Reading Order
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Start with A Killer in King's Cove / Dead in the Water and continue through all 9 books in the listed reading order.
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Start with A Killer in King's Cove / Dead in the Water
Book 1 by Iona Whishaw • Published 2015
After the war, former British intelligence officer Lane Winslow flees bombed out London for the tiny community of King's Cove in interior British Columbia. When a stranger's body turns up nearby, her own secrets make...
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Ends with Framed in Fire
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Book 1:A Killer in King's Cove / Dead in the Water
Iona Whishaw • 2015
After the war, former British intelligence officer Lane Winslow flees bombed out London for the tiny community of King's Cove in interior British Columbia. When a stranger's body turns up nearby, her own secrets make...
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Book 2:Death in a Darkening Mist
Iona Whishaw • 2017
On a snowy December day in 1946, Lane is introduced to the local hot springs near King's Cove and overhears a group speaking Russian. When one of them is found dead, her language skills and spy training pull her into...
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Book 3:An Old, Cold Grave
Iona Whishaw • 2017
In early spring 1947, a collapsed root cellar in King's Cove reveals a tiny skeletal hand. Lane and Inspector Darling must uncover who the long buried child was and why the body was hidden outside the cemetery, diggin...
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Book 4:It Begins In Betrayal
Iona Whishaw • 2018
As summer settles over King's Cove, a British official arrives to drag Inspector Darling back to England to answer for the wartime death of a crew member under his command. While Lane races to London to clear him, Ame...
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Book 5:A Sorrowful Sanctuary
Iona Whishaw • 2018
Lane is enjoying a sunny day at the lake when she and her friends pull a gravely injured young man from a sinking rowboat. As Inspector Darling and Constable Ames hunt for his attacker, a swastika pin and a missing lo...
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Book 6:A Deceptive Devotion
Iona Whishaw • 2019
With her wedding to Inspector Darling approaching, Lane agrees to translate for an elderly Russian countess searching for a missing brother in the Nelson area. When a hunter is murdered in the hills and talk of a defe...
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Book 7:A Match Made for Murder
Iona Whishaw • 2020
Newly married, Lane and Darling escape the Kootenays for a honeymoon at an elegant hotel in Tucson, Arizona, only to witness a wealthy guest shot in broad daylight. As local secrets and jealousies multiply, a parallel...
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Book 8:A Lethal Lesson
Iona Whishaw • 2021
Back home after her Arizona honeymoon, Lane steps in as a substitute teacher when two women fail to appear at the village school. She finds their cottage ransacked, one teacher badly hurt, and the other missing, drawi...
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Book 9:Framed in Fire
Iona Whishaw • 2022
In early spring 1948, Lane travels to New Denver to visit her friend Peter Barisoff and instead helps uncover human remains near his garden. At the same time in Nelson, arson at the Vitalis family's restaurant and a w...
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Lane Winslow FAQ
What is the best order to read the Lane Winslow series?
The recommended reading order is the numbered order shown on this page, starting with A Killer in King's Cove / Dead in the Water.
How many books are in the Lane Winslow series?
There are 9 books currently listed in the Lane Winslow series on GurusReads.
Where should I start with the Lane Winslow series?
New readers should start with A Killer in King's Cove / Dead in the Water, the first book in the reading order.
Is the Lane Winslow series complete?
Based on the publication years we have, the series appears likely complete and spans releases from 2015 to 2022.