Order of Peter Lovesey Books
Peter Lovesey is a British novelist of crime fiction novels, many of which are historical. His series characters include Sergeant Cribb and Peter Diamond. He has also published several novels under the pen name of Peter Lear. Peter has won several of the highest awards in his field, including the Anthony Award, the Cartier Diamond Dagger, the Macavity Award and the Barry Award. His son, Phil Lovesey, is also a crime novelist.
Peter Lovesey’s first book published was a non-fiction book entitled The Kings of Distance, which came out in 1968. His first novel was the Sergeant Cribb novel Wobble to Death, published in 1970. Below is a list of Peter Lovesey’s books in order of when they were originally published:
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Publication Order of Sergeant Cribb Books
Wobble to Death | (1970) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
The Detective Wore Silk Drawers | (1970) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Abracadaver | (1972) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Mad Hatter's Holiday | (1973) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
The Tick of Death / Invitation to a Dynamite Party | (1974) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
A Case of Spirits | (1975) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Swing, Swing Together | (1976) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Waxwork | (1978) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Albert Edward, Prince of Wales Books
Bertie and the Tinman | (1987) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Bertie and the Seven Bodies | (1990) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Bertie and the Crime of Passion | (1993) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Inspector Henrietta Mallin Books
The Circle | (2005) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
The Headhunters | (2008) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Peter Diamond Books
Publication Order of Standalone Novels
Goldengirl | (1977) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Spider Girl / In Suspense | (1980) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
The False Inspector Dew | (1981) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Keystone | (1984) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Rough Cider | (1986) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
The Secret of Spandau | (1986) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
On the Edge / Dead Gorgeous | (1989) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
The Reaper | (2001) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Short Stories/Novellas
(with Edward Marston)
Vandals | (1985) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
The Crime of Miss Oyster Brown | (1994) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
A Parrot is Forever | (1996) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Corbett Correspondence | (1997) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Collections
Butchers and Other Stories of Crime | (1985) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
The Black Cabinet | (1989) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
The Crime of Miss Oyster Brown and Other Stories | (1994) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
A Dead Giveaway | (1995) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
The Sedgemoor Strangler | (1999) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Murder on the Short List | (2008) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Reader, I Buried Them & Other Stories | (2022) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books
Five Kings of Distance | (1968) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Bibliomysteries Books
Chronological Order of Bibliomysteries Books
Publication Order of MX New Sherlock Holmes Stories Books
Part I: 1881 to 1889 | (2015) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
Part II: 1890 to 1895 | (2015) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
Part III: 1896 to 1929 | (2015) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
Part IV: 2016 Annual | (2016) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
Part V | (2016) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
Part VI | (2017) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
Part VII | (2017) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
Part VIII: Eliminate The Impossible: 1892-1905 | (2017) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
Part IX: 2018 Annual | (2018) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
Part X: 2018 Annual | (2018) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
Part XI: Some Untold Cases | (2018) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
Part XII: Some Untold Cases | (2018) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
Part XIII: 2019 Annual 1881-1890 | (2019) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
Part XV: 2019 Annual | (2019) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
Part XIV: 2019 Annual | (2019) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
Part XVII: Whatever Remains . . . Must Be the Truth | (2019) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
Part XVIII: Whatever Remains . . . Must Be the Truth 1899-1925 | (2019) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
Part XVI: Whatever Remains . . . Must Be the Truth | (2019) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
Part XX: 2020 Annual | (2020) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
Part XXI: 2020 Annual | (2020) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
Part XIX: 2020 Annual | (2020) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
Some More Untold Cases Part XXII: 1877-1887 | (2020) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
Part XXIII: 1888-1894 | (2020) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
Part XXIV: 1895-1903 | (2020) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
Part XXV: 2021 Annual 1881-1888 | (2021) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
Part XXVI | (2021) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
Part XXVII: 2021 Annual 1898-1928 | (2021) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
Part XXX: More Christmas Adventures 1897-1928 | (2021) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
Part XXIX: More Christmas Adventures 1889-1896 | (2021) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
Part XXVIII: More Christmas Adventures 1869-1888 | (2021) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
Part XXVIII: More Christmas Adventures 1869-1888 | (2021) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
XXXI: 2022 Annual 1875-1887 | (2022) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
Part XXXII: 2022 Annual 1888-1895 | (2022) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
Part XIII: 2022 Annual | (2022) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
Part XXXI: 2022 Annual | (2022) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
Part XXXIII: 2022 Annual 1896-1919 | (2022) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
Part XXXIV: However Improbable | (2022) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
Part XXXV: However Improbable | (2022) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
Part XXXVI: However Improbable | (2022) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
Part XXXVII: 2023 Annual | (2023) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
Part XXXVIII: 2023 Annual | (2023) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
Part XXXVIII | (2023) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
Part XXXIX | (2023) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
Part XLII: Further Untold Cases 1894-1922 | (2023) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
Part XLI: Further Untold Cases - 1887-1892 | (2023) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
Part XLIII: 2024 Annual 1874-1888 | (2024) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
Part XLIV: 2024 Annual 1889-1897 | (2024) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
Part XLV: 2024 Annual 1898-1917 | (2024) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
Part XLVI: Occupants of the Canonical Realm 1861-1889 | (2024) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
Part XLVII: Occupants of the Canonical Realm 1890-1898 | (2024) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
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Publication Order of Mysterious Profiles Books
Publication Order of Anthologies
Notes: The Tick of Death was also titled Invitation to a Dynamite Party. The novels Goldengirl, Spider Girl and The Secret of Spandau were written under the pseudonym of Peter Lear. On the Edge was also titled Dead Gorgeous. A Dead Giveaway also contains stories by Clare Curzon, Gillian Linscott, Dorothy Simpson and Margaret Yorke. The novel Spider Girl by Peter Lear was later re-published as In Suspense by Peter Lovesey.
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