Highlands & Islands Detective Books in Order

Twenty years after losing his wife, DI Seoras Macleod returns to the Isle of Lewis to investigate a young woman's murder. The homecoming forces him to face grief, faith, and the partner he never expected to trust.

A former convict is murdered in grotesque fashion, and the killer seems to know Macleod's past all too well. As the attacks inch closer to home, justice starts to look a lot like personal revenge.

Terrorist violence in the west of Scotland pulls Macleod and McGrath into a case with multiple agencies and buried motives. Then a crisis at home knocks Macleod off balance at the worst possible moment.

The opening of a new cricket club in the Western Isles ends with a battered body in the changing room. Macleod and McGrath sift club politics and hidden grudges to find why the game turned deadly.

Two lovers are found dead in a burned-out bothy on the Black Isle, and the case leads Macleod into cultish control and buried grudges. Winter closes in as the killer prepares to judge again.

Macleod and McGrath arrive at a role-playing weekend on the Isle of Harris just as accidents start turning fatal. Snow seals everyone in, leaving a killer free to keep playing.

A strangled Santa in a garden center grotto leads Macleod and McGrath toward an underground fighting circuit. With Christmas closing in and Hope's confidence shaken, the pair need answers fast.

A corpse with a spade on a beach and whispers of a missing jewel send Macleod and McGrath into a ruthless treasure hunt. Old allies are turning on each other, and the clues are killing people.

A man is found dead at the wheel of his car when a crowded local ferry docks. From that single strange death, Macleod and McGrath uncover a trail of old wrongs stretching across the Highlands.

A worker is found hanging on a North Sea oil rig, and the close-knit crew starts cracking under pressure. Trapped above the water, Macleod and McGrath have nowhere to hide from a killer feeding on fear.

An auctioneer is bludgeoned with a gavel, and the trail leads Macleod into the murky trade in artifacts and hidden value. Greed, bluff, and a missing lot make this case far trickier than it first looks.

A body in the square of a brand-new island settlement pulls Macleod and McGrath into a place built on secrecy and control. Everyone is smiling, but no one wants to talk.

When an airport coach explodes outside Inverness, the long passenger list creates chaos as well as clues. Macleod battles media pressure and gangland fallout while Hope McGrath works close to the danger.

A luxury retirement village on the Isle of Eigg opens with high hopes and turns into a killing ground. Macleod and McGrath need to understand the past before the oldest residents are picked off one by one.

A bag hanging from a tree in an Inverness park contains a grisly set of severed hands. Macleod must untangle the victims' connections before the collector adds more.

A disturbed grave, switched corpses, and a flashy TV host stir up a public hunger for revenge. Macleod and McGrath must stop a vigilante movement before justice turns into spectacle.

When an air traffic controller is found dead in his tower after a missed radio call, Macleod and McGrath step into a workplace full of anger and coercion. The case turns technical, tense, and brutally personal.

A rash of drownings from passenger vessels looks accidental until a pattern emerges among the victims. Macleod and McGrath race through the tourist season to find the hidden hand behind the deaths.

A respected coffee house on Lewis becomes the center of a baffling poisoning spree when customers start dying with froth on their lips. Macleod and McGrath have to read the room fast before the killer serves the final cup.