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Andee Lawrence

by Susan Lewis

The Andee Lawrence series by Susan Lewis has 5 known books (5 published). It is best read in publication order, starting with Behind Closed Doors (2014).

Books
5 known books (5 novels)
Published
5
First published
2014
Status
completed
Shelved under
Mystery & Crime
Start here: Behind Closed Doors (2014) — then read straight through in publication order.
Book one
Cover of Behind Closed Doors
Behind Closed Doors (2014)

Reading order

The date order of published books and any announced future entries — the default way to read the series.

  1. Behind Closed Doors

    Novel
    Behind Closed Doors opens Susan Lewis' Andee Lawrence series in 2014, introducing the former Kesterly-on-Sea detective turned private investigator as she investigates claims that could reopen a decades-old miscarriage of justice. It runs 354 pages and precedes The Girl Who Came Back.
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  2. The Girl Who Came Back

    Novel
    At 419 pages, The Girl Who Came Back is the longest entry in Andee Lawrence, appearing in 2016 as Andee's missing-persons and cold-case work continues to pull her back into contact with her old police colleagues.
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  3. The Moment She Left

    Novel
    Released in 2017, The Moment She Left sends Andee into a new case built around disappearance and the damage secrets do to families over time, sitting between The Girl Who Came Back and Hiding in Plain Sight in the reading order. It runs 400 pages.
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  4. Hiding in Plain Sight

    Novel
    The fourth entry in the Andee Lawrence series, Hiding in Plain Sight was published in 2017 -- the same year as The Moment She Left -- and runs 416 pages, continuing Susan Lewis' Kesterly-on-Sea set investigations into buried family secrets.
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  5. Believe In Me

    Novel
    Believe In Me closes out the published run of Andee Lawrence to date, following Hiding in Plain Sight in 2018 with another case rooted in deception and long-buried family secrets in Andee's small West Country town. It runs 400 pages.
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Key facts about the Andee Lawrence series

Our list has 5 books in the Andee Lawrence series. Since all 5 are out now, you can read the whole list today.

Start with Behind Closed Doors, since it opens the publication order in 2014. The Girl Who Came Back is book 2, from 2016. The Moment She Left is book 3, from 2017.

Hiding in Plain Sight is book 4, from 2017. Believe In Me is book 5, from 2018.

The list keeps the books in date order, while each title links to its own page. Each book page shows its dates and editions. Since the catalogue marks the series as complete, we list no next book.

The books came out between 2014 and 2018, while their length runs from 354 to 419 pages. That is a run of 4 years.

Susan Lewis has 40 books on our list. Additionally, they write Laurie Forbes and Elliott Russell, No Child of Mine and Cristy Ward. We shelve the books under crime fiction.

About the Andee Lawrence series

Andee Lawrence is a former Kesterly-on-Sea detective turned private investigator whose cases pull her back into contact with her old police colleagues as she works missing-persons and cold-case investigations that dig up long-buried family secrets in her small West Country town. Behind Closed Doors (2014) introduces Andee investigating claims that could reopen a decades-old miscarriage of justice; the four books that follow -- The Girl Who Came Back (2016), The Moment She Left (2017), Hiding in Plain Sight (2017) and Believe In Me (2018) -- each send her into a new case built around disappearance, deception and the damage secrets do to families over time.

The series is one of several strands in Susan Lewis' large body of work that lean toward crime and psychological suspense rather than the family-drama register of her broader standalone backlist, sharing Kesterly-on-Sea as a setting with several of her standalone thrillers.

Frequently asked questions

How many Andee Lawrence books are there?

Five: Behind Closed Doors (2014), The Girl Who Came Back (2016), The Moment She Left (2017), Hiding in Plain Sight (2017), and Believe In Me (2018).

Does Andee Lawrence appear in any of Susan Lewis' other books?

Yes -- she appears in the standalone novel Home Truths (2019), which is set in the same Kesterly-on-Sea world but isn't numbered as part of this series.

Is Andee Lawrence a police detective?

She's a former detective turned private investigator, working cases in and around the fictional town of Kesterly-on-Sea.

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