This list of Lucy Foley books in order brings together her historical fiction, mystery thrillers, Miss Marple novel, and short fiction. Foley is best known for atmospheric ensemble mysteries such as The Guest List and The Hunting Party, but she began her writing career with three historical novels.
Settings are central to Foley’s work, from the Italian Riviera and occupied Istanbul to isolated islands, Scottish estates, and Parisian apartments. Her books often pair glamorous locations with old secrets, tense relationships, and the growing suspicion that someone in the group can’t be trusted.
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- Lucy Foley Historical Fiction Books
- Lucy Foley Mystery-Thriller Books
- Lucy Foley’s Miss Marple Contributions
- Lucy Foley Book Adaptations
- About Lucy Foley
Lucy Foley Historical Fiction Books
- The Book of Lost and Found (2015)
- The Invitation (2016)
- Last Letter from Istanbul (2018)
These novels are unrelated standalones, so they can be read in any order. I’d start with The Book of Lost and Found if you want to follow Foley’s career from the beginning. If you came for her murder mysteries, though, you can skip directly to The Hunting Party without missing anything.
Lucy Foley Mystery-Thriller Books
- The Hunting Party (2019)
- The Guest List (2020)
- The Paris Apartment (2022)
- The Midnight Feast (2024)
Foley’s four mystery thrillers are also unrelated standalones with no recurring characters or continuing plotlines. I recommend publication order if you want to see how her approach to ensemble mysteries develops, but it isn’t required. In my view, The Guest List is the strongest starting point for a reader who wants the style Foley is best known for.
Lucy Foley’s Miss Marple Contributions
Foley first contributed “Evil in Small Places” to an authorized anthology featuring twelve Miss Marple stories by twelve different writers. She was later selected by Agatha Christie Limited and HarperCollins to write a fully authorized Miss Marple novel. Both works are separate from Foley’s original standalones.
- Evil in Small Places (2022) (Short Story) (found in Marple: Twelve New Mysteries)
- Murder at the Grand Alpine Hotel (2026)
“Evil in Small Places” stands on its own, so I don’t think it is required reading before Murder at the Grand Alpine Hotel.
Lucy Foley Book Adaptations
Screen projects have been announced for four of Foley’s mystery thrillers.
- The Guest List: A limited series in development with Best Day Ever. Foley is attached as an executive producer.
- The Paris Apartment: A television adaptation in development after an earlier feature-film version was planned.
- The Midnight Feast: A television adaptation in development at Universal International Studios. Foley is attached as an executive producer.
- The Hunting Party: A feature-film adaptation in early development with producer Mark Roybal and wiip.
Screen projects can change or stall, so I’d treat these as development announcements rather than finished adaptations.
About Lucy Foley
Lucy Foley is a British novelist who studied English literature at Durham University and University College London. Before writing full time, she worked for several years as a fiction editor in the publishing industry.
Foley began with historical fiction before moving into contemporary murder mysteries with The Hunting Party. The Guest List was selected for Reese’s Book Club, and she later contributed “Evil in Small Places” to the authorized Marple anthology. I think the genre shift is one reason her bibliography is more interesting than it first appears: readers who know only the thrillers have three very different earlier novels to discover.
Foley has said she approaches each project by trying to write the kind of book she would want to discover as a reader. She lives in London.
Looking for more books in order?
If you want more thriller authors and reading-order guides like this one, start with my Thriller Books in Order index.
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I don’t have a favourite author but between Roald Dahl and David Walliams I prefer Dahl.
Of these 6 books, which one is most loved by many people?