The Lola Harris Mysteries
The Lola Harris Mysteries feature Detective Inspector Lola Harris, working in Glasgow CID. Lola is working class and proud of it. She is compassionate but driven, and when her principles are at stake she’ll defy authority often to her own detriment. Two things stand in her way: her love life, and the malicious Detective Sergeant Pierce, who seems out to destroy her career.
Murder in the Gallowgate
LOLA HARRIS MYSTERIES #1
“Compelling characters, storylines that hooked me right in, and a proper flavour of Glasgow made it a brilliant read.” Goodreads reviewer
DI Lola Harris finds herself in charge of a high-stakes investigation with links to Glasgow’s newest contemporary art gallery. The chair of the gallery’s board has vanished without a trace and the police have found a blood-soaked crime scene.
As the bodies pile high, it soon becomes clear that a merciless serial murderer is at work.
Battling toxic colleagues and her own crisis of confidence, Lola uncovers a trail that leads back into the past, to a mysterious death on a remote island. It is on the island that she will find the key to an obsessive plan for revenge — one with murder at its heart.
The question is: will she catch the killer before he strikes again?
Murder in Lovers’ Lane
LOLA HARRIS MYSTERIES #2
Detective Lola Harris is turning over a new leaf. She’s determined to get into shape. Her new personal trainer is merciless when it comes to fitness. Thankfully, he’s also charming and exceptionally good-looking, which helps on a cold early morning run. But as they puff round a corner in peaceful Pollok Park, Lola glimpses something that shouldn’t be there: a high-end BMW. Doors gaping. And a man and a woman, roped together. The man is stiff, cold. There’s a bullet wound above one open, staring eye. The woman is unconscious — but alive.
Lola’s early morning run is now a crime scene.
The young woman is Fiona Balfour. She and the dead man were due to be married next month. Fiona says she can’t remember what happened. But Lola’s not sure she believes her. Then Lola uncovers strange similarities with a case in Liverpool from five years before. Her victim may be alive, but she’s in very real danger.
Lola’s now in a race against time to stop the killer before they return to finish what they started.
“Detective Lola Harris is a likeable character to root for and the mystery itself is brilliant.” Goodreads reviewer
Murder on the Clyde
LOLA HARRIS MYSTERIES #3
Detective Lola Harris is heading back over the river from a rare night out when she spots a crowd of people looking over the parapet. Someone’s gone in.
A young man called Cammy witnessed everything. He swears it’s the work of the Clyde Pusher, but is terrified of the police.
The Clyde Pusher is the stuff of urban legend. A hooded figure who throws men into the river to drown.
Eight victims in five years. But according to the police, the Pusher doesn’t exist. There are no reliable witnesses, nothing to link the victims.
Lola starts looking into the case unofficially but gets a rap on the knuckles from her higher-ups for nosing around.
Someone is trying to derail the investigation. What are they trying to cover up?
“Wow! Fantastic read!! This book had a bit of everything . . . kept me glued to my kindle!” Goodreads reviewer
Murder on Skye
LOLA HARRIS MYSTERIES #4
A high-profile case. A murdered juror. A determined detective . . . Detective Lola Harris is called to a local park where the body of a woman has been pulled out of the river. On the victim’s wrist is a tattoo. A dolphin and a heart. Lola knows who she is instantly — the woman half the Glasgow force have been searching for: missing juror, Kathryn Main.
Kathryn was on the jury that convicted reality TV star Carter Craig of a double murder. Just weeks later, the verdict was overturned. Carter walked free.
Three jurors were arrested for misconduct. A fourth, Kathryn Main, disappeared. Then, a witness comes forward with shocking new information.
The truth lies hundreds of miles north on the windswept Isle of Skye. There, Lola discovers Carter isn’t the only killer she’s hunting . . .
“A strong suspenseful atmosphere in this wonderfully done novel.” Goodreads reviewer
Murder at Ardaig Castle
LOLA HARRIS MYSTERIES #5
A secluded retreat. A storm closing in. A killer among them.
Detective Lola Harris is persuaded to take a much-needed break in the remote Scottish Highlands. But Ardaig Castle, an exclusive wellness retreat for the rich and famous, has its own dark secrets.
Someone is sending malicious letters to the castle’s employees. The latest, sent to the manager, reads: Why have you employed a killer among your staff?
As a storm rages outside, paranoia spreads within. The castle’s wealthy guests are rattled and old wounds are reopened. Then a body is discovered sprawled on the stone-flagged floor of the castle hallway, limbs twisted at an impossible angle. Trapped by the weather, Lola must untangle a web of lies, grudges and hidden pasts before the killer strikes again. Because at Ardaig Castle, not everyone is who they claim to be — and someone will kill to keep their secrets buried.
“A great read, with lots of twists and intrigue . . . kept me reading well into the night.” NetGalley Reviewer
Murder in Darnley Glen
LOLA HARRIS MYSTERIES #6
A dead woman. A missing baby. A desperate race against time.
It’s a cold October dawn when Detective Lola gets the call. The body of a young woman has been found in the reeds at Darnley Glen park on the outskirts of Glasgow. There’s a vicious wound to her head.
She’s not been dead long. A shaken taxi driver insists he saw the victim just hours earlier, running through the darkness, clutching a newborn.
But there’s no sign of the baby. Then, a 999 call. A local businessman reports his ten-week-old son was kidnapped at gunpoint by a woman matching the victim’s description. But why did he wait so long to call the police? Lola’s instincts tell her he’s hiding something behind the walls of his plush suburban home.
Time is running out to find the missing child — but the truth is darker, and more twisted, than Lola could ever imagine.
“A cracking plot . . . The more I read of Daniel Sellers’ books, the more he is becoming one of my favourite go-to authors.” Goodreads reviewer
