Sara Woods Reading Order

45 books (1961–1987)

Sara Woods' Antony Maitland series spans 45 mystery and thriller novels published from 1961 to 1987, featuring the same protagonist throughout. The series is complete and should be read in publication order, beginning with Bloody Instructions. This long-running detective series follows barrister Antony Maitland through decades of cases, with each book building on the established cast of characters and relationships.

Start with Bloody Instructions, the first of 45 books in the Antony Maitland series.

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1	Bloody Instructions 1961Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Malice Domestic 1962Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	Error of the Moon 1963Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	The Taste of Fears / The Third Encounter 1963Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
5	This Little Measure 1964Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
6	Trusted Like the Fox 1964Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
7	Though I Know She Lies 1965Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
8	Let's Choose Executors 1966Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
9	And Shame the Devil 1967Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
10	Past Praying For 1968Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
11	An Improbable Fiction 1970Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
12	Knives Have Edges 1970Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
13	Serpent's Tooth 1971Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
14	Tarry and Be Hanged 1971Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
15	The Knavish Crows 1971Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
16	They Love Not Poison 1972Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
17	Enter the Corpse 1973Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
18	Yet She Must Die 1973Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
19	Done to Death 1974Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
20	A Show of Violence 1975Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
21	My Life Is Done 1976Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
22	A Thief or Two 1977Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
23	The Law's Delay 1977Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
24	Exit Murderer 1978Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
25	This Fatal Writ 1979Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
26	Proceed to Judgement 1980Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
27	They Stay for Death 1980Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
28	Weep for Her 1980Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
29	Cry Guilty 1981Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
30	Dearest Enemy 1981Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
31	Enter a Gentlewoman 1982Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
32	Most Grievous Murder 1982Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
33	Villains by Necessity 1982Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
34	Call Back Yesterday 1983Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
35	The Lie Direct 1983Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
36	Where Should He Die? 1983Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
37	Defy the Devil 1984Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
38	Murder's Out of Tune 1984Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
39	The Bloody Book of Law 1984Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
40	An Obscure Grave 1985Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
41	Away with Them to Prison 1985Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
42	Put Out the Light 1985Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
43	Most Deadly Hate 1986Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
44	Nor Live So Long 1986Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
45	Naked Villainy 1987Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

4 books (1980–1981)

Sara Woods' Jeremy Locke series consists of four mystery novels published between 1980 and 1981, now complete. The books should be read in publication order, beginning with Burden of Proof and continuing through Crimes Past, A Very Good Hater, and The Ghost of an Idea. This concise series is ideal for readers seeking a self-contained mystery experience.

Start with Burden of Proof, the first of 4 books in the Jeremy Locke series.

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1	Burden of Proof 1980Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Crimes Past 1980Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	A Very Good Hater 1981Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	The Ghost of an Idea 1981Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

3 books (1980–1981)

Sara Woods' Richard Trenton series comprises three mystery novels published between 1980 and 1981, following publication order. The complete trilogy includes The Dear Departed, Where There's a Will, and Worse Than a Crime, with the second book also credited to the author under the name Anne Burton. These standalone mysteries should be read in the sequence they were originally released to best appreciate the series' development.

Start with The Dear Departed and read in order.

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1	The Dear Departed 1980Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Where There\'s a Will(As:Anne Burton) 1980Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	Worse Than a Crime 1981Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

3 books (1980–1981)

Sara Woods completed this three-book mystery series between 1980 and 1981, following the cases of Stephen Marryat. The books should be read in publication order, beginning with The Healthy Grave, followed by We Must Have a Trial and concluding with Voice of the Past. This finished series is ideal for readers who enjoy classic mystery and thriller narratives.

Start with The Healthy Grave and read in order.

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1	The Healthy Grave 1980Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	We Must Have a Trial 1980Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	Voice of the Past 1981Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible