Author

William Deverell

Canadian author William Deverell is best known for the Arthur Beauchamp legal thriller series. A multiple winner of the Arthur Ellis Award for Best Crime Novel, his work is celebrated for its sharp wit and courtroom drama. This page provides the William Deverell books in order, including both chronological order and series reading order.

All books · chronological

1979 Needles PO · 1 No link

1981 High Crimes PO · 2 No link

1983 Mecca PO · 3 No link

1984 The Dance of Shiva PO · 4 No link

1989 Mindfield PO · 5 No link

1989 Platinum Blues PO · 6 No link

1991 Kill All The Lawyers PO · 7 No link

1991 Fatal Cruise / A Life on Trial PO · 1 No link

1995 Street Legal PO · 8 No link

1997 Trial of Passion PO · 1 No link

1999 Slander PO · 9 No link

2001 The Laughing Falcon PO · 10 No link

2003 Mind Games PO · 11 No link

2005 April Fool PO · 2 No link

2008 Kill All the Judges PO · 3 No link

2009 Snow Job PO · 4 No link

2011 I'll See You in My Dreams PO · 5 No link

2015 Sing a Worried Song PO · 6 No link

2017 Whipped PO · 7 No link

2018 Shaped by the West, Volume 2: A History of North America from 1850(With: Anne F. Hyde) PO · 2 No link

2021 Stung PO · 8 No link

2024 The Long-Shot Trial PO · 9 No link

Book series

Publication Order of Standalone Novels 11 books · 1979–2003

01 Needles 1979 No link

02 High Crimes 1981 No link

03 Mecca 1983 No link

04 The Dance of Shiva 1984 No link

··· 7 more books in this series

Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books 2 books · 1991–2018

01 Fatal Cruise / A Life on Trial 1991 No link

02 Shaped by the West, Volume 2: A History of North America from 1850(With: Anne F. Hyde) 2018 No link

Publication Order of Arthur Beauchamp Books 9 books · 1997–2024

01 Trial of Passion 1997 No link

02 April Fool 2005 No link

03 Kill All the Judges 2008 No link

04 Snow Job 2009 No link

··· 5 more books in this series