Reading order · 3 books · 1991 to 1993 · Set in London
Prime Suspect Books in Order
Prime Suspect follows Detective Chief Inspector Jane Tennison as she fights for respect at the top of London’s Metropolitan Police in the 1990s. The novels are based on the famous television series.
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Series facts
- Books
- 3
- Published
- 1991 to 1993
- First book
- Prime Suspect
- Latest
- Silent Victims (1993)
- Setting
- Set in London
The reading order
Every Prime Suspect book in publication order. Choose a title for its cast and summary.
3 books · Set in London
- 1Prime Suspect1991With Jane TennisonDetective Chief Inspector Jane Tennison takes over a murder investigation after the senior officer dies suddenly, and faces open hostility from the men on her team as she hunts a killer.Buy on Amazon
- 2A Face in the Crowd1992With Jane TennisonThe skeleton of a young woman is found buried in the garden of a house in south London, and Jane Tennison investigates amid tension between the police and the local community.Buy on Amazon
- 3Silent Victims1993With Jane TennisonJane Tennison moves to the vice squad in Soho, where a young man dies in a fire and powerful people want the case kept quiet.Buy on Amazon
Do you need to read them in order?
Read Prime Suspect, A Face in the Crowd and Silent Victims in order.
Who appears in which book
The series’ main characters, book by book. Lead means the book is told around them; minor covers cameos.
| Book | Jane Tennison | Bill Otley |
|---|---|---|
| 1 Prime Suspect | LLead | MMajor |
| 2 A Face in the Crowd | LLead | ·Minor |
| 3 Silent Victims | LLead | MMajor |
Characters in the Prime Suspect books
2 characters from Lynda La Plante’s chart, with the number of Prime Suspect books each appears in.
| Character | Books | First in this series |
|---|---|---|
| Jane TennisonMetropolitan Police officer, from probationer to Detective Chief Superintendent | 3 | Prime Suspect 1991 |
| Bill OtleyDetective Sergeant hostile to Tennison | 3 | Prime Suspect 1991 |
Crossovers with Lynda La Plante’s other series
- Tennison: Jane Tennison also appears in 7 of its books