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Start with Above Suspicion and continue through all 9 books in the listed reading order.
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Book 1 by Lynda La Plante • Published 2004
Newly promoted detective Anna Travis joins a London murder squad hunting a serial killer who has slain a string of prostitutes. When a seventh victim breaks the pattern and evidence points to a charming television sta...
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Anna Travis reading order
Ends with Wrongful Death
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Book 1:Above Suspicion
Lynda La Plante • 2004
Newly promoted detective Anna Travis joins a London murder squad hunting a serial killer who has slain a string of prostitutes. When a seventh victim breaks the pattern and evidence points to a charming television sta...
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Book 2:The Red Dahlia
Lynda La Plante • 2006
Anna Travis is called to a case where a young woman’s mutilated body has been left on a riverbank, drained of blood and carefully posed. As the press screams about a copycat Black Dahlia, Anna races to stop a killer o...
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Book 3:Clean Cut
Lynda La Plante • 2007
After DCI James Langton is savagely stabbed while chasing a pimp’s killer, Anna Travis puts her own life on hold to help his recovery. When her apparently random murder case connects to Langton’s ruthless criminal net...
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Book 4:Deadly Intent
Lynda La Plante • 2008
When a former murder-squad detective is shot dead in a filthy drug squat, Anna Travis is dragged into a case tied to elusive trafficker Alexander Fitzpatrick. As bodies mount and a terrifying new drug surfaces, Anna m...
- 5
Book 5:Silent Scream
Lynda La Plante • 2009
Film star Amanda Delany seems to have everything until she is found brutally stabbed in her London home, her famous face left untouched. Digging into Amanda’s tangled life of addictions, affairs and betrayals, Anna Tr...
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Book 6:Blind Fury
Lynda La Plante • 2010
After a young woman’s body is dumped near a motorway service station, Anna Travis links the crime to two similar unsolved murders. A convicted killer insists he can help catch the murderer—but only if Anna hears him o...
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Book 7:Blood Line
Lynda La Plante • 2011
DCI Anna Travis reluctantly takes on a missing-person case when a court usher begs her to find his vanished son, Alan. With no body, a strangely unconcerned girlfriend and a flat hiding traces of blood, Anna must prov...
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Book 8:Backlash
Lynda La Plante • 2012
A late-night attack on a woman in a notorious Hackney tower block looks straightforward when residents capture the suspect. But as Anna Travis links the assault to earlier, unsolved crimes, she must decide whether the...
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Book 9:Wrongful Death
Lynda La Plante • 2013
Six months after nightclub owner Josh Reynolds’s death was written off as suicide, a jailed thug claims it was murder. Ordered to review the case alongside an abrasive FBI profiler, Anna Travis uncovers flaws in the o...
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Anna Travis FAQ
What is the best order to read the Anna Travis series?
The recommended reading order is the numbered order shown on this page, starting with Above Suspicion.
How many books are in the Anna Travis series?
There are 9 books currently listed in the Anna Travis series on GurusReads.
Where should I start with the Anna Travis series?
New readers should start with Above Suspicion, the first book in the reading order.
Is the Anna Travis series complete?
Based on the publication years we have, the series appears likely complete and spans releases from 2004 to 2013.