Ann Granger books

Ann Granger is a British mystery author known for the Mitchell and Markby series, the Fran Varady mysteries, and the Victorian-set Lizzie Martin/Inspector Ben Ross novels.

Anthologies

Title Published Buy on Amazon
Malice Domestic 9 2000 Buy

Campbell and Carter Mystery Reading Order

Title Published Buy on Amazon
Mud, Muck and Dead Things 2009 Buy
Rack, Ruin and Murder 2011 Buy
Bricks and Mortality 2013 Buy
Dead in the Water 2015 Buy
Rooted in Evil 2017 Buy
An Unfinished Murder 2018 Buy
A Matter of Murder 2019 Buy
Death on the Prowl 2024 Buy

Fran Varady Reading Order

Title Published Buy on Amazon
Asking for Trouble 1997 Buy
Keeping Bad Company 1997 Buy
Running Scared 1998 Buy
Risking It All 2001 Buy
Watching Out 2002 Buy
Mixing with Murder 2005 Buy
Rattling the Bones 2007 Buy

Lizzie Martin/Inspector Ben Ross Reading Order

Title Published Buy on Amazon
A Rare Interest in Corpses / The Companion 2006 Buy
A Mortal Curiosity 2007 Buy
A Better Quality of Murder 2010 Buy
A Particular Eye for Villainy 2012 Buy
The Testimony of the Hanged Man 2014 Buy
The Dead Woman of Deptford 2016 Buy
The Murderer’s Apprentice 2019 Buy
The Truth-Seeker’s Wife 2021 Buy
The Old Rogue of Limehouse 2023 Buy
A Rare Interest In Corpses 2020 Buy

Mitchell and Markby Reading Order

Title Published Buy on Amazon
Say It with Poison 1991 Buy
A Season for Murder 1991 Buy
Cold in the Earth 1992 Buy
Murder Among Us 1992 Buy
Where Old Bones Lie 1993 Buy
A Fine Place for Death 1994 Buy
Flowers for His Funeral 1994 Buy
Candle for a Corpse 1995 Buy
A Touch of Mortality 1996 Buy
A Word After Dying 1996 Buy
Ihr Wille geschehe 1996 N/A
Call the Dead Again 1998 Buy
Beneath These Stones 1999 Buy
Shades of Murder 2000 Buy
A Restless Evil 2002 Buy
That Way Murder Lies 2004 Buy

Standalone Novels

Title Published Buy on Amazon
A Poor Relation 1979 Buy
Summer Heiress 1981 Buy
The Garden Of Azure Dragon 1986 Buy
The Unexpected American 1988 Buy
A Scandalous Bargain 1989 Buy
False Fortune 1989 Buy

Ann Granger has been writing British mysteries since the early 1990s, building a catalog of nearly 50 books across multiple series. Her Mitchell and Markby series, starting with Say It with Poison in 1991, follows a diplomat’s wife and a police superintendent solving crimes in the Cotswolds. The sixteen-book series ran for over a decade and established Granger as a mainstay of British crime fiction.

Her other series offer different flavors of mystery. The Fran Varady books feature a young amateur sleuth in London, while the Lizzie Martin/Inspector Ben Ross series moves the action to Victorian England. The Campbell and Carter series, beginning in 2009, is her most recent long-running sequence. Granger also published several standalone romance and adventure novels early in her career.

Frequently Asked Questions

How many books has Ann Granger written?

Ann Granger has written 48 books across six series.

What was Ann Granger's first book?

Ann Granger’s first book is A Poor Relation, published in 1979.

What are Ann Granger's main mystery series?

Ann Granger has written four main mystery series: Mitchell and Markby (16 books), Lizzie Martin/Inspector Ben Ross (10 books), Campbell and Carter (8 books), and Fran Varady (7 books).

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