Rachel Lynch Books in Order

After a scandal forces her out of London's Metropolitan Police, DI Kelly Porter returns home to Cumbria expecting quieter work. Instead she inherits a child's unsolved murder, an abandoned baby and a suspicious death that together expose a violent criminal underworld in the lakes.

When the elderly Earl of Lowesdale is discovered hanging in his grand but crumbling hall, it first looks like suicide. At the same time two young hikers vanish in the fells, and Kelly Porter must connect historic disappearances, buried scandals and a family who will protect their name at any cost.

A woman's mutilated body is found outside a church, posed with soil in her mouth and other chilling symbols. As more victims appear, each seemingly punished for past sins, Kelly Porter races to decode a ruthless killer's message before the violence hits home.

Teenager Jenna Fraser, once a promising runner, appears to leap from a Lake District cliff to her death. As DI Kelly Porter explores bullying, drugs and whispers about a teacher at Jenna's elite school, an old enemy moves closer to her own family.

An unidentified young woman is discovered naked and silent at an ancient stone circle, then vanishes from hospital before police can learn her name. When a local woman is murdered amid bizarre animal sacrifices, Kelly Porter is drawn into a secretive pagan group and a deadly personal reckoning.

A decomposed body found on the shore of Derwent Water links to the staged murders of two scientists in London. Forced to work with her ambitious ex, Kelly Porter follows a trail of dangerous research, political pressure and ruthless people with everything to lose.

A wealthy housewife is stabbed to death in broad daylight, and hours later a young woman from a rough estate is killed the same way. Running both cases, DI Kelly Porter starts to suspect a traitor inside the police force itself.

On a freezing Cumbrian morning, the butchered remains of a woman are found stuffed into a bin. Kelly Porter believes a disturbed local loner has seen more than he admits, but deciding whether he is witness or predator could cost more lives.

When two former inmates from Highton prison are found murdered after their release, DI Kelly Porter is sent to investigate. Digging into life behind the walls, she uncovers corruption, coercion and a violent riot that puts one of her team in grave danger.

Posted to Paris to help oversee security for a NATO summit, Royal Military Police officer Helen Scott is abruptly reassigned to Interpol in Lyon. Her new mission: find the kidnapped son of a powerful oil magnate before a web of arms deals and double-crosses turns deadly.

A helicopter crashes beside a fell-running race in the Lake District, killing and injuring runners and VIPs. As DI Kelly Porter uncovers evidence of sabotage, she must work out which powerful passenger was the real target before the killer strikes again.

On the island of Cyprus, a British Army captain dies during a dive to a famous shipwreck, officially written off as an accident. Major Helen Scott is sent to finish his investigation into suspected leaks of military intelligence and soon finds herself targeted by those desperate to keep the truth buried.

A severe drought uncovers a skeleton at the bottom of Thirlmere reservoir, soon identified as one of Kelly Porter's missing schoolmates. Days later another former classmate is murdered, forcing Kelly to revisit painful teenage years while hunting a killer who has hidden in plain sight for decades.

In an exclusive corner of Cambridge, psychologist Dr Alex Moore listens as her wealthy clients confess their darkest secrets. When murder shatters their privileged circle, she realises the stories told in her consulting room may be the only way to unmask a clever, ruthless killer.

A broken and bloodied body is found at the bottom of a Cumbrian quarry, staged to look like suicide. Investigating two feuding brothers who own the land and a care home run from their farm, Kelly Porter uncovers exploitation of vulnerable residents and dangerous secrets worth killing for.

Years after fleeing her childhood home, Rosie Fitzherbert returns to the crumbling family estate for her father's funeral and will. Trapped for a week with hostile siblings, she must confront the truth about her brother's death and the silence that stole her voice.