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Wendy Dranfield

3 Series • 17 Books

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🎯 Where Should I Start?

Best Starting Point
Publication Order of Dean Matheson Books
Start with: Who Cares If They Die (2018)
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Publication Order of Detective Madison Harper Books
Start with: Shadow Falls / Find My Child (2021)
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Publication Order of Standalone Novels
Start with: The Girl Who Died (2015)

ⓘ About Wendy Dranfield

Wendy Dranfield is an English author of Crime, Suspense, and Thriller books popularly known for her Detective Madison Harper crimes series. She has worked as a corona assistant before becoming a full-time crime writer focusing on a mix of crime series, standalone thriller novels, and short stories. Some of Wendy Dranfield’s books have been listed for several awards and writing competitions, such as International Thriller Awards and the Mslexia novel writing competition. Who Cares if they Die? Who cares if they die is the first book in the Dean Matheson series by Wendy Dranfield. The author welcomes the reader to Maple Valley, a small town in New Hampshire, a small town where the residents seem to know each other or, in one way or the other, dated each other.

All Book Series by Wendy Dranfield

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Who Cares If They Die

Series opener · book 1 of 3 · published 2018

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2018
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Where the Snow Bleeds

Book 2 of 3 · published 2019

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2019
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Won't You Save Me

Latest in the series · book 3 of 3 · published 2020

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2020
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Shadow Falls / Find My Child

Series opener · book 1 of 10 · published 2021

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2021
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Cry for Help

Book 2 of 10 · published 2021

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2021
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Little Girl Taken

Book 3 of 10 · published 2021

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2021
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Gone to Her Grave

Book 4 of 10 · published 2022

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2022
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Catch Her Death

Book 5 of 10 · published 2022

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2022
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Her Lonely Bones

Book 6 of 10 · published 2023

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2023
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Grave Mountain

Book 7 of 10 · published 2024

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2024
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The Crying Girls

Book 8 of 10 · published 2024

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2024
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As They Lay Sleeping

Book 9 of 10 · published 2025

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2025
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Their Last Cry

Latest in the series · book 10 of 10 · published 2026

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2026
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The Girl Who Died

Series opener · book 1 of 4 · published 2015

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2015
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The Birthday Party

Book 2 of 4 · published 2022

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2022
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The Night She Vanished

Book 3 of 4 · published 2023

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2023
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Please Don't Find Me

Latest in the series · book 4 of 4 · published 2025

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2025

? Frequently Asked Questions

Who is Wendy Dranfield?

Wendy Dranfield is an English author of Crime, Suspense, and Thriller books popularly known for her Detective Madison Harper crimes series. She has worked as a corona assistant before becoming a full-time crime writer focusing on a mix of crime series, standalone thriller novels, and short stories. Some of Wendy Dranfield’s books have been listed for several awards and writing competitions, such as International Thriller Awards and the Mslexia novel writing competition.

Which Wendy Dranfield series should I start with?

The best place to start is the Dean Matheson series, the earliest of Wendy Dranfield's multi-book series: it opens with Who Cares If They Die (2018) and runs to 3 books across 2018–2020, ending with Won't You Save Me (2020). Wendy Dranfield's other series stand alone, so they can be read in any order.

How many books has Wendy Dranfield written?

Wendy Dranfield has 17 books catalogued in this guide, published between 2015 and 2026. 13 of them belong to 2 named series — the largest being the Detective Madison Harper series with 10 books — and 4 are standalone titles, collections or anthologies.

In what order should Wendy Dranfield's series be read?

Read each series in publication order — the numbered entries in each series follow the year each book first appeared. Wendy Dranfield's series do not depend on one another, so they can be started in any order; by start date they are Dean Matheson (2018–2020, 3 books) and Detective Madison Harper (2021–2026, 10 books).

How are Wendy Dranfield's books organised into series?

This guide splits Wendy Dranfield's 17 books into 2 named series and 4 titles that stand alone or appear only in collections: Detective Madison Harper (10 books, 2021–2026); Dean Matheson (3 books, 2018–2020).