L.J. Ross Books in Order
L.J. Ross is a British crime and mystery author best known for the DCI Ryan series, set mostly in Northumberland and the North East of England. She also writes the Dr Alexander Gregory psychological thrillers, the Cornwall-set Summer Suspense mysteries and DCI Ryan: The Met Years. The lists below use each book’s first publication year, and not the later North American reissue dates.
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Latest and Upcoming L.J. Ross Books
- Time of Death, February 25, 2027 – DCI Ryan: The Met Years #1
- Summer Suspense #6, May 6, 2027 – title to be revealed
- Alex Gregory #8, December 9, 2027 – title to be revealed
- Raby, February 24, 2028 – DCI Ryan #25
L.J. Ross has also announced two future series, The Reivers and The Northumbrian Mysteries, but her official website currently lists both as “Coming Soon.”
DCI Ryan Series (Books in Order)
The DCI Ryan mysteries follow Max Ryan and his Northumbria CID colleagues who investigate murders in Northumberland and the bigger area of North East. While the books are in publication order, The Infirmary is a prequel. L.J. Ross mentioned it can be read at any time after High Force, book 5.
- Holy Island, 2015 Amazon
- Sycamore Gap, 2015 Amazon
- Heavenfield, 2016 Amazon
- Angel, 2016 Amazon
- High Force, 2017 Amazon
- Cragside, 2017 Amazon
- Dark Skies, 2017 Amazon
- Seven Bridges, 2018 Amazon
- The Hermitage, 2018 Amazon
- Longstone, 2018 Amazon
- The Infirmary, 2019 (prequel) Amazon
- The Moor, 2019 Amazon
- Penshaw, 2019 Amazon
- Borderlands, 2019 Amazon
- Ryan’s Christmas, 2019 Amazon
- The Shrine, 2020 Amazon
- Cuthbert’s Way, 2020 Amazon
- The Rock, 2021 Amazon
- Bamburgh, 2022 Amazon
- Lady’s Well, 2023 Amazon
- Death Rocks, 2024 Amazon
- Poison Garden, 2024 Amazon
- Belsay, 2025 Amazon
- Berwick, 2026 Amazon
- Raby, 2028
DCI Ryan Short Stories
- The Shepherd’s Bothy, 2016 – DCI Ryan short story, first published in the charity anthology Dark Minds
- The Mystery of the Vanishing Mayor, 2022 – DCI Ryan short story written for Durham Book Festival’s Big Read
Dr Alexander Gregory Series (Books in Order)
Dr Alexander Gregory is a forensic psychologist and criminal profiler who helps with investigations in Britain and abroad.
- Impostor, 2019 Amazon
- Hysteria, 2019 Amazon
- Bedlam, 2020 Amazon
- Mania, 2022 Amazon
- Panic, 2024 Amazon
- Amnesia, 2024 Amazon
- Obsession, 2025 Amazon
- Alex Gregory #8, 2027 (title to be revealed)
Summer Suspense Mysteries (Books in Order)
The Summer Suspense mysteries are set in Cornwall and they are a mix of crime and mystery with romantic suspense. Each book focuses on different characters and are set in a different Cornish location. The list below is in publication order.
- The Cove, 2021 Amazon
- The Creek, 2022 Amazon
- The Bay, 2023 Amazon
- The Haven, 2024 Amazon
- The Lizard, 2026 Amazon
- Summer Suspense #6, 2027 (title to be revealed)
DCI Ryan: The Met Years (Books in Order)
DCI Ryan: The Met Years goes back to Max Ryan’s early police career in London. Time of Death takes place in 2003, back when Ryan was still a trainee detective constable working under DI Ivy Button. The book starts a prequel-era series.
- Time of Death, 2027
Other Books and Contributions
Why Do Some L.J. Ross Books Have 2026 Publication Dates?
Penguin in the UK and Sourcebooks/Poisoned Pen Press in the US are reissuing older books by L.J. Ross in 2026. Bedlam, for example, the third Alexander Gregory thriller, was originally published in 2020. Sourcebooks is releasing its North American edition on October 6, 2026. Obsession was first published by Dark Skies Publishing in 2025, and its Penguin edition is released in December 2026.
Mystery Sequels uses the first publication year of the work in the book lists above, so there is no confusion or mistaking a later edition for another novel.
About L.J. Ross
L.J. Ross is the pen name of Louise Ross, who was born in Northumberland and studied undergraduate and postgraduate law at King’s College London. She studied further in Paris and Florence. She worked as a lawyer in London before writing full time.
She took a very different publishing route from other authors. She got a traditional publishing offer for Holy Island, but then she decided to publish it through Amazon’s Kindle Direct Publishing platform on January 1, 2015. It took only a few months until May when it became a number one bestseller in the UK and Australia. In 2019, L.J. ross and her husband James created Dark Skies Publishing, the company where she continues publishing her books today.
So far, she has sold more than 12 million books around the world and over thirty books reached number one. Impostor, the first Alexander Gregory thriller, was shortlisted for the British Book Awards Crime & Thriller Book of the Year in 2020, and Bamburgh was shortlisted for the same award in 2023. L.J. Ross herself was shortlisted for the CWA Dagger in the Library in 2021 and also in 2024.
Official website: L.J. Ross