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  • Bibliography:
    7 Books (2 Series)
  • First Book:
    October 2015
  • Latest Book:
    July 2024
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Full Series List in Order

Inspector Francis Sadler

1 - In Bitter Chill (Oct-2015)
2 - A Deadly Thaw (Oct-2016)
3 - A Patient Fury (Sep-2017)
4 - The Shrouded Path (Sep-2018)

A Mallory Dawson Crime Thriller

1 - The Birthday Girl (Apr-2023)
2 - The Sixth Lie (Nov-2023)

Book List in Order: 7 titles



  • The deepest secrets are the ones we keep from ourselves in this richly atmospheric, compellingly written, and expertly constructed crime debut from an emerging talent. Derbyshire, 1978: a small town in the idyllic English countryside is traumatize...



  • Lena Grey is found guilty of murdering her husband, who was found smothered in their bed. She offers no defense, and serves fourteen long years in prison. But within months of her release nearly two decades later, his body is found in a disused morgu...



  • When Detective Constable Connie Childs is dragged from her bed to the fire-wrecked property on Cross Farm Lane she knows as she steps from the car that this house contains death. Three bodies discovered - a family obliterated - their deaths all seem ...



  • The past won't stay buried forever.November, 1957: Six teenage girls walk in the churning Derbyshire mists, the first chills of winter in the air. Their voices carrying across the fields, they follow the old train tracks into the dark tunnel of the C...



  • Welcome to Eldey, an island with deadly secrets.Mona: a carefree artist, staying at the Cloister to work on her illustrations.Beth: the harried mother of a toddler, on the remote Welsh island for a weekend with her family.Charlotte: a reluctant stepm...



  • Six lies killed Huw Jones.On New Year's Eve 2011, Huw Jones disappeared from his bedroom while his father and five friends were downstairs. His body was later discovered on the nearby cliffs at St Non's.That night, all six friends lied in their state...



  • Everyone in the family had a secret. Which one has proved deadly? When Mallory Dawson gets a call from a former colleague, Elsa, describing a strange scene, she initially thinks nothing of it. The teenage cleaner had gone into clean a holiday cottage...




Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Sarah Ward has published 7 books.

The next book by Sarah Ward, The Vanishing Act, will be published in July 2024.

The first book by Sarah Ward, In Bitter Chill, was published in October 2015.

Yes. Sarah Ward has 2 series.