Lin Anderson Books in Order
Lin Anderson has written 29 books, published between 2003 and 2026. The first book is Driftnet (2003) and the newest is The High Island (2026). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 29
- Published
- 2003–2026
- Pages on record
- 5,433 in 15 of 29 books
- Reading time
- 91–136 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 5,433 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 15 of 29 titles with a page count on record.
Lin Anderson, born in Greenock, Scotland, writes Tartan Noir crime fiction and screenplays. The Rhona MacLeod novels, which follow a forensic scientist, are the best known sequence, and were in development for ITV as of 2010. Twenty-nine titles are catalogued from Driftnet (2003) to The High Island (2026), with the Orcadia Mysteries, the Patrick de Courvoisier Mystery books and Blaze Dog Detective alongside, at a median length of 400 pages.
How many Lin Anderson books are there?
Lin Anderson has 29 books, released between 2003 and 2026. They include 4 series and 4 titles listed outside any series.
Lin Anderson Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 29 Lin Anderson books in the order they were published, with the release year, the page count where one is on record, and how many independent book listings confirm each title. Catalogue data as of September 2026.
- 12003–2/4
- 22005–2/4
- 3Braveheart2006 · 158 pages · confirmed 2/420061582/4
- 42006–2/4
- 520062212/4
- 620074002/4
- 720083902/4
- 82009–2/4
- 920104242/4
- 10Dead Close2011 · confirmed 2/42011–2/4
- 1120114482/4
- 12Saving Mr Ugwu2013 · confirmed 2/42013–2/4
- 132014–2/4
- 1420144002/4
- 1520154002/4
- 1620161922/4
- 1720164002/4
- 1820174002/4
- 1920194002/4
- 2020194002/4
- 212020–2/4
- 2220204002/4
- 232021–2/4
- 24The Party House2022 · confirmed 2/42022–2/4
- 2520224002/4
- 262023–2/4
- 272024–2/4
- 282025–2/4
- 292026–2/4
Lin Anderson characters in order
The character linked below has its own reading-order page.
- Rhona McLeod books in order 20 books
Lin Anderson books grouped by series
Each title below is a row in the publication-order table above. None of these groups has a reading-order page of its own on this site.
Rhona MacLeod in order
20 books- 1. Driftnet
- 2. Blood Red Roses
- 3. Torch
- 4. Deadly Code
- 5. Dark Flight
- 6. Easy Kill
- 7. Final Cut
- 8. The Reborn
- 9. Picture Her Dead
- 10. Paths of the Dead
- 11. The Special Dead
- 12. None But the Dead
- and 8 more in the table above
Patrick de Courvoisier Mystery in order
2 booksBlaze Dog Detective in order
2 booksOrcadia Mysteries in order
1 bookStandalone books
4 books4 Lin Anderson titles here are not listed as part of any series.
Do you have to read Lin Anderson books in order?
You only need to read Lin Anderson books in order within each series: the books listed here span 4 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.
Where to start with Lin Anderson
Start with Driftnet (2003), the first Rhona McLeod book. It is also the earliest catalogued title.
What is the newest Lin Anderson book?
The High Island (2026) is the newest Lin Anderson book released so far.
Is there a new Lin Anderson book coming?
No next Lin Anderson book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Lin Anderson at a glance
- Still publishing
- Lin Anderson published a book as recently as 2026.
- Release pace
- Lin Anderson books have appeared about one a year on average.
- Length
- 5,433 pages across the 15 of 29 books with a recorded length, a median of 400 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Lin Anderson books, 12 of 29, were published in the 2010s.
What the Lin Anderson books are about
17 of the 29 Lin Anderson books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: mystery & detective is tagged on 8 of 17. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Mystery & detective 8 of 17 books
- Scotland 7 of 17 books
- English literature 6 of 17 books
- Women forensic scientists 5 of 17 books
- Crime 4 of 17 books
- Mystery & detective, women sleuths 4 of 17 books
- Scientists 4 of 17 books
- Women scientists 4 of 17 books
- Crimes against 2 of 17 books
- History 2 of 17 books
- Investigation 2 of 17 books
- Private investigators 2 of 17 books