Gillian Larkin Books in Order

While helping her sister cater a client's daughter's party, Julia Blake suggests exhausted hostess Fiona Doyle rest upstairs. Finding Fiona murdered in bed turns the celebration into an investigation, with the killer apparently among the guests.

Kate takes donated decorations home for her daughter's birthday after finding no ghost attached to them. When Emily sees a little girl's spirit in their car, Kate must investigate a haunting she cannot perceive herself.

Kate works at Second Hand Rose without knowing that some customers are ghosts needing help. Reluctantly drawn into her employer's unusual work, she encounters a spirit whose inability to resist one final bet left unfinished business.

After inheriting part ownership of Second Hand Rose, Kate continues helping its ghostly visitors. An artist arrives with donated paintings and asks her to find his lost love, offering only an old picture and withholding his reason for apologizing.

Kate encounters a teenage ghost who fell from a bridge and worries that his mother discarded his treasured belongings. What seems a simple misunderstanding becomes dangerous when an evil soul collector tries to prevent her helping him.

Continuing her late employer's work with ghosts, Kate meets a mother who refuses to believe her baby died at birth. Agreeing to investigate draws Kate toward a painful mystery about what happened to the missing child.

Cleaner Julia Blake discovers client Mark Castle dead beside an open bottle of unfamiliar pills. Remembering his recent worries and noticing a continuously running computer game, she begins questioning whether his death was really suicide.

Grace Abrahams meets the ghost of businessman Charlie Ford and learns he was poisoned. His wife appears a likely suspect, but investigating the old house where he died reveals other motives and a hidden history.

At a storage locker auction, Grace Abrahams encounters Connie Flamingo, the murdered head of a successful sweets company. Connie cannot identify her killer, leaving Grace to investigate relatives with strong motives while contending with unusual effects on herself.

An angry ghost forces Grace Abrahams to bid on a storage locker filled with old clothes. Though she distrusts him, learning about the tragedy involving his daughter Daisy sends Grace searching for the girl before time runs out.

Burdened by debts after their parents' deaths, Frankie and Grace Abrahams seek antiques at storage auctions. A purchased locker contains the ghost of seventeen-year-old Jacob, whose attachment to its contents presents Grace with an unexpected mystery.

Grace Abrahams encounters distressed ghost Clive while attending storage auctions to stock the antiques shop she shares with her brother. Clive knows he has lost something important but cannot identify it, prompting a search into his past.

Ghost-seeing Grace Abrahams meets Mae Moonshine, a fortune teller murdered at a psychic fair. Despite doubts about her ability to question suspects, Grace agrees to investigate why someone wanted Mae dead and who carried out the killing.

Grace Abrahams meets the ghost of Marie Braithwaite, who died five years earlier when her son was fourteen. Convinced something is wrong with him, Marie asks Grace for help, but investigating his situation quickly proves difficult.

A loan shark threatens the antiques shop Grace and Frankie inherited along with their father's debts. At a storage auction, ghosts of their parents' friends offer to lead Grace toward a killer connected to both families' deaths.

Grace Abrahams investigates the death of eighteen-year-old Abbie Quill, killed by a driver she waved to just before impact. Abbie remembers learner plates but not the driver's identity, leaving Grace with several possible suspects.

Derek Quill receives a visit from Beryl Sherburn's ghost after her death on Whitby's stone steps. Rejecting the claim that she fell while drunk, Beryl insists she was pushed, sending Derek and ghostly partner Pearl to investigate.

Julia Blake helps at a school fair where new head teacher Deborah Paignton has angered staff with unwelcome changes. Discovering Deborah murdered afterward leaves Julia facing several people who might have wanted the unpopular teacher dead.

Derek Quill's ability to see murdered people's ghosts brings him face to face with Eric Malone, his childhood bully. Assisted by ghostly friend Pearl, Derek investigates a man whose continuing cruelty left more than one possible killer.

Genealogist Hugo Barnes tells cleaner Julia Blake he has uncovered a secret his client will dislike. When she finds him dead the next day, his assistant, brother, and mysterious final client all become possible suspects.

Derek Quill and ghostly companion Pearl meet Ryan Buckley, whose death beneath a bus initially appeared accidental. Suspecting murder, they question his relatives and friends and discover that several people stood to benefit from his death.

Cara Daniels learns that her grandmother's neighbor Ada Clement will soon be murdered. Having known the apparently gentle woman all her life, Cara struggles to imagine a motive while racing to identify the threat and prevent the killing.

Julia Blake attends a slimming-club meeting only to find an amateur theatre group using the venue. When playwright Brandon Briggs is murdered, his suspected history with Julia's friend Louisa adds a personal complication to her investigation.

Cleaner Julia Blake investigates when elderly client Douglas Pedley is found murdered at the foot of his stairs. Contractors pressing him to sell his property seem suspicious, but another possible motive soon broadens her search.

Cara Daniels discovers that her grandmother and an angel must save Donald Ackroyd from murder within twenty-four hours. Agreeing to assist plunges Cara into an unexpected investigation, while raising questions about why her grandmother requested her help.

Cara Daniels must prevent estate-agent employee Gavin Bennett from being murdered. His behavior makes potential grudges easy to understand, but deciding who hates him enough to kill requires an investigation before a predicted crime becomes reality.

Derek Quill and ghostly helper Pearl investigate the murder of young salon employee Gabby Johnson. Her appetite for gossip left her holding many secrets, and identifying the dangerous one means examining people connected to the hairdresser's.

Cara Daniels meets the angel assigned to help her prevent librarian Judy Wallace's murder, due within forty-eight hours. As their investigation begins, Cara questions whether her supernatural partner will make saving Judy easier or more difficult.

Pearl introduces Derek Quill to murdered young man Kevin Shepherd, but the ghostly helper seems unusually troubled. Describing Kevin as a joyful soul, she prompts Derek to investigate who could have wanted to end his life.

Covering a friend's cleaning work takes Julia Blake and colleague Cain to a Leeds insurance office, where they discover manager Karl Rayburn dead. Employees' hidden relationships with him complicate a murder inquiry Julia initially hopes to avoid.

Grace Abrahams meets Archie Goodwin's ghost and learns he was murdered hours after marrying Jessie. Investigating potential motives leads her to another spirit wearing Jessie's wedding dress, adding a puzzling connection to the groom's death.

Grace Abrahams encounters the ghost of events planner Jenny Lorrimer, strangled with her headset lead at a wedding she organized. Investigating Jenny's sister and best friend reveals competing motives before an unexpected discovery redirects the inquiry.

Cara Daniels and her angel investigate an impending murder involving wool-shop employee Yvette Carter. Entering the woman's life brings Cara into contact with someone who would profit from her death, but she must intervene before the predicted killing.

Cleaner Julia Blake accompanies a client to a dating event, where an unwelcome admirer refuses to leave her alone. When they meet again under troubling circumstances, Julia finds herself drawn into another murder investigation.

Reverend Goodwin asks ghost hunters Ruby and Nessa Laurel to investigate disturbances affecting a group of men at his church. A recent funeral points them toward Leonard Bradley's spirit, but their inquiry takes an unexpected turn.

Ghost hunters Ruby and Nessa Laurel investigate a haunted apartment building and learn it once housed a school. A pupil's tragic past seems connected to the disturbances, but helping the child's spirit brings an unsettling surprise.

A foul smell at the Red Lion draws ghost hunters Ruby and Nessa Laurel into an encounter with hostile Shifty Sid Simmons. Investigating why the long-absent criminal now haunts the pub means resisting his efforts to frighten them away.

Ghost hunter Ruby Laurel investigates a supermarket haunted by young Mary Jackson, seeking the reason for her attachment to the building. The arrival of troublesome younger sister Nessa complicates Ruby's efforts to understand and resolve the haunting.

The Mill Street Theatre closes each September under the pretense of cleaning, concealing hauntings that threaten human life. Ruby and Nessa Laurel investigate the recurring disturbances, tracing the spirits' presence toward a painful story from the past.

Julia Blake travels to Edinburgh to visit her son at university, only to encounter a dead body. With Samson under suspicion, she must uncover the deception behind the crime before it destroys his future.

While helping her sister at a Leeds farmers’ market, Julia Blake discovers a former stallholder dead. Anna fears a serial killer is targeting the market, leaving Julia to investigate the danger among its traders.

Grace Abrahams encounters the ghost of murdered private detective Brendan O’Leary and investigates his unfinished case. His business partner becomes a suspect, while an unidentified watcher takes a disturbing interest in Grace’s search for the truth.

A lost bet leaves Julia Blake cleaning the King’s Head pub, where she discovers a body. A darts tattoo connects the victim to the previous night’s game and gives her a clue to the murderer.

Grace Abrahams meets Vince, a confused ghost attached to a coffin bought at a storage auction. His joking suggestion that he might be a vampire turns alarming when his personality changes and he becomes a threat to her.

Cleaner Julia Blake takes her mother on a relaxing spa break, anticipating chocolate therapy. Finding a body in a flotation tank disrupts their holiday, and a new friend draws Julia into the investigation she hoped to avoid.

Julia Blake joins her colleague Cain’s knitting class to help him understand a woman he likes. When a class member is murdered the next morning, their social outing becomes another case for the cleaner turned amateur investigator.

Retiree Ray Rosenthorpe finds a body in a garden-centre shed and an acquaintance standing nearby with bloodied hands. She insists she is innocent, and Ray recruits his friend Cain to help investigate and clear her name.

Grace Abrahams encounters an invisible ghost that communicates by moving figures inside paintings. Studying the changing images becomes her only way to piece together the spirit’s unfinished business and determine what kind of help is needed.

Grace Abrahams is startled to meet the ghost of Roz, a postwoman she knew for years. Roz seeks help for an elderly customer, and Grace’s investigation reveals that someone is determined to complete an attempted murder.

While fishing, Ray and Cain meet Terry Holt, who admits his wife has been kidnapped but enjoys her absence too much to act. Troubled by his indifference, the friends begin their own investigation to help her.

Grace Abrahams meets the ghost of former boy-band member Zach Struthers, who wants help finishing a song for an old bandmate. The apparently simple task becomes difficult when that former friend responds to Grace with hostility.

Ray and Cain take over an injured window cleaner’s rounds to help him recover. Discovering his supposed accident was an attempt on his life turns their favor into an investigation involving several suspects and a troubling secret.

Investigators Connie and Sable Butterworth are hired to explain disturbances inside Jocelyn Kent’s locked office. When the intruder begins sabotaging water and furniture, the women organize an overnight watch while Connie struggles to recall a troubling connection.

Connie and Sable Butterworth investigate a large insurance claim after falling stage equipment injures a guitarist’s hands. Suspicions about her husband’s motives deepen, and a murder turns their examination of the apparent accident into something more dangerous.

After speaking with a troubled Dolly Kendall, investigator Connie Butterworth doubts the conclusion that Dolly died by suicide from sleeping tablets. Connie and Sable investigate, searching for the hidden problem that may explain the suspicious death.

Ghost helper Grace Abrahams meets tax adviser Curtis Ellicott, who believes unfinished client work keeps him earthbound. Contacting those clients suggests another explanation, drawing Grace into a hidden side of his life and other people’s secrets.

Julia Blake visits a friend facing harassment during divorce proceedings and discovers a body in the garden. Its disappearance before police arrive draws Julia into a mystery involving a prowler, an estranged husband, and a gym owner.

Connie and Sable Butterworth investigate concerns about a friend’s divorce solicitor, Bruno Ridgeway. When he is murdered before they can confront him, the friend’s husband becomes the main suspect, and Connie sets out to establish his innocence.

Retired Connie Butterworth fulfills her dream of becoming a private investigator and persuades her reluctant sister-in-law Sable to assist. Their first assignment begins with a missing person, then expands into a tangled case of deception, phone hacking, and murder.

Ray and Cain work as television extras, and Cain receives an invitation from his acting hero. Finding Cain beside the star’s murdered body leads to his arrest, forcing Ray to investigate and defend his friend.

Consumer-rights presenter Steven Stevens hires Connie and Sable Butterworth when a blackmailer threatens to expose his past. His work has created many enemies, and increasingly sinister threats leave the investigators facing several suspects and a client in danger.

Maggie Kelburn finds a body in her garden after spotting a young man in a nearby tree. Although police consider the death accidental, the victim’s sister asks her to investigate a secretive treasure-hunting group linked to him.

Maggie Kelburn unknowingly records a neighbor’s murder and takes the footage to police with surveillance expert Sam Ward. After the recording disappears and her home is invaded, she flees while questioning whether anyone offering help deserves her trust.

Retired couple George and Lydia Hartley investigate a painting stolen during Willow Bridge’s arts festival. Hoping to recover their friend’s work before he notices its disappearance, they discover secrets hidden beneath the village’s friendly surface.