Patricia Hall Books In Order
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Death by Election | (1993) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Dying Fall | (1995) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
In the Bleak Midwinter | (1995) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Perils Of The Night | (1997) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Italian Girl | (1998) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Dead on Arrival | (1999) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Skeleton at the Feast | (2000) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Deep Freeze | (2002) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Death in Dark Waters | (2002) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Dead Reckoning | (2003) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
False Witness | (2004) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Sins of the Fathers | (2006) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Death in a Far Country | (2007) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
By Death Divided | (2008) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Devil's Game | (2009) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Dust to Dust | (2011) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of Kate O'Donnell Books
Dead Beat | (2011) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Death Trap | (2012) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Dressed to Kill | (2013) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Blood Brothers | (2014) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Deep Waters | (2017) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Playing with Fire | (2018) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Cover Up | (2019) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of Standalone Novels
The Poison Pool | (1991) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Coldness of Killers | (1992) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Masks of Darkness | (2003) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of Ready-to-Read Level 3 Books
Creepy-Crawly Birthday | (1991) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Pinky and Rex and the Mean Old Witch | (1991) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Pinky and Rex Go To Camp | (1992) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Pinky and Rex Get Married | (1993) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Mitchell Is Moving | (1996) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Harriet Tubman and the Freedom Train | (2003) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Amelia Earhart: More Than a Flier | (2003) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Teddy Roosevelt: The People's President | (2004) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Vampire Bunny | (2004) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Who's Afraid of Granny Wolf? | (2004) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Clara Barton: Spirit of the American Red Cross | (2004) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Davy Crockett: A Life on the Frontier | (2004) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
John Adams Speaks for Freedom | (2005) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Albert Einstein: Genius of the Twentieth Century | (2005) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Susan B. Anthony | (2005) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
From Slave to Soldier: Based on a True Civil War Story | (2005) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Billy and the Rebel: Based on a True Civil War Story | (2006) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Invasion of the Pig Sisters | (2006) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Abigail Adams: First Lady of the American Revolution | (2006) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Max & Mo Go Apple Picking | (2007) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Snack Attack | (2008) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Trucks | (2009) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Sojourner Truth: Path to Glory | (2010) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Dog That Dug for Dinosaurs | (2012) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The One-Eyed People Eater: The Story of Cyclops | (2014) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Sparky and Tidbit | (2015) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Innings and Outs of Baseball | (2015) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Thrills and Chills of Amusement Parks | (2015) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Rabbid of the Sea | (2015) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Pulling Back the Curtain on Magic! | (2015) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Explosive Story of Fireworks! | (2015) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Explosive Story of Fireworks! | (2015) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Rabbids at the Museum | (2015) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Day at the Fair | (2015) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Cool Story Behind Snow | (2015) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Sugary Secrets Behind Candy | (2015) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Zach and Lucy and the Museum of Natural Wonders | (2016) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Zach and Lucy and the Yoga Zoo | (2016) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
How Airplanes Get from Here . . . to There! | (2016) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Attack of the Zombie Rabbids | (2016) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Unmasking the Science of Superpowers! | (2016) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Looking Up!: The Science of Stargazing | (2017) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Secret Agents! Sharks! Ghost Armies!: World War II | (2017) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Founding Fathers Were Spies!: Revolutionary War | (2017) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Heroes Who Risked Everything for Freedom: Civil War | (2017) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Fearless Flyers, Dazzle Painters, and Code Talkers!: World War I | (2018) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
You Can't Bring a Sandwich to the Moon . . . and Other Stories about Space!: Space Age | (2018) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Crayola! The Secrets of the Cool Colors and Hot Hues | (2018) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Harlem Globetrotters Present the Points Behind Basketball | (2018) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Mount Rushmore's Hidden Room and Other Monumental Secrets: Monuments and Landmarks | (2018) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of Ready-to-Read Level 2 Books
Romulus and Remus | (1981) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Helen Keller and the Big Storm | (2002) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Abe Lincoln and the Muddy Pig | (2002) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Betsy Ross and the Silver Thimble | (2002) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Sacagawea and the Bravest Deed | (2002) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Thomas Edison to the Rescue! | (2003) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Paul Revere and the Bell Ringers | (2003) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Babe Ruth and the Ice Cream Mess | (2004) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Practice Makes Perfect | (2004) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Annie Oakley Saves the Day | (2004) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
George Washington's First Victory | (2005) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Party on, America! | (2005) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Jackie Robinson and the Big Game | (2006) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Space Case | (2006) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Eleanor Roosevelt and the Scary Basement | (2006) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Thomas Jefferson and the Ghostriders | (2008) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Smurfs: Off To School! | (2011) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
A Very Clumsy Tale | (2011) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Ruby's New Home | (2011) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Snow Giant | (2011) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Pigeon Hero! | (2012) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Really Rotten Princess | (2012) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Jamie to the Rescue! | (2012) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Here Come the Croods | (2013) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Lesson for Martin Luther King Jr. | (2013) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Really Rotten Princess and the Cupcake Catastrophe | (2013) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Tara and Tiree, Fearless Friends | (2014) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Do Not Open! | (2014) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
All About the Dragons | (2014) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Dragon Mountain Adventure | (2014) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Walter the Baker | (2014) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Kung Fu Road Trip | (2014) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Gabe: The Dog Who Sniffs Out Danger | (2014) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Sadie: The Dog Who Finds the Evidence | (2014) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Surprise, Trojans! | (2014) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
How to Pick Your Dragon | (2015) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Tip's Tips on Friendship | (2015) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
You Got a Rock, Charlie Brown! | (2015) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Time for School, Charlie Brown | (2015) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Hamster Holmes, A Mystery Comes Knocking | (2015) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Tiny Seed | (2015) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
How to Defend Your Dragon | (2015) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Stella: The Dog with the Big Heart | (2015) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Panda School | (2015) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Hamster Holmes, Combing for Clues | (2015) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
You've Got Talent, Charlie Brown | (2015) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Berkley, the Terrible Sleeper | (2015) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
How to Raise Three Dragons | (2015) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Old Friends, New Friends | (2015) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Hooray for Reading! | (2015) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Going to Grandma's | (2015) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Leaf Dance | (2015) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Sealed with a Kick | (2015) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Happy Valentine's Day, Charlie Brown! | (2015) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Make a Trade, Charlie Brown! | (2015) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Living in . . . Brazil | (2016) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Hamster Holmes, On the Right Track | (2016) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Living in . . . Italy | (2016) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
How to Build a Dragon Fort | (2016) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Peppermint Patty Goes to Camp | (2016) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
How to Track a Dragon | (2016) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Living in . . . Mexico | (2016) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Living in . . . China | (2016) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Lucy Knows Best | (2016) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Thankfulness Is Awesomeness | (2016) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Living in . . . India | (2016) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Living in . . . South Africa | (2016) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Linus Gets Glasses | (2016) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Living in . . . Australia | (2017) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Living in . . . Egypt | (2017) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Best Video Game Ever | (2017) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Alvin and the Superheroes | (2017) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Autumn Festival Fun | (2017) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Living in . . . South Korea | (2017) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Campout Challenge | (2017) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Juliet Saves the Day! | (2018) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Snoopy and Woodstock | (2018) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Living in . . . Russia | (2018) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
A Parrot in the Painting | (2018) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
A Raccoon at the White House | (2018) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Keith's Story | (2018) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
When Migo Met Smallfoot | (2018) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Fun Dad | (2018) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
A Puppy for Helen Keller | (2018) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Jump Shot | (2018) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
First Pitch | (2018) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Hamster Holmes, A Bit Stumpe | (2019) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Cat Who Ruled the Town | (2019) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Starry, Starry Night | (2019) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Journey to Pluto | (2019) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
If You Love Dolphins, You Could Be... | (2019) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
If You Love Video Games, You Could Be... | (2019) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Snoopy, First Beagle on the Moon! | (2019) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Breakaway | (2019) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
A Sea Otter to the Rescue | (2019) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Mission to the Moon! | (2019) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Come Sit with Me | (2019) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Gobble Up, Snoopy! | (2019) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Christmas Is Here! | (2019) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
If You Love Fashion, You Could Be... | (2019) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Sunspot's Night Out | (2019) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Hamster Holmes, Afraid of the Dark? | (2019) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Slap Shot | (2019) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
When I Grow Up: Habit 2 | (2019) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Just the Way I Am: Habit 1 | (2019) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
A Pony with Her Writer | (2019) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
If You Love Cooking, You Could Be... | (2019) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Hamster Holmes, A Big-Time Puzzle | (2019) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
No Rest for the Easter Beagle | (2020) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Every Day Is Earth Day | (2020) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Match Point | (2020) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Duck Stays in the Truck | (2020) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Pool Party! | (2020) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
If You Love Robots, You Could Be... | (2020) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Water, Water Everywhere | (2020) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Dive In | (2020) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Sharks Can't Smile! | (2020) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Tigers Can't Purr! | (2020) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Goob and His Grandpa: Habit 7 | (2020) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Let's Go to the Library! | (2020) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Really Rotten Princess and the Awful, Icky Election | (2020) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
If You Love Books, You Could Be... | (2020) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Polar Bear Fur Isn't White! | (2020) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Twinkle, Twinkle, Sparkly Star | (2020) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Twinkle and the Fairy Cake Mess | (2020) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Space Traveler Sally Brown | (2020) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Alligators and Crocodiles Can't Chew! | (2021) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
World's Worst Family? | (2021) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Journey to Miami! | (2021) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Twinkle and the Fairy Flower Garden | (2021) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Snakes Smell with Their Tongues! | (2021) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
A Snoopy Tale | (2021) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
When Snoopy Met Woodstock | (2021) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Chicken House | (2021) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Elephants Don't Like Ants! | (2021) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Nest Friends | (2021) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Twinkle and the Wishing Wand | (2021) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Twinkle Flies High! | (2021) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
A Whale of a Tea Party | (2021) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Snoopy on the Job | (2021) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Click, Clack Rainy Day | (2022) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Icky, Sticky Slime! | (2022) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Going Buggy! | (2022) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
When Whales Fly | (2022) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Really Rotten Princess and the Wonderful, Wicked Class Play | (2022) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
A Backyard Pet | (2022) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
What's That Smell? | (2022) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Twinkle Makes Music | (2022) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
What's in Your Body? | (2022) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Into the Deep! | (2023) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Flashback to the . . . Fly '90s! | (2023) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Flashback to the . . . Awesome '80s! | (2023) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Mission at the Museum | (2023) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Meet Twitch and Thrash! | (2023) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
It's Optimus Prime Time! | (2023) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Night Creatures! | (2023) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Time for the Vet, Snoopy! | (2023) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Flashback to the . . . Chill 2000s! | (2023) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Author and journalist Maureen O’Connor was born in the year 1957, and uses the pen name Patricia Hall to publish her novels. She was raised in West Yorkshire, where she was also born. Hall sets her acclaimed series starring reporter Laura Ackroyd and DCI Michael Thackeray here.
Early on, she was surrounded by books, which she devoured voraciously. An abiding memory of hers is getting away from her two lively little sisters with her new read. She would later tell and write stories just as soon as she could start putting each of the words together.
When she was just thirteen, she made the decision that she wanted to be a journalist, something that did not go over too well with her teachers. They did not see this as being a suitable job for a woman to have, especially not one that was well-brought up and from a prestigious girls’ school. She still pursued the career, as she has always had a disinclination to listen to advice, and talked her way onto the Yorkshire Post in Leeds when she was only eighteen.
She was persuaded reluctantly to take a place to read English at Birmingham University one year later. She would spend as much time working on the student newspaper, which she would eventually edit, as she studied Shakespeare and all the rest.
She never regretted going here, as she met her future husband here, and would land a traineeship on the Guardian. It also got her entry to the career she actually wanted.
Now, she lives in Oxford and has two grown up sons and is married. She writes mystery novels, the first of which, “Death by Election”, was released in the year 1993. She writes the “Kate O’Donnell” series and the “Ackroyd and Thackeray” series.
“Death by Election” is the first novel in the “Ackroyd and Thackeray” series, which was released in the year 1993. There is a hotly contested parliamentary by election raging on in Bradfield. It is much to the delight of Laura Ackroyd (a newspaper reporter) who knows both the town and its politics better than any of the self-styled experts that have just got off of the London train. Balancing the job is her relationship with her politically active and wry grandmother and an old boyfriend coming back from the bright lights in London.
Laura’s workload starts to get heavier, however, as she gets assigned more news stories that follow. One is of the police investigating an unidentified body found on the moors, the hints of certain dirty dealings in the town hall’s back rooms, and a student campaign to “out” different public figures.
As Laura diligently peels back the facade of each of the stories, she finds all kinds of new and old indiscretions, a disturbing amount of violence, and some emotional blackmail. Her investigation reveals a common link that ties each event together. It brings her to Inspector Michael Thackeray’s, a reserved and attractive man, attention. As well as to the attention of the killer, too.
“Dying Fall” is the second novel in the “Ackroyd and Thackeray” series, which was released in the year 1994. A major heat wave hits Bradfield, Yorkshire, which ratchets up the tensions in the crime-ridden council estate known by the name of the Heights. The recent grievance is the youths going for nightly joy-rides racing around in cars they have stolen around the residential streets. Reports surface of kids being assaulted, and Inspector Michael Thackeray sends an undercover cop in. There is a young girl murdered, however, and the unease of the residents soon turns to anger.
Covering this situation is Laura Ackroyd, and she notices some similarities between this recent death and one that happened a decade back. She has been researching Stephen Webster’s case, who was found guilty of killing his step-sister, for a television show that is reexamining the case. For a decade, Stephen has been in jail, could he have been innocent all this time, or could someone be playing a sick game of copycat?
Working different angles of the case, Thackeray and Ackroyd face fraud, deceit, and broken loyalties while they explore their growing attraction to one another.
“In the Bleak Midwinter” is the third novel in the “Ackroyd and Thackeray” series, which was released in the year 1995. During a bitter winter in Yorkshire, Bradfield’s Chief Inspector Michael Thackeray is called upon to investigate Linda Wright’s death, this young real estate agent was found drowned in a nearby reservoir in her own car.
Laura, whose relationship with Michael is too close to be friendship and too precarious to be an affair, has just transferred out of Bradfield and into the close by town of Arnedale. She does this to work at their local paper for a few months, and has gotten a bit of a frosty welcome from the locals. Quickly, she finds a link between the story that she is working about corruption in Linda’s death and some local land deals.
Then there is another woman murdered, and this time it is somebody directly involved in protesting the land’s development. Thackeray and Ackroyd, who cross paths personally as well as in their respective professions, are going to pursue the solution in this absorbing case all the way to its deadly conclusion.
“Perils of the Night” is the fourth novel in the “Ackroyd and Thackeray” series, which was released in the year 1997. Laura’s rash acceptance of a hazardous assignment from her editor at the Bradfield Gazette gets her into some hot water in many ways. While out to cover the hookers in this Yorkshire town’s red light district, she dresses up to try and be inconspicuous and winds up arrested for soliciting. To be found in the cells and rescued by Michael Thackeray (who she has a tumultuous relationship with) is just humiliating.
If that were not bad enough, a young woman’s body is found just a few hundred yards away and just a few short hours later. It turns her assignment of a simple story about prostitution into a proposition much more treacherous.
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