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:
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Publication Order of Eric Ward Books
| A Certain Blindness / The Sedleigh Hall Murder | (1980) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Dwell in Danger / The Farming Murder | (1982) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| A Limited Vision / The Quayside Murder | (1983) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Once Dying, Twice Dead / The Diamond Murder | (1984) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| A Blurred Reality / The Geordie Murder | (1985) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Premium on Death / The Shipping Murder | (1986) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Salamander Chill / The City of London Murder | (1988) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| A Necessary Dealing / The Apartment Murder | (1989) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| A Kind of Transaction / The Spanish Villa Murder | (1991) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| A Form of Death / The Marriage Murder | (2001) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Nightwalker / The Wasteful Murder | (2002) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Phantom / The Phantom Murder | (2003) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Dead Man Running / The Slaughterhouse Murder | (2003) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Embers of the Dead / The Tattoo Murder | (2005) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Death Squad / The Football Murder | (2007) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Guardian of the Dead / The Tutankhamun Murder | (2008) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Design for Murder / The Zodiac Murder | (2010) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
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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.