Lindsay Ashford Books in Order
Lindsay Ashford has written 17 books, published between 2003 and 2026. The first book is Frozen (2003) and the newest is No Light but the Stars (2026). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 17
- Published
- 2003–2026
- Pages on record
- 3,469 in 13 of 17 books
- Reading time
- 58–87 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 3,469 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 13 of 17 titles with a page count on record.
Lindsay Ashford is a British journalist and crime novelist whose books often feature Megan Rhys, an investigative psychologist. Ashford's style has been compared with that of Vivien Armstrong, Linda Fairstein and Frances Fyfield. The catalogue lists 17 books from Frozen (2003) to No Light but the Stars (2026), grouped as the Megan Rhys series plus standalone novels and non-fiction. Strange Blood (2005), Death Studies (2006) and The Rubber Woman (2007) are early titles. The Mysterious Death of Miss Austen (2011) and Beguiling Miss Bennet (2015) came later, and subjects include forensic psychology, murder and World War II.
How many Lindsay Ashford books are there?
Lindsay Ashford has 17 books, released between 2003 and 2026. They include 2 separate series.
Lindsay Ashford Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 17 Lindsay Ashford 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.
- 120032252/4
- 220052202/4
- 320062402/4
- 42006–2/4
- 520072032/4
- 620071002/4
- 720082492/4
- 8The Mysterious Death of Miss AustenLindsay Jayne Ashford Standalone Novels #12011 · 331 pages · confirmed 2/420113312/4
- 9With Love and Crocodiles / The Color of SecretsLindsay Jayne Ashford Standalone Novels #22013 · 402 pages · confirmed 2/420134022/4
- 1020152022/4
- 11The Woman on the Orient ExpressLindsay Jayne Ashford Standalone Novels #32016 · 329 pages · confirmed 2/420163292/4
- 122017–2/4
- 1320193312/4
- 14The House at Mermaid's CoveLindsay Jayne Ashford Standalone Novels #62020 · 286 pages · confirmed 2/420202862/4
- 1520223512/4
- 162024–2/4
- 172026–2/4
Lindsay Ashford 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.
Lindsay Jayne Ashford Standalone Novels
9 books9 titles published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.
Megan Rhys in order
6 booksLindsay Jayne Ashford Non-Fiction
1 book1 title published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.
Lindsay Jayne Ashford in order
1 bookDo you have to read Lindsay Ashford books in order?
You only need to read Lindsay Ashford 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 Lindsay Ashford
Start with Frozen (2003), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Lindsay Ashford book?
No Light but the Stars (2026) is the newest Lindsay Ashford book released so far.
Is there a new Lindsay Ashford book coming?
No next Lindsay Ashford book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Lindsay Ashford at a glance
- Still publishing
- Lindsay Ashford published a book as recently as 2026.
- Release pace
- Lindsay Ashford books have appeared about one a year on average.
- Length
- 3,469 pages across the 13 of 17 books with a recorded length, a median of 249 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Lindsay Ashford books, 7 of 17, were published in the 2000s.
What the Lindsay Ashford books are about
13 of the 17 Lindsay Ashford 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 4 of 13. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Mystery & detective 4 of 13 books
- Forensic psychologists 3 of 13 books
- Historical fiction 3 of 13 books
- Biography 2 of 13 books
- Crime 2 of 13 books
- Forensic psychiatrists 2 of 13 books
- Investigation 2 of 13 books
- Murder 2 of 13 books
- Prostitutes 2 of 13 books