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Lesley Thomson

British author Lesley Thomson is best known for the Detective’s Daughter series, featuring cleaner-turned-sleuth Stella Darnell. Her novels have sold over one million copies and won the prestigious People’s Book Prize. This page provides the Lesley Thomson books in order, including both chronological order and series reading order.

All books · chronological

1987Seven Miles From SydneyPOoSN · 1Buy ↗

2008A Kind of VanishingPOoSN · 2Buy ↗

2013The Detective's DaughterPOoTDDB · 1Buy ↗

2014Ghost GirlPOoTDDB · 2Buy ↗

2015The Detective's SecretPOoTDDB · 3Buy ↗

2015The RunawayPOoTDDB · 4Buy ↗

2016The House With No RoomsPOoTDDB · 5Buy ↗

2017The Dog WalkerPOoTDDB · 6Buy ↗

2018The Death ChamberPOoTDDB · 7Buy ↗

2019The Playground MurdersPOoTDDB · 8Buy ↗

2020Death of a MermaidPOoSN · 3Buy ↗

2021The Hollow House / The Distant DeadPOoTDDB · 9Buy ↗

2022The CompanionPOoSN · 4Buy ↗

2023The Mystery of Yew Tree HousePOoTDDB · 10Buy ↗

2026The ShrinePOoTDDB · 11Buy ↗

Book series · browse all →

Publication Order of Standalone Novels4 books · 1987–2022

01Seven Miles From Sydney1987Buy ↗

02A Kind of Vanishing2008Buy ↗

03Death of a Mermaid2020Buy ↗

04The Companion2022Buy ↗

Publication Order of The Detective's Daughter Books11 books · 2013–2026

01The Detective's Daughter2013Buy ↗

02Ghost Girl2014Buy ↗

03The Detective's Secret2015Buy ↗

04The Runaway2015Buy ↗

05The House With No Rooms2016Buy ↗

06The Dog Walker2017Buy ↗

07The Death Chamber2018Buy ↗

08The Playground Murders2019Buy ↗

09The Hollow House / The Distant Dead2021Buy ↗

10The Mystery of Yew Tree House2023Buy ↗

11The Shrine2026Buy ↗

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