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  • Bibliography:
    16 Books (2 Series)
  • First Book:
    July 2004
  • Latest Book:
    November 2021
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Full Series List in Order

A County Guides Mystery

1 - The Norfolk Mystery (Nov-2013)
2 - Death in Devon (May-2016)
3 - Westmorland Alone (Nov-2016)

A Mobile Library Mystery

1 - The Case of the Missing Books (Jan-2007)
2 - Mr. Dixon Disappears (Jul-2007)
3 - The Book Stops Here (Aug-2008)
4 - The Bad Book Affair (Jan-2010)

Book List in Order: 16 titles



  • The Impartial Recorder is an extraordinary book about ordinary people in a small town in the middle of nowhere. It may be the only funny book you will ever read about the weather. And the only novel that comes with its own handy index to help guid...



  • Israel Armstrong is a passionate soul, lured to Ireland by the promise of an exciting new career. Alas, the job that awaits him is not quite what he had in mind. Still, Israel is not one to dwell on disappointment, as he prepares to drive a mobile li...



  • Mr. Dixon a member of the Ulster Association of Magicians, has gone missing--along with one hundred thousand pounds in cash. Israel Armstrong, bighearted and overly inquisitive, should stick to delivering library books to out-of-the-way readers and n...



  • Disgruntled, disheveled, fish-out-of-water mobile librarian Israel Armstrong is finally going home to London, rattling along with his irascible companion Ted Carson in their rust bucket book van en route to the Mobile Meet. The annual library convent...




  • Israel Armstrong--the hapless duffle coat wearing, navel-gazing librarian who solves crimes and domestic problems whilst driving a mobile library around the north coast of Ireland--finds himself on the brink of thirty. But any celebration, planned or...



  • A warm, humane, and sharply observed tale of small town life that is by equal turns hilarious and moving.Big Davey Jones is coming home. He's been gone almost 20 years now, but nobody's forgotten him. Davey's a local hero â€" his miracle birth as the...



  • Love Miss Marple? Adore Holmes and Watson? Professor Morley's guide to Norfolk is a story of bygone England: quaint villages, eccentric locals--and murder ... It is 1937, and disillusioned Spanish Civil War veteran Stephen Sefton is broke. So when...



  • Love Miss Marple? Adore Holmes and Watson? Professor Morley's guide to Devon is a story of bygone England; quaint villages, eccentric locals and murder Swanton Morely, the People's Professor, sets off for Devon to continue his history of England,...






  • Welcome to Westmorland. Perhaps the most scenic county in England! Home of the poets! Land of the great artists! District of the Great Lakes! And the scene of a mysterious crime . . . Swanton Morley, the People’s Professor, once again sets off in h...



  • Welcome to Westmorland. Perhaps the most scenic county in England! Home of the poets! Land of the great artists! District of the Great Lakes! And the scene of a mysterious crime.... Swanton Morley, the People’s Professor, once again sets off in ...



  • 'Beautifully crafted by Sansom, Professor Morley promises to become a little gem of English crime writing; sample him now' Daily Mail October 1937. Swanton Morley, the People's Professor, sets off to Essex to continue his history of England, The Coun...





  • From Beachy Head to Brighton, and from Chichester to Rye, Flaming Sussex sees our intrepid trio plunge once again into the dark heart of England''Beautifully crafted by Sansom, Professor Morley promises to become a little gem of English crime writing...



  • I don’t recall if I saw my first gunman in my childhood nightmares or on my childhood streets.There were plenty in both and they looked very much like each other. So begins Reggie Chamberlain-King’s introduction to The Black Dreams, a thrilling ...




Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Ian Sansom has published 16 books.

Ian Sansom does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, December Stories 2, was published in November 2021.

The first book by Ian Sansom, Impartial Recorder, was published in July 2004.

Yes. Ian Sansom has 2 series.