Judith Cutler Books in Order

English lecturer and amateur singer Sophie Rivers thinks she knows her Birmingham college inside out. Then a student is murdered, her friend George dies in a supposed accident, and Sophie becomes dangerously sure the two deaths are linked.

A new job at George Muntz College looks like a step up for Sophie, until a colleague is found dead. As she digs deeper, college politics and financial corruption prove far more dangerous than they first appear.

Sophie signs up for a writing course hoping for inspiration, not murder. When a fellow student is found dead in her room and a tutor vanishes, she has to work out which aspiring writer has turned lethal.

Rock star Andy Rivers is used to fame, but not to funeral flowers on his car and threats that keep escalating. Sophie is drawn into the case when it becomes clear someone is trying very hard to make sure Andy dies.

Fires at William Murdock College kill a young teacher and destroy a women's hostel, and Sophie refuses to believe it is random. Campus politics, arson, and violence soon close in on her as well.

Detective Sergeant Kate Power arrives in Birmingham needing a fresh start, but her new team, her crumbling inherited house, and a deeply disturbing case give her no breathing room. She has to prove herself fast, at work and at home.

Sophie is finally on holiday when the man she is seeing becomes the prime suspect in a cricketer's murder. To clear his name, she dives into a case where sport, jealousy, and ambition mix badly.

A businessman Kate meets on a flight is found hanging from a canal bridge with her card in his pocket. The case pulls her into fraud, domestic abuse, and the kind of office politics that can be almost as nasty as murder.

After her bullying husband dies, Rebecca is left with almost nothing and forced to rely on a man who seems no better. Her fight to stay independent becomes the heart of this tense romantic suspense novel.

Back as a student, Sophie starts a postgraduate degree and turns her cooking into a way to pay the bills. Then academic fraud and a nasty campus scheme drag her into another investigation.

Kate joins a Major Incident Team after what looks like a straightforward death turns anything but simple. A corpse at a tennis centre, arson attacks, and shady redevelopment plans begin to form one dangerous pattern.

On sabbatical from teaching, Sophie volunteers at a Birmingham literary festival and expects books, not threats. When sabotage turns into stalking and then murder, she is forced back into the thick of things.

Head teacher Beth seems to have a polished, successful life, but trouble at her Devon school starts to crack the picture. Romance and menace arrive together in a story with more shadows than first appear.

Kate thinks she has landed a dry inheritance case, until signs of a forged will point to something much worse. More deaths follow, and a paper trail becomes a murder investigation.

Studying for a degree, Sophie joins the university choir for a change of scene and finds anything but harmony. A shocking posthumous appearance, vanished students, bribery, and murder soon follow.

Kate goes undercover in Devon, posing as wife to a damaged colleague while probing a murky holiday-property scheme. Far from Birmingham, she has no easy way to tell who is corrupt and who is frightened.

Newly married Sophie takes a temporary job cataloguing cricket memorabilia and imagines peaceful days with Mike. Instead she finds intimidation, missing treasures, a vanished curator, and the suspicion that Mike is hiding something serious.

Newly promoted Kate Power has to run her own station while winning over a sceptical team. Then a missing officer, illegal immigration, and a prostitution ring push her straight into deep water.

Decorator Caffy Tyler looks through a window and sees the one thing nobody in her line of work wants to find, a dead body. That glimpse pulls her into a sharp Kent mystery full of danger and class tension.

Lina Townend, an antiques apprentice raised in care, finds a page from a sixteenth-century book that stirs memories of her childhood. Her search for her father soon turns violent.

Middle-aged Josie Welford, quick with a comment and serious about food, becomes the real centre of a Devon mystery tied to food safety and buried damage. She is an unlikely sleuth, but a very effective one.

Months from retirement, DCS Fran Harman is handed a baffling cold case, a savagely attacked woman who has lain unconscious for years. With life support about to end, Fran races to give the victim a name and justice.

Josie Welford's world is shaken when a young Chinese asylum seeker takes refuge in a rural church. Village loyalties split, secrets surface, and Josie finds herself asking questions that put her at risk.

Fran tackles a string of painfully modern crimes, including bullying and stalking, while trying to build a future with Mark. Then the case turns personal and leaves her exposed in ways she did not expect.

In Regency England, the Reverend Tobias Campion arrives in a poor Midlands parish determined to do some good. A suspicious death and a tangle of local secrets quickly test both his faith and his nerve.

Tobias Campion suspects a drowned man may hold the answer to the disappearance of a missing heir long thought dead. To uncover the truth, he must leave his parish and travel much farther afield.

Fran and Mark are trying to make a home together when bodies linked to water and trouble at their new rectory destroy any chance of calm. Work upheaval only sharpens the pressure.

Lina is trying to learn the trade, handle her difficult father, and stay loyal to Griff when a charming young man enters her life. Love, suspicion, and antiques make a risky combination.

Former actress Vena Burford now makes a living showing houses and taking decorating jobs in the Cotswolds. Property viewings and old disappointments soon lead her straight into murder.

A village fete ought to be harmless fun, but for Lina it becomes the starting point of another criminal tangle. Among books, jam jars, and antiques, someone is keeping much darker secrets.

After spotting what looks like a corpse in a field, Lina Townend stumbles toward a mystery involving a priceless ring. What begins as chance quickly becomes a dangerous hunt through greed and hidden history.

Fran is drawn into a Kent case involving the last things anyone wants to find in a bean row or a loft. Old secrets and present-day worries make the investigation steadily more unsettling.

As Griff faces serious health trouble, Lina tries to keep going while crime closes in once more. The case has a darker edge because the threat now reaches straight into the life they share.

With Griff needing more care, Lina struggles to keep the antiques business afloat. An auction house, a china horse, and several unreliable men leave her balancing work, worry, and fresh danger.

Former city businesswoman Jodie Welsh is still adjusting to life as a country vicar's wife when a local boy disappears with her camera. Village politics and church life soon turn into a much grimmer mystery.

A small scare at a tennis camp leaves Fran asking what might have happened if luck had run out. That question draws her into a case about vulnerable children, watchful adults, and hidden predators.

Tobias Campion returns to face a brutal crime and the terrifying possibility of justice going wrong. In a world where the gallows wait close by, finding the truth becomes urgent.

Fran and Mark leave Kent to investigate a cold case in flood-hit Worcestershire. A lost child, old trauma, and football-world connections turn a rural inquiry into something much more complex.

A dance weekend in Devon sounds like a break for Lina and Griff, but stolen church treasures ruin that hope fast. When Lina interrupts a theft, she cannot resist pushing further into danger.

Escaping an abusive marriage, Jane Cowan takes charge of a small Kent village school and tries to build a new life. Strange and increasingly nasty events at work make her fresh start feel frighteningly fragile.

Jane survives a hit-and-run at the start of the school holidays, but safety in the Kent countryside proves shaky. Friends, neighbours, and even cricket connections begin to look less simple than they should.

Jane faces new hostility from unpleasant arrivals in the village while school life stays relentlessly demanding. She needs loyal friends more than ever, but trust is getting harder to come by.

In 1860s Shropshire, Harriet and Matthew Rowsley investigate the disappearance of a pregnant servant girl. What they uncover exposes the cruelty built into class, reputation, and power inside a great house.

Snow traps Harriet, Matthew, and a deeply uneasy household together at Thorncroft. With no easy help to call on, the mystery sharpens into a tense, closed-circle danger.

Illness and uncertainty are already troubling Thorncroft House when a long-lost heir appears. Roman remains, estate worries, and family tensions make Harriet and Matthew's second case a complicated one.

A country house party should be a pleasant break, but Harriet's talent for cricket and her fellow guests' gossip help stir up trouble. Two deaths leave the Rowsleys trapped among people they cannot trust.

Back at Thorncroft, Harriet and Matthew are drawn into a case involving a Roman site and an Anglo-Saxon treasure in the wrong place. History and murder prove a dangerous mix.

A telegraph cuts short Harriet and Matthew's trip to Oxford when a mutilated body is found on the estate. Thorncroft's future and a long-buried past are suddenly at stake together.

Lina Townend and elderly antique dealer Griff Tripp have built a workable life together, until a page from an old book stirs Lina's search for her father. The quest quickly turns violent.

Lina is trying to manage antiques work, Griff's worries, and the nuisance of her father when a handsome newcomer unsettles everything. Romance and mystery arrive at exactly the wrong moment.

With Griff needing care and the business under pressure, Lina has little room for extra trouble. An auction house, a china horse, and messy relationships ensure she gets plenty of it anyway.

After spotting what looks like a body in a field, Lina finds herself drawn into a case involving a valuable ring and too many unanswered questions. Luck has very little to do with where it leads.

A dance weekend in Devon turns dangerous when Lina interrupts the theft of a church treasure. Damaged history, stolen valuables, and stubborn curiosity send her straight into another risky investigation.

A village fete provides the cheerful surface for Lina's next case, but crime quickly spoils the mood. Between antiques, local gossip, and theft, she ends up much too close to danger again.

While Griff struggles with serious illness, Lina tries to hold life together and still gets pulled into another crime. The mystery hits harder this time because home itself feels shaky.