Order of William Deverell Books
William Deverell is a Canadian author of legal and crime thriller novels. He writes the Arthur Beauchamp series. Deverell worked as a journalist for the Canadian Press, Vancouver Sun, and Saskatoon Star-Phoenix, which got him through law school. As a lawyer, he worked over a thousand criminal cases. Deverell created the TV series Street Legal, and is a screenwriter. He splits his time between Pender Island, British Columbia and Quepos, Costa Rica.
Deverell’s debut novel, Needles, was published in 1979 and was based on his time working as a criminal lawyer, and won the McClelland & Stewart $50,000 Seal Award. Below is a list of William Deverell’s books in order of when they were originally released:
Publication Order of Arthur Beauchamp Books
| Trial of Passion | (1997) |    |
| April Fool | (2005) | |
| Kill All the Judges | (2008) | |
| Snow Job | (2009) | |
| I'll See You in My Dreams | (2011) | |
| Sing a Worried Song | (2015) | |
| Whipped | (2017) | |
| Stung | (2021) | |
Publication Order of Standalone Novels
| Needles | (1979) | |
| High Crimes | (1981) | |
| Mecca | (1983) | |
| The Dance of Shiva | (1984) | |
| Mindfield | (1989) | |
| Platinum Blues | (1989) | |
| Kill All The Lawyers | (1991) | |
| Street Legal | (1995) | |
| Slander | (1999) | |
| The Laughing Falcon | (2001) | |
| Mind Games | (2003) | |
Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books
| Fatal Cruise / A Life on Trial | (1991) | |
Publication Order of Anthologies
| Cold Canadian Crime | (2022) | |
Note: The non-fiction book em>A Life on Trial: The Case of Robert Frisbee was originally published as Fatal Cruise.
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Mindfield by William Deverell is a fictional story based on real-life CIA-funded brainwashing experiments – ones that used LSD and electric shock treatment – during the late 50s and early 60s.
In Needles by William Deverell, lawyer Foster Cobb prosecutes the mysterious Dr. Au, the West Coast’s primary drug trafficker. But Cobb – with his practice not doing well and in a marriage that’s failing – has himself gotten back into heroin.