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Ann Purser Books in Order

Ann Purser has written 27 books, published between 1978 and 2014. The first book is Looking back at popular entertainment (1978) and the newest is Suspicion at Seven (2014). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
27
Published
1978–2014
Pages on record
5,842 in 20 of 27 books
Reading time
97–146 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 5,842 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 20 of 27 titles with a page count on record.

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Ann Purser writes English village mysteries. Lois Meade, a cleaner who investigates, heads the largest series, which begins with Murder on Monday (2002) and names its titles for days of the week. The Ivy Beasley mysteries, set around a retirement community, and the Round Ringford novels fill out the fiction. The catalogue holds 27 books running from 1978 to 2014, the earliest being Looking back at popular entertainment (1978) and You and Your Handicapped Child (1981).

How many Ann Purser books are there?

Ann Purser has 27 books, released between 1978 and 2014. They include 3 series and 2 titles listed outside any series.

Ann Purser Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 27 Ann Purser books in the order they were published, with the release year, the page count where one is on record, and how many independent book listings confirm each title. Catalogue data as of September 2026.

  1. Cover of You and Your Handicapped Child by Ann Purser (1981)
  2. Cover of Spinster Of The Parish / A Tangled Web by Ann Purser, book 2 of the Round Ringford series (1995)
  3. Cover of New Every Morning by Ann Purser, book 3 of the Round Ringford series (1996)
  4. Cover of Thy Neighbour's Wife by Ann Purser, book 5 of the Round Ringford series (1998)
  5. Cover of Mixed Doubles by Ann Purser, book 6 of the Round Ringford series (1999)
  6. Cover of Murder on Monday by Ann Purser, book 1 of the Lois Meade Mystery series (2002)
  7. Cover of Terror on Tuesday by Ann Purser, book 2 of the Lois Meade Mystery series (2003)
  8. Cover of Weeping on Wednesday by Ann Purser, book 3 of the Lois Meade Mystery series (2004)
  9. Cover of Theft on Thursday by Ann Purser, book 4 of the Lois Meade Mystery series (2004)
  10. Cover of Fear on Friday by Ann Purser, book 5 of the Lois Meade Mystery series (2005)
  11. Cover of Secrets on Saturday by Ann Purser, book 6 of the Lois Meade Mystery series (2006)
  12. Cover of Sorrow on Sunday by Ann Purser, book 7 of the Lois Meade Mystery series (2007)
  13. Cover of The Hangman's Row Enquiry by Ann Purser, book 1 of the Ivy Beasley Mystery series (2010)
  14. Cover of Threats at Three by Ann Purser, book 10 of the Lois Meade Mystery series (2010)
  15. Cover of The Measby Murder Enquiry by Ann Purser, book 2 of the Ivy Beasley Mystery series (2011)
  16. Cover of Foul Play at Four by Ann Purser, book 11 of the Lois Meade Mystery series (2011)
  17. Cover of The Wild Wood Enquiry by Ann Purser, book 3 of the Ivy Beasley Mystery series (2012)
  18. Cover of Found Guilty at Five by Ann Purser, book 12 of the Lois Meade Mystery series (2012)
  19. Cover of The Sleeping Salesman Enquiry by Ann Purser, book 4 of the Ivy Beasley Mystery series (2013)
  20. Cover of Scandal at Six by Ann Purser, book 13 of the Lois Meade Mystery series (2013)
  21. Cover of The Blackwoods Farm Enquiry by Ann Purser, book 5 of the Ivy Beasley Mystery series (2014)
  22. Cover of Suspicion at Seven by Ann Purser, book 14 of the Lois Meade Mystery series (2014)
  1. 2
    You and Your Handicapped Child1981 · 149 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1981149
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  2. 3
    Pastures NewRound Ringford #11995 · 320 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1995320
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  3. 4
    Spinster Of The Parish / A Tangled WebRound Ringford #21995 · 288 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1995288
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  4. 5
    New Every MorningRound Ringford #31996 · 429 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1996429
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  5. 6
    Orphan LambRound Ringford #41996 · confirmed 2/4
    1996–
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  6. 7
    Thy Neighbour's WifeRound Ringford #51998 · 400 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1998400
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  7. 8
    Mixed DoublesRound Ringford #61999 · 316 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1999316
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  8. 9
    Murder on MondayLois Meade Mystery #12002 · 280 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2002280
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  9. 10
    Terror on TuesdayLois Meade Mystery #22003 · 320 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2003320
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  10. 11
    Weeping on WednesdayLois Meade Mystery #32004 · 304 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2004304
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  11. 12
    Theft on ThursdayLois Meade Mystery #42004 · 288 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2004288
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  12. 13
    Fear on FridayLois Meade Mystery #52005 · 272 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2005272
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  13. 14
    Secrets on SaturdayLois Meade Mystery #62006 · 272 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2006272
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  14. 15
    Sorrow on SundayLois Meade Mystery #72007 · 272 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2007272
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  15. 16
    Warning at OneLois Meade Mystery #82008 · 325 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2008325
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  16. 17
    Tragedy at TwoLois Meade Mystery #92009 · 308 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2009308
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  17. 18
    The Hangman's Row EnquiryIvy Beasley Mystery #12010 · confirmed 2/4
    2010–
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  18. 19
    Threats at ThreeLois Meade Mystery #102010 · confirmed 2/4
    2010–
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  19. 20
    The Measby Murder EnquiryIvy Beasley Mystery #22011 · 325 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2011325
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  20. 21
    Foul Play at FourLois Meade Mystery #112011 · confirmed 2/4
    2011–
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  21. 22
    The Wild Wood EnquiryIvy Beasley Mystery #32012 · 294 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2012294
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  22. 23
    Found Guilty at FiveLois Meade Mystery #122012 · confirmed 2/4
    2012–
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  23. 24
    The Sleeping Salesman EnquiryIvy Beasley Mystery #42013 · confirmed 2/4
    2013–
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  24. 25
    Scandal at SixLois Meade Mystery #132013 · confirmed 2/4
    2013–
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  25. 26
    The Blackwoods Farm EnquiryIvy Beasley Mystery #52014 · 292 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2014292
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  26. 27
    Suspicion at SevenLois Meade Mystery #142014 · 292 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2014292
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Ann Purser characters in order

The character linked below has its own reading-order page.

Ann Purser books grouped by series

Each title below is a row in the publication-order table above. None of these groups has a reading-order page of its own on this site.

Lois Meade Mystery in order

14 books
  1. 1. Murder on Monday
  2. 2. Terror on Tuesday
  3. 3. Weeping on Wednesday
  4. 4. Theft on Thursday
  5. 5. Fear on Friday
  6. 6. Secrets on Saturday
  7. 7. Sorrow on Sunday
  8. 8. Warning at One
  9. 9. Tragedy at Two
  10. 10. Threats at Three
  11. 11. Foul Play at Four
  12. 12. Found Guilty at Five
  13. and 2 more in the table above

Round Ringford in order

6 books
  1. 1. Pastures New
  2. 2. Spinster Of The Parish / A Tangled Web
  3. 3. New Every Morning
  4. 4. Orphan Lamb
  5. 5. Thy Neighbour's Wife
  6. 6. Mixed Doubles

Ivy Beasley Mystery in order

5 books
  1. 1. The Hangman's Row Enquiry
  2. 2. The Measby Murder Enquiry
  3. 3. The Wild Wood Enquiry
  4. 4. The Sleeping Salesman Enquiry
  5. 5. The Blackwoods Farm Enquiry

Standalone books

2 books

2 Ann Purser titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Ann Purser Books in Chronological Order

By publication date, the Ann Purser books run from Looking back at popular entertainment (1978) to Suspicion at Seven (2014), the sequence in the table above. No separate story order is recorded for Ann Purser in the book listings this catalogue merges, so publication order is the only order on record.

Do you have to read Ann Purser books in order?

You only need to read Ann Purser books in order within each series: the books listed here span 3 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.

Where to start with Ann Purser

Start with Murder on Monday (2002), the first Lois Meade book. The earliest catalogued title overall is Looking back at popular entertainment (1978).

What is the newest Ann Purser book?

Suspicion at Seven (2014) is the newest Ann Purser book released so far.

Is there a new Ann Purser book coming?

No next Ann Purser book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.

Ann Purser at a glance

No recent titles
The newest Ann Purser title on record dates from 2014, 12 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
Release pace
Ann Purser books have appeared about one a year on average.
Length
5,842 pages across the 20 of 27 books with a recorded length, a median of 293 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Ann Purser books, 10 of 27, were published in the 2010s.

What the Ann Purser books are about

All 27 Ann Purser books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: mystery & detective is tagged on 14 of 27. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.