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Marsali Taylor

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🎯 Where Should I Start?

Best Starting Point
Publication Order of Cass Lynch Mysteries Books
Start with: Death on a Longship (2012)

ⓘ About Marsali Taylor

Born in 1958, Marsali Taylor would grow up near Edinburgh, as she’d come to work as a teacher, working in the Shetlands. Working as a part-time teacher alongside her career as a writer, she’s always developing her voice and her style as an author. Raised in Musselburgh, she’s always on the lookout for her next big idea to help inspire both her and her next big novel. Qualified as a tourist-guide for the region too, she’s certified with the STGA, something which lends her a certain degree of authority on the area. This knowledge has fed back into her work and her material, allowing her to write her stories with a great deal of confidence. As a sailor with her own yacht too, she continues to write to this very day, with a lot more still to come in the future.

All Book Series by Marsali Taylor

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Death on a Longship

Series opener · book 1 of 13 · published 2012

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2012
2
The Trowie Mound Murders book cover

The Trowie Mound Murders

Book 2 of 13 · published 2014

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2014
3
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A Handful of Ash

Book 3 of 13 · published 2014

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2014
4
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The Body in the Bracken

Book 4 of 13 · published 2015

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2015
5
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Ghosts of the Vikings

Book 5 of 13 · published 2016

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2016
6
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Death in Shetland Waters

Book 6 of 13 · published 2018

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2018
7
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Death on a Shetland Isle

Book 7 of 13 · published 2018

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2018
8
Death from a Shetland Cliff book cover

Death from a Shetland Cliff

Book 8 of 13 · published 2020

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2020
9
The Shetland Sea Murders book cover

The Shetland Sea Murders

Book 9 of 13 · published 2021

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2021
10
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A Shetland Winter Mystery

Book 10 of 13 · published 2021

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2021
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Death in a Shetland Lane

Book 11 of 13 · published 2023

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2023
12
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Death at a Shetland Festival

Book 12 of 13 · published 2024

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2024
13
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An Imposter in Shetland

Latest in the series · book 13 of 13 · published 2025

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2025

? Frequently Asked Questions

Who is Marsali Taylor?

Born in 1958, Marsali Taylor would grow up near Edinburgh, as she'd come to work as a teacher, working in the Shetlands. Working as a part-time teacher alongside her career as a writer, she's always developing her voice and her style as an author. Raised in Musselburgh, she's always on the lookout for her next big idea to help inspire both her and her next big novel.

Which Marsali Taylor series should I start with?

The best place to start is the Cass Lynch Mysteries series, the earliest of Marsali Taylor's multi-book series: it opens with Death on a Longship (2012) and runs to 13 books across 2012–2025, ending with An Imposter in Shetland (2025).

How many books has Marsali Taylor written?

Marsali Taylor has 13 books catalogued in this guide, published between 2012 and 2025. Every one of them sits in one of 1 named series — the largest being the Cass Lynch Mysteries series with 13 books.

In what order should Marsali Taylor's series be read?

Read each series in publication order — the numbered entries in each series follow the year each book first appeared. Marsali Taylor's series do not depend on one another, so they can be started in any order; by start date they are Cass Lynch Mysteries (2012–2025, 13 books).

How are Marsali Taylor's books organised into series?

This guide splits Marsali Taylor's 13 books into 1 named series, with no standalone titles: Cass Lynch Mysteries (13 books, 2012–2025).