Books in Order: A Comprehensive Guide to Laura Wilson's Novels

Laura Wilson writes crime fiction with a historian's instincts. The London-born author studied English literature at Somerville College, Oxford, and at University College London, then spent time teaching and editing non-fiction before publishing her debut, A Little Death, in 1999. Her trademark is anchoring a mystery in the past — often around a real historical event — and she favors split narratives that let two timelines tighten around each other.

Those instincts drive the DI Ted Stratton series, the five books this guide arranges by publication date. The run opens with Stratton's War (also published as The Innocent Spy) in 2008 and closes with The Riot in 2013, and it's best experienced in sequence, one case at a time.