🎯 Where Should I Start?
ⓘ About Rachel McLean
Rachel McLean is a thriller author. She is known for writing the Dorset Crime series, the Detective Zoe Finch series, the Division Bell series, and the Village series. Her crime novels are connected so the Dorset Crime series and the Detective Zoe Finch series takes place in the same universe. The Zoe Finch series takes place first with the Dorset Crime series picking up after the sixth book in the Zoe Finch series. McLean sets out to write thrillers to make you think. Her state desire is to write stories that make the reader’s pulse race and brain tick. A lot of time thrillers can be unputdownable, but fail to leave you with anything to sink your teeth into after they are over.
All Book Series by Rachel McLean
The Lyme Regis Women's Swimming Club
Series opener · book 1 of 5 · published 2025 Co-authored · Millie Ravensworth
The Empty Easel / A Brush with Death
Book 3 of 5 · published 2025 Co-authored · Millie Ravensworth
The Shattered Bauble / The Mystery of the Runaway Reindeer
Book 4 of 5 · published 2025 Co-authored · Millie Ravensworth
The Frozen Carriage
Latest in the series · book 5 of 5 · published 2026 Co-authored · Millie Ravensworth
Veil of Echoes
Latest in the series · book 3 of 3 · published 2026 Co-authored · Jo Monroe
? Frequently Asked Questions
Who is Rachel McLean?
Rachel McLean is a thriller author. She is known for writing the Dorset Crime series, the Detective Zoe Finch series, the Division Bell series, and the Village series. Her crime novels are connected so the Dorset Crime series and the Detective Zoe Finch series takes place in the same universe.
Which Rachel McLean series should I start with?
The best place to start is The Village series, the earliest of Rachel McLean's multi-book series: it opens with After the Flood (2017) and runs to 4 books across 2017–2019, ending with One Of Us (2019). Rachel McLean's other series stand alone, so they can be read in any order.
How many books has Rachel McLean written?
Rachel McLean has 76 books catalogued in this guide, published between 2017 and 2027. 74 of them belong to 10 named series — the largest being the Dorset Crime series with 18 books — and 2 are standalone titles, collections or anthologies.
In what order should Rachel McLean's series be read?
Read each series in publication order — the numbered entries in each series follow the year each book first appeared. Rachel McLean's series do not depend on one another, so they can be started in any order; by start date they are The Village (2017–2019, 4 books), Division Bell (2018, 4 books) and Detective Zoe Finch (2020–2022, 8 books), plus 7 more.
How are Rachel McLean's books organised into series?
This guide splits Rachel McLean's 76 books into 10 named series and 2 titles that stand alone or appear only in collections: Dorset Crime (18 books, 2021–2027); Cumbria Crime (16 books, 2023–2026); Detective Zoe Finch (8 books, 2020–2022); Cumbria Crime Short Stories/Novellas (6 books, 2023–2025); London Cozy Mysteries (6 books, 2023–2024), plus 5 further series.