Lin Anderson

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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

  • Torch

    Rhona MacLeod - 2

    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...

  • Blood Red Roses

  • Driftnet

    Rhona MacLeod - 1

    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...

  • Deadly Code

    Rhona MacLeod - 3

    " 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...

  • Dark Flight

    Rhona MacLeod - 4

    '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...

  • Easy Kill

    Rhona MacLeod - 5

    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...

  • Final Cut

    Rhona MacLeod - 6

    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 Reborn

    Rhona MacLeod - 7

    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...

  • Picture Her Dead

    Rhona MacLeod - 8

    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...



  • The Case of the Black Pearl

    Patrick de Courvoisier - 1

    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...

  • Paths of the Dead

    Rhona MacLeod - 9

    Paths of the Dead is the thrilling ninth book in Lin Anderson's forensic crime series featuring Rhona MacLeod.When Amy MacKenzie agrees to attend a meeting at a local spiritualist church, the last person she expects to hear calling to her from beyond...

  • The Special Dead

    Rhona MacLeod - 10

    The Special Dead is the thrilling tenth book in Lin Anderson's forensic crime series featuring Rhona MacLeod.When Mark is invited back to Leila's flat and ordered to strip, he thinks he's about to have the experience of his life. Waking later he find...

  • The Case of the Missing Madonna

    Patrick de Courvoisier - 2

    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...

  • None but the Dead

    Rhona MacLeod - 11

    None but the Dead is the thrilling eleventh book in Lin Anderson's forensic crime series featuring Rhona MacLeod.Sanday, one of Britain's northernmost islands, inaccessible when the wind prevents the ferry crossing from the mainland, or fog grounds t...

  • Follow the Dead

    Rhona MacLeod - 12

    Shortlisted for the 2018 McIlvanney Prize for Scottish Crime Book of the Year.Follow the Dead is the thrilling twelfth book in Lin Anderson's forensic crime series featuring Rhona MacLeod.On holiday in the Scottish Highlands, forensic scientist Dr Rh...

  • Bloody Scotland

    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 contributors Val McDermid, Chris Brookmyre, Denise Mina, Ann...

  • Sins of the Dead

    Rhona MacLeod - 13

    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...

  • Time for the Dead

    Rhona MacLeod - 14

    Forensic scientist Rhona MacLeod investigate a brutal series of killings on Scotland's Isle of Skye, in Time for the Dead, a gripping crime novel by Lin Anderson.When forensic scientist Rhona MacLeod returns to her roots on Scotland’s Isle of Skye,...

  • The Magic Flag Mystery

    Blaze: Dog Detective - 1



  • The Innocent Dead

    Rhona MacLeod - 15

    The Innocent Dead is a gripping crime novel by Lin Anderson featuring forensic scientist Rhona MacLeod who must solve the case of a young girl who went missing forty-five years ago.Mary McIntyre's disappearance tore the local community apart, inflict...

  • The Killing Tide

    Rhona MacLeod - 16

    'A cracking story told at breakneck speed' â€" Scotland on SundayThe Killing Tide by Lin Anderson sees forensic scientist Rhona MacLeod investigating a mysterious abandoned ship which has swept ashore in the Orkney Isles.After a fierce storm hits Sco...

  • The Party House

    '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...

  • The Wild Coast

    'Forensic scientist Rhona MacLeod has become one of the most satisfying characters in modern crime fiction' â€" Daily MailA remote shoreline. A lethal killer. As lone visitors disappear from the rural northwest of Scotland, campsites are becoming cri...

  • Whispers of the Dead

    '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 sc...

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Lin Anderson has published 24 books.

The next book by Lin Anderson, Whispers of the Dead, will be published in August 2024.

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

Yes. Lin Anderson has 3 series.
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