Jill McGown Books in Order
Jill McGown has written 18 books, published between 1983 and 2004. The first book is A Perfect Match (1983) and the newest is Unlucky for Some (2004). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 18
- Published
- 1983–2004
- Pages on record
- 3,783 in 12 of 18 books
- Reading time
- 63–95 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 3,783 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 12 of 18 titles with a page count on record.
Inspector Lloyd and Judy Hill are the detectives Jill McGown (1947-2007) is remembered for, a police procedural pairing that runs through most of her 18 catalogued books. The British writer was born in Campbeltown, Scotland and died in Kettering, Northamptonshire; a redundancy from the British Steel Corporation in 1980 preceded the first mystery novel. A Perfect Match opened the catalogue in 1983 and Unlucky for Some closed it in 2004. A Shred of Evidence reached television in 2001, with Philip Glenister and Michelle Collins in the leads, and McGown is sometimes credited as Elizabeth Chaplin.
How many Jill McGown books are there?
Jill McGown has 18 books, released between 1983 and 2004. 13 of them belong to the Lloyd and Hill series.
Jill McGown Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 18 Jill McGown 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.
- 119831921/4
- 2Record of Sin1985 · confirmed 1/41985–1/4
- 3An Evil Hour1986 · confirmed 1/41986–1/4
- 4The Stalking Horse1987 · confirmed 1/41987–1/4
- 51988–1/4
- 619903681/4
- 719912491/4
- 8Murder Movie1992 · 279 pages · confirmed 1/419922791/4
- 91992–1/4
- 1019933461/4
- 11Hostage to Fortune1995 · confirmed 1/41995–1/4
- 1219952991/4
- 1319973281/4
- 1419983521/4
- 1519993841/4
- 1620012961/4
- 17Births, Deaths and Marriages / Death in the FamilyLloyd and Hill #122002 · 332 pages · confirmed 1/420023321/4
- 1820043581/4
Jill McGown 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.
Lloyd and Hill in order
13 books- 1. A Perfect Match
- 2. Redemption / Murder at the Old Vicarage
- 3. Death of a Dancer / Gone to Her Death
- 4. The Murders of Mrs. Austin and Mrs. Beale
- 5. The Other Woman
- 6. Murder... Now and Then
- 7. A Shred of Evidence
- 8. Verdict Unsafe
- 9. Picture of Innocence
- 10. Plots and Errors
- 11. Scene of Crime
- 12. Births, Deaths and Marriages / Death in the Family
- and 1 more in the table above
Standalone books
5 books5 Jill McGown titles here are not listed as part of any series.
Do you have to read Jill McGown books in order?
You only need to read Jill McGown books in order within the Lloyd and Hill series, which holds 13 of the 18 Jill McGown books listed here. The numbered table above gives every book in publication order.
Where to start with Jill McGown
Start with A Perfect Match (1983), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Jill McGown book?
Unlucky for Some (2004) is the newest Jill McGown book released so far.
Is there a new Jill McGown book coming?
No next Jill McGown book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Jill McGown at a glance
- Died
- Jill McGown died in 2007, according to Wikidata.
- Last book
- The newest book credited to Jill McGown on record dates from 2004.
- Release pace
- Jill McGown books have appeared about one a year on average.
- Length
- 3,783 pages across the 12 of 18 books with a recorded length, a median of 330 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Jill McGown books, 10 of 18, were published in the 1990s.
What the Jill McGown books are about
10 of the 18 Jill McGown books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: inspector lloyd (fictitious character) is tagged on 8 of 10. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Inspector Lloyd (Fictitious character) 8 of 10 books
- Judy Hill (Fictitious character) 8 of 10 books
- Police 7 of 10 books
- Policewomen 7 of 10 books
- Hill, judy (fictitious character) 3 of 10 books
- Lloyd, inspector (fictitious character) 3 of 10 books
- Mystery & detective 2 of 10 books