Patricia Hall Books in Order
Patricia Hall has written 33 books, published between 1991 and 2019. The first book is The Poison Pool (1991) and the newest is Cover Up (2019). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 33
- Published
- 1991–2019
- Pages on record
- 5,118 in 24 of 33 books
- Reading time
- 85–128 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 5,118 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 24 of 33 titles with a page count on record.
Patricia Hall writes mystery and detective fiction set in England, and the subject records name Laura Ackroyd and Michael Thackeray as fictitious characters alongside women journalists, police procedure, London and women sleuths. The catalogue holds 33 books, opening with The Poison Pool (1991) and reaching Cover Up (2019). The Coldness of Killers (1992), Death by Election (1993), Dying Fall (1995) and In the Bleak Midwinter (1995) fall early in the run. Ackroyd and Thackeray and Kate O'Donnell are the two series on record, and both also stand as character entries. The run is likely complete.
How many Patricia Hall books are there?
Patricia Hall has 33 books, released between 1991 and 2019. They include 2 series and 4 titles listed outside any series.
Patricia Hall Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 33 Patricia Hall 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.
- 1The Poison Pool1991 · 250 pages · confirmed 1/419912501/4
- 2The Coldness of Killers1992 · 224 pages · confirmed 1/419922241/4
- 319931761/4
- 419952481/4
- 519952501/4
- 619972201/4
- 71998–1/4
- 819992081/4
- 920002501/4
- 102001321/4
- 1120022601/4
- 12200211/4
- 13Masks of Darkness2003 · 254 pages · confirmed 1/420032541/4
- 14200311/4
- 1520042881/4
- 1620062881/4
- 1720073111/4
- 182008–1/4
- 19Armchair Walks in Sussex: Horsham2009 · confirmed 1/42009–1/4
- 2020093011/4
- 2120112161/4
- 222011–1/4
- 2320122171/4
- 242013–1/4
- 2520142031/4
- 262015321/4
- 272015–2/4
- 282015–2/4
- 292015–2/4
- 30Folklife and MuseumsAmerican Association for State and Local History #452016 · 478 pages · confirmed 1/420164781/4
- 312017–1/4
- 3220182081/4
- 3320192021/4
Patricia Hall series in order
The series linked below has its own reading-order page.
- Ackroyd and Thackeray books in order 16 books
Patricia Hall 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.
Kate O'Donnell in order
7 books- 1. Dead Beat
- 2. Death Trap
- 3. Dressed to Kill
- 4. Blood Brothers
- 5. Deep Waters
- 6. Playing with Fire
- 7. Cover Up
Ready-to-Read Level 2 in order
3 booksRaggedy Ann and Andy in order
1 bookReady-to-Read Level 3 in order
1 book- 15. Day at the Fair
American Association for State and Local History in order
1 bookStandalone books
4 books4 Patricia Hall titles here are not listed as part of any series.
Do you have to read Patricia Hall books in order?
You only need to read Patricia Hall 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 Patricia Hall
Start with Death by Election (1993), the first Ackroyd and Thackeray book. The earliest catalogued title overall is The Poison Pool (1991).
What is the newest Patricia Hall book?
Cover Up (2019) is the newest Patricia Hall book released so far.
Is there a new Patricia Hall book coming?
No next Patricia Hall book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Patricia Hall at a glance
- No recent titles
- The newest Patricia Hall title on record dates from 2019, 7 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
- Release pace
- Patricia Hall books have appeared about one a year on average.
- Length
- 5,118 pages across the 24 of 33 books with a recorded length, a median of 222 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Patricia Hall books, 13 of 33, were published in the 2010s.
What the Patricia Hall books are about
26 of the 33 Patricia Hall 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 12 of 26. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- England 12 of 26 books
- Mystery & detective 11 of 26 books
- Women journalists 11 of 26 books
- Ackroyd, laura (fictitious character) 8 of 26 books
- Laura Ackroyd (Fictitious character) 8 of 26 books
- Thackeray, michael (fictitious character) 8 of 26 books
- Michael Thackeray (Fictitious character) 7 of 26 books
- Police 7 of 26 books
- London (England) 5 of 26 books
- Mystery & detective, police procedural 4 of 26 books
- Mystery & detective, women sleuths 4 of 26 books