D.S. Butler

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  • Bibliography:
    20 Books (1 Series)
  • First Book:
    March 2012
  • Latest Book:
    September 2024
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Full Series List in Order

Detective Karen Hart

1 - Bring Them Home (Oct-2018)
2 - Where Secrets Lie (Jan-2019)
3 - Don't Turn Back (Apr-2020)
4 - House of Lies (Oct-2020)
5 - On Cold Ground (Mar-2021)
6 - What She Said (May-2022)

Book List in Order: 20 titles

  • Deadly Motive

    A guilty secret. A gruesome murder. A DEADLY MOTIVE. Deadly Motive is the second book in the Detective Jack Mackinnon crime series. A man is found poisoned by the deadly toxin aconite. A note found at the scene leads Detective Sergeant Jack Mackinnon...

  • Deadly Revenge

    One by one, they will pay for the past…Detective Jack Mackinnon’s career is in serious trouble. Still in the Detective Chief Inspector’s bad books and excluded from the Major Investigation team, Mackinnon is assigned the case nobody wants.As Ma...

  • Deadly Justice

    Time to run. Time to hide. Time to die...A late summer heatwave seems to have triggered an unusually high number of suicides. As the dead bodies pile up, DS Jack Mackinnon and the rest of MIT realise things aren't as straightforward as they seem, and...

  • Deadly Ritual

    DEADLY RITUAL is the fifth book in the DS Jack Mackinnon Crime Series. Jack is back and this time it’s deadly… The police believe they have uncovered a ritualistic voodoo murder when they find a wooden disc in the mouth of a murder victim. When ...

  • Deadly Payback

    A literary agent is murdered… A personal trainer lies dead in a car park ... What secret connects them? When a top literary agent's bloated and disfigured body is found in one of London's most prestigious hotels, Detective Sergeant Mackinnon and th...

  • Deadly Game

    What if the only way to save your child’s life was to take part in a deadly game?The Watsons worst nightmare becomes a reality when their daughter, Ruby, is kidnapped. But that’s only the beginning. When they receive a text message inviting them ...

  • A Witchy Business

    The small town of Abbott Cove holds a secret… It’s home to the Grant family of witches! Harper Grant is happy working at Archie’s Diner as she tries her best to avoid the attentions of the town’s gossips. However, when a body turns up during ...

  • A Witchy Mystery

    Harper Grant is trying to avoid attending yoga classes with her sister, when she makes a gruesome discovery. Grandma Grant is intent on causing her usual mischief, and the townsfolk of Abbott Cove cause Harper no end of trouble as she tries to help t...

  • A Witchy Christmas

    It's not easy being a witch, especially one who can see and talk to ghosts.  It's Christmas time in Abbott Cove and Harper Grant is already busy trying to resolve a family disagreement. The last thing she needs is another ghost to deal with.  As Ha...



  • Lost Child

    Her chest tightened and anxiety prickled over her skin. Jenna was gone. Two years ago, Beth Farrow turned her back on her three-year-old niece, Jenna, for just a few seconds. She disappeared without a trace. How does a three-year-old go missing from ...

  • A Witchy Valentine

    Welcome to Abbott Cove, home to the Grant family of witches. When Harper Grant attends a local historical reenactment to take her mind off her recent Witch Council examination, she certainly isn’t expecting one of the actors to drop dead. Life is n...

  • Bring Them Home

    Detective Karen Hart - 1

    A perfect village. A perfect crime. When two young girls disappear from their primary school, the village of Heighington is put on high alert -- and not for the first time. Called in to investigate, Detective Karen Hart is sure that parallels with...

  • Where Secrets Lie

    Detective Karen Hart - 2

    Beneath a quiet village, dark crimes lie buried. When decomposed human remains are discovered in a suitcase behind a locked door in the home of an elderly man, Detective Karen Hart thinks the facts speak for themselves. That is, until she finds th...

  • Don't Turn Back

    Detective Karen Hart - 3

    You can cover up the truth but it won’t stay buried forever.

    A man is found bludgeoned to death in woodland by the village of Canwick, and the close-knit community is sent into shock. Detective Karen Hart, still haunted by the tragic loss ...

  • House of Lies

    Detective Karen Hart - 4

    A dark secret. A haunted past. And a house full of lies.

    When two teenage girls vanish without a trace from an educational retreat at Chidlow House in Lincolnshire, the students and teachers are put on high alert.

    Called in to investig...

  • On Cold Ground

    Detective Karen Hart - 5

    A merciless killer who will stop at nothing. And a detective with nothing left to lose.When Detective Karen Hart hears a scream echoing out of beautiful Lincoln Cathedral one snowy evening, she is the first officer on the scene. In the chapel a man l...

  • What She Said

    Detective Karen Hart - 6

    Can DS Karen Hart rely on the word of a little girl to save the life of a woman in grave danger?When a woman is abducted from a quiet suburban street and bundled into the back of a white van, the only witness to the crime is a child with a reputation...

  • Find Her Alive

    Is Karen Hart’s latest investigation a routine missing persons case—or part of a dark conspiracy?Detective Karen Hart is finally getting her life back on track—enjoying her new relationship and dealing with the grief in her past. Th...

  • Before the Dawn

    Only one person can help crack this case—but he’s also the prime suspect.DC Sophie Jones was in the wrong place at the wrong time. Viciously bludgeoned one night in a dark alley, she is left fighting for her life in hospital, leaving no c...



  • Leave No Trace

    Three boys were taken and murdered fifteen years ago. The killer is in jail. So why is history repeating itself?A family outing to Tattershall Castle comes to a chilling end when eleven-year-old Tommy Burton disappears without a trace in broad daylig...

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

D.S. Butler has published 20 books.

The next book by D.S. Butler, Leave No Trace, will be published in September 2024.

The first book by D.S. Butler, Deadly Motive, was published in March 2012.

Yes. D.S. Butler has 1 series.
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