Order of Sara Woods Books
Sara Woods was a British mystery writer best known for writing the Anthony Maitland, Barrister series of books.
Woods was a pen name used by Lana Hutton Bowen-Judd. She also wrote under the names of Anne Burton, Mary Challis, and Margaret Leek. She was born in Bradford, Yorkshire and then went on to Convent of the Sacred Heart in Filey, Yorkshire for her education. She married in 1946 and the two would move to Nova Scotia, Canada in 1957. Four years later, she wrote her first novel in the Maitland series, Bloody Instructions.
Publication Order of Antony Maitland Books
| Bloody Instructions | (1961) |    |
| Malice Domestic | (1962) | |
| Error of the Moon | (1963) | |
| The Taste of Fears / The Third Encounter | (1963) | |
| This Little Measure | (1964) | |
| Trusted Like the Fox | (1964) | |
| Though I Know She Lies | (1965) | |
| Let's Choose Executors | (1966) | |
| And Shame the Devil | (1967) | |
| Past Praying For | (1968) | |
| Knives Have Edges | (1970) | |
| An Improbable Fiction | (1970) | |
| Tarry and Be Hanged | (1971) | |
| The Knavish Crows | (1971) | |
| Serpent's Tooth | (1971) | |
| They Love Not Poison | (1972) | |
| Enter the Corpse | (1973) | |
| Yet She Must Die | (1973) | |
| Done to Death | (1974) | |
| A Show of Violence | (1975) | |
| My Life Is Done | (1976) | |
| The Law's Delay | (1977) | |
| A Thief or Two | (1977) | |
| Exit Murderer | (1978) | |
| This Fatal Writ | (1979) | |
| They Stay for Death | (1980) | |
| Weep for Her | (1980) | |
| Proceed to Judgement | (1980) | |
| Cry Guilty | (1981) | |
| Dearest Enemy | (1981) | |
| Enter a Gentlewoman | (1982) | |
| Most Grievous Murder | (1982) | |
| Villains by Necessity | (1982) | |
| Call Back Yesterday | (1983) | |
| The Lie Direct | (1983) | |
| Where Should He Die? | (1983) | |
| The Bloody Book of Law | (1984) | |
| Murder's Out of Tune | (1984) | |
| Defy the Devil | (1984) | |
| Away with Them to Prison | (1985) | |
| Put Out the Light | (1985) | |
| An Obscure Grave | (1985) | |
| Most Deadly Hate | (1986) | |
| Nor Live So Long | (1986) | |
| Naked Villainy | (1987) | |
Publication Order of Richard Trenton Books
(as Anne Burton)
| The Dear Departed | (1980) | |
| Where There\'s a Will | (1980) | |
| Worse Than a Crime | (1981) | |
Publication Order of Jeremy Locke Books
(as Mary Challis)
| Crimes Past | (1980) | |
| Burden of Proof | (1980) | |
| The Ghost of an Idea | (1981) | |
| A Very Good Hater | (1981) | |
Publication Order of Stephen Marryat Books
(as Margaret Leek)
| The Healthy Grave | (1980) | |
| We Must Have a Trial | (1980) | |
| Voice of the Past | (1981) | |
If You Like Sara Woods Books, You’ll Love…
Bloody Instructions sees an elderly family solicitor that has turned up dead. He was used to taking his four o’clock tea alone in his chambers, but on this day he turned up dead. It could’ve been any of his clients from that day, but all signs are pointing to Joseph Dowling who has evidence working against him. Dowling is an actor who is performing Macbeth with a bloody dagger, the same kind that has been found in the lawyer’s back. The actor will be tried in a British courtroom for the crime and be prosecuted for it unless barrister-detective Antony Maitland can find the real killer.
Another good book in the series is called Error of the Moon. The story sees Maitland working undercover as a new employee at the General Aircraft company in Yorkshire. He’s there because of some missing documents that point towards espionage and the dead body that was left behind. Maitland will need to use all the skills he learned in the war to find the traitor. There are plenty of suspects at the company, but as the bodies start piling up – the suspect list shrinks. Maitland will need to work quick to find the killer before they strike again.