Sharon Bolton Books in Order
Sharon Bolton is a British crime thriller author, formerly known as S.J. Bolton, best known for the Lacey Flint series, the Florence Lovelady / Craftsmen books, and standalone psychological thrillers with a Gothic flair.
This guide lists all Sharon Bolton books in order, including her novels, short stories, short story collections, adaptations, and alternate titles.
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Where to Start with Sharon Bolton
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- For the Lacey Flint series, begin with Now You See Me. If Snow Hadn’t Fallen is a short story set between books 1 and 2.
- For Florence Lovelady and the Craftsmen series, start reading the The Craftsman. Alive! is a related short story, not the first novel.
- Sharon Bolton’s standalone novels can be read independently, so there is no separate reading order for them.
The Lacey Flint Series (Books in Order)
DC Lacey Flint is a young police officer working in London, whose first major case is one she is directly involved it, having seen the murder victim dying right in front of her. The case is connected to Jack the Ripper. Lacey is guarded, full of personal baggage and a history she wants nobody to know about. Her personal background and story is continued throughout the entire series.
- Now You See Me, 2011 Amazon
- Dead Scared, 2012 Amazon
- Like This, For Ever, 2013 (also titled Lost) Amazon
- A Dark and Twisted Tide, 2014 Amazon
- Here Be Dragons, 2016 Amazon
- The Dark, 2022 Amazon
Lacey Flint Short Stories
- If Snow Hadn’t Fallen, 2012 – set between Now You See Me and Dead Scared Amazon
- Here Be Dragons, 2016 – set after A Dark and Twisted Tide Amazon
- Lacey’s Wedding, 2017 – to be read after Here Be Dragons. It was later included in The Night Train
The Craftsmen Series (Books in Order)
The Craftsmen series follows Florence Lovelady, a London-based investigator, who some three decades ago arrested coffin-maker Larry Glassbrook for serial child murder in Sabden, a small town located in the north-west of England. In the first book, in The Craftsman, Florence has a senior role at the police, but the old case still haunts her. The series is moving between past and present after Larry, who is serving a life sentence contacts her with some shocking revelations.
Craftsmen Short Stories
- Alive, 2018 – short story set in the Craftsmen world, included in The Night Train
Standalone Novels
- Sacrifice, 2008 Amazon
- Awakening, 2009 Amazon
- Blood Harvest, 2010 Amazon
- Little Black Lies, 2015 Amazon
- Daisy in Chains, 2016 Amazon
- Dead Woman Walking, 2017 Amazon
- The Split, 2020 (often wrongly titles as Splinter) Amazon
- The Pact, 2021 Amazon
- The Fake Wife, 2023 Amazon
- The Neighbour’s Secret, 2024 Amazon
- The Token, 2025 Amazon
- The Mortician, 2026 Amazon
Short Stories and Collections
- The Night Train, 2021 – First released as an audiobook in November 2020 Amazon
It includes eight Sharon Bolton stories, most of them with characters from her novels.
| Story | From Which Book or Series | Worth Knowing |
|---|---|---|
| The Night Train | The Craftsmen | Features Dwane Ogilvy, the sexton from The Craftsman. |
| Alive! | The Craftsmen | Tells the story of the Craftsman’s first three victims. It was first released separately in 2018. |
| All Souls’ Eve | The Craftsmen | Tells Father Edward’s story. It first appeared in Noir from the Bar in 2020. |
| Mugwort and Moonbeams | Lacey Flint | It is about Thessa Christakos, introduced in A Dark and Twisted Tide. |
| Lacey’s Wedding | Lacey Flint | A Lacey Flint short story first made available separately in 2017. |
| Time Travel, Flight and Invisibility | Dead Woman Walking | Returns to the world of the standalone novel Dead Woman Walking. |
| Mr and Mrs Jansen and the Mermaid | standalone (also included in The Night Train) | Not connected to one of Sharon Bolton’s current novels or series. |
| The Snow Bride | The Split | Returns to the world of the standalone novel The Split. |
The collection also includes the opening three chapters of The Pact as a preview.
Anthologies
Sharon Bolton Book Adaptations
- Sacrifice (2016) – adapted into the feature film Sacrifice (2016)
About Sharon Bolton
Sharon Bolton is a British crime and thriller author who wrote books that have been published under both the names Sharon Bolton and S.J. Bolton.
Official website sharonbolton.com
Sharon Bolton was born in 1960 in Blackburn, Lancashire, and she grew up in a cotton-mill town in the north of England. . She studied drama at Loughborough University and later received her masters degree in business administration at the University of Warwick. Before becoming a full-time writer, she worked in marketing and public relations, including working for the National Rivers Authority, which was later known as The Environment Agency.
Sharon Bolton’s first novel, Sacrifice, was published by Bantam Press in 2008. Her second novel, Awakening, was published in 2009 in hardback and later won the Mary Higgins Clark Award. In 2011, she published Now You See Me, the novel that launched the Lacey Flint series about a young London police officer who deals with a dark past and whose cases often involve that past as well. After several Lacey Flint novels and short stories, she created Florence Lovelady in The Craftsmen series, an even darker police thriller that connects the past to the present. The series, set in North West England, currently has two novels and a prequel short story.
Besides the series, Sharon Bolton has also written several standalone psychological crime thrillers, including Little Black Lies, Daisy in Chains, Dead Woman Walking, The Split, The Pact, The Fake Wife, The Neighbour’s Secret, The Token, and The Mortician. She has won the CWA Dagger in the Library for her of work and has been shortlisted for several major crime and thriller awards.
Major Awards and Honors
- Awakening – Mary Higgins Clark Award (2010)
- Like This, For Ever / Lost – RT Magazine Best Contemporary Thriller (2014)
- Now You See Me – Plume de Bronze (2014)
- CWA Dagger in the Library (2014)
- Little Black Lies – Dead Good Reader Award for Best Twist (2016)
I love your books, especially Lacey. Write more!
Dear Ms. Bolton, I love the Lacey Flint series and am wondering how long we have to wait to see what Lacey’s answer to Mark’s proposal is?
PS Lynch
hi Sharon, love your books, am wondering when your next book will be published? also, would it be possible to purchase lacey’s wedding.
mh richards