Leonard Tourney Books in Order
Leonard Tourney has written 15 books, published between 1980 and 2023. The first book is The Players' Boy Is Dead (1980) and the newest is Solomon's Gold (2023). Publication order is the reading order below. 8 of the 15 books listed here are in the Joan & Matthew Stock series, which has its own page: Joan & Matthew Stock books in order.
- Books
- 15
- Published
- 1980–2023
- Pages on record
- 828 in 3 of 15 books
Leonard Tourney writes historical mysteries set in England, and the catalogue names Joan Stock and Matthew Stock as fictitious characters. Other subjects include police, actors, dramatists and stalking victims. The series credited to Tourney are Joan & Matthew Stock, Mystery of Shakespeare and Doctor William Gilbert Mysteries. The 15 catalogued books begin with The Players' Boy Is Dead (1980) and include Low Treason (1983), The Bartholomew Fair Murders (1986), Witness of Bones (1992) and Falstaff's Murder (2015). Solomon's Gold (2023) is the newest.
How many Leonard Tourney books are there?
Leonard Tourney has 15 books, released between 1980 and 2023. They include 3 separate series.
Leonard Tourney Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 15 Leonard Tourney 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.
- 11980–1/4
- 21983–1/4
- 31984–1/4
- 41986–1/4
- 51988–1/4
- 619912481/4
- 719922601/4
- 81994–1/4
- 920043201/4
- 102015–1/4
- 112015–1/4
- 122022–1/4
- 132022–1/4
- 142023–1/4
- 152023–1/4
Leonard Tourney series in order
The series linked below has its own reading-order page.
Leonard Tourney 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.
Mystery of Shakespeare in order
4 booksDoctor William Gilbert Mysteries in order
3 booksDo you have to read Leonard Tourney books in order?
You only need to read Leonard Tourney 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 Leonard Tourney
Start with The Players' Boy Is Dead (1980), the first Joan & Matthew Stock book. It is also the earliest catalogued title.
What is the newest Leonard Tourney book?
Solomon's Gold (2023) is the newest Leonard Tourney book released so far.
Is there a new Leonard Tourney book coming?
No next Leonard Tourney book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Leonard Tourney at a glance
- Paused
- No new Leonard Tourney title has appeared for 3 years. The last was published in 2023.
- Release pace
- Leonard Tourney books have appeared about one every 3 years on average.
- Length
- 828 pages across the 3 of 15 books with a recorded length, a median of 260 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Leonard Tourney books, 5 of 15, were published in the 1980s.
What the Leonard Tourney books are about
8 of the 15 Leonard Tourney 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 7 of 8. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- England 7 of 8 books
- Stock, joan (fictitious character) 7 of 8 books
- Stock, matthew (fictitious character) 7 of 8 books
- Historical fiction 6 of 8 books
- Mystery & detective, traditional 6 of 8 books
- History 3 of 8 books
- Matthew Stock (Fictitious character) 2 of 8 books