Cavendish & Walker Books in Order
Part ofSally Rigby Books in OrderSee the Cavendish & Walker books by Sally Rigby in order, with summaries, series background and simple where-to-start tips for this gripping police procedural.
Last updated: December 26, 2025
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Publication Order
14 books
Death's Shadow
by Sally Rigby
2024
At an international criminology conference, a professor unveiling a controversial theory about serial killers is found dead, followed by another delegate. As the body count climbs, Whitney Walker and Georgina Cavendish must determine whether an academic model has become a killer's playbook.
Broken Screams
by Sally Rigby
2022
An attempted murder exposes links to a series of unsolved sexual assaults that haunt Whitney Walker's patch. When she and Georgina Cavendish realise every victim was born on 29 February, including one of Whitney's own officers, they know the next attack will strike terrifyingly close to home.
Silent Graves
by Sally Rigby
2021
Two teenage girls are unearthed on a building site, decades after their murders were forgotten. On her first case with a reshuffled team, Whitney Walker has just two weeks and limited resources, relying on Georgina Cavendish to help untangle long-buried secrets that are still poisoning lives.
Kill Shot
by Sally Rigby
2021
When Lenchester's best-known snooker star is gunned down, the case drags Whitney Walker into the ruthless world of professional sport and far beyond. With Georgina Cavendish and an unwelcome specialist from London at her side, she follows a trail that reaches far past the local club.
Dark Secrets
by Sally Rigby
2021
A much-loved family of five is found dead at their own dinner table, meals untouched and no clear sign of what happened. Under intense public scrutiny, Whitney Walker and Georgina Cavendish must decide whether they are looking at a tragic murder suicide or a calculating killer hiding in plain sight.
Ritual Demise
by Sally Rigby
2020
In the woods outside Lenchester, a series of elaborate ritual-style murders turns a peaceful beauty spot into a crime scene. With no clear pattern or suspect, Whitney Walker leans on Georgina Cavendish to decode the symbolism before the killer stages a new performance.
Mortal Remains
by Sally Rigby
2020
A ruthless arsonist is torching properties across Lenchester, leaving a growing trail of bodies. While political upheaval threatens her place in the force, Whitney Walker teams up with Georgina Cavendish to track a fire-obsessed killer before the next blaze claims more lives and perhaps Whitney's career.
Last Breath
by Sally Rigby
2020
When a new victim is found with the distinctive pink scarf once used by the Lenchester Strangler, DCI Whitney Walker is forced to reopen an old nightmare. With her relationship with Georgina Cavendish under strain, they must revisit the past to stop a copycat, or the original, from killing again.
Final Verdict
by Sally Rigby
2020
Lawyers at an elite firm are dying one by one, each killed with a clinical lethal injection. As panic spreads through the tight-knit legal world, Whitney Walker and Georgina Cavendish must uncover what links the victims before the self-appointed judge behind the murders delivers another final verdict.
The Night Shift
by Sally Rigby
2019
DS Whitney Walker longs for promotion but is already stretched thin as a young mother. When a newborn is snatched from the local hospital, she uses her instincts at home and at work to chase a suspected baby smuggling ring, even if it means bending the rules and risking everything.
Lethal Secret
by Sally Rigby
2019
Several apparent suicides linked to a glossy self-help retreat hide something much darker. When DCI Whitney Walker and Georgina Cavendish probe the Wellness Spirit Centre, they uncover dangerous secrets and a killer determined to protect the façade at any cost.
Fatal Justice
by Sally Rigby
2019
A string of mutilated bodies leads DCI Whitney Walker to a disturbing truth: every victim preyed on young girls. As public sympathy grows for a possible vigilante, Whitney and Georgina Cavendish race to stop a killer who believes the law is not enough.
Death Track
by Sally Rigby
2019
After a teenage boy is found dead on a train, DCI Whitney Walker suspects the notorious Carriage Killer has chosen Lenchester's rail network as his next hunting ground. Under pressure and crowded by outside officers, she and Georgina Cavendish must outthink a killer who never leaves clues.
Deadly Games
by Sally Rigby
2019
Facing demotion, DCI Whitney Walker must stop a serial killer targeting female students at a local university. Drawn into the case when her own student dies, forensic psychologist Dr Georgina Cavendish joins the hunt, pitting real-world policing against cool academic insight.
Series background & context
The Cavendish & Walker novels follow a classic crime-fiction pairing with a modern twist. Set mostly in the fictional city of Lenchester, the books team up Detective Chief Inspector Whitney Walker with forensic psychologist Dr Georgina Cavendish, pulling them into serial killings, vigilante justice and cold cases that refuse to stay buried.
Whitney is the kind of officer who came into the job at eighteen and never really left. She is a single mother, proud of how far she has fought her way up the ranks, and painfully aware of how quickly one bad decision can cost her everything. In Deadly Games, when a killer targets female students and her own career is on the line, the case feels personal in more ways than one.
Georgina, by contrast, has spent most of her life in lecture halls and consulting rooms. Brilliant but blunt, she lives in a world of theory and case notes, and at first has little patience for police politics. Being dragged into Whitney's investigations forces her to confront real victims and messy emotions rather than neat academic profiles. Over time, she becomes as invested in justice as any detective on the team.
Each book tackles a different kind of threat. The early novels take readers from a possible vigilante targeting predators in Fatal Justice to the so-called Carriage Killer in Death Track, a murderer who uses local trains as hunting grounds. Later cases deal with wellness retreats that hide deadly secrets, arson attacks that rip through Lenchester, and a family found dead at their dining table in Dark Secrets. Through it all, Whitney and Georgina's unlikely partnership becomes the emotional backbone of the series.
The tone stays firmly in British police procedural territory: suspects are interviewed, forensics are weighed, team dynamics matter. At the same time, the books make room for dry humour, office politics and the characters' lives outside the incident room, from Whitney's complicated family to Georgina's attempts to step outside her comfort zone. Lenchester itself starts to feel like a recurring character, with familiar streets, pubs and side characters reappearing from one investigation to the next.
Readers can dip into individual cases, but the series is designed to reward reading in order. Starting with Deadly Games lets you watch the spark and clash between Whitney and Georgina from their first meeting, then follow how their trust deepens through Fatal Justice, Lethal Secret and beyond. By the time you reach later titles like Broken Screams or Death's Shadow, the history between them gives extra weight to every new threat they face.
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