2026 Reading Challenge

Ackroyd and Thackeray Series

16 primary works • 16 total works
Laura Ackroyd, a reporter, and Michael Thackeray, a police inspector, in Yorkshire, England, in the Yorkshire mysteries:

Book 1

Death by Election
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3.78 · 67 Ratings · 4 Reviews · published 1993 · 7 editions
Patricia Hall's much-praised first mystery novel, …

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    Book 2

    Dying Fall
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    3.81     · 36 Ratings · 4 Reviews · published 1995 · 5 editions
    An oppressive heat wave has blanketed Bradfield, Y…

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    Book 3

    The Dead of Winter
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    3.86     · 44 Ratings · 6 Reviews · published 1995 · 7 editions
    It is a bitter winter in Yorkshire when Bradfield'…

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    Book 4

    Perils Of The Night
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    3.56     · 34 Ratings · 1 Reviews · published 1999 · 5 editions
    The latest Yorkshire mystery for reporter Laura Ac…

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    Book 5

    The Italian Girl
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    3.42     · 59 Ratings · 4 Reviews · published 2004 · 5 editions
    A thriller with a very convincing plot chock-full …

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    Book 6

    Dead on Arrival
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    3.61     · 36 Ratings · 4 Reviews · published 1999 · 5 editions
    Witness to a brutal murder in London's Docklands, …

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    Book 7

    Skeleton at the Feast
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    3.51     · 61 Ratings · 8 Reviews · published 2000 · 3 editions
    Book by Hall, Patricia

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    Book 8

    Deep Freeze
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    3.42     · 33 Ratings · 5 Reviews · published 2002 · 7 editions
    Yorkshire newspaper reporter Laura Ackroyd and DCI…

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    Book 9

    Death in Dark Waters
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    3.55     · 29 Ratings · 7 Reviews · published 2002 · 13 editions
    The Carib Club is one of Bradfield's most popular …

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    Book 10

    Dead Reckoning
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    3.67     · 36 Ratings · 6 Reviews · published 2003 · 12 editions
    Earnshaw’s mill is one of the last remnants of Bra…

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    Book 11

    False Witness
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    3.65     · 31 Ratings · 2 Reviews · published 2004 · 9 editions
    A teacher is bludgeoned to death and a volatile bl…

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    Book 12

    Sins of the Fathers
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    3.69     · 29 Ratings · 2 Reviews · published 2006 · 7 editions
    A young boy running for his life through the snow,…

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    Book 13

    Death in a Far Country
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    3.60     · 35 Ratings · 4 Reviews · published 2007 · 7 editions
    The dark of the night. Two girls are running for t…

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    Book 14

    By Death Divided
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    3.89     · 35 Ratings · 7 Reviews · published 2008 · 9 editions
    Laura Ackroyd, the journalist girlfriend of DCI Th…

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    Book 15

    Devil's Game
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    3.62     · 32 Ratings · 3 Reviews · published 2009 · 6 editions
    Karen Bastable is a woman longing for more excitem…

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    Book 16

    Dust to Dust
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    4.06     · 16 Ratings · 1 Reviews · published 2011 · 2 editions
    To DCI Michael Thackeray's dismay, reporter Laura …

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