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Ava Lee Books in Order

Ava Lee by Ian Hamilton contains 17 books, published between 2011 and 2024. The first book is The Water Rat of Wanchai / The Deadly Touch of the Tigress (2011) and the newest is The Fury of Beijing (2024). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
17
Published
2011–2024
Confirmed
17 of 17 titles
Pages on record
5,461 in 14 of 17 books
Reading time
91–137 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 5,461 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 14 of 17 titles with a page count on record.

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Ava Lee is the forensic accountant at the centre of 17 novels by Ian Hamilton, published between 2011 and 2024. Forensic accounting, gangsters, swindlers and martial arts recur as subjects, and the titles name cities from Wanchai to Beijing. The Water Rat of Wanchai (2011) opens the series, three books appeared in that first year, and the run continues through The Red Pole of Macau (2012), The King of Shanghai (2014) and The Couturier of Milan (2017) to The Fury of Beijing (2024).

How many Ava Lee books are there?

Ava Lee has 17 books, released between 2011 and 2024.

Ava Lee Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 17 Ava Lee 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.

  1. Cover of The Water Rat of Wanchai / The Deadly Touch of the Tigress by Ian Hamilton, book 1 of the Ava Lee series (2011)
  2. Cover of The Disciple of Las Vegas / The Fiery Gaze of the Tigress by Ian Hamilton, book 2 of the Ava Lee series (2011)
  3. Cover of The Wild Beasts of Wuhan by Ian Hamilton, book 3 of the Ava Lee series (2011)
  4. Cover of The Red Pole of Macau by Ian Hamilton, book 4 of the Ava Lee series (2012)
  5. Cover of The Scottish Banker of Surabaya by Ian Hamilton, book 5 of the Ava Lee series (2013)
  6. Cover of The Dragon Head of Hong Kong by Ian Hamilton, book 6 of the Ava Lee series (2013)
  7. Cover of The Two Sisters of Borneo by Ian Hamilton, book 7 of the Ava Lee series (2014)
  8. Cover of The Imam of Tawi-Tawi by Ian Hamilton, book 11 of the Ava Lee series (2018)
  9. Cover of The Diamond Queen of Singapore by Ian Hamilton, book 14 of the Ava Lee series (2020)
  10. Cover of The General of Tiananmen Square by Ian Hamilton, book 16 of the Ava Lee series (2023)
  1. 1
    The Water Rat of Wanchai / The Deadly Touch of the Tigress2011 · 392 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2011392
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  2. 2
    The Disciple of Las Vegas / The Fiery Gaze of the Tigress2011 · confirmed 3/4
    2011–
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  3. 3
    The Wild Beasts of Wuhan2011 · 324 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2011324
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  4. 4
    The Red Pole of Macau2012 · 308 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2012308
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  5. 5
    The Scottish Banker of Surabaya2013 · 472 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2013472
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  6. 6
    The Dragon Head of Hong Kong2013 · 584 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2013584
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  7. 7
    The Two Sisters of Borneo2014 · 326 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2014326
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  8. 8
    The King of Shanghai2014 · 336 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2014336
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  9. 9
    The Princeling of Nanjing2015 · 368 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2015368
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  10. 10
    The Couturier of Milan2017 · 400 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2017400
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  11. 11
    The Imam of Tawi-Tawi2018 · 375 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2018375
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  12. 12
    The Goddess of Yantai2018 · 400 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2018400
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  13. 13
    The Mountain Master of Sha Tin2019 · 360 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2019360
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  14. 14
    The Diamond Queen of Singapore2020 · 456 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2020456
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  15. 15
    The Sultan of Sarawak2022 · confirmed 3/4
    2022–
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  16. 16
    The General of Tiananmen Square2023 · 360 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2023360
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  17. 17
    The Fury of Beijing2024 · confirmed 3/4
    2024–
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Is there a chronological order for Ava Lee?

No separate chronological order is on record for Ava Lee, because none of the book listings this catalogue draws on publishes one; the publication order above is the only order given.

Do you have to read Ava Lee books in order?

You should read the Ava Lee books in publication order, the order of the numbered table above. The catalogue does not record whether each Ava Lee book also stands alone.

Where to start with Ava Lee

Start with The Water Rat of Wanchai / The Deadly Touch of the Tigress (2011), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Ava Lee book?

The Fury of Beijing (2024) is the newest Ava Lee book released so far.

Is there a new Ava Lee book coming?

No next Ava Lee book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.

Ava Lee at a glance

Still running
Ava Lee is still running, with a title published as recently as 2024.
Release pace
Ava Lee books have appeared about one a year on average.
Length
5,461 pages across the 14 of 17 books with a recorded length, a median of 372 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Ava Lee books, 13 of 17, were published in the 2010s.

What the Ava Lee books are about

13 of the 17 Ava Lee books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: american literature is tagged on 4 of 13. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.

More books by Ian Hamilton

The author page linked below lists every book in publication order.