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Jane Tennison Books in Order

Jane Tennison by Lynda La Plante contains 10 books, published between 2015 and 2024. The first book is Tennison (2015) and the newest is Whole Life Sentence (2024). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
10
Published
2015–2024
Confirmed
10 of 10 titles
Pages on record
1,376 in 3 of 10 books
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Jane Tennison is the detective at the centre of Lynda La Plante's series of the same name. Ten books are catalogued between 2015 and 2024: Tennison (2015), Hidden Killers (2017), Good Friday (2017), Murder Mile (2018), The Dirty Dozen (2019), Blunt Force (2020), Unholy Murder (2021), Dark Rooms (2023), A Taste of Blood (2023) and Whole Life Sentence (2024). The books are police procedurals set in London, indexed under women sleuths and historical crime. The series is ongoing.

How many Jane Tennison books are there?

Jane Tennison has 10 books, released between 2015 and 2024.

Jane Tennison Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 10 Jane Tennison 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 Tennison by Lynda La Plante, book 1 of the Jane Tennison series (2015)
  2. Cover of Hidden Killers by Lynda La Plante, book 2 of the Jane Tennison series (2017)
  3. Cover of Good Friday by Lynda La Plante, book 3 of the Jane Tennison series (2017)
  4. Cover of Murder Mile by Lynda La Plante, book 4 of the Jane Tennison series (2018)
  1. 1
    Tennison2015 · confirmed 3/4
    2015–
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  2. 2
    Hidden Killers2017 · confirmed 3/4
    2017–
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  3. 3
    Good Friday2017 · confirmed 3/4
    2017–
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  4. 4
    Murder Mile2018 · 416 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2018416
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  5. 5
    The Dirty Dozen2019 · 512 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2019512
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  6. 6
    Blunt Force2020 · 448 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2020448
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  7. 7
    Unholy Murder2021 · confirmed 3/4
    2021–
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  8. 8
    Dark Rooms2023 · confirmed 3/4
    2023–
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  9. 9
    A Taste of Blood2023 · confirmed 3/4
    2023–
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  10. 10
    Whole Life Sentence2024 · confirmed 3/4
    2024–
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Jane Tennison Books in Chronological Order

By publication date, the Jane Tennison books run from Tennison (2015) to Whole Life Sentence (2024), the sequence in the table above. No separate story order is recorded for Jane Tennison in the book listings this catalogue merges, so publication order is the only order on record.

Do you have to read Jane Tennison books in order?

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

What order should you read Jane Tennison books in?

Read them in publication order, starting with Tennison (2015), the earliest published title. After it come Hidden Killers (2017), Good Friday (2017), Murder Mile (2018), The Dirty Dozen (2019), Blunt Force (2020), Unholy Murder (2021), Dark Rooms (2023), A Taste of Blood (2023) and Whole Life Sentence (2024).

What is the newest Jane Tennison book?

Whole Life Sentence (2024) is the newest Jane Tennison book released so far.

Is there a new Jane Tennison book coming?

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

Jane Tennison at a glance

Still running
Jane Tennison is still running, with a title published as recently as 2024.
Release pace
Jane Tennison books have appeared about one a year on average.
Length
1,376 pages across the 3 of 10 books with a recorded length, a median of 448 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Jane Tennison books, 5 of 10, were published in the 2020s.

What the Jane Tennison books are about

5 of the 10 Jane Tennison books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: mystery & detective, women sleuths is tagged on 5 of 5. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.

More books by Lynda La Plante

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

Other series by Lynda La Plante

The series linked below has its own reading-order page.