Arthur Beauchamp Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| Trial of Passion |
1997 |
Buy |
| April Fool |
2005 |
Buy |
| Kill All the Judges |
2008 |
Buy |
| Snow Job |
2009 |
Buy |
| I’ll See You in My Dreams |
2011 |
Buy |
| Sing a Worried Song |
2015 |
Buy |
| Whipped |
2017 |
Buy |
| Stung |
2021 |
Buy |
| The Long-Shot Trial |
2024 |
Buy |
Non-Fiction#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| Fatal Cruise / A Life on Trial |
1991 |
Buy |
| Shaped by the West, Volume 2: A History of North America from 1850 |
2018 |
Buy |
Standalone Novels#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| Needles |
1979 |
Buy |
| High Crimes |
1981 |
Buy |
| Mecca |
1983 |
Buy |
| The Dance of Shiva |
1984 |
Buy |
| Mindfield |
1989 |
Buy |
| Platinum Blues |
1989 |
Buy |
| Kill All The Lawyers |
1991 |
Buy |
| Street Legal |
1995 |
Buy |
| Slander |
1999 |
Buy |
| The Laughing Falcon |
2001 |
Buy |
| Mind Games |
2003 |
Buy |
William Deverell is a Canadian author and retired trial lawyer who spent 25 years in criminal courts, handling over a thousand cases, including 30 murder trials. That courtroom experience runs through all of his fiction. His debut novel, Needles, was published in 1979, and he has been writing steadily since then.
Deverell is best known for the Arthur Beauchamp series, which follows a semi-retired defense lawyer living on an island in British Columbia who keeps getting pulled back into complicated cases. The series started with Trial of Passion in 1997 and has continued through nine novels, with The Long-Shot Trial published in 2024. His standalone novels, including The Dance of Shiva and Mindfield, also deal with crime and legal drama.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many books has William Deverell written?
William Deverell has written 22 books across three series.
What was William Deverell's first book?
William Deverell’s first book is Needles, published in 1979.
Has William Deverell won any literary awards?
Yes. His novel Trial of Passion won the Dashiell Hammett Prize and the Arthur Ellis Award for Best Novel in 1998. April Fool also won the Arthur Ellis Award in 2003. Several of his other books have been shortlisted for awards including the Stephen Leacock Medal.