DI Ted Stratton Reading Order
| Title | Published | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|
| Stratton’s War | 2008 | N/A |
| Stratton’s War / The Innocent Spy | 2008 | Buy |
| An Empty Death | 2009 | Buy |
| A Capital Crime / The Wrong Man | 2010 | Buy |
| A Willing Victim | 2012 | Buy |
| The Riot | 2013 | Buy |
Standalone Novels
| Title | Published | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|
| A Little Death | 1999 | Buy |
| Dying Voices | 2000 | Buy |
| My Best Friend | 2001 | Buy |
| Telling Lies to Alice / Hello Bunny Alice | 2004 | Buy |
| The Lover | 2004 | Buy |
| A Thousand Lies | 2006 | Buy |
| The Wrong Girl | 2015 | Buy |
| The Other Woman | 2017 | Buy |
Laura Wilson writes crime fiction with a strong historical bent. Her DI Ted Stratton series, which begins with Stratton’s War in 2008, places a London detective in the middle of World War II, where murder investigations play out against bombing raids, rationing, and wartime paranoia. The books have been praised for their period detail and for treating the 1940s as more than just a backdrop.
Before the Stratton series, Wilson published several standalone psychological thrillers. A Little Death, Dying Voices, and My Best Friend each take a different approach to suspense, often using unreliable narrators and shifting timelines. Telling Lies to Alice and The Lover continued in this vein, exploring how deception and obsession corrode ordinary lives.
Wilson has won the CWA Historical Dagger for her work and been shortlisted for several other crime fiction awards. Her writing is marked by careful plotting and an interest in how people behave when the rules of normal life break down, whether because of war, infatuation, or simple desperation.