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  • Bibliography:
    18 Books (2 Series)
  • First Book:
    May 2015
  • Latest Book:
    March 2025
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Full Series List in Order

DI Kelly Porter

1 - Dark Game (Jan-2018)
2 - Deep Fear (May-2018)
3 - Dead End (Oct-2018)
4 - Bitter Edge (Feb-2019)
5 - Bold Lies (May-2019)
6 - Blood Rites (Sep-2019)
7 - Little Doubt (Mar-2020)
8 - Lost Cause (Aug-2020)
9 - Lying Ways (Oct-2021)
10 - Sudden Death (Nov-2022)
11 - Silent Bones (Aug-2023)

Major Helen Scott

1 - The Rift (Apr-2021)
2 - The Line (Aug-2022)

Book List in Order: 18 titles



  • In The Patch, the Army family quarters, life is just as draining as it is for the men fighting in Helmand Province, Afghanistan. In The Dependants, Rachel Lynch takes the reader through the emotional and gripping journey endured by the women of 7...



  • Keeping secrets comes at a deadly priceAfter a scandal forces DI Kelly Porter out of the Met, she returns home to the Lake District. There she begins work on a shocking cold case â€" the abduction and brutal murder of ten-year-old Lottie Davis. The g...



  • A case so shocking it will push DI Kelly Porter to her very limitsOn a peaceful summer's morning in the Lake District, a woman's body is discovered outside a church. Left naked and exposed to the elements, her fingertips have been removed and her mou...



  • A family destroyed by a legacy of lies…When the elderly Earl of Lowesdale is found hanging from the rafters at Wasdale Hall, it’s assumed he ended his own life. But the coroner finds signs of foul play and DI Kelly Porter unpicks a tangled story ...



  • Someone has a score to settle with DI Kelly Porter.When a teenage girl throws herself off a cliff, DI Kelly Porter is left asking why. A once champion runner, Jenna Fraser had the world at her feet until she spiralled into drug use. It’s a closed c...



  • Time is running out for DI Kelly Porter to catch a team of cold-hearted killers...When a badly decomposing body is found by Derwent Water, it doesn’t take DI Kelly Porter long to link this professional hit job with the deaths of two scientists in L...



  • The nights are dark in the Lake District. But the crimes can be even darker.A young woman is found naked, cold and alone at an ancient stone circle but refuses to tell DI Kelly Porter her identity. Before Kelly can find a lead, their Jane Doe flees t...



  • What happens when a police officer goes outside the law?When wealthy housewife Ella Watson is brutally stabbed to death in broad daylight it sends shockwaves through the Lake District community. Later that day, Keira Bradley meets the same fate but o...



  • A missing woman is easily forgotten. Until she turns up dead.One icy cold morning, the butchered remains of a woman are discovered stuffed into a bin. DI Kelly Porter knows this is the work of a deranged and dedicated killer. One who has struck befor...






  • To save one life, she risks many others.Working for the Royal Military Police, Major Helen Scott is used to rapid change. On a posting to Paris she oversees security for a NATO summit in the city, yet has barely begun before her presence is demanded ...



  • Locked up with the enemy and there’s no way out…When two former inmates of Highton prison turn up dead, DI Kelly Porter is tasked with finding out why. As Kelly digs into their life behind bars she finds more questions than answers. A tangled web...



  • The truth can have deadly consequences...On a sunny morning, when the Mediterranean is dead calm, Captain Paul Thomas embarks on a dive to the wreck of the Zenobia, off the coast of Larnaca, Cyprus. Within hours, he has taken his final, gasping breat...



  • There’s a long list of victims but who was the killer’s true target?When a helicopter loses controls over the Lake District, the crash comes tragically close to a fell running competition. Runners and bystanders are caught in the devastation.DI K...



  • A dead body keeps no secrets...An extreme drought hits the Lake District, uncovering a skeleton at the bottom of Thirlmere reservoir. Forensics identify that the body, a young man, must have entered the water with his arms tied behind his back: this ...



  • They can buy everything except the truth.Each week, they come to lie on her couch. Carrie, Henry and Grace. They don’t know one another, but Dr Alex knows them all too well. She listens as they reveal their dirtiest little secrets.Then a murderer s...



  • A criminal that preys on the vulnerable. A detective who will fight for the truth.A broken and bloodied body is found dumped at the bottom of a quarry in Cumbria. There are markers of a suicide at the scene but forensic examinations prove it was all ...



  • The day her brother Christian died, Rosie Fitzherbert left her family home and never came back. Until now. When her father dies, Rosie returns to Warbury House after decades away. To secure her share of the fortune, she must endure seven days with he...



  • Everyone knows Gloria White. Or at least they think they do.She’s on your TV screen every morning. Her brand is elegance, charm and power.You wouldn’t believe the things she did to reach the top.But someone knows and now they’re taking retribut...


Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Rachel Lynch has published 18 books.

Rachel Lynch does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, The Famous, was published in March 2025.

The first book by Rachel Lynch, The Dependants, was published in May 2015.

Yes. Rachel Lynch has 2 series.