Marele Day Reading Order
1 series · 22 books
Marele Day is an Australian crime fiction writer who gained recognition for her mystery novels featuring private investigator Claudia Valentine, work that earned her a Shamus Award. Beyond her novels, she established herself as an authority on the craft of crime writing, winning a Ned Kelly Award for her instructional book How to Write Crime. Her prolific output spanning from the mid-1980s through the early 2000s demonstrates her sustained contributions to Australian mystery literature.
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Standalone Novels Series
Complete22 books
Marele Day's Standalone Novels series comprises 22 complete works published between 1984 and 2002, each designed to be read independently. These novels should be approached in publication order, beginning with Shirley's Song, and include titles such as The Life and Crimes of Harry Lavender, Lambs of God, and The Disappearances of Madalena Grimaldi. The series encompasses crime fiction, contemporary drama, and instructional works on writing and self-promotion across its two-decade span.
Start with Shirley's song, the first of 22 books in the Standalone Novels series.
| # | Title |
|---|---|
| 1 | LAMBS OF GOD |
| 2 | Lambs of God |
| 3 | Last Tango of Delores Delgado |
| 4 | Making waves |
| 5 | Mrs. Cook |
| 6 | The Life and Crimes of Harry Lavender |
| 7 | The Sea Bed |
| 8 | The Sea Bed |
| 9 | Shirley's song 1984 |
| 10 | The case of the Chinese boxes 1992 |
| 11 | Successful Promotion by Writers (The Art of Self-promotion) 1993 |
| 12 | The Life and Crimes of Harry Lavender 1993 |
| 13 | The last tango of Dolores Delgado 1993 |
| 14 | The disappearances of Madalena Grimaldi 1994 |
| 15 | How to Write Crime 1996 |
| 16 | Die Bräute des Himmels 1998 |
| 17 | Lambs of God 1998 |
| 18 | Lambs Of God 6ct 1999 |
| 19 | The Disappearances of Madalena Grimaldi, Set 1999 |
| 20 | Mavis Levack, P.I 2000 |
| 21 | Leben und Verbrechen des Harry Lavender 2001 |
| 22 | Mrs Cook 2002 |
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- How many books has Marele Day written?
- Marele Day has written 22 books across 1 series. Their published works span from 1984 to 2002.
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- Marele Day has 1 completed series.

