Malcolm Rose Books in Order
Explore Malcolm Rose’s books and series in order, with short summaries and reading lists to help you find your next book and decide where to begin reading.
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Malcolm Rose books in publication order
45 books
Rift
by Malcolm Rose
1985
Neil's orderly, scientific view of life changes when he begins seeing events before they happen. Over a tense summer, visions involving his family draw closer, forcing him to discover whether knowledge of the future can help him alter it.
Son of Pete Flude
by Malcolm Rose
1991
Seb Flude, the son of a famous rock musician, is caught in the schemes of ruthless drug dealers. Their efforts to control him plunge him into a terrifying experience in which he can no longer distinguish reality from hallucination.
The Highest Form of Killing
by Malcolm Rose
1992
A disfigured animal washes ashore near a secret military research station, followed by suspicious deaths and a missing lethal substance. Three young people become entangled in the cover-up, risking their lives to discover what the facility conceals.
The Obtuse Experiment
by Malcolm Rose
1993
A group of troublesome pupils and teachers board a cruise ship for a journey beyond the Arctic Circle. As the true purpose of their invitation emerges, the passengers discover that an apparent opportunity hides a dangerous government experiment.
The Smoking Gun
by Malcolm Rose
1993
Ros's grandfather appears to die of a heart attack, but her brother David suspects something else and is murdered. Ros investigates a scientific laboratory and a mysterious poison before whoever killed David can silence her too.
Concrete Evidence
by Malcolm Rose
1995
After their mother's body is discovered in rubble, the three Keating children resolve to find her killer. An unidentified man and a puzzling message may hold the answers, but understanding her death means uncovering the secrets surrounding her life.
The Alibi
by Malcolm Rose
1996
Police believe they have solved Stuart Burrage's murder, but his son Kieran suspects his stepmother. Proving it appears impossible: Rhia was outside the country when Stuart died, leaving Kieran to challenge an apparently unbreakable alibi.
Tunnel Vision
by Malcolm Rose
1996
Isolated by the stigma of a childhood illness, Joel finds acceptance in a charismatic leader's group and discovers a talent for running. A friendship with a Ugandan refugee forces him to question what his new community is hiding.
Circle of Nightmares
by Malcolm Rose
1997
Jodie investigates disturbing experiments at the research station where her father works. An ancient stone circle has become the testing ground for a new device, bringing scientific ambition into conflict with local rituals and increasingly frightening events.
Deep Waters
by Malcolm Rose
1997
A man's strange fatal illness leaves a pathologist suspecting poison despite an inconclusive examination. Detectives Lawless and Tilley turn toward the pharmaceutical industry, where the victim's connections to chemists may explain who had the knowledge to kill him.
The Secrets of the Dead
by Malcolm Rose
1997
Four rapidly decomposing bodies discovered in the Peak District leave detectives racing to preserve crucial evidence. Brett Lawless pursues a theory that threatens his career, working with Clare Tilley to uncover the secrets the dead have left behind.
Fire and Water
by Malcolm Rose
1998
Burned remains in an abandoned cottage send Lawless and Tilley into a village where nobody seems willing to talk. Sifting through the victim's past, the detectives must uncover what the fire was intended to conceal and why the community stays silent.
Flying Upside Down
by Malcolm Rose
1998
A seemingly worthless gift from an old man makes Glynn a target for dangerous pursuers. His unlikely connection with bullied schoolmate Duncan, who understands the gift's value, becomes a test of friendship and loyalty amid escalating threats.
Magic Eye
by Malcolm Rose
1998
A string of murders leaves cryptic messages beside bodies across the country. Detectives Brett Lawless and Clare Tilley search for the pattern linking the killings as media attention intensifies and the killer promises still more deaths.
Still Life
by Malcolm Rose
1998
A young girl disappears from a Sheffield wood, and her parents begin receiving disturbing notes. Detectives Lawless and Tilley investigate a kidnapping whose demands reach beyond money, even as tensions threaten their working partnership.
Breathing Fear
by Malcolm Rose
1999
Seb Flude and his band learn of an international arms deal and use their music to protest it. A series of increasingly dangerous attacks makes clear that someone intends to silence them before their campaign can threaten the sale.
Flying Blind
by Malcolm Rose
1999
Returning from Tobago, Lawless and Tilley narrowly escape an aviation disaster. Threats against other aircraft force the detectives to track an invisible weapon before more passengers die, while questions about their own relationship remain unresolved.
Lethal Harvest
by Malcolm Rose
1999
Lawless and Tilley hope a holiday in Tobago will offer relief from their latest case. Instead, a body washes ashore and threats against the island's reef draw them into another investigation, where protecting natural beauty can prove fatal.
Plague
by Malcolm Rose
2000
A deadly virus reaches an English town, turning an ordinary summer into a quarantine nightmare. Trapped behind barriers as deaths multiply, Rev, Lucy and Scott confront the disease and the urgent mystery of where it came from.
Bloodline
by Malcolm Rose
2002
A seemingly healthy boy carries a genetic flaw that a research company hopes to correct. As scientific promise becomes entangled with danger, the possibility of treating inherited disease raises troubling questions about who may instead be targeted.
Clone
by Malcolm Rose
2002
Scientist Patrick Finch pursues human cloning despite its ethical risks and the cost to his family. When his son Jordan meets a young man determined to change the future, they confront consequences that may threaten humanity itself.
Transplant
by Malcolm Rose
2003
Disfigured by a terrorist attack, Cassie receives a pioneering face transplant and must rebuild her identity. Her new appearance offers another chance at life, but the people who attacked her are still determined to find and kill her.
The Tortured Wood
by Malcolm Rose
2004
Dillon struggles to make friends at a new school and senses that the surrounding community is concealing something. The wood where he seeks refuge stands at the center of the mystery, drawing him toward a potentially dangerous secret.
Framed!
by Malcolm Rose
2005
Newly qualified forensic investigator Luke Harding faces his first case when a student is killed with an arrow. Further murders leave evidence pointing at Luke, forcing him and his robotic assistant Malc to find the killer and clear his name.
Hurricane Force
by Malcolm Rose
2005
Years after his father's suspicious death, Jake discovers that he shares his unusual gift for predicting weather. His father's research could transform warfare, and Jake must confront those who want to turn their abilities into a weapon.
Lost Bullet
by Malcolm Rose
2005
Luke Harding and his robotic assistant investigate a doctor's murder in the London slums, but rain has washed away crucial evidence. As further shootings follow, they race to identify the killer before the violence becomes a massacre.
Roll Call
by Malcolm Rose
2005
A murderer targets women and girls who share the name Emily Wonder, leaving little usable evidence. When another Emily disappears, Luke Harding and Malc race to save her while a looming natural disaster places London in further danger.
Double Check
by Malcolm Rose
2006
With an execution nineteen days away, Luke Harding reopens a murder case despite official opposition. He and Malc must challenge apparently conclusive forensic evidence while another investigation exposes corruption in the system controlling whom citizens may marry.
The Death Gene
by Malcolm Rose
2006
After witnessing a biologist's death, Karl and Finn find themselves holding her laboratory notebook. Its research describes bacteria that could fight pollution or become a devastating weapon, and determined pursuers will stop at little to obtain it.
The Kiss of Death
by Malcolm Rose
2006
During a visit to the plague village of Eyam, Seth's friends steal coins from a well. Disturbing consequences follow, leaving Seth to wonder whether their theft has awakened something connected to the village's history of death and sacrifice.
Final Lap
by Malcolm Rose
2007
Suspicious accidents threaten construction of a sports complex for the International Youth Games. When its manager vanishes, Luke Harding and Malc investigate sabotage, racing to identify the person determined to bring the development to a disastrous end.
Blood Brother
by Malcolm Rose
2008
A hospital's unusually high death rate brings Luke Harding and Malc into another investigation. Luke discovers his estranged father working there, but DNA evidence linking him to the deaths turns a hoped-for reunion into a deeply personal case.
Scene of the Crime
by Malcolm Rose
2008
A body in a railway yard and a teenager's diary form the center of an interactive forensic mystery. Readers examine interviews, maps, security footage, and scientific evidence to decide whether the diary's author is a suspect or another person's victim.
All That Remains
by Malcolm Rose
2009
The Forbidden Island
by Malcolm Rose
2009
Mike and his friends ignore a warning and explore an island missing from their maps. Stranded after uncovering a deadly secret, they confront the consequences of its concealed history and the people determined to keep it hidden.
Bionic Agent
by Malcolm Rose
2010
After an explosion kills his mother and destroys his arm, Ben becomes the enhanced secret agent Jordan Stryker. His first assignment takes him into a world of gangs and extremists as he searches for those responsible for his loss.
Cyber Terror
by Malcolm Rose
2011
Planes begin falling from the sky without warning, leaving investigators struggling to explain the attacks. Secret police unit Red sends cybernetically enhanced Jordan Stryker to uncover the cause before further unexplained disasters put more lives at risk.
Murder Club
by Malcolm Rose
2013
Still recovering from brain surgery, Luke Harding is assigned a murder investigation that seems unusually straightforward. Identifying the killer raises harder questions about responsibility, official motives and why the authorities sent Luke back to work before he was ready.
Body Harvest
by Malcolm Rose
2014
In a world shared by two human species, detective Troy Goodhart and forensic specialist Lexi Iona Four investigate bodies discovered in woodland. Missing organs reveal a deliberate purpose behind the killings and draw the unlikely partners into medical wrongdoing.
Super Spy
by Malcolm Rose
2014
A recovered Cold War journal invites readers to investigate the shooting of an agent who was pursuing a mole. Maps, photographs, and coded messages provide clues to the betrayal, turning the search for a double agent into an interactive puzzle.
Blood and Bone
by Malcolm Rose
2015
A crashed van reveals a cache of body parts from endangered animals. Detective Troy Goodhart and forensic specialist Lexi Iona Four investigate the illegal trade behind the slaughter, facing criminals prepared to extend their violence to human victims.
Fatal Connection
by Malcolm Rose
2015
Four people in different parts of the country die from mercury poisoning with no obvious connection. Troy Goodhart and Lexi Iona Four must establish what linked the victims before the same hidden threat can claim more lives.
Lethal Outbreak
by Malcolm Rose
2015
Three scientists die inside a sealed laboratory while examining material returned from Mars. Troy Goodhart and Lexi Iona Four investigate whether the deaths were accidental or deliberate, uncovering a threat that reaches far beyond the laboratory.
Connor's Brain
by Malcolm Rose
2016
A virus damages fifteen-year-old Connor's brain, erasing his memories and language. As he begins rebuilding his life, people connected to his forgotten past fear what he might recover and are prepared to keep him silent.
Chasing the Rapture
by Malcolm Rose
2019
Talented young runner Sophie seems headed toward Olympic success. But experimental treatment after childhood trauma changes her pursuit of exhilaration, leading her toward an experience more compelling than winning and threatening the people around her.
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