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Rachel Amphlett

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Crime, Thriller, Mystery

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Before turning to writing, USA Today bestselling crime author Rachel Amphlett played guitar in bands, worked as a TV and film extra, dabbled in radio, and worked in publishing as an editorial assistant.

She now wields a pen instead of a plectrum and writes crime fiction with over 40 crime novels and short stories featuring spies, detectives, vigilantes, and assassins.

A keen traveller and accidental private investigator, Rachel has both Australian and British citizenship.

You can find out more about Rachel and her books at www.rachelamphlett.com.

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“Fast paced with vivid characterisation and clever twists, [None the Wiser] is another winner” Adrian McKinty

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Average rating: 4.13 · 30,139 ratings · 2,687 reviews · 217 distinct works • Similar authors

	Scared to Death (Detective Kay Hunter, #1) 3.98 avg rating — 3,893 ratings — published 2016 — 15 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Will to Live (Detective Kay Hunter, #2) 4.20 avg rating — 2,324 ratings — published 2017 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Hell to Pay (Detective Kay Hunter, #4) 4.29 avg rating — 1,675 ratings — published 2017 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	One to Watch (Detective Kay Hunter #3) 4.28 avg rating — 1,596 ratings — published 2017 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Call to Arms (Detective Kay Hunter, #5) 4.31 avg rating — 1,428 ratings — published 2018 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Gone to Ground (Detective Kay Hunter, #6) 4.27 avg rating — 1,424 ratings — published 2018 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	None the Wiser (Detective Mark Turpin #1) 3.96 avg rating — 1,485 ratings — published 2020	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Bridge to Burn (Detective Kay Hunter, #7) 4.23 avg rating — 1,245 ratings — published 2019 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	White Gold (Dan Taylor #1) 3.77 avg rating — 1,238 ratings — published 2011 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Cradle to Grave (Detective Kay Hunter, #8) 4.30 avg rating — 1,029 ratings — published 2019 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Detective Kay Hunter (15 books)
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Dan Taylor (4 books)
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The English Spy Mysteries Serial (3 books)
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Rachel Amphlett and 40 other people liked Carolyn's review of Murder in the Lakes (Melody Harper #1): "Melody (Mel) Harper is a private investigator who specialises as a wedding detective, carrying out pre-marriage investigations of the prospective bride or groom for their parents. Her current investigation into a wealthy young man, whose previous fia" Read more of this review »
Mar 21, 2026 08:31AM · see review
Rachel Amphlett and 2 other people liked Holly in Bookland's review of Murder in the Lakes (Melody Harper #1): "Different than her other books. Reminds of a Sue Grafton book. I liked Melody, so I would read more books in this new series."
Mar 21, 2026 08:31AM · see review
Rachel Amphlett liked Sam “My Cosy Book Nook”'s review of What Evil Hides (Detective Kay Hunter #15): "At the risk of repeating what is essentially the same intro that I’ve written many times before, I’m somewhat hard to please when it comes to crime novels. I’ve read too many of them over about the last 35 years and still continue to do so. This means" Read more of this review »
Feb 23, 2026 06:18AM · see review
Rachel Amphlett liked MEGAN's review of What Evil Hides (Detective Kay Hunter #15): "Love this series when is the next one"
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Rachel Amphlett made a comment on Mandy White (mandylovestoread)’s review of The Hollow Man (Detective Mark Turpin #7) " Soooo glad you loved listening to this, thank you! "
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“Delaney grinned. ‘I was hoping you’d ask. I need one of your Russian”
― Rachel Amphlett, White Gold

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“He had always wondered why you only ever saw one single boot at the side of the road, and not two.”
― Rachel Amphlett, Gone to Ground

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“dinosaurs out there. Their savings and pensions are worth next to nothing because the record companies had first dibs on all the royalties ages ago, but if you’ve got your copyright back for your songs – and this lot have, because I negotiated their contract with the record company back then and made damn sure they did – you can go independent and start again.”
― Rachel Amphlett, A Fatal Silence

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Voting for April 2023 Group Read - Female author

Before You Knew My Name by Jacqueline Bublitz

10 votes, 33.3%

The Mysterious Case of the Alperton Angels by Janice Hallett

6 votes, 20.0%

Killers of a Certain Age by Deanna Raybourn

6 votes, 20.0%

None the Wiser by Rachel Amphlett

3 votes, 10.0%

Deadly Wishes by Rachel McLean

2 votes, 6.7%

A Routine Infidelity by Elizabeth Coleman

2 votes, 6.7%

Broken Rhodes Kimber Silver

1 vote, 3.3%

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