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The Fossil Beach Murders
Series: Dorset Crime series
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A body on the beach plunges DCI Lesley Clarke into a case that will test her to the limit. While DCI Lesley Clarke is now settled in her home in Dorset, her team at the Major Incident squad is close to collapse. Just as Lesley feels...
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A body on the beach plunges DCI Lesley Clarke into a case that will test her to the limit.
While DCI Lesley Clarke is now settled in her home in Dorset, her team at the Major Incident squad is close to collapse.
Just as Lesley feels she is getting closer to answers as to what is troubling her squad, she's forced to work on the other side of Dorset after a body is uncovered by a landslide at Lyme Regis's beach. Who is the body and what is the connection to DCI Mackie, Arthur Kelvin, and her girlfriend's law firm?
With a case that seems to have more questions than answers, it's going to take Lesley everything she has to track down a killer...
Series: Dorset Crime series
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The Fossil Beach Murders
A body on the beach plunges DCI Lesley Clarke into a case that will test her to the limit. While DCI Lesley Clarke is now settled in her home in Dorset, her team at the Major Incident squad is close to collapse. Just as Lesley feels she is getting closer to answers as to what is troubling her squad, she's...Paperback$2299Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips tomorrow -
The Monument Murders
A murder at a Dorset beauty spot. A detective trying to hunt down a killer. When a body is found draped over Swanage’s iconic Globe monument, DCI Lesley Clarke is called in. A message points to the motive: Go Home. A hate crime? Or something else entirely? Lesley must find the murderer before they strike again, all while dealing with...Paperback$2299Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips tomorrow -
The Millionaire Murders
An anonymous murder victim and a missing journalist: can Lesley uncover the truth? The Millionaire Murders follows DCI Lesley Clarke, who faces a puzzling investigation when a wealthy lawyer and her unidentified companion are found brutally murdered in a Sandbanks mansion. With too many suspects to choose from, the search for the killer begins. Was the culprit the victim's ex-husband,...Paperback$2299Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips tomorrow -
The Blue Pool Murders
DCI Lesley Clarke is a busy woman. She’s dealing with the reopened investigation into DCI Mackie's death, supporting DS Dennis Frampton through recurring mental health problems, and making plans for her own future. And then prominent crime boss Arthur Kelvin is found dead at a local beauty spot. Who killed him? Could it have been a member of his own...PaperbackSold Out -
The Ghost Village Murders
Who killed DCI Mackie? DCI Lesley Clarke thinks she's close to solving her predecessor’s murder. But when the body of a police officer connected to the crime turns up in the abandoned village of Tyneham, the case steps up a gear. And when someone she's close to is threatened by the killer, Lesley’s quest for the truth becomes even more...PaperbackSold Out -
The Lighthouse Murders
DCI Lesley Clarke is back in Dorset, and her world has turned upside down. One of the people she’s closest to is under arrest for the murder of DCI Mackie, and a body has been found in the remote lighthouse at Portland Bill. And not just any body, but the body of someone she investigated before moving to Dorset. Can...PaperbackSold Out
Book Details
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ISBN: 9781804367650
Publisher: Canelo
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 26 September 2024
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Canelo Hera
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 20.0mm
Width: 129.0mm
Height: 198.0mm
Weight: 250g
Pages: 336
About the Author
Rachel McLean writes thrillers that make your pulse race and your brain tick. Originally a self-publishing sensation, she has sold millions of copies digitally, with massive success in the UK, and a growing reach internationally too. She is also the author of the Detective Zoe Finch series, which precedes the Dorset Crime novels, and the spin-off McBride & Tanner series and Cumbria Crime series. In 2021 she won the Kindle Storyteller Award with The Corfe Castle Murders and her last five books have all hit No1 in the Bookstat ebook chart on launch.
Also by Rachel McLean
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The Monument Murders
A murder at a Dorset beauty spot. A detective trying to hunt down a killer. When a body is found draped over Swanage’s iconic Globe monument, DCI Lesley Clarke is called in. A message points to the motive: Go Home. A hate crime? Or something else entirely? Lesley must find the murderer before they strike again, all while dealing with...Paperback$2299Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips tomorrow -
The Millionaire Murders
An anonymous murder victim and a missing journalist: can Lesley uncover the truth? The Millionaire Murders follows DCI Lesley Clarke, who faces a puzzling investigation when a wealthy lawyer and her unidentified companion are found brutally murdered in a Sandbanks mansion. With too many suspects to choose from, the search for the killer begins. Was the culprit the victim's ex-husband,...Paperback$2299Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips tomorrow -
The Blue Pool Murders
DCI Lesley Clarke is a busy woman. She’s dealing with the reopened investigation into DCI Mackie's death, supporting DS Dennis Frampton through recurring mental health problems, and making plans for her own future. And then prominent crime boss Arthur Kelvin is found dead at a local beauty spot. Who killed him? Could it have been a member of his own...PaperbackSold Out -
The Ghost Village Murders
Who killed DCI Mackie? DCI Lesley Clarke thinks she's close to solving her predecessor’s murder. But when the body of a police officer connected to the crime turns up in the abandoned village of Tyneham, the case steps up a gear. And when someone she's close to is threatened by the killer, Lesley’s quest for the truth becomes even more...PaperbackSold Out -
The Lighthouse Murders
DCI Lesley Clarke is back in Dorset, and her world has turned upside down. One of the people she’s closest to is under arrest for the murder of DCI Mackie, and a body has been found in the remote lighthouse at Portland Bill. And not just any body, but the body of someone she investigated before moving to Dorset. Can...PaperbackSold Out
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