Stella Whitelaw Books in Order
Stella Whitelaw has written 44 books, published between 1971 and 2017. The first book is Weave a Loving Web (1971) and the newest is Dangerous Shadows (2017). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 44
- Published
- 1971–2017
- Pages on record
- 7,979 in 34 of 44 books
- Reading time
- 133–199 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 7,979 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 34 of 44 titles with a page count on record.
Stella Whitelaw, born 1941, is a British writer and journalist whose career took in more than 400 short stories for national women's magazines and a spell as the first female chief reporter in London. Whitelaw's 44 catalogued books span 1971 to 2017, from Weave a Loving Web to Dangerous Shadows, and cover romance, cat stories and detective fiction. The Jordan Lacey series, about a woman private investigator, is the best represented, and the 2000s were the peak decade.
How many Stella Whitelaw books are there?
Stella Whitelaw has 44 books, released between 1971 and 2017. They include 2 series and 32 titles listed outside any series.
Stella Whitelaw Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 44 Stella Whitelaw 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.
- 1Weave a Loving Web1971 · 320 pages · confirmed 1/419713201/4
- 2Sweet Chastity1979 · 208 pages · confirmed 1/419792081/4
- 3Grimalkin's Tales1983 · 160 pages · confirmed 1/419831601/4
- 4Desert Storm1983 · 272 pages · confirmed 1/419832721/4
- 5The Secret Taj1984 · 224 pages · confirmed 1/419842241/4
- 6Love Is a Star Garden1985 · 288 pages · confirmed 1/419852881/4
- 7Flood Tide1986 · 240 pages · confirmed 1/419862401/4
- 8Another Word for Love1988 · 320 pages · confirmed 1/419883201/4
- 9Pennyroyal1989 · confirmed 1/41989–1/4
- 10Baptism of Fire1989 · 188 pages · confirmed 1/419891881/4
- 11Eagle's Eye1990 · 190 pages · confirmed 1/419901901/4
- 12This Savage Sky1990 · 187 pages · confirmed 1/419901871/4
- 13Dragon Lady1991 · 192 pages · confirmed 1/419911921/4
- 14How to Write and Sell a Synopsis1993 · 144 pages · confirmed 1/419931441/4
- 15The Owl and the Pussycats1993 · 304 pages · confirmed 1/419933041/4
- 16A Certain Hunger1993 · 192 pages · confirmed 1/419931921/4
- 17Deluge1994 · 192 pages · confirmed 1/419941921/4
- 18No Darker Heaven1996 · 400 pages · confirmed 1/419964001/4
- 19Cruise Doctor1996 · 192 pages · confirmed 1/419961921/4
- 20Sweet Seduction1997 · 400 pages · confirmed 1/419974001/4
- 2120002241/4
- 22How to Write and Sell a Book Proposal2000 · 150 pages · confirmed 1/420001501/4
- 232001–1/4
- 2420022561/4
- 2520032561/4
- 2620042181/4
- 27Veil of Death2004 · 303 pages · confirmed 1/420043031/4
- 2820052121/4
- 29Mirror, Mirror2006 · 220 pages · confirmed 1/420062201/4
- 3020072171/4
- 312008–1/4
- 3220081981/4
- 3320092191/4
- 342010–1/4
- 35Midsummer Madness2010 · 223 pages · confirmed 1/420102231/4
- 36Portrait of a Murder2011 · 224 pages · confirmed 1/420112241/4
- 37Secrets of a Ballistic Cat2012 · confirmed 1/42012–1/4
- 38Book Proposals2012 · confirmed 1/42012–1/4
- 39Money Never Sleeps2013 · 224 pages · confirmed 1/420132241/4
- 40Promise to Obey2013 · confirmed 1/42013–1/4
- 412014–1/4
- 42The Prosecco Fortune2015 · 222 pages · confirmed 1/420152221/4
- 43Cat With a Secret2017 · confirmed 1/42017–1/4
- 44Dangerous Shadows2017 · confirmed 1/42017–1/4
Stella Whitelaw series in order
The series linked below has its own reading-order page.
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Stella Whitelaw 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.
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32 books32 Stella Whitelaw titles here are not listed as part of any series.
Do you have to read Stella Whitelaw books in order?
You only need to read Stella Whitelaw 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 Stella Whitelaw
Start with Pray and Die (2000), the first Jordan Lacey book. The earliest catalogued title overall is Weave a Loving Web (1971).
What is the newest Stella Whitelaw book?
Dangerous Shadows (2017) is the newest Stella Whitelaw book released so far.
Is there a new Stella Whitelaw book coming?
No next Stella Whitelaw book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Stella Whitelaw at a glance
- No recent titles
- The newest Stella Whitelaw title on record dates from 2017, 9 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
- Release pace
- Stella Whitelaw books have appeared about one a year on average.
- Length
- 7,979 pages across the 34 of 44 books with a recorded length, a median of 221 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Stella Whitelaw books, 13 of 44, were published in the 2000s.
What the Stella Whitelaw books are about
29 of the 44 Stella Whitelaw 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 8 of 29. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Mystery & detective 8 of 29 books
- Jordan Lacey (Fictitious character) 6 of 29 books
- Mystery & detective, women sleuths 6 of 29 books
- Private investigators 6 of 29 books
- Women private investigators 6 of 29 books
- Murder 5 of 29 books
- Cruise ships 4 of 29 books
- Investigation 4 of 29 books
- Crime 2 of 29 books
- Large print books 2 of 29 books