Sally Spencer

Sally Spencer is a pseudonym adopted by the famous English author Alan Rustage for writing some oh his mystery and thriller novel series'. He was born on January 01, 1949 in The United Kingdom and spent most of his growing years in the northern region of England. Under the pen name, Sally has written a total of four novel series comprising of around 35 novels in all between them.

The best place to start is the Marston Trilogy series, the earliest of Sally Spencer's multi-book series: it opens with Salt of the Earth (1994) and runs to 3 books across 1994–1996, ending with Those Golden Days (1996). Sally Spencer's other series stand alone, so they can be read in any order.

Sally Spencer has 65 books catalogued in this guide, published between 1994 and 2023. 54 of them belong to 7 named series — the largest being the Chief Inspector Woodend series with 20 books — and 11 are standalone titles, collections or anthologies.

Read each series in publication order — the numbered entries in each series follow the year each book first appeared. Sally Spencer's series do not depend on one another, so they can be started in any order; by start date they are Marston Trilogy (1994–1996, 3 books), London (1995–1998, 2 books) and Chief Inspector Woodend (1998–2008, 20 books), plus 4 more.

This guide splits Sally Spencer's 65 books into 7 named series and 11 titles that stand alone or appear only in collections: Chief Inspector Woodend (20 books, 1998–2008); Monika Paniatowski (15 books, 2009–2023); Inspector Sam Blackstone (10 books, 2003–2013); Jennie Redhead Mystery (3 books, 2017–2020); Marston Trilogy (3 books, 1994–1996), plus 2 further series.