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  • Bibliography:
    20 Books (1 Series)
  • First Book:
    January 2014
  • Latest Book:
    May 2024
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Full Series List in Order

A Cass Lynch Shetland Mystery

1 - Death on a Longship (Jan-2014)
2 - The Trowie Mound Murders (Mar-2014)
3 - A Handful of Ash (Jul-2014)
4 - The Body in the Bracken (Jun-2015)
5 - Ghosts of the Vikings (Dec-2016)
6 - Death in Shetland Waters (Jan-2018)

Book List in Order: 20 titles



  • Book One in The Shetland Sailing Mysteries by Marsali Taylor

    When she wangles the job of skippering a Viking longship for a film, Cass Lynch thinks her big break has finally arrived - even though it means returning home to the Shetland ...



  • Book Two in The Shetland Sailing Mysteries by Marsali Taylor

    When a visiting yachting couple go missing from the Shetland oil capital of Brae, sailing skipper Cass Lynch overcomes her mistrust of the land world to ask for help from her ...



  • Book Three in The Shetland Sailing Mysteries by Marsali Taylor

    Liveaboard skipper and amateur sleuth Cass Lynch is busy at marine college in Scalloway, until one night she finds an acquaintance dead in a doorway, whose hand is smeared w...



  • Cass Lynch has been persuaded to spend Christmas in the Highlands with her friend DI Gavin Macrae, but their romantic walk by the loch is cut short when they find a skeleton among the bracken. Back home in Shetland, Cass hears about Ivor Hughson, who...



  • Shetland, 1150. When Rannveig finds boastful Patrekr dead in her father's longhouse one summer morning, she knows her sister's suitor, Eilifr, isn't guilty - and she's willing to declare his innocence in front of Earl Rognvaldr the Kirk-builder at th...



  • The fifth book in Marsali Taylor's thrilling Shetland Sailing Mysteries series. Perfect for fans of Agatha Christie, Dorothy L. Sayers, Val McDermid, Faith Martin, J.R. Ellis, LJ Ross and Ann Cleeves!'This series is a must-read for anyone who loves t...



  • Cass Lynch has achieved the post of third officer aboard her beloved Norwegian sail-training ship, Sorlandet. They're sailing from Norway to Ireland as part of the Tall Ship's race. An unnerving early-morning encounter leads to suspicions that there'...



  • Readying her Norwegian sail-training ship, Sorlandet, for a fresh voyage through the Shetland Islands, Cass Lynch has the shock of her life when the new third officer is a ghost from her past - the man she thought she'd left to drown in the Atlantic ...



  • Marsali Taylor returns with the eighth enthralling mystery in her thrilling Shetland Sailing Mystery series.'This series is a must-read for anyone who loves the sea, or islands, or joyous, intricate story-telling.' Ann CleevesAs summer draws to a clo...






  • 'This series is a must-read for anyone who loves the sea, or islands, or joyous, intricate story-telling.' ANN CLEEVES'[An] atmospheric story steeped in the stunning scenery and traditions of Scotland's wildest place.' PETERBOROUGH TELEGRAPHMarsali T...



  • 'This series is a must-read for anyone who loves the sea, or islands, or joyous, intricate story-telling.' ANN CLEEVESIt's the dark nights in the run up to Christmas, and sailing sleuth Cass Lynch's first night on dry land is disturbed by strange noi...



  • Marsali Taylor returns with the eighth enthralling mystery in her thrilling Shetland Sailing Mystery series.'This series is a must-read for anyone who loves the sea, or islands, or joyous, intricate story-telling.' Ann CleevesAs summer draws to a clo...



  • 'This series is a must-read for anyone who loves the sea, or islands, or joyous, intricate story-telling.' ANN CLEEVES'[An] atmospheric story steeped in the stunning scenery and traditions of Scotland's wildest place.' PETERBOROUGH TELEGRAPHMarsali T...








  • 'This series is a must-read for anyone who loves the sea, or islands, or joyous, intricate story-telling.' ANN CLEEVESDays before the final Shetland fire festival, in broad daylight, a glamorous young singer tumbles down a flight of steps. Though it ...






  • 'This series is a must-read for anyone who loves the sea, or islands, or joyous, intricate story-telling.' ANN CLEEVESCrowds are gathered for a concert at Shetland's renowned folk music festival when there's a shocking discovery - international folk ...


Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Marsali Taylor has published 20 books.

Marsali Taylor does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, Death at a Shetland Festival, was published in May 2024.

The first book by Marsali Taylor, Death on a Longship, was published in January 2014.

Yes. Marsali Taylor has 1 series.