The McLaren Mystery Series
The McLaren Mysteries feature British ex-police detective Michael McLaren, who investigates cold cases on his own.
The McLaren Mysteries feature British ex-police detective Michael McLaren, who investigates cold cases on his own.
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A woman found dead miles from her home, a missing bundle of money, a string of anonymous threats against McLaren... Someone's out for cold revenge
Murder at an ancient castle sends McLaren on a desperate run to prevent another death.
McLaren deals with a case of arson, jealousy, and the murder of a young blues singer.
The discovery of a brooch in a brick wall sends McLaren on a hunt for the killer of a university art student...while trying to dodge his own planned murder.
McLaren investigates a cold case of murder and a lost WWII treasure in Scotland. The puzzle is fascinating; he jus has to stay alive to solve it.
Luke Barber went missing from his village, leaving no clue to his whereabouts or why he left. Now, three years later, Luke's father hopes McLaren can find a trace of Luke, alive or dead.
While on holiday in England's Lake District, McLaren is suspected of killing his neighbor. It's up to him to prove his innocence, 'cause the local police think he's guilty...and aren't too anxious to prove his innocence.
McLaren's hunt for the killer of a young musician shifts from the potential capture to praying he and his friend, Jamie, can escape the killer's snare.
The body of a woman in a rowboat, a kidnapper's deadline, and the threat of a loved one's death plunge McLaren into an investigation as deep and dark as Scotland's lochs.
McLaren delves into the cold case of a death in a river.
McLaren investigates the death of a writer at a mystery writers retreat.
McLaren abandons his usual cold case investigations to look into a friend's party game of 'murder' gone deadly wrong.
McLaren investigates the cold case deaths of two men hanged a year apart, both on Good Fridays. Related deaths, related by murder. Related motives?
A drowning in a haunted mere plunges McLaren into a search for a killer who might not be human.
An anonymous gift of a millstone plunges McLaren into investigating two murders.
A mermaid legend threatens to come alive when McLaren investigates two deaths at a Scottish Highland Games event.
Three murders in three months is alarming. But to anticipate a fourth one! Terrifying. And it will probably occur in two weeks... Unless someone can prevent it.
It seems a simple inquiry: the murders of a woman's parents. But McLaren questions if the investigation is really worth it when he puts his friend, his lady love, and himself in danger...a danger that could forfeit all three of their lives.
The appearance of a body at the family ancestral home propels McLaren into investigating another murder, a decision that unknowingly puts his life in danger.
NOT A MYSTERY, 'The Swim' tells the story of McLaren, this solver-of-mysteries, from his teen-aged years through the event that pushed him into leaving the police force and beginning his career as an investigator of cold cases.
A photograph and a newspaper clipping found secreted inside a house's wall ignites an investigation into a chain of old murders.
NOT A MYSTERY, but rather the story of McLaren's lady love, Melanie -- the storms of her life through childhood growing paints and adult tribulations, to finally emerge as a strong, self-sufficient woman.
McLaren is plunged into bluegrass...the non-plant, musical kind...in this cold case investigation of a musician, a reappearing mysterious car, and a desperate escape over the moor.