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  • Bibliography:
    24 Books (3 Series)
  • First Book:
    September 2004
  • Latest Book:
    August 2024
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Full Series List in Order

Blaze: Dog Detective

1 - The Magic Flag Mystery (Sep-2020)

Patrick de Courvoisier

1 - The Case of the Black Pearl (Jul-2014)
2 - The Case of the Missing Madonna (Jan-2016)

Rhona MacLeod

1 - Driftnet (Nov-2006)
2 - Torch (Sep-2004)
3 - Deadly Code (Aug-2007)
4 - Dark Flight (May-2008)
5 - Easy Kill (Sep-2008)
6 - Final Cut (Aug-2009)
7 - The Reborn (Aug-2011)
8 - Picture Her Dead (Nov-2011)
9 - Paths of the Dead (Aug-2014)
10 - The Special Dead (Nov-2015)
11 - None but the Dead (Aug-2016)
12 - Follow the Dead (Aug-2017)
13 - Sins of the Dead (Aug-2018)
14 - Time for the Dead (Aug-2019)
15 - The Innocent Dead (Nov-2020)
16 - The Killing Tide (Aug-2021)

Book List in Order: 24 titles



  • When a young homeless girl dies in the latest of a string of arson attacks, Dr Rhona Macleod is called in. But here in Edinburgh she is off her patch - the Chief Fire Investigator is hot-tempered misogynist Severino Macrae, and he doesn't like to los...




  • The first in the gritty, atmospheric Rhona Macleod crime series. Perfect for fans of Ian Rankin. 'The boy who had been abused and strangled in that hideous little room looked so like her, he could have been her brother...' A teenage boy is foun...



  • " The left foot had been severed from the leg ten centimetres below the patella. Both fibula and tibia bones were divided at the same place. All the toes were intact, although the nails had disintegrated or been eaten off during the foot's time in th...



  • 'The face that stared at him through the glass was his mum's, but it didn't look like her. Stephen's mouth dropped open and real fear grabbed his stomach. His mum's face was chalk white, her mouth twisted in pain. Behind her was a dark shadow. Stephe...



  • One grave. Two bodies. How many more?

    A young woman - a prostitute - has been brutally slain and left across a grave in Glasgow's sprawling cemetery, the Necropolis. Rhona Macleod, called in to carry out forensic investigations, has no doubt...



  • Where the hell had the kid found a human skull? McNab heard an intake of breath behind him as someone else made out the shape in the torchlight. A metre away now, McNab crouched on a level with the child. 'Where did you find that, Emma?' he said s...



  • The clown suddenly appeared beside a group of kids at the candy floss van, bringing Kira to an abrupt halt. Then it began. The rapid heartbeat, the burst of perspiration, the gasping breath. The baby lurched inside her, as though sharing her panic...



  • She began to scrape at the mortar. A few minutes later she was able to prise the edge of the brick loose. The resulting rush of foetid air made her gag, but she focussed her torch beam on the enlarged hole and peered inside.
    Her eyes widened in...






  • Introducing glamorous private investigator Patrick de Courvoisier in this stylish new mystery series. Content to leave his controversial past behind him and enjoy a more relaxed, hedonistic lifestyle on a converted houseboat in the glamorous Frenc...



  • A brutal slaying is the first move in a ritualistic killer's twisted game. Paths of the Dead is the ninth novel in Lin Anderson's Glasgow-set forensic crime series featuring Rhona MacLeod.'One of the most satisfying characters in modern crime fiction...



  • A night of passion leads into an occult nightmare â€" and more lives are at risk. The Special Dead is the thrilling tenth book in Lin Anderson's Glasgow-set forensic crime series featuring Rhona MacLeod.'One of the most satisfying characters in moder...



  • Private investigator Patrick de Courvoisier unearths a shocking wartime secret in this stylish Cannes-based mystery series. Brother Robert from the abbey on St Honorat, a picturesque island off the French coast, has requested Patrick de Courvoisie...



  • On an isolated Scottish island, a secretive community is forced to face the darkness of its past. None but the Dead is the thrilling eleventh book in Lin Anderson's forensic crime series featuring Rhona MacLeod.'One of the most satisfying characters ...



  • A plane crash, a missing person â€" and a girl abducted. Follow the Dead is the thrilling twelfth book in Lin Anderson's forensic crime series featuring Rhona MacLeod.'One of the most satisfying characters in modern crime fiction' â€" Daily MailOn ho...



  • WINNER OF THE CWA SHORT STORY DAGGER. In Bloody Scotland a selection of Scotland''s best crime writers use the sinister side of the country''s built heritage in stories that are by turns gripping, chilling and redemptive.Stellar contributor...



  • While illegally street racing in the underground tunnels of Glasgow, four Harley-Davidson riders make a horrifying discovery: a dead man left in the darkness, hands together on his chest as if peacefully laid to rest. The cause of death is unclear, t...



  • Still recovering from her previous case, Rhona MacLeod must investigate a series of brutal killings on the Isle of Skye. Time for the Dead is the fourteenth book in Lin Anderson's forensic crime series.'One of the most satisfying characters in modern...







  • Forty-five years ago, a young girl went missing. Now, a body is found. The Innocent Dead is the fifteenth book in Lin Anderson's Glasgow-set forensic crime series featuring Rhona MacLeod.'One of the most satisfying characters in modern crime fiction'...



  • An abandoned ship sweeps ashore in the Orkney Isles â€" and a global conspiracy unfurls. The Killing Tide is the sixteenth book in Lin Anderson's forensic crime series featuring Rhona MacLeod.'One of the most satisfying characters in modern crime fic...



  • 'A real page-turner' â€" Ian RankinA deeply atmospheric psychological thriller set in the Scottish Highlands, The Party House by Lin Anderson is a standalone novel perfect for fans of Lucy Foley and Ruth Ware. From the author of The Wild Coast.Devast...



  • A remote shoreline. A lethal killer. As lone visitors disappear from the rural northwest of Scotland, campsites are becoming crime scenes. The Wild Coast is the seventeenth book in Lin Anderson's forensic crime series featuring Rhona MacLeod.'One of ...



  • 'Forensic scientist Rhona MacLeod has become one of the most satisfying characters in modern crime fiction' - Daily MailA gangland slaying. A missing movie star. When an actor goes missing in Glasgow, the clue to his whereabouts could be in the film ...


Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Lin Anderson has published 24 books.

Lin Anderson does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, Whispers of the Dead, was published in August 2024.

The first book by Lin Anderson, Torch, was published in September 2004.

Yes. Lin Anderson has 3 series.