Order of John Lawton Books

John Lawton is an American author of crime fiction, spy fiction and historical fiction. He generally sets his novels in England during World War II and the Cold War era. Lawton also works as a producer and director of television documentaries. As far as his work in fiction goes, he is best known for his Inspector Troy series.

John Lawton became a published author in 1995 with Black Out. Below is a list of John Lawton’s books in order of when they were originally published (as well as in chronological order):

Publication Order of Inspector Troy Books

Black Out	(1995)	Amazon.com \| Amazon.de
Old Flames	(1996)	Amazon.com \| Amazon.de
A Little White Death	(1998)	Amazon.com \| Amazon.de
Riptide / Bluffing Mr. Churchill	(2001)	Amazon.com \| Amazon.de
Flesh Wounds / Blue Rondo	(2005)	Amazon.com \| Amazon.de
Second Violin	(2007)	Amazon.com \| Amazon.de
A Lily of the Field	(2010)	Amazon.com \| Amazon.de
Friends and Traitors	(2017)	Amazon.com \| Amazon.de
A Lily of the Field has two stories within it.Timeline wise “Audacity” is from 1934-1946 so you may wish to read that first with the rest in 1948.Rough order of dominant years they take place: 1938: Second Violin 1939: Riptide 1944-1948: Black Out 1948: A Lily of the Field (first part 1934-1946) 1956: Old Flames 1958: Friends and Traitors 1959: Blue Rondo 1960: A Little White Death

Chronological Order of Inspector Troy Books

Second Violin	(2007)	Amazon.com \| Amazon.de
Riptide / Bluffing Mr. Churchill	(2001)	Amazon.com \| Amazon.de
Black Out	(1995)	Amazon.com \| Amazon.de
A Lily of the Field	(2010)	Amazon.com \| Amazon.de
Old Flames	(1996)	Amazon.com \| Amazon.de
Friends and Traitors	(2017)	Amazon.com \| Amazon.de
Flesh Wounds / Blue Rondo	(2005)	Amazon.com \| Amazon.de
A Little White Death	(1998)	Amazon.com \| Amazon.de

Publication Order of Joe Wilderness Books

Then We Take Berlin	(2013)	Amazon.com \| Amazon.de
The Unfortunate Englishman	(2016)	Amazon.com \| Amazon.de
Hammer to Fall	(2020)	Amazon.com \| Amazon.de
Moscow Exile	(2023)	Amazon.com \| Amazon.de

Publication Order of Standalone Novels

Sweet Sunday	(2002)	Amazon.com \| Amazon.de
An Italian Job	(2016)	Amazon.com \| Amazon.de

Publication Order of Short Stories/Novellas

East of Suez, West of Charing Cross Road	(2011)	Amazon.com \| Amazon.de
Bentinck’s Agent	(2013)	Amazon.com \| Amazon.de
An Italian Job	(2016)	Amazon.com \| Amazon.de

Publication Order of Anthologies

Ink and Daggers

(2023)

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Notes: Riptide was published in the United States as Bluffing Mr. Churchill. Blue Rondo was published in the USA as Flesh Wounds. The short story An Italian Job is co-authored by Zoe Sharp.