Order of John Putnam Thatcher Books
John Putnam Thatcher is the protagonist in a series of mystery novels by Emma Lathen (Mary Jane Latsis and Martha Henissart). The sleuth of this series, John Putnam Thatcher, is also a Wall Street banker. The books are often set during real events, such as the Colonels’ Revolution in Greece or the Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, New York.
Emma Lathen began the John Putnam Thatcher series in 1961 with the novel Banking on Death. The series lasted 24 novels, with the last being A Shark Out of Water in 1997. Below is a list of Emma Lathen’s John Putnam Thatcher’s books in order of when they were first released (which is the same as their chronological order):
Publication Order of John Putnam Thatcher Books
Banking on Death | (1961) | |
A Place for Murder | (1963) | |
Accounting for Murder | (1964) | |
Murder Makes the Wheels Go ‘Round | (1966) | |
Death Shall Overcome | (1966) | |
Murder Against the Grain | (1967) | |
A Stitch in Time | (1968) | |
Come to Dust | (1968) | |
When in Greece | (1969) | |
Murder To Go | (1969) | |
Pick Up Sticks | (1970) | |
Ashes to Ashes | (1971) | |
The Longer the Thread | (1971) | |
Murder Without Icing | (1972) | |
Sweet and Low | (1974) | |
By Hook or by Crook | (1975) | |
Double, Double, Oil and Trouble | (1978) | |
Going for the Gold | (1980) | |
Green Grow the Dollars | (1982) | |
Something in the Air | (1988) | |
East Is East | (1991) | |
Right on the Money | (1993) | |
Brewing Up a Storm | (1996) | |
A Shark Out of Water | (1997) |