Per "Kirkus Reviews", the early novels in this series had their American publication later than in the UK, which published the first in 1998, the second in 2000, and the third, "Morality for Beautiful Girls", in 2001. The first three novels appeared in 2002 in the USA. In their review of the first novel in the series, "Kirkus Reviews" notes that "The first American publication of this 1999 debut has been preceded by two special Booker citations and two sequels, "Tears of the Giraffe" (2000) and "Morality for Beautiful Girls" (2001), both forthcoming in the series."