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DCI Lorimer Series

23 primary works • 26 total works
Also know as: "Detective Lorimer", "Lorimer and Brightman" and "Lorimer".

DCI Lorimer and Dr. Soloman Brightman, a psychologist and criminal profiler, in Glasgow, Scotland.

Book 1

Never Somewhere Else
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3.81 · 2749 Ratings · 199 Reviews · published 2002 · 14 editions
When a series of young women are discovered strang…

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    Book 2

    A Small Weeping
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    4.01     · 1981 Ratings · 124 Reviews · published 2004 · 19 editions
    When a murdered prostitute is found in a Glasgow t…

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    Book 3

    Shadows of Sounds
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    3.95     · 1402 Ratings · 74 Reviews · published 2005 · 16 editions
    When George Millar, the City of Glasgow’s orchestr…

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    Book 4

    The Riverman
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    4.00     · 1337 Ratings · 104 Reviews · published 2007 · 18 editions
    When the dead body of a man is fished out of Glasg…

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    Book 5

    Pitch Black
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    3.90     · 1108 Ratings · 70 Reviews · published 2008 · 7 editions
    An elusive killer is viciously murdering members o…

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    Book 6

    Glasgow Kiss
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    3.97     · 1412 Ratings · 108 Reviews · published 2009 · 17 editions
    Eric Chalmers is one of the most popular teachers …

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    Book 7

    Five Ways To Kill A Man
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    4.05     · 1099 Ratings · 82 Reviews · published 2010 · 21 editions
    DCI Lorimer must track down a malicious cutthroat …

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    Book 8

    Sleep Like The Dead
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    4.08     · 959 Ratings · 54 Reviews · published 2011 · 17 editions
    Everyone is searching for Billy Brogan and his sis…

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    Book 9

    A Pound of Flesh
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    4.03     · 1051 Ratings · 76 Reviews · published 2012 · 22 editions

    In the depths of a freezing winter, Glasgow fin…

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    Book 10

    The Swedish Girl
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    3.99     · 1365 Ratings · 108 Reviews · published 2013 · 22 editions
    Eighteen-year-old Kirsty Wilson can't believe her …

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    Book 11

    The Bird that did not Sing
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    4.12     · 1054 Ratings · 69 Reviews · published 2014 · 13 editions
    2014: The Commonwealth Games is coming to Glasgow …

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    Book 11.5

    The Bank Job: A Detective Lorimer short story
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    3.79     · 190 Ratings · 7 Reviews · published 2015 · 3 editions
    Meet Detective William Lorimer, the star of author…

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    Book 12

    Keep the Midnight Out
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    4.01     · 1220 Ratings · 91 Reviews · published 2015 · 15 editions
    ***Discover your next reading obsession with Alex …

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    Book 13

    The Darkest Goodbye
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    4.05     · 1229 Ratings · 88 Reviews · published 2016 · 13 editions

    When an elderly woman is found dead at her home, n…

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    Book 14

    Still Dark
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    4.24     · 1111 Ratings · 68 Reviews · 11 editions
    Crime always hides in the shadows . . .

    New Year's …

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    Book 15

    Only the Dead Can Tell
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    4.15     · 1231 Ratings · 79 Reviews · 11 editions

    'You think he killed his wife?
    'Don't you?…

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    Book 16

    The Stalker
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    3.94     · 1759 Ratings · 147 Reviews · published 2019 · 9 editions
    The latest William Lorimer investigation from best…

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    Book 17

    When Shadows Fall
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    4.20     · 1422 Ratings · 99 Reviews · 8 editions
    When DCI Lorimer's old friend and colleague is sho…

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    Book 17.5

    Child's Play
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    4.00     · 4 Ratings · 1 edition
    “The short story sees my usual protagonist, Lorime…

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    Book 18

    Before the Storm
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    4.26     · 1203 Ratings · 91 Reviews · 5 editions
    Inspector Daniel Kohi of the Zimbabwean police for…

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    Book 19

    Echo of the Dead
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    4.20     · 1244 Ratings · 89 Reviews · published 2022 · 7 editions
    After a stressful winter, DSI William Lorimer is e…

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    Book 20

    Questions for a Dead Man
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    4.25     · 1128 Ratings · 54 Reviews · 5 editions
    HOW DO YOU SOLVE A MURDER, WHEN ALL YOU HAVE ARE Q…

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    Book 21

    Out of Darkness
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    4.16     · 819 Ratings · 61 Reviews · 5 editions
    ***Your favourite Scottish detective returns in th…

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    Book 22

    Acts of Malice
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    4.19     · 592 Ratings · 50 Reviews · 5 editions
    Your favourite Glasgow detective is back with a br…

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    Book 4-5+14-16

    The Riverman / Pitch Black / Still Dark / Only The Dead Can Tell / The Stalker
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    3.00     · 1 Ratings · 2 editions
    Please Note That The Following Individual Books As…

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    Book 23

    Blood on Old Stones: Book 23 in the Sunday Times bestselling DSI William Lorimer series
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    4.48     · 126 Ratings · 9 Reviews · 4 editions
    THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING SERIES

    'Move over Reb…

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