ( By: Marcia Wilson, David Marcum, I.A. Watson, Frank Schildiner, Mark Mower, James Moffett, Geri Schear, Naching T. Kassa, Adrian Middleton, Peter Coe Verbica, Margaret Walsh, James Gelter, Ian Ableson, Kevin P. Thornton, Harry DeMaio, Anthony Gurney, Ian Ableson, Harry DeMaio, Dick Gillman, Mike Hogan, Susan Knight, Arthur Hall, Kevin P. Thornton, Peter Coe Verbica) 2021 Description / Buy
27 Part XXVII: 2021 Annual 1898-1928 ( By: Craig Stephen Copland, Peter Lovesey, Will Murray, John Lawrence, Leslie Charteris, Stephen Herczeg, Roger Johnson, Marcia Wilson, David Marcum, John Davis, Denis Green, Tim Gambrell, Tracy J. Revels, Jeremy Branton Holstein, Thomas A. Turley, S.C. Toft, Roger Riccard, Steve Emecz, Arthur Hall) 2021 Description / Buy
28 Part XXX: More Christmas Adventures 1897-1928 ( By: Nancy Holder, Roger Johnson, D.J. Tyrer, David Marcum, Michael Mallory, Geri Schear, Jayantika Ganguly, Shane Simmons, Naching T. Kassa, Tim Gambrell, Steve Emecz, Paul Hiscock, Andrew Bryant, Paula Hammond, Susan Knight, Kevin Thornton, J.S. Rowlinson, Julie McKuras, J. Lawrence Matthews, Jane Rubino, Chris Chan, Arthur Hall) 2021 Description / Buy
29 Part XXIX: More Christmas Adventures 1889-1896 ( By: Craig Stephen Copland, Gordon Linzner, Roger Johnson, Marcia Wilson, David Marcum, Derrick Belanger, I.A. Watson, Frank Schildiner, Paul D. Gilbert, Tracy J. Revels, Steve Emecz, Ian Ableson, Wayne Anderson, Barry Clay, Harry DeMaio, Matthew White, Margaret Walsh, Dan Rowley, Arthur Hall) 2021 Description / Buy
30 Part XXVIII: More Christmas Adventures 1869-1888 ( By: Nancy Holder, Will Murray, John Lawrence, Stephen Herczeg, Roger Johnson, David Marcum, Mark Mower, Liz Hedgecock, Tim Gambrell, Roger Riccard, Steve Emecz, Deanna Baran, Thomas A. Turley, Brenda Seabrooke, Thomas A. Burns, Jr., Amy Thomas, Jeffrey A. Lockwood, Martin Daley, Dick Gillman, Paul Hiscock, Mike Hogan) 2021 Description / Buy
31 Part XXVIII: More Christmas Adventures 1869-1888 ( By: Nancy Holder, David Marcum) 2021 Description / Buy
32 XXXI: 2022 Annual 1875-1887 ( By: John Lawrence, Gordon Linzner, Kelvin I. Jones, Roger Johnson, D.J. Tyrer, David Marcum, I.A. Watson, Geri Schear, Tracy J. Revels, Steve Emecz, Dan Rowley, Susan Knight, Tim Symonds, Arthur Hall, Robert Stapleton, Hal Glatzer, Sean Wright, Jeffrey Hatcher, Terry Golledge, David MacGregor, Emma West, Kevin Patrick McCann, Thomas Burns, Steven Herczeg) 2022 Description / Buy
33 Part XXXII: 2022 Annual 1888-1895 ( By: Will Murray, Craig Janacek, David Marcum, Mike Chinn, Paul Hiscock, Hal Glatzer, James Gelter, Ian Ableson, Mike Hogan, Tracy J. Revels, Roger Riccard, Wayne Anderson, Tim Symonds, Arthur Hall, Hal Glatzer, Terry Golledge, Kevin Patrick McCann, Alan Dimes) 2022 Description / Buy
34 Part XIII: 2022 Annual ( By: David Marcum) 2022 Description / Buy
35 Part XXXI: 2022 Annual ( By: David Marcum) 2022 Description / Buy
36 Part XXXIII: 2022 Annual 1896-1919 ( By: Craig Stephen Copland, Roger Johnson, Mark Wardecker, Marcia Wilson, David Marcum, Hugh Ashton, Naching T. Kassa, Tracy J. Revels, Steve Emecz, Dan Rowley, Jeffrey A. Lockwood, Martin Daley, Andrew Bryant, Susan Knight, Tim Symonds, Kevin P. Thornton, Tom Turley, Jeffrey Hatcher, Terry Golledge, Josh Cerefice, David MacGregor, Alisha Shea, Emma West) 2022 Description / Buy
37 Part XXXIV: However Improbable ( By: Will Murray, Leslie Charteris, Stephen Herczeg, Gordon Linzner, Marcia Wilson, David Marcum, Denis Green, Paul Hiscock, James Gelter, Tracy J. Revels, Roger Riccard, Dan Rowley, Thomas A. Burns, Jr., Chris Chan, Arthur Hall, Tim Newton Anderson, DJ Tyrer, John McNabb, Joseph W. Svec III) 2022 Description / Buy
38 Part XXXV: However Improbable ( By: David Marcum) 2022 Description / Buy
39 Part XXXVI: However Improbable ( By: David Marcum) 2022 Description / Buy
40 Part XXXVII: 2023 Annual ( By: David Marcum) 2023 Description / Buy
41 Part XXXVIII: 2023 Annual ( By: David Marcum) 2023 Description / Buy
42 Part XXXVIII ( By: David Marcum) 2023 Description / Buy
43 Part XXXIX ( By: David Marcum) 2023 Description / Buy
44 Part XLII: Further Untold Cases 1894-1922 ( By: David Marcum) 2023 Description / Buy
45 Part XLI: Further Untold Cases - 1887-1892 ( By: David Marcum) 2023 Description / Buy
46 Part XLIII: 2024 Annual 1874-1888 ( By: David Marcum) 2024 Description / Buy
47 Part XLIV: 2024 Annual 1889-1897 ( By: David Marcum) 2024 Description / Buy
48 Part XLV: 2024 Annual 1898-1917 ( By: David Marcum) 2024 Description / Buy
49 Part XLVI: Occupants of the Canonical Realm 1861-1889 ( By: David Marcum) 2024 Description / Buy
50 Part XLVII: Occupants of the Canonical Realm 1890-1898 ( By: David Marcum, Chris Chan) 2024 Description / Buy
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Thomas has been obsessed with Sherlock Holmes for most of his life. ‘The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes’ was the first book he remembers, and it sparked his interest in storytelling. It did not take the author long to realize that he wanted to write novels similar to those Conan Doyle had penned.

‘Great Expectations’ was another influential book that inspired Thomas’ love for Victorian literature. Although, once he discovered Sherlock Holmes, he never looked back.

Mystery novels were not Thomas’ first pursuit. He contributed poems to Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine. After reviewing Holmes for many years, the author accumulated such an impressive database of knowledge about a variety of subjects, including English history and the Victorian Underworld, that it was only a matter of time before he decided to put his mark on the literary arena.

But before writing fiction, Thomas explored the theater. It was his first interest. He only wandered away from the field because novels gave him more control over his characters.

Thomas realized that the notion of acting in plays other people had written no longer appealed to him. Once he set his sights on writing fiction, the author decided to prioritize books over plays because he knew that any play he wrote would eventually disappear.

On the other hand, his books will remain on a shelf somewhere for centuries. The Barker and Llewelyn series manifested organically. Thomas knew that he wanted to write mysteries because that was the genre he liked.

But he had created two different protagonists, and the author couldn’t choose between them. It took him a while to realize that Llewelyn and Barker could exist in the same world.

Llewelyn was young and cheeky, and he could work for Barker, who was older, intelligent, and intractable. The characters had such an entertaining dynamic with one another that Thomas could not wait to write about them.

Victorian England was an obvious choice for a setting because it had the sort of sophistication and elegance that had always fascinated Thomas. He knew enough about the era to bring Victorian England to life in vivid detail.

The Barker and Llewelyn series has evolved over the years. Thomas is always looking for new ways to advance Barker and Llewelyn as individual characters. He knows that the characters have a lot more to offer.

Even with all the books he’s written in the series thus far, the characters keep surprising him. They have more to show him, and the author is excited to pass their stories on to the reader.

Will Thomas Awards

Thomas’ accolades include an Oklahoma Book Award, as well as Barry and Shamus Award nominations.

Best Will Thomas Books

The author writes his books in longhand. He has a wife that types and edits his work. Thomas’ best novels include:

Some Danger Involved: Barker had a complex case. Someone had crucified a student. The murder was shocking because the victim looked a lot like Jesus from the paintings. Barker couldn’t catch the killer alone. So, he posted an ad that brought Llewelyn into his life.

The young man had a murky past. But he was enthusiastic. Barker did what he could to teach the fellow the ropes as the detectives wandered through London’s underworld in search of the shocking truth.

To Kingdom Come: Barker and Llewelyn were tasked with upending a plan by the Irish Republican Brotherhood to bring London to its knees. Their adventures began when Irish dissidents destroyed the Special Irish Branch of Scotland Yard.

The authorities couldn’t ignore the bombing, and Barker immediately jumped into the fray, followed closely by his assistant Llewelyn. To find the culprits, they assumed new identities.

To the so-called Invisibles, Barker was a German bomb maker. To anyone that asked, Llewelyn was his apprentice. The Invisibles accepted Barker and Llewelyn.

The pair was the perfect addition to a plan designed to end the monarchy. But Barker had no intention of standing by and watching as his targets executed their plan.

In between training his assistant in the art of self-defense and the science of bomb-making, Barker would find a way to save London from a dark fate.

When Does The Next Will Thomas book come out?

Will Thomas doesn't seem to have an upcoming book. Their newest book is Season of Death and was released on April, 22nd 2025. It is the newest book in the Barker & Llewelyn Series.

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