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Laura Wilson Books in Order

Laura Wilson has written 13 books, published between 1999 and 2017. The first book is A Little Death (1999) and the newest is The Other Woman (2017). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
13
Published
1999–2017
Pages on record
3,928 in 11 of 13 books
Reading time
65–98 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 3,928 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 11 of 13 titles with a page count on record.

See all 13 books in order Printable Laura Wilson checklist

Laura Wilson is an English crime writer, born in 1964, raised in London and still based there. Wilson holds English Literature degrees from Somerville College, Oxford, and University College London, and has worked as a teacher and a non-fiction editor. Many Wilson novels have a historical setting or connection and use split or dual narratives. The Lover, the fifth novel, won the 2005 Prix du Polar Européen; Stratton's War, the eighth, took the Crime Writers' Association's 2008 Ellis Peters Award for Best Historical Mystery. The catalogue lists 13 books from A Little Death (1999) to The Other Woman (2017), and DI Ted Stratton is the series attached to Wilson.

How many Laura Wilson books are there?

Laura Wilson has 13 books, released between 1999 and 2017. 5 of them belong to the DI Ted Stratton series.

Laura Wilson Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 13 Laura Wilson 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 Dying Voices by Laura Wilson (2000)
  2. Cover of My Best Friend by Laura Wilson (2001)
  3. Cover of Telling Lies to Alice / Hello Bunny Alice by Laura Wilson (2004)
  4. Cover of The Lover by Laura Wilson (2004)
  5. Cover of A Thousand Lies by Laura Wilson (2006)
  6. Cover of Stratton's War / The Innocent Spy by Laura Wilson, book 1 of the DI Ted Stratton series (2008)
  7. Cover of An Empty Death by Laura Wilson, book 2 of the DI Ted Stratton series (2009)
  8. Cover of A Capital Crime / The Wrong Man by Laura Wilson, book 3 of the DI Ted Stratton series (2010)
  9. Cover of A Willing Victim by Laura Wilson, book 4 of the DI Ted Stratton series (2012)
  10. Cover of The Wrong Girl by Laura Wilson (2015)
  1. 1
    A Little Death1999 · 278 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1999278
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  2. 2
    Dying Voices2000 · 309 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2000309
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  3. 3
    My Best Friend2001 · 320 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2001320
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  4. 4
    Telling Lies to Alice / Hello Bunny Alice2004 · 320 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2004320
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  5. 5
    The Lover2004 · 306 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2004306
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  6. 6
    A Thousand Lies2006 · 290 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2006290
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  7. 7
    Stratton's War / The Innocent SpyDI Ted Stratton #12008 · confirmed 2/4
    2008–
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  8. 8
    An Empty DeathDI Ted Stratton #22009 · 432 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2009432
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  9. 9
    A Capital Crime / The Wrong ManDI Ted Stratton #32010 · 547 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2010547
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  10. 10
    A Willing VictimDI Ted Stratton #42012 · confirmed 2/4
    2012–
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  11. 11
    The RiotDI Ted Stratton #52013 · 368 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2013368
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  12. 12
    The Wrong Girl2015 · 374 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2015374
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  13. 13
    The Other Woman2017 · 384 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2017384
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Laura Wilson 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.

DI Ted Stratton in order

5 books
  1. 1. Stratton's War / The Innocent Spy
  2. 2. An Empty Death
  3. 3. A Capital Crime / The Wrong Man
  4. 4. A Willing Victim
  5. 5. The Riot

Standalone books

8 books

8 Laura Wilson titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Laura Wilson books in order?

You only need to read Laura Wilson books in order within the DI Ted Stratton series, which holds 5 of the 13 Laura Wilson books listed here. The numbered table above gives every book in publication order.

Where to start with Laura Wilson

Start with A Little Death (1999), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Laura Wilson book?

The Other Woman (2017) is the newest Laura Wilson book released so far.

Is there a new Laura Wilson book coming?

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

Laura Wilson at a glance

No recent titles
The newest Laura Wilson title on record dates from 2017, 9 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
Release pace
Laura Wilson books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
Length
3,928 pages across the 11 of 13 books with a recorded length, a median of 320 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Laura Wilson books, 7 of 13, were published in the 2000s.

What the Laura Wilson books are about

12 of the 13 Laura Wilson books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: england is tagged on 3 of 12. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.