Gillian Larkin

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  • Bibliography:
    64 Books (10 Series)
  • First Book:
    May 2014
  • Latest Book:
    October 2019
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Full Series List in Order

A Butterworth Mystery

1 - Playing At Murder (Jan-2017)
2 - Curiosity Killed Dolly Kendall (Feb-2017)
3 - A Deadly Service (Feb-2017)
4 - Time To Get Even (Feb-2017)
5 - Mr. Ridgeway's Last Case (Mar-2017)
6 - A Tragic Tune (Oct-2017)

A Cara Daniels Cozy Mystery

1 - Donald's Death (Jun-2015)
2 - Judy's Death (Jun-2015)
3 - Yvette's Death (Jun-2015)
4 - Gavin's Death (Jun-2015)
5 - Ada's Death (Jun-2015)

A Julia Blake Cozy Mystery

1 - Virtually Scared To Death (Jul-2014)
2 - A Deadly Restoration (Jul-2014)
3 - A Party To Die For (Jul-2014)
4 - A Secret Killer (Apr-2015)
5 - Death Takes A Trip (May-2015)
6 - A Fair Murder (Jul-2015)
7 - Death Shows Up (Jul-2015)
8 - Murder Makes A Claim (Aug-2015)
9 - Knitting And Murder (May-2016)
10 - Death At The Spa (Jul-2016)
11 - Exercising The Past (Mar-2017)

A Maggie Kelburn Mystery

1 - I Know What You Saw (Aug-2019)
2 - A Murder Hunt (Oct-2019)

A Pearl And Derek Mystery

1 - A Lonely Death (Oct-2015)
2 - A Slip And A Trip (Oct-2015)
3 - Gossip To Kill For (Oct-2015)
4 - A Dreadful Day Out (Dec-2015)
5 - Left To Die (Dec-2015)

A Ray and Cain Mystery

1 - Murder In The Flower Beds (Dec-2016)
2 - The Missing Wife (Dec-2016)
3 - A Clean Murder (Jan-2017)
4 - The Final Scene (Jan-2017)

Ruby And Nessa - Ghost Hunters

1 - A Ghost In The Store (Aug-2016)
2 - A Ghost In The Pub (Aug-2016)
3 - A Ghost In The Garden (Aug-2016)
4 - A Ghost In The Church (Aug-2016)
5 - A Ghost In The Theatre (Oct-2016)

Second Hand Ghosts

1 - The Final Bet (May-2014)
2 - The Lost Baby (Aug-2015)
3 - The Last Laugh (Aug-2015)
4 - The Hidden Picture (Aug-2015)
5 - The Seventh Birthday Party (Aug-2015)

A Storage Ghost Mystery

1 - Jacob's Coins (May-2014)
2 - Lost And Found (Aug-2015)
3 - Tick Tock (Aug-2015)
4 - The Write Dream (Aug-2015)
5 - Daisy's Chain (Aug-2015)
6 - Zach's Guitar (Nov-2016)
7 - Painted Lies (Nov-2016)
8 - Dead Wrong (Dec-2016)
9 - The Last Post (Dec-2016)
10 - Dying To Laugh (Jan-2017)

Storage Ghost Murders

1 - The Last Reading (Aug-2014)
2 - A Different Shade Of Death (Dec-2014)
3 - A Sweet Murder (Dec-2014)
4 - Murder Vows (Jan-2015)
5 - A Deadly Lesson (Mar-2015)
6 - The Death Planner (Sep-2015)
7 - A Private Murder (Jun-2016)

Book List in Order: 64 titles

  • The Final Bet

    Second Hand Ghosts - 1

    A short mystery about a ghost who needs help. Not all the visitors to ‘Second Hand Rose’ are alive. Rose owns a shop called ‘Second Hand Rose’. Not all of the customers are alive; some are ghosts that ask Rose to help them with their unfinish...

  • Jacob's Coins

    A Storage Ghost Mystery - 1

    A short mystery about a ghost who needs help.Following their parents’ sudden death, Frankie and Grace Abrahams are left with crippling debts and an almost empty antique shop.Frankie has watched countless TV programmes about storage locker auctions ...

  • A Deadly Restoration

    A Julia Blake Cozy Mystery - 2

    A Short Murder MysteryJulia Blake’s Second Murder Mystery Julia’s neighbour, Leo Kennedy, is having restoration work done to his house. He’s managed to upset neighbours and builders in the short time that he has lived there.One night, Julia hea...

  • A Party To Die For

    A Julia Blake Cozy Mystery - 3

    A Short Murder MysteryJulia Blake’s Third Murder Mystery Julia Blake runs her own cleaning business and has been working for Fiona Doyle for a few years. When Fiona’s daughter has a party, Julia helps her sister to do the catering. Fiona is in a ...

  • Virtually Scared To Death

    A Julia Blake Cozy Mystery - 1

    A Short Murder MysteryJulia Blake’s First Murder Mystery. You can get free copies of the next two stories in this series by signing up to my newsletter at www.gillianlarkin.co.uk Julia Blake runs her own cleaning business. The first time she sees a...

  • The Last Reading

    Storage Ghost Murders - 1

    You can get a free pdf copy of the next short book in this series 'A Different Shade Of Death' by signing up to my newsletter at www.gillianlarkin.co.uk (just copy and paste into your browser). You will also get two other short stories too.A short co...

  • A Different Shade Of Death

    Storage Ghost Murders - 2

    A short cozy mystery about a murdered ghost.Ever since the car accident that claimed her parents’ lives Grace Abrahams has been able to see ghosts. She meets them at storage locker auctions that she goes to with her brother, Frankie.In this story G...

  • A Sweet Murder

    Storage Ghost Murders - 3

    You can get a free pdf copy of the previous book in this series 'A Different Shade Of Death' (a novella) by signing up to my newsletter at www.gillianlarkin.co.uk (just copy and paste into your browser). You will also get two other short stories free...

  • Murder Vows

    Storage Ghost Murders - 4

    A cozy murder mystery with ghosts.Grace Abrahams helps ghosts " particularly those who were murdered. She meets the ghosts at storage locker auctions.In this story Grace meets the handsome Archie Goodwin. Archie was murdered a few hours after getti...



  • A Deadly Lesson

    Storage Ghost Murders - 5

    A cozy murder mystery with ghosts.Grace Abrahams helps ghosts " particularly those who were murdered. She meets the ghosts at storage locker auctions.In this story, Grace meets a young girl, Abbie Quill, who died on her eighteenth birthday. Abbie w...

  • A Secret Killer

    A Julia Blake Cozy Mystery - 4

    Julia Blake runs a cleaning business. She also has the uncanny knack of discovering murdered people.In this story Julia visits one of her clients, a genealogist called Hugo Barnes. Hugo has uncovered a family secret during the course of his work. He ...

  • Death Takes A Trip

    A Julia Blake Cozy Mystery - 5

    Julia Blake runs her own cleaning business. She has the unfortunate knack of getting herself involved in murder investigations.When one of Julia’s elderly clients, Douglas Pedley, is found dead at the bottom of his stairs, it is soon obvious that h...

  • Ada's Death

    A Cara Daniels Cozy Mystery - 5

    Cara Daniels has a secret job. She saves the lives of people who are going to be murdered. She also saves the souls of the people who are due to commit the murder.In book 5, Cara deals with her most difficult case. Her gran’s neighbour, Ada Clement...

  • Donald's Death

    A Cara Daniels Cozy Mystery - 1

    What would you do if you knew someone was going to be murdered soon? Would you help them, even if you didn’t know who the murderer was? Cara Daniels finds herself in this position.In this first book, Cara discovers that her gran has to save Donald ...

  • Gavin's Death

    A Cara Daniels Cozy Mystery - 4

    Cara Daniels has a secret job. She saves the lives of people who are going to be murdered. She also saves the souls of the people who are due to commit the murder.In book 4, Gavin Bennett is in danger of being murdered.Gavin works at an estate agent...

  • Judy's Death

    A Cara Daniels Cozy Mystery - 2

    Cara Daniels has a secret job. She saves the lives of people who are going to be murdered. She also saves the souls of the people who are due to commit the murder.In book 2, Cara meets the angel who is going to help her stop a murder from going ahead...

  • Yvette's Death

    A Cara Daniels Cozy Mystery - 3

    Cara Daniels has a secret job. She saves the lives of people who are going to be murdered. She also saves the souls of the people who are due to commit the murder.In book 3, the murder victim is Yvette Carter who is 42 and works at a wool shop. With ...

  • Death Shows Up

    A Julia Blake Cozy Mystery - 7

    Julia Blake runs her own cleaning business. She has the unfortunate knack of getting herself involved in murder enquiries.Julia provides moral support for her friend, Louisa, as they go to a slimming club meeting. They are shocked to discover that th...

  • A Fair Murder

    A Julia Blake Cozy Mystery - 6

    This book is also part of a box set - Julia Blake Cozy Mysteries Box Set 1Julia Blake runs her own cleaning business. She has the unfortunate knack of getting herself involved in murder enquiries.In this story, Julia helps out at the school fair for ...



  • Daisy's Chain

    A Storage Ghost Mystery - 5

    A short mystery about a ghost who needs help.Following a near death experience Grace Abrahams can now see ghosts. She helps ghosts that she meets at storage locker auctions.In this story Grace meets an angry ghost who forces her to bid for a locker f...

  • The Hidden Picture

    Second Hand Ghosts - 4

    A short mystery about a ghost who needs help.Not all the visitors to ‘Second Hand Rose’ are alive.It has been one month since Rose, the owner of ‘Second Hand Rose’ died. Kate and Carol have been left joint ownership of the shop.Kate also prom...

  • The Last Laugh

    Second Hand Ghosts - 3

    A short mystery about a ghost who needs help.Not all the visitors to ‘Second Hand Rose’ are alive. The owner of ‘Second Hand Rose’ has died. Before she died she asked Kate to help her with her other business: that of assisting ghosts who need...

  • Lost And Found

    A Storage Ghost Mystery - 2

    A short mystery about a ghost who needs help.Grace and Frankie Abrahams have been left with an antiques shop and crippling debts following their parents’ sudden death.Frankie is an avid viewer of storage locker auction shows and is sure that he can...

  • The Lost Baby

    Second Hand Ghosts - 2

    A short mystery about a ghost who needs help.Not all the visitors to ‘Second Hand Rose’ are alive The owner of ‘Second Hand Rose’ has died. Before she died she asked Kate to help her with her other business: that of assisting ghosts who need ...

  • Murder Makes A Claim

    A Julia Blake Cozy Mystery - 8

    Julia Blake runs her own cleaning business. She has the unfortunate knack of getting herself involved in murder enquiries.Julia agrees to cover some cleaning work for a friend. The cleaning work takes her and her colleague, Cain, to the offices of In...

  • The Seventh Birthday Party

    Second Hand Ghosts - 5

    A cozy ghost mystery about a ghost who needs help.Not all the visitors to ‘Second Hand Rose’ are alive.It has been several months since Rose, the owner of ‘Second Hand Rose’ died. Kate and Carol have been left joint ownership of the shop.Kate...

  • Tick Tock

    A Storage Ghost Mystery - 3

    A short cozy mystery about a ghost that needs help.Grace and Frankie Abrahams own an antiques shop that was left to them by their parents. They also own the massive debt that their father incurred. A loan shark, Eddie Tominski, is now threatening to...

  • The Write Dream

    A Storage Ghost Mystery - 4

    A short mystery about a ghost who needs help.Following their parents’ sudden deaths Grace and Frankie Abrahams are left with an antiques shop. Grace nearly died in the car accident that killed her parents, she is now left with the ability to see gh...

  • The Death Planner

    Storage Ghost Murders - 6

    A cozy murder mystery with ghosts. Grace Abrahams helps ghosts " particularly those who were murdered. She meets the ghosts at storage locker auctions. Grace meets Jenny Lorrimer. Jenny was strangled by the lead of her headset. Grace finds out that...



  • Gossip To Kill For

    A Pearl And Derek Mystery - 3

    A short murder mystery with ghosts.Derek Quill is an elderly gent who can see the ghosts of murdered people. With the help of his ghostly friend, Pearl, he finds out who killed them.Derek meets the ghost of Gabby Johnson, a 22-year-old who worked at ...

  • A Lonely Death

    A Pearl And Derek Mystery - 1

    A short murder mystery with ghosts.Derek Quill is an elderly gent who can see the ghosts of murdered people. With the help of his ghostly friend, Pearl, he finds out who killed them.In his first investigation, Derek meets the ghost of Eric Malone. De...

  • A Slip And A Trip

    A Pearl And Derek Mystery - 2

    A short murder mystery with ghosts.Derek Quill is an elderly gent who can see the ghosts of murdered people. With the help of his ghostly friend, Pearl, he finds out who killed them.Derek and Pearl meet Ryan Buckley, a young man who died when he appa...

  • A Dreadful Day Out

    A Pearl And Derek Mystery - 4

    A short murder mystery with ghosts.Derek Quill is an elderly gent who can see the ghosts of murdered people. With the help of his ghostly friend, Pearl, he finds out who killed them.Derek receives an uninvited ghost in his home - a woman called Beryl...

  • Left To Die

    A Pearl And Derek Mystery - 5

    A short murder mystery with ghosts.Derek Quill is an elderly gent who can see the ghosts of murdered people. With the help of his ghostly friend, Pearl, he finds out who killed them.Pearl is not quite herself as she introduces Derek to the latest gho...

  • A Date With Revenge

    A short cozy mysteryJulia Blake runs her own cleaning company. She also has the unfortunate habit of finding murdered people.Julia agrees to go on a dating event with her friend/client, Louisa Porter. Julia is only there to support Louisa and tries ...

  • A Lesson In Deceit

    Julia Blake runs her own cleaning company. She has the unfortunate habit of finding murdered people. In this story, Julia travels to Edinburgh University to visit her son, Sam. It’s not long before she stumbles upon a dead body. Julia is happy to l...

  • Aiming For Death

    A short cozy murder mystery Julia Blake runs her own cleaning company. She has the unfortunate habit of finding murdered people. After a bet goes wrong, Julia is forced to clean The King’s Head pub. She finds the murdered body of Jacko Knight in ...

  • A Market Murder

    A short cozy murder mysteryJulia Blake runs her own cleaning company. She has the unfortunate habit of finding murdered people.Julia helps her sister, Anna, run a stall at the farmers’ market in Leeds. It’s not long before Julia comes across the ...

  • Knitting And Murder

    A Julia Blake Cozy Mystery - 9

    Julia Blake runs a cleaning business. She has the unfortunate habit of finding murder victims.In this story, Julia’s colleague, Cain, asks for her help in a love matter. He’s met a young woman called Kayla at his knitting class. He likes Kayla an...



  • A Private Murder

    Storage Ghost Murders - 7

    Grace Abrahams can see ghosts. She helps the ghosts of murdered people find justice. In this story, Grace meets the ghost of Brendan O’Leary, a private detective. Brendan was working on a case before he was brutally murdered. Grace investigates and...

  • Death At The Spa

    A Julia Blake Cozy Mystery - 10

    Julia Blake runs her own cleaning business. She has the unfortunate knack of getting herself involved in murder enquiries.In this story, Julia goes on a spa break with her mum. They look forward to relaxing and being pampered. Julia is particularly e...

  • A Ghost In The Church

    Ruby And Nessa - Ghost Hunters - 4

    A short ghost storyRuby and Nessa Laurel are ghost hunters. They locate ghosts who are haunting places " or people.Reverend Goodwin calls the sisters in to deal with a ghost in his church. The ghost is affecting a particular group of men. The distu...

  • A Ghost In The Garden

    Ruby And Nessa - Ghost Hunters - 3

    A short ghost storyRuby and Nessa Laurel are ghost hunters. They locate ghosts who are haunting places " or people.Ruby and Nessa are called in to investigate a haunting in an apartment building. They soon discover the building used to be a school....

  • A Ghost In The Pub

    Ruby And Nessa - Ghost Hunters - 2

    A short ghost story.Ruby and Nessa Laurel are ghost hunters. They locate ghosts who are haunting places " or people.In this second story, Ruby and Nessa are asked to check out a nasty smell in a pub. They soon discover the ghost of an evil man who ...

  • A Ghost In The Store

    Ruby And Nessa - Ghost Hunters - 1

    A short ghost story.Ruby Laurel is a ghost hunter. She locates ghosts who are haunting places " or people.In this first story, Ruby is called upon to investigate a haunting in a supermarket. She soon discovers the ghost of a young woman called Mary...

  • A Ghost In The Theatre

    Ruby And Nessa - Ghost Hunters - 5

    Ruby and Nessa Laurel are ghost hunters. They locate ghosts who are haunting places " or people.It’s a well-known fact that the Mill Street Theatre is haunted. And everyone knows the building closes for cleaning work during the first week in Sept...

  • Painted Lies

    A Storage Ghost Mystery - 7

    A short mystery with ghosts.Grace Abrahams helps ghosts who can’t move on until their problems have been solved. The ghosts she meets are attached to items found at storage locker auctions.Grace is faced with a difficult case this time as she can...

  • Zach's Guitar

    A Storage Ghost Mystery - 6

    A short mystery with ghosts.Grace Abrahams helps ghosts who can’t move on until their problems have been solved. The ghosts she meets are attached to items found at storage locker auctions.Grace is confronted by the ghost of Zach Struthers who was ...

  • Dead Wrong

    A Storage Ghost Mystery - 8

    A short mystery with ghosts.Grace Abrahams helps ghosts who can’t move on until their problems have been solved. The ghosts she meets are attached to items found at storage locker auctions.Vince is the ghost of a young man who is attached to a coff...



  • The Last Post

    A Storage Ghost Mystery - 9

    A short mystery with ghosts.Grace Abrahams helps ghosts who can’t move on until their problems have been solved. The ghosts she meets are attached to items found at storage locker auctions.The day that Grace feared finally arrives; the day when she...

  • The Missing Wife

    A Ray and Cain Mystery - 2

    “His wife has been kidnapped, and he’s out fishing!”Ray and Cain are enjoying a peaceful morning fishing when a fellow fisherman gives them some shocking news. Terry Holt informs them his wife has been kidnapped. Even more shocking is Terry’s...

  • Murder In The Flower Beds

    A Ray and Cain Mystery - 1

    A Short Cozy MysteryGetting involved in a murder investigation had never been part of Ray Rosenthorpe’s retirement plans. But here he was, on a Saturday morning in a garden centre, looking at a dead body in a shed.A woman Ray knows is standing over...

  • A Clean Murder

    A Ray and Cain Mystery - 3

    A short mystery storyLinus Watkins has been cleaning Ray’s windows for years. As did Linus’ father before him. So when Linus suffers an accident and is out of action, Ray doesn’t hesitate to help him.With his best friend, Cain, at his side, Ray...

  • Dying To Laugh

    A Storage Ghost Mystery - 10

    A short mystery with ghosts.Grace Abrahams helps ghosts who can’t move on until their problems have been solved. The ghosts she meets are attached to items found at storage locker auctions.Grace meets Curtis Ellicott, a serious young man who is onl...

  • The Final Scene

    A Ray and Cain Mystery - 4

    A short mystery storyRay and Cain appear as extras on a TV show. All goes well, and Cain even gets to meet his hero, Jason Diamond.Later on, Cain receives a note from Jason inviting him to his caravan. Jason wants to offer him some acting advice. Cai...

  • Playing At Murder

    A Butterworth Mystery - 1

    A short murder mystery storyIt’s always been a dream of Connie Butterworth’s to be a private investigator. Now that she’s retired, she makes that dream a reality and sets herself up as an investigator.With reluctant help from her sister-in-law,...

  • Curiosity Killed Dolly Kendall

    A Butterworth Mystery - 2

    A short murder mysteryRetired widows, Connie and Sable Butterworth have set up a private investigating business. Their second case involves the suspicious death of Dolly Kendall.Dolly is found dead at her home, supposedly from an overdose of sleeping...

  • A Deadly Service

    A Butterworth Mystery - 3

    A short murder mysteryRetired widows, Connie and Sable Butterworth have set up a private investigating business. Their third case involves a mysterious night-time visitor.Jocelyn Kent contacts Connie and Sable and asks them to look into strange occur...

  • Time To Get Even

    A Butterworth Mystery - 4

    Retired widows, Connie and Sable Butterworth, have set up a private investigating business. Their fourth case sees them dealing with a local celebrity. Steven Stevens is the presenter of a consumer rights programme. He is known for his persistence an...

  • Exercising The Past

    A Julia Blake Cozy Mystery - 11

    Julia Blake runs her own cleaning business. She has the unfortunate knack of getting herself involved in police investigations.Julia’s client and friend, Sonia Cuthbert has recently started divorce proceedings. Her husband, Harvey, won’t leave he...

  • Mr. Ridgeway's Last Case

    A Butterworth Mystery - 5

    Retired widows, Connie and Sable Butterworth, have set up a private investigating business. In this story, Connie’s daughter, Debra, asks them to help one of her friends.Nerys and Dale Spencer have been together since they met at school. They are n...

  • A Tragic Tune

    A Butterworth Mystery - 6

    Retired widows, Connie and Sable Butterworth have set up a private investigating business. They are hired to investigate a suspicious insurance claim where the payout is £10 million.Ageing rock star, Juniper Vale, is injured when stage equipment fal...

  • I Know What You Saw

    A Maggie Kelburn Mystery - 1

    First,  there were hedgehogs.

    Then there was a murder.

    And now, Maggie Kelburn is on the run from a killer.

    Maggie Kelburn is an ordinary woman who lives on an ordinary street. A quiet street where nothing unremarkable ha...

  • A Murder Hunt

    A Maggie Kelburn Mystery - 2

    First, a man was staring at her from a tree.

    Then there was a dead man in her garden.

    And now, Maggie Kelburn is investigating another murder.

    Maggie spots a young man up a tree in the public lane behind her house. ...

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Gillian Larkin has published 64 books.

Gillian Larkin does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, A Murder Hunt, was published in October 2019.

The first book by Gillian Larkin, The Final Bet, was published in May 2014.

Yes. Gillian Larkin has 10 series.
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