DI Callanch Books in Order
Browse all DI Callanach books by Helen Fields in order, with plot summaries, series background, and guidance on the best reading order for Luc and Ava’s Edinburgh investigations.
Last updated: December 19, 2025
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Publication Order
7 books
One for Sorrow
by Helen Fields
2022
A lone bomber stalks Edinburgh, leaving explosions and a twisted version of the magpie rhyme in their wake. As the attacks grow bolder, DCI Ava Turner and DI Luc Callanach realise each device is designed to kill them as much as the public.
Perfect Kill
by Helen Fields
2020
Bart Campbell is drugged, abducted and wakes locked in a shipping container bound for France. As DI Luc Callanach and DCI Ava Turner chase missing people on both sides of the Channel, they uncover a trafficking network that treats human bodies as cargo.
Perfect Crime
by Helen Fields
2019
A man talked down from a bridge is found dead days later at the bottom of a cliff. When more apparent suicides follow, Luc Callanach and Ava Turner suspect a hidden killer who targets vulnerable people and turns their final despair into murder.
Perfect Silence
by Helen Fields
2018
After a young woman’s body is discovered on a roadside with the outline of a doll carved into her skin, a second crime scene reveals a doll made from human flesh. Luc Callanach and Ava Turner race to stop a murderer who treats bodies as raw material.
Perfect Death
by Helen Fields
2018
Someone in Edinburgh is quietly poisoning victims, giving them slow, agonising deaths that look like natural causes. Luc Callanach and newly promoted DCI Ava Turner must trace faint connections between strangers before the killer perfects another invisible attack.
Perfect Remains
by Helen Fields
2017
On a Highland mountainside, burned remains identified as lawyer Elaine Buxton seem to close a missing‑person case. In truth Elaine is still imprisoned in Edinburgh, and Luc Callanach’s first investigation with Police Scotland becomes a hunt for a killer who plans every detail.
Perfect Prey
by Helen Fields
2017
During a packed rock festival, a charity worker is slashed to death in front of thousands, followed by a primary school teacher murdered in an alley. Graffiti around Edinburgh appears to predict each victim, forcing Luc Callanach and Ava Turner into a frantic race to read it in time.
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