Mersey Murder Mysteries Books in Order

Skeletal remains uncovered in Liverpool’s docklands send detectives Andy Ross and Izzie Drake back to the city’s early music scene. A woman’s decades-long disappearance and the ambitions of young musicians connect a modern investigation to a troubled past.

The death of a cricket star draws Andy Ross into a case connected to a German submarine’s disappearance in 1945. Working with overseas investigators and a historian, his team follows clues that cross countries and generations.

Two bodies lead Andy Ross and Izzie Drake toward a priest recently returned to Liverpool. As they work to prevent further killings, the investigation connects graveyard deaths, a girl’s suicide, and a former psychiatric institution with disturbing secrets.

A passenger dies soon after a cargo liner enters the Mersey, and another death deepens Andy Ross’s investigation. The trail reaches into the Amazon rainforest, entangling researchers, mercenaries, and a wealthy entrepreneur in a case with international roots.

Christmas preparations are interrupted when a department store Santa is murdered. Andy Ross and Izzie Drake investigate an unusually tangled festive crime, with another Santa and an elf among the suspects complicating their search for the truth.

A fresh series of murders near an abandoned lighthouse echoes three unsolved killings from 1966. Andy Ross and Izzie Drake have only a week to identify the pattern and stop another death, despite a shortage of usable evidence.

A train approaching Liverpool strikes a man whose death draws police into the adult film industry. The victim’s professional rivals and two former wives offer abundant motives, leaving investigators to determine which personal or business grievance became murder.

A poisoned monk brings Andy Ross to St. Emma’s Priory, where another killing soon exposes a more complicated mystery. An old unresolved case and links to East Germany’s secret police force the detectives to question the monastery’s apparent tranquillity.

A woman’s mutilated body and a lullaby playing nearby mark the beginning of Andy Ross’s hunt for a killer called The Doctor. Romantic connections link the victims to their murderer, who is already preparing to approach another woman.

Liverpool detectives struggle to connect a series of middle-aged murder victims until an old trial offers a possible link. Andy Ross’s team realizes the killer is working through a list, turning the investigation into a race to prevent further revenge.