Order of William Lashner Books
William Lashner is an American novelist who started as a trial lawyer. He graduated from the NYU School of Law and the Iowa Writers’ Workshop at the University of Iowa. As a trial lawyer, he served in the Criminal Division of the United States Department of Justice. His legal suspense novels feature Victor Carl, a down-on-his-luck lawyer in Philadelphia.
Lashner began his career as an author with Hostile Witness in 1995, which began his Victor Carl series. Below is a list of William Lashner’s Victor Carl novels in publication order and chronological order:
Publication Order of Elizabeth Webster Books
| Elizabeth Webster and the Court of Uncommon Pleas | (2019) |    |
| Elizabeth Webster and the Portal of Doom | (2020) | |
| Elizabeth Webster and the Chamber of Stolen Ghosts | (2021) | |
Publication Order of Victor Carl Books
| Hostile Witness | (1995) | |
| Bitter Truth / Veritas | (1997) | |
| Fatal Flaw | (2003) | |
| Past Due | (2003) | |
| Falls the Shadow | (2005) | |
| Marked Man | (2006) | |
| A Killer's Kiss | (2007) | |
| A Bite of Strawberry | (2013) | |
| Bagmen | (2014) | |
Publication Order of Standalone Novels
| Kockroach | (2006) | |
| The Accounting | (2013) | |
| The Barkeep | (2014) | |
| Blood And Bone | (2015) | |
| Guaranteed Heroes | (2015) | |
| The Four-Night Run | (2016) | |
| A Filthy Business | (2017) | |
| Freedom Road | (2019) | |
Notes: Bitter Truth was also published under the title Veritas. The novel Kockroach was written as Tyler Knox.
Just discovered William Lashner by luck when I stole Hostel Witness out of a hotel’s collection. Luckily it was the first in the Victor Carl series and I’ve already ordered the rest. It was that good! Larry