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Leena Lehtolainen Books in Order

Leena Lehtolainen has written 14 books, published between 1993 and 2012. The first book is My First Murder (1993) and the newest is The Devil's Cubs (2012). Publication order is the reading order below. 11 of the 14 books listed here are in the Maria Kallio series, which has its own page: Maria Kallio books in order.

Books
14
Published
1993–2012
Pages on record
3,332 in 11 of 14 books
Reading time
56–83 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 3,332 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 11 of 14 titles with a page count on record.

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Leena Lehtolainen is a Finnish crime novelist, born on 11 March 1964, whose main series follows the police officer Maria Kallio. Lehtolainen took the Finnish crime novel society prize in 1997 and 1998, was a Glass Key nominee in 2003, and received the Pro Finlandia medal in 2020. For Leena Lehtolainen books in order, the catalogue lists 14 titles from My First Murder (1993) to The Devil's Cubs (2012), including Copper Heart and Snow Woman.

How many Leena Lehtolainen books are there?

Leena Lehtolainen has 14 books, released between 1993 and 2012. They include 2 separate series.

Leena Lehtolainen Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 14 Leena Lehtolainen 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 My First Murder by Leena Lehtolainen, book 1 of the Maria Kallio series (1993)
  2. Cover of Her Enemy by Leena Lehtolainen, book 2 of the Maria Kallio series (1994)
  3. Cover of Snow Woman by Leena Lehtolainen, book 4 of the Maria Kallio series (1996)
  4. Cover of Fatal Headwind by Leena Lehtolainen, book 6 of the Maria Kallio series (1998)
  5. Cover of The Nightingale Murder by Leena Lehtolainen, book 9 of the Maria Kallio series (2006)
  6. Cover of Derailed by Leena Lehtolainen, book 10 of the Maria Kallio series (2008)
  7. Cover of The Bodyguard by Leena Lehtolainen, book 1 of the Bodyguard series (2009)
  8. Cover of Where Have All the Young Girls Gone by Leena Lehtolainen, book 11 of the Maria Kallio series (2010)
  9. Cover of The Lion of Justice by Leena Lehtolainen, book 2 of the Bodyguard series (2011)
  10. Cover of The Devil's Cubs by Leena Lehtolainen, book 3 of the Bodyguard series (2012)
  1. 1
    My First MurderMaria Kallio #11993 · 242 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1993242
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  2. 2
    Her EnemyMaria Kallio #21994 · 256 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1994256
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  3. 3
    Copper HeartMaria Kallio #31995 · 260 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1995260
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  4. 4
    Snow WomanMaria Kallio #41996 · 331 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1996331
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  5. 5
    Death SpiralMaria Kallio #51997 · confirmed 1/4
    1997–
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  6. 6
    Fatal HeadwindMaria Kallio #61998 · 319 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1998319
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  7. 7
    Before I GoMaria Kallio #72000 · confirmed 1/4
    2000–
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  8. 8
    Below the SurfaceMaria Kallio #82003 · confirmed 1/4
    2003–
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  9. 9
    The Nightingale MurderMaria Kallio #92006 · 320 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2006320
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  10. 10
    DerailedMaria Kallio #102008 · 336 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2008336
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  11. 11
    The BodyguardBodyguard #12009 · 319 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2009319
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  12. 12
    Where Have All the Young Girls GoneMaria Kallio #112010 · 316 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2010316
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  13. 13
    The Lion of JusticeBodyguard #22011 · 281 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2011281
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  14. 14
    The Devil's CubsBodyguard #32012 · 352 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2012352
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Leena Lehtolainen series in order

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

Leena Lehtolainen 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.

Bodyguard in order

3 books
  1. 1. The Bodyguard
  2. 2. The Lion of Justice
  3. 3. The Devil's Cubs

Do you have to read Leena Lehtolainen books in order?

You only need to read Leena Lehtolainen books in order within each series: the books listed here span 2 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.

Where to start with Leena Lehtolainen

Start with My First Murder (1993), the first Maria Kallio book. It is also the earliest catalogued title.

What is the newest Leena Lehtolainen book?

The Devil's Cubs (2012) is the newest Leena Lehtolainen book released so far.

Is there a new Leena Lehtolainen book coming?

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

Awards Leena Lehtolainen has won

Wikidata records 2 awards and 1 nomination for Leena Lehtolainen. Each row states whether the title won or was shortlisted, and the year the award was given.

Leena Lehtolainen at a glance

No recent titles
The newest Leena Lehtolainen title on record dates from 2012, 14 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
Release pace
Leena Lehtolainen books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
Length
3,332 pages across the 11 of 14 books with a recorded length, a median of 319 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Leena Lehtolainen books, 6 of 14, were published in the 1990s.

What the Leena Lehtolainen books are about

11 of the 14 Leena Lehtolainen books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: finland is tagged on 4 of 11. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.