Lesley Cookman Books in Order
Lesley Cookman has written 40 books, published between 1998 and 2024. The first book is Writing a Pantomime (1998) and the newest is Murder at the Crooked Horse (2024). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 40
- Published
- 1998–2024
- Pages on record
- 4,153 in 14 of 40 books
Libby Sarjeant carries most of Lesley Cookman's catalogue, in a cozy mystery series opening with Murder in Steeple Martin (2006); the Alexandrians books sit beside it. Cookman also writes about pantomime, Writing a Pantomime (1998) is the earliest of 40 catalogued titles, How to Write a Pantomime (2007) followed, and scripts such as Cinderella and Queen of Hearts appear in between. Actresses, women private investigators, England and murder investigation fill the subject tags.
How many Lesley Cookman books are there?
Lesley Cookman has 40 books, released between 1998 and 2024. They include 2 series and 4 titles listed outside any series.
Lesley Cookman Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 40 Lesley Cookman 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.
- 1Writing a Pantomime1998 · 112 pages · confirmed 2/419981122/4
- 2Sexy Shorts for Christmas2003 · 297 pages · confirmed 2/420032972/4
- 32004522/4
- 42005–2/4
- 52005–2/4
- 620064002/4
- 7How to Write a Pantomime2007 · 128 pages · confirmed 2/420071282/4
- 820073622/4
- 92008–2/4
- 102008–2/4
- 1120103522/4
- 122010–2/4
- 132011–2/4
- 142011–2/4
- 1520113182/4
- 1620122802/4
- 172012–2/4
- 18Bad Behaviour2013 · confirmed 2/42013–2/4
- 1920132782/4
- 202014–2/4
- 212014–2/4
- 222015–2/4
- 2320153042/4
- 2420163002/4
- 252016–2/4
- 262017–2/4
- 272017–2/4
- 282017–2/4
- 292018–2/4
- 302019–2/4
- 3120193202/4
- 3220196502/4
- 332019–2/4
- 342020–2/4
- 352021–2/4
- 362021–2/4
- 372022–2/4
- 382023–2/4
- 392023–2/4
- 402024–2/4
Lesley Cookman characters in order
The character linked below has its own reading-order page.
Lesley Cookman 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.
Libby Sarjeant in order
30 books- 1. Murder in Steeple Martin
- 2. Murder at the Laurels
- 3. Murder in Midwinter
- 4. Murder by the Sea
- 5. Murder in Bloom
- 6. Murder In The Green
- 7. Murder Imperfect
- 8. Murder to Music
- 9. Murder at the Manor
- 10. Murder by Magic
- 11. Murder in the Monastery
- 12. Murder in the Dark
- and 18 more in the table above
Standalone Plays
3 books3 titles published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.
Alexandrians in order
3 booksStandalone books
4 books4 Lesley Cookman titles here are not listed as part of any series.
Do you have to read Lesley Cookman books in order?
You only need to read Lesley Cookman 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 Lesley Cookman
Start with Murder in Steeple Martin (2006), the first Libby Sarjeant Mysteries book. The earliest catalogued title overall is Writing a Pantomime (1998).
What is the newest Lesley Cookman book?
Murder at the Crooked Horse (2024) is the newest Lesley Cookman book released so far.
Is there a new Lesley Cookman book coming?
No next Lesley Cookman book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Lesley Cookman at a glance
- Still publishing
- Lesley Cookman published a book as recently as 2024.
- Release pace
- Lesley Cookman books have appeared more than one a year on average.
- Length
- 4,153 pages across the 14 of 40 books with a recorded length, a median of 302 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Lesley Cookman books, 23 of 40, were published in the 2010s.
What the Lesley Cookman books are about
17 of the 40 Lesley Cookman books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: actors and actresses is tagged on 10 of 17. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Actors and actresses 10 of 17 books
- Women private investigators 10 of 17 books
- Private investigators 7 of 17 books
- England 6 of 17 books
- Crime 4 of 17 books
- Mystery & detective 4 of 17 books
- Investigation 3 of 17 books
- Murder 3 of 17 books
- Mystery & detective, women sleuths 3 of 17 books
- Pantomime (christmas entertainment) 2 of 17 books
- Psychics 2 of 17 books