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:

Publication Order of Dolly Rawlins Books

Widows	(1985)
Widows Revenge	(1994)
She's Out	(1995)

Publication Order of Legacy Books

The Legacy	(1987)
The Talisman	(1988)

Publication Order of Jane Tennison Books

Tennison	(2015)
Hidden Killers	(2017)
Good Friday	(2017)
Murder Mile	(2018)
The Dirty Dozen	(2019)
Blunt Force	(2020)
Unholy Murder	(2021)
Dark Rooms	(2023)

Publication Order of Prime Suspect Books

Prime Suspect	(1991)
A Face in the Crowd	(1992)
Silent Victims	(1993)

Publication Order of Lorraine Page Books

Cold Shoulder	(1994)
Cold Blood	(1997)
Cold Heart	(1998)

Publication Order of Trial and Retribution Books

Trial and Retribution	(1997)
Trial and Retribution II	(1998)
Trial and Retribution III	(1999)
Trial and Retribution IV	(2000)
Trial and Retribution V	(2002)
Trial and Retribution VI	(2002)

Publication Order of Anna Travis Books

Above Suspicion	(2004)
The Red Dahlia	(2006)
Clean Cut	(2007)
Deadly Intent	(2008)
Silent Scream	(2009)
Blind Fury	(2010)
Blood Line	(2011)
Backlash	(2012)
Wrongful Death	(2013)

Publication Order of DC Jack Warr Books

Buried	(2020)
Judas Horse	(2021)
Vanished	(2022)

Publication Order of Standalone Novels

Bella Mafia	(1990)
Civvies	(1992)
Framed	(1992)
Entwined	(1992)
Seekers	(1993)
Lifeboat	(1994)
The Governor	(1995)
Sleeping Cruelty	(2001)
Royal Flush / Royal Heist	(2002)
Twisted	(2014)

Publication Order of Short Stories/Novellas

The Little One	(2012)
The Escape	(2012)

Publication Order of Anthologies

Like a Charm

(2004)

Note: Royal Flush is also known as Royal Heist.

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5 Responses to “Order of Lynda La Plante Books”

1. Liz: 5 years ago

   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.

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2. Liz: 5 years ago

   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.

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   • Graeme: 5 years ago

     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)

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     • Liz: 5 years ago

       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.

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       • Graeme: 5 years ago

         Thanks very much Liz I appreciate it for letting me know and apologies again about that. I’ve now updated the list.

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