Lin Anderson was born in Greenock of Scottish and Irish parents. A graduate of both Glasgow and Edinburgh Universities, she has lived in many different parts of Scotland and also spent five years working in the African bush. A teacher of Mathematics and Computing, she began her writing career four years ago. Her first film, Small Love, which was broadcast on STV, was nominated for TAPS writer of the year award 2001. Her African short stories have been published in the 10th Anniversary Macallan collection and broadcast on BBC Radio Four.
Genres: Mystery, Cozy Mystery, Children's Fiction
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Rhona MacLeod
0.5. Blood Red Roses (2006)
1. Driftnet (2003)
2. Torch (2004)
3. Deadly Code (2005)
4. Dark Flight (2007)
5. Easy Kill (2008)
6. Final Cut (2009)
7. The Reborn (2010)
8. Picture Her Dead (2011)
9. Paths of the Dead (2014)
10. The Special Dead (2015)
11. None but the Dead (2016)
12. Follow the Dead (2017)
13. Sins of the Dead (2018)
14. Time for the Dead (2019)
15. The Innocent Dead (2020)
16. The Killing Tide (2021)
17. The Wild Coast (2023)
18. Whispers of the Dead (2024)
19. The Dead and the Dying (2025)
0.5. Blood Red Roses (2006)
1. Driftnet (2003)
2. Torch (2004)
3. Deadly Code (2005)
4. Dark Flight (2007)
5. Easy Kill (2008)
6. Final Cut (2009)
7. The Reborn (2010)
8. Picture Her Dead (2011)
9. Paths of the Dead (2014)
10. The Special Dead (2015)
11. None but the Dead (2016)
12. Follow the Dead (2017)
13. Sins of the Dead (2018)
14. Time for the Dead (2019)
15. The Innocent Dead (2020)
16. The Killing Tide (2021)
17. The Wild Coast (2023)
18. Whispers of the Dead (2024)
19. The Dead and the Dying (2025)
Cannes Cozy Mystery
1. The Case of the Black Pearl (2014)
2. The Case of The Missing Madonna (2015)
3. Ice Cold in Cannes (2024)
1. The Case of the Black Pearl (2014)
2. The Case of The Missing Madonna (2015)
3. Ice Cold in Cannes (2024)
Blaze Dog Detective (with Donald McKay)
1. The Magic Flag Mystery (2020)
2. The Dinosaur Mystery (2021)
1. The Magic Flag Mystery (2020)
2. The Dinosaur Mystery (2021)
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Books containing stories by Lin Anderson

The Mammoth Book of Best British Mysteries 8 (2011)
(The Mammoth Book of ...)
edited by
Maxim Jakubowski
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