Who This Author Is

Ann Granger has enough depth here to be more than a raw catalog rollup. This page pulls together 29 catalog-linked books across 1991 to 2024, which makes it easier to separate the strongest starting points from the noisier editions. The clearest lane here leans toward Mystery & Thriller, Young Readers & Series Fiction.

Best for readers who want pace, suspense, and a shelf that rewards straightforward starting points. If you want the easiest first click, start with Murderer's Apprentice and branch outward from there. UPB note: the strongest documented run here lands between 1991 to 2024; the most common copies on this page tend to come from Headline Publishing Group and Harpercollins.

Best Place To Start

Murderer's Apprentice

Headline Publishing Group • 2019 • longer commitment

It helps anchor a specific period of this author’s publishing run instead of blending into the undated shelf clutter.

Author At A Glance

Best known for: Mystery & Thriller entry points • Young Readers & Series Fiction entry points • common used copies from Headline Publishing Group and Harpercollins

Genres and themes: Mystery & Thriller • Young Readers & Series Fiction • Classics & Literary Fiction

Who this author is best for: readers who want pace, suspense, and a shelf that rewards straightforward starting points

UPB note: the strongest documented run here lands between 1991 to 2024; the most common copies on this page tend to come from Headline Publishing Group and Harpercollins.

Top Books To Start With

  1. Murderer's Apprentice

    Headline Publishing Group • 2019 • longer commitment

    UPB note: one of the most common used-copy publishers for this author • year signal: 2019 • 352 pages.

  2. Rattling the Bones

    Headline Publishing Group • 2007 • longer commitment

    UPB note: one of the most common used-copy publishers for this author • year signal: 2007 • 384 pages.

  3. Risking It All (A Fran Varady Crime Novel)

    Headline Book Publishing • 2002 • standard commitment

    UPB note: year signal: 2002 • 320 pages.

  4. A Word after Dying

    Harpercollins • 1999 • standard commitment

    UPB note: year signal: 1999 • 296 pages.

  5. Call the Dead Again (Meredith and Markby Mysteries)

    St Martins Pr • 1999 • standard commitment

    UPB note: year signal: 1999 • 250 pages.

  6. Running Scared

    Thorndike Pr • 1999 • longer commitment

    UPB note: year signal: 1999 • 383 pages.

  7. The Elements Of Social Scientific Thinking

    St Martins Pr • 1999 • standard commitment

    readers who want one of the clearer starting points on this page

  8. Asking for Trouble

    Thorndike Pr • 1998 • longer commitment

    UPB note: year signal: 1998 • 350 pages.

  9. A Touch of Mortality

    St Martins Pr • 1997 • standard commitment

    UPB note: year signal: 1997 • 249 pages.

  10. Asking for Trouble/Fran Varady

    Headline • 1997 • standard commitment

    UPB note: year signal: 1997 • 312 pages.

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