Elizabeth Linington Books in Order

American traveler Pat Carroll visits the mother of her late fiancé while touring Britain. What begins as a courteous call becomes captivity when her hostess's disturbed attachment to her dead son turns Pat into the object of a terrifying obsession.

Hollywood police sergeant Ivor Maddox investigates a burst of killings committed within hours against apparently unrelated victims. An elderly shopkeeper and two very different women are among the dead, leaving investigators to discover what connects the killer's seemingly indiscriminate choices.

Policewoman Sue Carstairs and Sergeant Ivor Maddox investigate a missing schoolgirl, an elderly woman's unexplained disappearance, and several apparently senseless deaths. A young salesman's fatal overdose and the shooting of a gas-station attendant complicate their work across Los Angeles.

An engaged young couple is shot repeatedly in their car, leaving Sergeant Ivor Maddox searching for a motive behind the ferocity. Meanwhile, a neighborhood practical joker and an American Nazi group's stockpile of weapons add to his precinct's concerns.

Sergeant Maddox's team confronts three difficult murder cases whose motives prove unusually strange. At the same time, Sue Carstairs's growing interest in new colleague Sergeant O'Neill awakens Maddox's jealousy, forcing him to reconsider a relationship he has taken for granted.

Ivor Maddox's Wilcox Street precinct juggles murders, confidence schemes, runaway teenagers, and the discovery of a dismembered body. Tracking a serial rapist requires a particularly dangerous plan: persuading policewoman Sue Carstairs, the woman Maddox loves, to serve as bait.

Dorrie Mayo apparently quits her job and leaves town with her young daughter, informing her employer and neighbors through typed notes. Sergeant Maddox investigates the suspicious departure, especially since Dorrie neither owns a typewriter nor knows how to use one.

Detective-Sergeant Ivor Maddox and his Hollywood colleagues investigate an eighteen-year-old's disappearance, a woman who robs men after meeting them in bars, and an elderly homeowner's fatal encounter with a burglar. Their parallel cases expose different forms of everyday danger.

Married LAPD detectives Ivor and Sue Maddox juggle cases involving murdered boys, a painter whose customers become victims, and a violent burglary gang. The crimes reach close to home as the couple also searches for a house they can afford.

Television star Jan Warden's murder brings intense media scrutiny to Ivor and Sue Maddox's investigation and a long list of suspects. Their LAPD colleagues must also pursue a rapist, girls forced into prostitution, and violence at a wedding reception.

As Sue Maddox expects a baby, Ivor investigates a teenager's killing and a wealthy businessman's shooting. Corpses discovered beneath abandoned houses across the country create a larger mystery, with a crucial clue eventually placing the investigation within his jurisdiction.

Sergeant Ivor Maddox's Hollywood precinct faces a poisoner targeting packaged supermarket meat, scattered remains of a dismembered victim, confidence artists, and a television actress's overdose. The detectives' crowded workload unfolds while Maddox and his wife Sue prepare for a baby.

With Sue on maternity leave, Ivor Maddox confronts street gangs, unusual burglars, a missing girl, and a gruesome murder. An accusation against a school principal and the unresolved killing of a young patrolman add pressure to his already crowded caseload.

Forced out of Ireland after an anti-government uprising, young surgeon Con McDonagh arrives nearly penniless in London and joins the Royal Navy. During the Napoleonic Wars, demanding medical work and relationships with several women complicate his search for a future.

A mystery novelist tells Detective Valentine that his fictional series hero may have become real. When the writer is murdered shortly afterward, Valentine investigates the author's professional circle and the strange claim that preceded his death.

In Cromwellian Ireland, clan chief Fergal O'Breslin and his people are driven from their ancestral lands into barren Connacht. Survival demands desperate raids and resistance to English soldiers, while betrayal and a growing attachment to his ward complicate his responsibilities.

American journalist Harkness encounters a story about an ancient family curse while driving through Cornwall. Visiting the Manson household, he finds a father obsessed with the predicted death of his eldest son and a family strained by suspicion and near-fatal accidents.

Brenda Sheldon grows suspicious of the nurse caring for her elderly neighbors after a death and abrupt legal changes. Sergeant Daniel Valentine investigates similar deaths among the nurse's former patients, racing to gather evidence before another vulnerable person is harmed.