The Last Word
- Published
- 23 April 2024
- Pages
- 352
- ISBN-13
- 9780063374720
- Type
- novel
About this book
Published in April 2024, The Last Word rounds out the quartet with a return to comic, meta-fictional territory, built around a murdered obituary writer and a novel stranger than the crime itself.
Key facts about The Last Word
The Last Word is a novel by Elly Griffiths. Readers have had it since 23 April 2024. It runs to 352 pages.
Our list holds 3 editions of The Last Word. Since each edition has its own ISBN, search for 9780063374720 to find the main one.
The Last Word is book 4 of 4 in the Harbinder Kaur series. The series has 4 published books. However, the series starts with The Stranger Diaries (2018). It is also the latest book in the series with a full release date.
Additionally, Elly Griffiths writes Ruth Galloway, The Brighton Mysteries (Stephens & Mephisto) and A Girl Called Justice, plus 1 more series. Those series sit on our mystery, middle grade and historical mystery shelves. Meanwhile, The Case of the Christmas Card is the latest published Elly Griffiths book on file, from 8 October 2026.
About Elly Griffiths
Elly Griffiths is the pen name of British novelist Domenica de Rosa, who worked in publishing and wrote several novels under her own name before turning to crime fiction. See every Elly Griffiths book in order.
Its place in Harbinder Kaur
The Last Word is book 4 in the Harbinder Kaur series. It follows Bleeding Heart Yard. See the full Harbinder Kaur reading order.
DS Harbinder Kaur is a British Sikh detective working the Sussex coast, sharp-tongued, dryly funny, and quietly navigating a life she's never fully come out about to her traditional family. Elly Griffiths built this series to be more genre-restless than Ruth Galloway: The Stranger Diaries (2018) is a Gothic-inflected campus mystery centered on a murdered English teacher's cursed short story, narrated in part through diary entries; The Postscript Murders (2020) is a lighter, more comic cozy mystery about a…
Editions
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9780063374720
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9780063374744
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9781529433432