Lesley Thomson Books in Order
Lesley Thomson has written 15 books, published between 1987 and 2026. The first book is Seven Miles From Sydney (1987) and the newest is The Shrine (2026). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 15
- Published
- 1987–2026
- Pages on record
- 3,180 in 8 of 15 books
- Reading time
- 53–80 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 3,180 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 8 of 15 titles with a page count on record.
Lesley Thomson writes crime fiction. The Detective's Daughter series follows Stella Darnell through cold cases in London, opening with The Detective's Daughter in 2013 and continuing through Ghost Girl (2014), The Detective's Secret (2015), The House With No Rooms (2016) and The Dog Walker (2017). Fathers and daughters, missing children and murder investigation are the recurring subjects. Fifteen titles run from Seven Miles From Sydney in 1987 to The Shrine in 2026. Thomson is a British novelist and a creative writing tutor at West Dean College.
How many Lesley Thomson books are there?
Lesley Thomson has 15 books, released between 1987 and 2026. 11 of them belong to the Detective's Daughter series.
Lesley Thomson Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 15 Lesley Thomson 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.
- 1Seven Miles From Sydney1987 · 224 pages · confirmed 2/419872242/4
- 2A Kind of Vanishing2008 · 352 pages · confirmed 2/420083522/4
- 320134702/4
- 420144802/4
- 520154022/4
- 62015–2/4
- 72016–2/4
- 820174362/4
- 92018–2/4
- 102019–2/4
- 11Death of a Mermaid2020 · 400 pages · confirmed 2/420204002/4
- 122021–2/4
- 13The Companion2022 · 416 pages · confirmed 2/420224162/4
- 142023–2/4
- 152026–2/4
Lesley Thomson 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.
Detective's Daughter in order
11 booksStandalone books
4 books4 Lesley Thomson titles here are not listed as part of any series.
Do you have to read Lesley Thomson books in order?
You only need to read Lesley Thomson books in order within the Detective's Daughter series, which holds 11 of the 15 Lesley Thomson books listed here. The numbered table above gives every book in publication order.
Where to start with Lesley Thomson
Start with Seven Miles From Sydney (1987), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Lesley Thomson book?
The Shrine (2026) is the newest Lesley Thomson book released so far.
Is there a new Lesley Thomson book coming?
No next Lesley Thomson 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 Thomson at a glance
- Still publishing
- Lesley Thomson published a book as recently as 2026.
- Release pace
- Lesley Thomson books have appeared about one every 3 years on average.
- Length
- 3,180 pages across the 8 of 15 books with a recorded length, a median of 409 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Lesley Thomson books, 8 of 15, were published in the 2010s.
What the Lesley Thomson books are about
8 of the 15 Lesley Thomson books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: mystery & detective is tagged on 7 of 8. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Mystery & detective 7 of 8 books
- Crime 5 of 8 books
- London (England) 5 of 8 books
- Cold cases (criminal investigation) 3 of 8 books
- Fathers and daughters 2 of 8 books
- Investigation 2 of 8 books
- Murder 2 of 8 books