John Lawton's novels have been named Best Books of the Year by the New York Times, Los Angeles Times, and New York Times Book Review. He lives in England and Italy.
Genres: Historical Mystery, Thriller, Mystery
New and upcoming books
Series
Inspector Troy
In order of publication. see: chronological order
1. Black Out (1994)
2. Old Flames (1996)
3. A Little White Death (1998)
4. Riptide (2001)
5. Blue Rondo (2004)
6. Second Violin (2007)
7. A Lily of the Field (2010)
8. Friends and Traitors (2017)
9. Smoke and Embers (2025)
In order of publication. see: chronological order
1. Black Out (1994)
2. Old Flames (1996)
3. A Little White Death (1998)
4. Riptide (2001)
5. Blue Rondo (2004)
6. Second Violin (2007)
7. A Lily of the Field (2010)
8. Friends and Traitors (2017)
9. Smoke and Embers (2025)
Joe Wilderness
1. Then We Take Berlin (2013)
2. The Unfortunate Englishman (2016)
3. Hammer to Fall (2020)
4. Moscow Exile (2023)
1. Then We Take Berlin (2013)
2. The Unfortunate Englishman (2016)
3. Hammer to Fall (2020)
4. Moscow Exile (2023)
Novels
Novellas and Short Stories
Bentinck's Agent (2013)
An Italian Job (2016) (with Zoë Sharp)
East of Suez, West of Charing Cross Road (2018)
An Italian Job (2016) (with Zoë Sharp)
East of Suez, West of Charing Cross Road (2018)
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Books containing stories by John Lawton
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John Lawton recommends
The Starlings of Bucharest (2021)
(Moscow Wolves, book 2)
Sarah Armstrong
"An onviable talent for location and detail."
The Sandpit (2020)
Nicholas Shakespeare
"Nicholas Shakespeare gathers comparisons to the great and the good. He needs none. He is what he is - a very fine English novelist."
Dancing on the Grave (2018)
(CSI Grace McColl and DC Nick Weston, book 1)
Zoë Sharp
"I’m used to cool, hard killersin fiction that isbut I don’t think I’ve ever come across a cool, hard killer as vulnerable as Edith Airey Bisley-grade crack-shot she could drop you at half a mile yet she’s seventeen, the only, lonely child of a dysfunctional family (otherwise known as having a slob for a father) in one of the wilder corners of a wild England. Now read on "
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