Order of Eric Ward Books
Eric Ward is the protagonist in a series of crime fiction novels by British novelist Roy Lewis. Formerly a police inspector, Eric Ward is losing his eyesight and now works as a solicitor.
Roy Lewis debuted his Eric Ward character in the 1980 novel A Certain Blindness. Books in the series were regularly published from then until 2010, except for a 9 year break in the ’90s. Below is a list of Roy Lewis’ Eric Ward books in order of when they were first released:
Publication Order of Eric Ward Books
| A Certain Blindness / The Sedleigh Hall Murder | (1980) |    |
| Dwell in Danger / The Farming Murder | (1982) | |
| A Limited Vision / The Quayside Murder | (1983) | |
| Once Dying, Twice Dead / The Diamond Murder | (1984) | |
| A Blurred Reality / The Geordie Murder | (1985) | |
| Premium on Death / The Shipping Murder | (1986) | |
| The Salamander Chill / The City of London Murder | (1988) | |
| A Necessary Dealing / The Apartment Murder | (1989) | |
| A Kind of Transaction / The Spanish Villa Murder | (1991) | |
| A Form of Death / The Marriage Murder | (2001) | |
| The Nightwalker / The Wasteful Murder | (2002) | |
| Phantom / The Phantom Murder | (2003) | |
| Dead Man Running / The Slaughterhouse Murder | (2003) | |
| Embers of the Dead / The Tattoo Murder | (2005) | |
| Death Squad / The Football Murder | (2007) | |
| Guardian of the Dead / The Tutankhamun Murder | (2008) | |
| Design for Murder / The Zodiac Murder | (2010) | |
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Eric Ward Synopses: A Certain Blindness by Roy Lewis is the first book in the Eric Ward series. A cold case leads retired police inspector Eric Ward into imminent danger when his informal investigation into the secret legacy of a convicted murderer points to a scandal that may involve two prominent families.
Dwell in Danger by Roy Lewis is the second book in the Eric Ward series. With his police career destroyed by impending blindness, aspiring lawyer Eric Ward faces a shattering personal crisis as he investigates a bitter family feud.
In A Limited Vision by Roy Lewis (book 3 in the series), Eric Ward must overcome the various problems caused by his painful glaucoma after a death threat forces him to search for an enemy from his past.