Rosie Gilmour Books in Order
Part ofAnna Smith Books in OrderSee the Rosie Gilmour series by Anna Smith in order, with book summaries, series background and guidance on where to start these gritty Glasgow crime thrillers.
Last updated: December 23, 2025
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Publication Order
9 books
The Hit
by Anna Smith
2017
A money-laundering accountant disappears in Romania and the hitman sent to kill him turns up dead in a Glasgow flat. Rosie Gilmour suspects the grieving widow, then uncovers a ruthless gang selling babies out of orphanages and laundering the profits through respectable fronts.
Death Trap
by Anna Smith
2017
Sadistic killer Thomas Boag escapes custody and is fixated on revenge against Rosie Gilmour. While he stalks the city, Rosie investigates trafficked men kept as modern-day slaves on a farm outside Glasgow, not realising Boag is patiently setting the perfect trap for her.
Rough Cut
by Anna Smith
2016
A young Pakistani bride falls to her death in Glasgow, and Rosie Gilmour suspects it was no accident. At the same time, two prostitutes flee with a dead client's briefcase full of diamonds, drawing Rosie into a violent tangle of forced marriage and smuggling.
Kill Me Twice
by Anna Smith
2016
Scots supermodel Bella Mason falls from a Madrid hotel roof and the world calls it suicide. Rosie Gilmour's investigation into Bella's past, and the testimony of a troubled witness in Westminster, lead to horrific abuse in care homes and a protected circle of predators.
A Cold Killing
by Anna Smith
2015
Returning from hiding in Bosnia, crime reporter Rosie Gilmour walks into the execution-style murder of retired lecturer Tom Mahoney. As she investigates, she discovers his clean academic image hides gun-running, espionage links and secrets powerful people are desperate to keep buried.
Betrayed
by Anna Smith
2014
Back at her newspaper and still bruised from her last case, Rosie Gilmour searches for missing barmaid Wendy Graham. The hunt drags her into the dangerous world of Glasgow's Ulster Volunteer Force, where cocaine money, divided loyalties and old grudges collide.
Screams In The Dark
by Anna Smith
2013
Refugees are vanishing from Glasgow's streets, dismissed as people who simply moved on. When a mutilated body is pulled from the River Clyde, Rosie Gilmour follows the clues through London and Belgrade, exposing a brutal criminal ring preying on the displaced.
To Tell the Truth
by Anna Smith
2012
A three-year-old girl is snatched from a Spanish beach while on holiday with her parents. Sent to cover the story, Rosie Gilmour quickly senses the mother's account is wrong and uncovers a terrifying trafficking network stretching from Spain to Glasgow and Morocco.
The Dead Won't Sleep
by Anna Smith
2011
When the body of fourteen-year-old Tracy Eadie washes up near Glasgow, most see just another dead junkie. Reporter Rosie Gilmour follows a lead from the streets to a children's home and uncovers a sickening trail of abuse and establishment cover ups.
Series background & context
The Rosie Gilmour novels follow a Glasgow tabloid reporter who treats every front page as a chance to punch up at the powerful. Rosie starts out on the crime desk, but the stories she chases drag her far beyond routine headline fodder.
At the heart of the series is the idea that journalism can be dangerous work, especially when it refuses to look away from the lives of the poor, the exploited and the forgotten. Rosie comes from a tough background herself, which means she recognises the kids in care, sex workers, refugees and addicts she meets on the job. She cannot simply file a safe version of the truth and walk away.
She is stubborn, sometimes reckless, and it is that mix that keeps getting her both the story and the trouble that comes with it.
Each book drops Rosie into a new case that feels ripped from real headlines. In The Dead Won't Sleep she investigates the murder of a teenage girl from a children's home and uncovers a network of abuse protected by people at the top. To Tell the Truth begins as a holiday assignment on a child abduction in Spain and turns into a fast, tense hunt through people-trafficking and online exploitation. Screams In The Dark looks at refugees disappearing in Glasgow and leads Rosie across Europe into the shadows of war and organised crime.
Later entries push the scope even wider. Betrayed pits her against loyalist paramilitaries and cocaine smugglers operating in the city. A Cold Killing sends her after the execution of a retired academic with a past that links back to intelligence services and gun runners. In Rough Cut, Kill Me Twice, Death Trap and The Hit, Rosie investigates everything from forced marriages and diamond smuggling to serial killers and baby-selling gangs tied to orphanages in Eastern Europe.
Glasgow is the anchor through it all. The series moves between crumbling tower blocks, newspaper offices, riverside paths and the glossy bars where politicians and crooked businessmen cut deals. There are also trips to places like Morocco, Bosnia, Madrid and Pakistan, but the tone stays grounded: the focus is always on people whose lives are shaped by decisions made far above their heads.
If you want crime fiction that blends newsroom detail with high-stakes investigations and a fierce sense of social justice, the Rosie Gilmour books hit that note.
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