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  • Bibliography:
    47 Books (4 Series)
  • First Book:
    September 2011
  • Latest Book:
    June 2024
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Full Series List in Order

Dan Taylor

1 - White Gold (Sep-2011)
2 - Under Fire (Jul-2013)
3 - Three Lives Down (Nov-2015)
3.5 - The Legacy Device (Feb-2016)
4 - Behind the Wire (May-2016)

A Detective Kay Hunter Novel

1 - Scared to Death (Dec-2016)
2 - Will to Live (Apr-2017)
3 - One to Watch (Jun-2017)
4 - Hell to Pay (Nov-2017)
5 - Call to Arms (Mar-2018)
6 - Gone to Ground (Jul-2018)
7 - Bridge to Burn (Jan-2019)
8 - Cradle to Grave (Oct-2019)
9 - Turn to Dust (Jul-2020)
9.5 - Nowhere to Run (Sep-2020)
9.6 - Blood on Snow (Dec-2020)
10 - A Darker Place (Jul-2021)
11 - A Lethal Deception (Feb-2022)

Detective Mark Turpin

1 - None the Wiser (Mar-2020)
2 - Her Final Hour (Nov-2020)
3 - The Lost Boy (Oct-2021)

An English Spy Mystery

1 - Assassins Hunted (Jan-2018)
2 - Assassins Vengeance (Jan-2018)
3 - Assassins Retribution (Jan-2018)
4 - Assassins Rogue (Mar-2021)

Book List in Order: 47 titles



  • A haunted man. A murdered friend. A deadly enemy. Dan Taylor’s career as a bomb disposal expert in the British Army ended when an IED killed three of his team and left him scarred for life. Years later, and on the brink of self-destruction, Dan str...



  • An explosion rocks a Qatari natural gas facility... a luxury cruise liner capsizes in the Mediterranean... and someone has stolen a submarine...

    Dan Taylor doesn’t believe in coincidences " but can he convince his superiors they are next ...



  • <b>If they move you, they will kill you.</b><br>
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    When Kate Foster secures a lucrative new job, her boss insists that she undertake a pre-deployment security and hostage survival course " a course that’s not ...



  • How far would you go to protect a secret?  How far would you go to expose a lie? Will Fletcher seems to have it all " perfect job, perfect life. Then in one act of extreme violence, his world turns upside down. A bungled assassination attempt ...



  • There’s a storm coming… When Nina O’Brien returns to the small town of Mistake Creek after ten years, she’s in a race against time to protect her father’s business from an incoming storm so it can be sold to pay for his urgent medical t...



  • Dan Taylor survives two attempts on his life, and discovers the rest of his team missing. Now a terrorist group has stolen a radioactive isotope from a top secret government project. With the Prime Minister determined to re-negotiate the country’s ...



  • As a short story prequel to the bestselling first full length novel White Gold, The Legacy Device provides an action-packed introduction to the Dan Taylor series.The British Army left Iraq in 2009 after a six-year campaign alongside coalition forces....



  • Dan Taylor is trying to keep a low profile when an old friend contacts the Energy Protection Group seeking his help.  The man’s daughter is alone in North Africa, and her life is in grave danger. Thrust back into active duty, Dan realises that...



  • A serial killer murdering for kicks. A detective seeking revenge.

    When the body of a snatched schoolgirl is found in an abandoned biosciences building, the case is first treated as a kidnapping gone wrong. But Detective Kay Hunter isn’t co...






  • When a packed commuter train runs over a body on a stretch of track known to locals as 'Suicide Mile', it soon transpires that the man was a victim of a calculated murder. As the investigation evolves and a pattern of murders is uncovered, Detective ...



  • Praise for One To Watch

    “Shades of Dame Agatha …matched the feel of a Golden Age crime story” Grab This Book

    Sophie Whittaker shared a terrifying secret. Hours later, she was dead.

    Detective Kay Hunter and her collea...



  • When a road traffic accident on a dark autumn night uncovers a disturbing conspiracy, Detective Sergeant Kay Hunter’s investigation exposes a ruthless serial killer exploiting vulnerable young women.

    With her enemies unmasked and her career...



  • What would you do if your past came back to kill you?

    Eva Delacourt has been in hiding for three years after her fiancé was assassinated in cold blood outside the British embassy in Prague.She thought she was safe.But someone in the mysterio...



  • Who spies on the spies?

    The net is closing in on Eva and her team, now on the warpath and seeking revenge.Old alliances are tested, new enemies are exposed, and somehow Eva has to stop a madman unleashing a weapon of terrifying consequences u...



  • Spies. The best unreliable narrators that money can buy…Eva and her fractured team are on the run, desperate to find answers and uncover who has betrayed them from within the shadowy government organisation known only as the Section.Evading assassi...



  • If you knew what the truth could do, would you lie?

    Returning to work after an enforced absence, Detective Kay Hunter discovers she wasn’t the only victim of her previous investigation.

    DI Devon Sharp remains suspended from duties, ...



  • While attending a crime scene on the outskirts of Maidstone, DI Kay Hunter makes a shocking discovery.

    The victim has been brutally cut to pieces, his identity unknown.

    When more body parts start turning up in the Kentish countryside, Kay real...



  • When a mummified body is found in a renovated building, the gruesome discovery leads Detective Kay Hunter and her team into a complex murder investigation.



    The subsequent police inquiry exposes corruption, lies and organised crime wi...



  • Five entered the escape room. Only four came out alive.

    Lisa Ashton receives a last-minute reprieve from death two weeks before her birthday.

    Regaining consciousness, she is horrified to learn one of her friends has been killed " an...






  • When a faceless body is found floating in the river on a summer’s morning, Detective Kay Hunter and her team are tasked with finding out the man’s identity " and where he came from.

    The investigation takes a sinister turn when an abando...



  • "Fast paced with vivid characterisation and clever twists" - Adrian McKinty, The Chain'Forgive me Father, for I have sinned...'When a parish priest is brutally murdered in cold blood, a rural community is left in shock - and fear.New to the Vale of t...



  • When the body of a naked man is found in the middle of a barren field, a rural community is left in shock - and fear.Discovering that someone is offering money in return for information about the dead man and anyone connected to him, Detective Kay Hu...



  • There's nowhere to hide...When a series of vicious attacks leaves the local running community in shock and fear, newly promoted detective Kay Hunter is thrust into the middle of a fraught investigation.Determined to make an impression on her first as...



  • What if the perfect friend was hiding a deadly secret?When a championship jockey discovers the body of a young woman during a cold morning's training ride, the local racing community is shocked to its core.Everyone says she was the perfect friend, th...



  • Christmas time can be murder...A suburban housewife is found dead in her garden.There is no weapon, no witnesses, and the only set of footprints belong to her cat.Probationary detective Kay Hunter and her colleagues are convinced it's murder - but ho...



  • When duty calls, do you follow orders - or risk everything and rebel? An injured pilot discovers Eva Delacourt's safe house moments before dying from her wounds, thrusting the female assassin into a global conspiracy. Within days, a new war will begi...



  • The frozen body of a man is discovered in a used car yard on the hottest day of the year, his face contorted by fear and pain.Detective Kay Hunter and her team are assigned the case, but when they find out who their victim is, their worst fears are r...



  • History never forgets... The newest arrival at a care home for the elderly carries an air of mystery that even an ex-WW2 Resistance fighter can't help trying to solve. Then matters take a sinister turn... The Reckoning forms part of the Case Files se...



  • Run.Don't look back.When a young teenager is stabbed to death at a busy fairground, Detective Mark Turpin is assigned the task of finding the boy's killer.But this was no random murder. Mark knows the victim, and the man who ordered his death.As he s...






  • Julie has been searching for a long time.Staying at a tiny guesthouse in Cornwall after the summer, she spends her days combing the beaches, looking for things to collect while hiding from her past.Then a storm breaks, and suddenly she's scared.Becau...



  • When Michael arrives at work early one winter's day, he discovers that he's not the only one who's had a busy morning...A Dirty Business forms part of the Case Files series of short crime stories from USA Today bestselling author Rachel Amphlett....



  • When a brutal attack on a business owner is followed by a suspicious death, the police first suspect the beginning of a new underworld drugs war.Then a second victim is found dead, and the truth starts to look like something much worse.With the death...



  • When Michael arrives at work early one winter's day, he discovers that he's not the only one who's had a busy morning...A Dirty Business forms part of the Case Files series of short crime stories from USA Today bestselling author Rachel Amphlett....



  • Larry's been the supervisor of the apartment block for as long as the tenants can remember.And he knows all their secrets...The Last Super forms part of the Case Files series of short crime stories from USA Today bestselling author Rachel Amphlett....



  • All Jackson Dark wants to do is get home and surprise his wife with the special gift he's bought her.But he's got one last job to finish first...Special Delivery forms part of the Case Files series of short crime stories from USA Today bestselling au...



  • Vanessa loves her job as a chiropractor, except sometimes her work takes an unexpected turn...A Pain in the Neck forms part of the Case Files series of short crime stories from USA Today bestselling author Rachel Amphlett....



  • When Amy boards her flight to Cairns, it's not by choice.Because it's not just the turbulence that's giving her cause for concern...Something in the Air forms part of the Case Files series of short crime stories from USA Today bestselling author Rach...



  • When the body of a young woman is found by the side of a quiet country road, police first suspect a hit and run.Then a darker side to the victim is uncovered - a dangerous addiction that led to her violent death.With little sympathy from a local popu...








  • Alan O'Reilly has known Tony MacBride since he was a young boy.Now he's helping to bury him...The Last Days of Tony MacBride forms part of the Case Files series of short crime stories from USA Today bestselling author Rachel Amphlett....



  • Zoe Michaels is working the late shift in the Easy Stop Diner on Route 15. Vince, the owner is nowhere to be seen, and the fryers and griddle went cold over an hour ago.But luckily for Zoe, it's a Monday - and quiet.Because something smells off tonig...



  • When Ray Holden is told by his doctor that his stress levels are dangerously high, he decides to take drastic action...The Moment Before forms part of the Case Files series of short crime stories from USA Today bestselling author Rachel Amphlett....



  • When a man is shot at point blank range outside an isolated country pub, Kay Hunter is thrust into one of the most dangerous cases of her career. As personal and political disputes threaten to undermine her efforts to track down the killer, Kay's inv...



  • Discover three short stories featuring Detective Kay Hunter in this page-turning collection of crime thrillers.Nowhere to RunWhen a series of vicious attacks leaves the local running community in shock and fear, newly qualified detective Kay Hunter i...



  • When archaeologists discover a skeleton in secluded woodland, the body is first thought to be related to an ancient Saxon settlement.Then the torn and rotten remains of another woman's bones are uncovered, her injuries bearing the markings of abuse a...



  • When a woman's mutilated body is discovered in a remote countryside property, Detective Kay Hunter is faced with one of the most challenging investigations of her career.There is nothing in the victim's past to explain her brutal slaying, and no clue...



  • Could one man's obsession with the truth be a fatal mistake?When Detective Sergeant Blake Harknell is seconded to an active investigation in the hinterland of south east Queensland, he discovers the police station understaffed and the local populatio...


Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Rachel Amphlett has published 47 books.

The next book by Rachel Amphlett, Hangman's Gap, will be published in June 2024.

The first book by Rachel Amphlett, White Gold, was published in September 2011.

Yes. Rachel Amphlett has 4 series.