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  • Bibliography:
    16 Books (5 Series)
  • First Book:
    September 2015
  • Latest Book:
    September 2025
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Full Series List in Order

DCI Michael Lambert

1 - Dead Eyed (Sep-2015)
2 - Dead Lucky (Jan-2016)
3 - Dead Embers (Mar-2017)
4 - Dead Time (May-2018)

DI Kate Swanson

1 - Zero (Nov-2016)

DI Louise Blackwell

1 - The Crossing (Feb-2020)
2 - The Descent (Jul-2020)
3 - The Gorge (Mar-2021)
4 - The Mark (Nov-2021)
5 - The Pier (Aug-2022)
6 - The Bridge (Aug-2023)
7 - The Solstice (Sep-2024)

DS Liam Kilshaw

1 - The Lines (Sep-2025)

Lynch and Rose

1 - The Controller (Aug-2019)

Book List in Order: 16 titles



  • Gritty, complex and effortlessly chilling, Brolly’s Dead Eyed is a grisly crime thriller that will keep you on the edge of your seat. DCI Michael Lambert thought he’d closed his last case… Yet when he’s passed a file detailing a particu...



  • A fast-paced crime-thriller, full of chilling twists, turns and grisly surprises, Matt Brolly’s Dead Lucky will have you gripped from beginning to end!DCI Michael Lambert is back…When a woman is murdered, the twisted killer forcing her husband to...



  • In the future, no crime will go unpunishedAfter a major financial collapse, a zero tolerance policy results in the death penalty for all crimes. Society is organised around a gruesome ritual of punishment.When a judge is kidnapped, and a ransom note ...



  • In this crime thriller, a British DCI investigates a fire and a shocking double murder, while his own life is just as explosive.  When DCI Michael Lambert is called out to an apparent house fire, he knows it can’t be routine. Instead, he finds...



  • A copycat killer... but how do they know so much?

    A man is found electrocuted in his bath, an apparent suicide attempt. However, attached to the body is a handwritten note: all it says is DCI Lambert.

    Lambert, shaken by past and pres...



  • From the bestselling author of the acclaimed DCI Lambert series comes The Controller, a gripping serial killer thriller introducing Sam Lynch and Special Agent Sandra Rose.

    It is six years since special agent Samuel Lynch left the FBI follo...



  • In a small town full of secrets, everyone’s a suspect. When a body is discovered, bled dry on a beach, the sleepy seaside town of Weston-super-Mare wakes up to a nightmare. For Detective Inspector Louise Blackwell, recently transferred to the to...



  • Were they pushed to the edge -- or over it? In the quiet coastal town of Weston-super-Mare, a body is discovered at the foot of a cliff just months after a near-identical tragedy -- and Detective Inspector Louise Blackwell can’t believe it could...



  • A chilling attack. A missing child. And a twisted killer driven to the very brink. DI Louise Blackwell is still reeling from her brother Paul's murder when she is brought back from enforced leave and tasked with solving a strange new case -- t...






  • Brutal attacks. A sinister conspiracy. Time is running out.In the quiet seaside town of Weston-super-Mare, a man is found unconscious on the beach with a strange symbol carved into his skin. The victim—a local drug addict—has no recollect...



  • DI Blackwell will do anything to keep her niece safe. And the bomber knows it.When a local school is the target of a bomb threat, DI Louise Blackwell finds herself embroiled in her most personal case to date. Not only is her niece among the terrified...



  • From the bestselling author of the Detective Louise Blackwell series comes a story of two murders, twenty years apart. There’s only one suspect. But what if he’s innocent? Twenty years ago, in the seaside town of Galveston, Texas, Annie Randal...



  • Accident? Dangerous game gone wrong? Or murder? DI Blackwell faces her toughest case yet.When the body of a young woman is discovered in a shipping container in Bristol, the police suspect she was an illegal immigrant whose death was a tragic acciden...



  • Four cities, four killers, four murders. The Alliance is just getting started.When four unconnected serial killers simultaneously commit identical murders across four different US cities, FBI Special Agent Shannon Wallace faces an unprecedented threa...



  • As the Summer Solstice nears, who will be the next target? A dark thriller from the bestselling author of the DI Louise Blackwell series.In a cave near Weston, potholers discover what they think are human remains. The bones are identified as belongin...



Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Matt Brolly has published 16 books.

The next book by Matt Brolly, The Lines, will be published in September 2025.

The first book by Matt Brolly, Dead Eyed, was published in September 2015.

Yes. Matt Brolly has 5 series.