Reading order · 10 books · 2017 to 2021 · Set in the fictional Ragmullin, Irish midlands
Lottie Parker Books in Order
Detective Inspector Lottie Parker, a widow raising three teenagers, investigates murders in Ragmullin, a midlands town with dark secrets.
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Series facts
- Books
- 10
- Published
- 2017 to 2021
- First book
- The Missing Ones
- Latest
- Little Bones (2021)
- Setting
- Set in the fictional Ragmullin, Irish midlands
The reading order
Every Lottie Parker book in publication order. Choose a title for its cast and summary.
10 books · Set in the fictional Ragmullin, Irish midlands
- 1The Missing Ones2017With Lottie ParkerA woman is found dead in a cathedral and a man in his home, and Detective Lottie Parker uncovers links to a children’s home in Ragmullin in the 1970s.Buy on Amazon
- 2The Stolen Girls2017With Lottie ParkerA stranger and a young boy arrive at Detective Lottie Parker’s door asking for help to find a missing friend, and soon afterwards a body is found in Ragmullin.Buy on Amazon
- 3The Lost Child2017With Lottie ParkerDetective Lottie Parker is called to a remote farmhouse where a woman lies dead, and the case leads her back to St Declan’s asylum and an old investigation of her father’s.Buy on Amazon
- 4No Safe Place2018With Lottie ParkerBuy on Amazon
- 5Tell Nobody2018With Lottie ParkerLottie Parker investigates the death of eleven-year-old Mikey Driscoll, a friend of her son Sean from a run-down Ragmullin estate, and the case becomes personal.Buy on Amazon
- 6Final Betrayal2019With Lottie ParkerBuy on Amazon
- 7Broken Souls2019With Lottie ParkerBuy on Amazon
- 8Buried Truth2020With Lottie ParkerBuy on Amazon
- 9Silent Voices2020With Lottie ParkerBuy on Amazon
- 10Little Bones2021With Lottie ParkerBuy on Amazon
Do you need to read them in order?
Read in order, starting with The Missing Ones.
Who appears in which book
The series’ main characters, book by book. Lead means the book is told around them; minor covers cameos.
| Book | Lottie Parker | Mark Boyd |
|---|---|---|
| 1 The Missing Ones | LLead | MMajor |
| 2 The Stolen Girls | LLead | MMajor |
| 3 The Lost Child | LLead | MMajor |
| 4 No Safe Place | LLead | MMajor |
| 5 Tell Nobody | LLead | MMajor |
| 6 Final Betrayal | LLead | MMajor |
| 7 Broken Souls | LLead | MMajor |
| 8 Buried Truth | LLead | MMajor |
| 9 Silent Voices | LLead | MMajor |
| 10 Little Bones | LLead | MMajor |
Characters in the Lottie Parker books
2 characters from Patricia Gibney’s chart, with the number of Lottie Parker books each appears in.
| Character | Books | First in this series |
|---|---|---|
| Lottie ParkerDetective inspector and widowed mother | 10 | The Missing Ones 2017 |
| Mark BoydHer detective sergeant | 10 | The Missing Ones 2017 |