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  • Bibliography:
    29 Books (1 Series)
  • First Book:
    July 2015
  • Latest Book:
    October 2023
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Full Series List in Order

A DCI Ryan Mystery

0.5 - The Infirmary (Feb-2019)
1 - Holy Island (Jul-2015)
2 - Sycamore Gap (Nov-2015)
3 - Heavenfield (Apr-2016)
4 - Angel (Aug-2016)
5 - High Force (Jan-2017)
6 - Cragside (Jul-2017)
7 - Dark Skies (Dec-2017)
8 - Seven Bridges (May-2018)
9 - The Hermitage (Oct-2018)
10 - Longstone (Dec-2018)
11 - The Moor (Dec-2019)
12 - Penshaw (Dec-2019)

Book List in Order: 29 titles



  • THE AMAZON UK NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER

    "LJ Ross is the queen of Kindle" - Sunday Telegraph

    "She keeps company with the best mystery writers" - The Times

    "Holy Island is a blockbuster" - Daily Express

    "A literary phenomenon...



  • THE EXPLOSIVE SEQUEL TO THE UK #1 BESTSELLER HOLY ISLAND

    The past never stays buried for long...

    Detective Chief Inspector Ryan believes he has put his turbulent history behind him. Then, in the early hours of the summer solstice, th...



  • FROM THE #1 BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF HOLY ISLAND AND SYCAMORE GAP

    The hunter becomes the hunted…

    When a man is found dead at the remote church of Heavenfield, DCI Ryan is the only other person for miles around. The police have no weap...



  • FROM THE #1 INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF HOLY ISLANDHe’ll make you his angel, but first you have to die... After a turbulent time, DCI Ryan’s life is finally returning to normal and he’s looking forward to spending an uneventful Easter b...



  • FROM THE #1 INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF HOLY ISLANDHell has unleashed a demon â€" and he’s coming for you…Detective Chief Inspector Ryan’s worst nightmare has just become a reality. Notorious serial killer The Hacker has escaped prison ...



  • From the number one international best-selling author of Holy Island.

    Are you afraid of the dark?

    After his climactic battle with notorious serial killer The Hacker, DCI Ryan is spending the summer with his fiancée within the ground...



  • FROM THE #1 INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF HOLY ISLANDBeware what lies beneath…One fateful, starry night, three friends embark on a secret camping trip but only two return home. Thirty years later, the body of a teenage boy rises from the dept...



  • From the number one international best-selling author of Holy Island and Dark Skies.

    Ryan's most explosive case yet...

    It's been five months since a killer walked free, and DCI Ryan is preparing to leave Newcastle to hunt him down - ...



  • From the number one international best-selling author of Holy Island and Seven Bridges. 

    He thought he was invincible, but he was wrong....  

    When an old man is found dead inside the ancient hermitage at Warkworth Castle, Northumbri...






  • From the number one international best-selling author of Holy Island and The Hermitage.  

    Between the devil and the deep blue sea...

    Viking treasure is discovered beneath the icy waters of the North Sea, and local historian Dr Anna T...



  • Introducing the new, unabridged version of The Infirmary by LJ Ross, the author of the international number one best-selling series, the DCI Ryan Mysteries.There's a serial killer targeting the streets of Newcastle, seemingly picking his victims at r...



  • After an elite criminal profiling unit is shut down amidst a storm of scandal and mismanagement, only one person emerges unscathed. Forensic psychologist Doctor Alexander Gregory has a reputation for being able to step inside the darkest minds to un...





  • From the number one international best-selling author of Holy Island and Longstone. The circus is in town.... When a 10-year-old girl turns up on DCI Ryan's doorstep to tell him she's witnessed a murder, he has no idea he's about ...



  • When you sell your soul, the devil gives no refunds.... When an old man is burned alive in a sleepy ex-mining village, Detective Chief Inspector Ryan is called in to investigate. He soon discovers that, beneath the facade of a close-knit communit...



  • FROM THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF THE DCI RYAN MYSTERIES In a world gone mad, who can you trust? Fresh from a high-profile case in the Paris fashion world, elite forensic psychologist and criminal profiler Dr Alexander Gregory rec...



  • From the number one international best-selling author of Holy Island and Penshaw.

    When the gods made man, they made a weapon....

    After uncovering a fresh wave of corruption within the ranks of Northumbria CID, Detective Chief Inspector...



  • From the number one international best-selling author of Holy Island and Impostor. After a busy year fighting crime, DCI Ryan and his team of murder detectives are enjoying a festive season of goodwill, mulled wine and, in the case of DS Phillip...



  • From the number-one international best-selling author of Holy Island and Impostor. A murder for the history books.After a long and eventful winter, DCI Ryan and his team are looking forward to the joys of spring. But, when one of their colleague...






  • A secret kept for a thousand years.... After the dramatic theft of a priceless artefact from Durham Cathedral, the rest of the world believes that DCI Ryan and his team were able to recover and return St Cuthbert's cross to its rightful home. But Rya...











  • When a cantankerous old woman dies at her home in the sleepy, picturesque village of Bamburgh, DCI Ryan doesn’t think much of it—except, that is, for the small matter of it having been his wife who happened to find her body. Then another ...








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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

L.J. Ross has published 29 books.

L.J. Ross does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, The Bay, was published in October 2023.

The first book by L.J. Ross, Holy Island, was published in July 2015.

Yes. L.J. Ross has 1 series.