Order of Lynda La Plante Books
Lynda La Plante is an English novelist and screenwriter in addition to being a former actress. Lynda writes novels that she adapts to television series through her production company, La Plante Productions. She is best known for her Prime Suspect ITV series starring Jane Tennison. Lynda lives in both London and Long Island, NY.
Lynda La Plante became a published author in 1983 with her Dolly Rawlings novel Widows. Below is a list of Lynda La Plante’s books in order of when they were originally published:
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Publication Order of Dolly Rawlins Books
| Widows | (1985) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Widows Revenge | (1994) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| She's Out | (1995) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Legacy Books
| The Legacy | (1987) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Talisman | (1988) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Jane Tennison Books
| Tennison | (2015) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Hidden Killers | (2017) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Good Friday | (2017) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Murder Mile | (2018) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Dirty Dozen | (2019) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Blunt Force | (2020) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Unholy Murder | (2021) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Dark Rooms | (2023) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| A Taste of Blood | (2023) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Whole Life Sentence | (2024) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Prime Suspect Books
| Prime Suspect | (1991) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| A Face in the Crowd | (1992) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Silent Victims | (1993) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Lorraine Page Books
| Cold Shoulder | (1994) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Cold Blood | (1997) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Cold Heart | (1998) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Trial and Retribution Books
| Trial and Retribution | (1997) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Trial and Retribution II | (1998) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Trial and Retribution III | (1999) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Trial and Retribution IV | (2000) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Trial and Retribution V | (2002) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Trial and Retribution VI | (2002) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Alibi | (2024) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Accused | (2024) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Anna Travis Books
| Above Suspicion | (2004) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Red Dahlia | (2006) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Clean Cut | (2007) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Deadly Intent | (2008) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Silent Scream | (2009) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Blind Fury | (2010) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Blood Line | (2011) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Backlash | (2012) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Wrongful Death | (2013) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of DC Jack Warr Books
| Buried | (2020) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Judas Horse | (2021) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Vanished | (2022) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Pure Evil | (2023) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Crucified | (2025) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Standalone Novels
| Bella Mafia | (1990) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Civvies | (1992) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Framed | (1992) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Entwined | (1992) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Seekers | (1993) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Lifeboat | (1994) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Governor | (1995) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Sleeping Cruelty | (2001) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Royal Flush / Royal Heist | (2002) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Twisted | (2014) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Short Stories/Novellas
| The Little One | (2012) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Escape | (2012) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books
| Getting Away With Murder | (2025) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Anthologies
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Note: Royal Flush is also known as Royal Heist.
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I guess I should bolster my claim with a few observations.
The Tennisons seemed to be 70s-oriented. PS 1 is late 80s and w/ whole new crew. Just started PS2 and characters introduced in PS1 are present.
In Good Friday Jane has her first cigarette and her sister Pam is childless after a miscarriage By PS Jane is trying to quit smoking and Pam has a couple kids.
Really pretty disjointed transition.
The chronological order of the Tennison/PrimeSuspect books is wrong. Reading now and all of the “Tennison series” books are first (prequel) to the Prime Suspect books.
Sorry about that – not sure why that slipped by us. so just to confirm, it goes Tennison, Hidden Killers, Good Friday then Prime Suspect right? (I haven’t had a chance to read past Tennison yet to verify)
Correct. I read the Tennisons first and after seeing the OOB chrono order was concerned I was reading them out of order. It’s quite disjointed between the T and PS books but there is an odd order.
Neat series. Prefer PS Jane to T Jane.
Still not a big La Plante fan but an okay series. Serviceable.
Thanks very much Liz I appreciate it for letting me know and apologies again about that. I’ve now updated the list.