Inspector Lynley audiobooks in order
An aristocratic Scotland Yard detective and his working-class sergeant, Barbara Havers, written by an American and set in England. The books are long and the narrators change constantly, which is the thing to know before buying a run.
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Which order should you listen in?
Publication order. The private lives — Lynley's marriage above all — move forward book by book and are spoiled by skipping. What Came Before He Shot Her is a companion told from the other side of the previous book, with Lynley barely in it; it can be left out without losing the thread.
Before you buy a run: Well-Schooled in Murder, Deception on His Mind, In Pursuit of the Proper Sinner and A Traitor to Memory have no UK audiobook we could find.
Inspector Lynley in publication order
- 1A Great Deliverance (1988)
- 2Payment in Blood (1989)
- 3Well-Schooled in Murder (1990)
- 4A Suitable Vengeance (1991)
- 5For the Sake of Elena (1992)
- 6Missing Joseph (1993)
- 7Playing for the Ashes (1994)
- 8In the Presence of the Enemy (1996)
- 9Deception on His Mind (1997)
- 10In Pursuit of the Proper Sinner (1999)
- 11A Traitor to Memory (2001)
- 12A Place of Hiding (2003)
- 13With No One as Witness (2005)
- 14What Came Before He Shot Her (2006)
- 15Careless in Red (2008)
- 16This Body of Death (2010)
- 17Believing the Lie (2012)
- 18Just One Evil Act (2013)
- 19A Banquet of Consequences (2015)
- 20The Punishment She Deserves (2018)
- 21Something to Hide (2022)
- 22A Slowly Dying Cause (2025)