The Detective's Daughter Series

10 primary works • 10 total works
Stella Darnell runs a successful cleaning company in West London. Her father was a senior detective in the Metropolitan police. Like him, Stella roots into shadowy places and restores order. But while Terry Darnell had honed his detection skills over his years in the Force, his daughter is a natural. Bringing her cleaning methods to bear on each in…

Book 1

The Detective's Daughter
3.40
· 5006 Ratings · 479 Reviews · published 2013 · 20 editions
Kate Rokesmith's decision to go to the river chang…
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Book 2

Ghost Girl
3.66
· 1483 Ratings · 121 Reviews · published 2014 · 20 editions
It is a year since her father's death, but Stella …
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Book 3

The Detective's Secret
3.89
· 1038 Ratings · 73 Reviews · published 2015 · 1 edition
October 1987: as a hurricane sweeps through Britai…
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Book 4

The House With No Rooms
4.05
· 775 Ratings · 58 Reviews · published 2016 · 2 editions
A woman lies dead on the ground. A girl watches fr…
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Book 5

The Dog Walker
3.89
· 805 Ratings · 70 Reviews · published 2017 · 9 editions
Brand new from the #1 bestselling author of The De…
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Book 6

The Death Chamber
3.89
· 572 Ratings · 74 Reviews · published 2018 · 7 editions
From the number one bestseller of The Detective's …
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Book 7

The Playground Murders
4.02
· 699 Ratings · 60 Reviews · 9 editions

Forty years ago, in the dark of the playground,…

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Book 8

The Distant Dead
4.15
· 532 Ratings · 46 Reviews · published 2021 · 8 editions
Cleaner-turned-detective Stella Darnell connects a…
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Book 9

The Mystery of Yew Tree House
3.83
· 518 Ratings · 67 Reviews · published 2023 · 5 editions
A TIMES 2023 CRIME NOVEL OF THE YEAR

'Lesley Th…
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Book 10

The Shrine
4.19
· 145 Ratings · 28 Reviews · 3 editions
'This is Lesley Thomson at her very best; a wonder…
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