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:
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Publication Order of Elizabeth Webster Books
Elizabeth Webster and the Court of Uncommon Pleas | (2019) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Elizabeth Webster and the Portal of Doom | (2020) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Elizabeth Webster and the Chamber of Stolen Ghosts | (2021) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Victor Carl Books
Hostile Witness | (1995) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Bitter Truth / Veritas | (1997) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Fatal Flaw | (2003) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Past Due | (2003) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Falls the Shadow | (2005) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Marked Man | (2006) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
A Killer's Kiss | (2007) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
A Bite of Strawberry | (2013) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Bagmen | (2014) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Standalone Novels
Kockroach | (2006) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
The Accounting | (2013) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
The Barkeep | (2014) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Blood And Bone | (2015) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Guaranteed Heroes | (2015) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
The Four-Night Run | (2016) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
A Filthy Business | (2017) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Freedom Road | (2019) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Anthologies
Notes: Bitter Truth was also published under the title Veritas. The novel Kockroach was written as Tyler Knox.
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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