Order of Deryn Lake Books
Deryn Lake is a British author best known for her work as the creator of the popular John Rawlings Mystery series. Deryn Lake is actually a pen name used by the historical novel author Dinah Lampitt.
Lampitt was born in a small English town called Ilford. From a young age, she found herself drawn to novels as well as the school subjects of History and English. She would volunteer to read in class and started penning her own stories at a very young age. After college she worked in journalism and started a family, but the writing bug will catch her later in life and she has since written many novels.
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Publication Order of John Rawlings Books
| Death in the Dark Walk | (1994) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Death at the Beggar's Opera | (1995) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Death at the Devil's Tavern | (1996) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Death on the Romney Marsh | (1998) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Death in the Peerless Pool | (1999) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Death at Apothecaries' Hall | (2000) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Death in the West Wind | (2001) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Death at St. James's Palace | (2002) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Death in the Valley of Shadows | (2003) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Death in the Setting Sun | (2004) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Death and the Cornish Fiddler | (2006) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Death in Hellfire | (2007) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Death and the Black Pyramid | (2009) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Death at the Wedding Feast | (2011) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Death on the Rocks | (2014) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Death at the Boston Tea Party | (2016) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Death on the River Thames | (2022) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Reverend Nick Lawrence Mystery Books
| The Mills of God | (2010) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Dead on Cue | (2012) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Moonlit Door | (2015) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Standalone Novels
| The King's Women | (2015) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| As Shadows Haunting | (2015) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Pour The Dark Wine | (2015) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| To Sleep No More | (2015) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Banishment | (2015) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Prince's Women | (2019) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Short Stories/Novellas
| The Anklets | (2017) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Moonlit Baths | (2017) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Wardrobe | (2017) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Mermaid's Kiss | (2017) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Staircase | (2017) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Gemini Syndrome | (2017) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Short Story Collections
| Lovers Lost in Time | (2018) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
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The first book in the series is called Death in the Dark Walk. The first book introduces us to John Rawlings who is celebrating finishing his indentures at Vaux Hall Pleasure Gardens when he manages to trip on the body of a young girl. He heads into the magistrate’s office where he is considered a suspect, but after explaining his situation and using his outstanding powers of recollection he’s released. The magistrate is so impressed by Rawlings’ memory that he asks him to investigate the case himself. There is a lot to this girl’s life and the case will challenge Rawlings’ extraordinary mind.
Death at the Beggar’s Opera is the second book in the series. In this book, Rawlings goes to a performance of ‘The Beggar’s Opera’ in Drury Lane when the leading actor falls to his death on stage. The actor had a reputation as a philanderer and this leads to his death being a cold blooded murder. Rawlings will investigate alongside blind magistrate John Fielding, in an intriguing case with a ton of suspects.