Lin Anderson

(born 1951 - ) - Greenock, now Edinburgh

Crime writer Lin Anderson was born in Greenock, and studied at Glasgow, Edinburgh and Napier Universities. Her father was a Detective Inspector in the CID, and during the 1980s she lived in Nigeria. Anderson was a teacher of maths and computing at high school until she took up writing full-time.

She started writing in the late 1990s, first writing screenplays and later novels featuring Forensic Scientist Rhona MacLeod. Her novels are well researched, and Anderson attended an evening class on forensic science in Glasgow. Her first novel, Driftnet, was published in 2003, and there are now seven novels in series. A prequel short story Blood Red Roses has also been published, and a television series based on the novels is under development.

Lin Anderson has also written a non-fiction title Braveheart: From Hollywood to Holyrood.

Anderson now lives in Edinburgh and is a member of the Femmes Fatales crime writing trio, along with Alex Gray and Alanna Knight.

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Braveheart: From Hollywood To Holyrood - Paperback
This title approaches the life and legacy of William Wallace by way of the modern image of the hero, played by Mel Gibson, in the Oscar-winning movie.
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Dark Flight - Paperback
Stephen, a six-year-old boy, has vanished, his mother and grandmother horrifically murdered. At the scene forensic scientist Rhona MacLeod finds a chilling African talisman, made from the bones of a child. Can she decipher its meaning and track Stephen down before he becomes the next link in the killers' chain?
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Deadly Code - Paperback
This is the third novel in the crime series featuring Dr Rhona MacLeod, Glasgow-based forensic detective. 'Deadly Code' sees MacLeod drawn north to investigate the grisly discovery of a foot floating serenely in the waters off the Isle of Skye. But where is the rest of the body?
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Driftnet - Paperback
A teenage boy is found mutilated and murdered in a Glasgow flat. Forensic scientist Rhona Macleod is called to the scene, but her grim task is made even more unsettling than normal by the boy's remarkable resemblance to her - and by the fact that she gave up a baby boy for adoption 17 years ago.
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Easy Kill - Paperback
Called in to carry out forensic investigations into the brutal murder of a prostitute in Glasgow, Rhona MacLeod realizes that she is dealing with a serial killer - and that he will kill again. Anderson's other novels include 'Driftnet' and 'Dark Flight'.
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Final Cut - Paperback
When Claire regains consciousness after a stranger causes her car to crash in a snowstorm, she is frantic to discover her nine-year-old daughter Emma missing from the back seat. Then Emma is found in the woods nearby, unharmed but cradling a child's skull.
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Picture Her Dead - Hardback
When art student Jude Evans vanishes on a photographic visit to a derelict Glasgow cinema, her friend Liam enlists the help of his birth mother - forensic scientist Dr Rhona MacLeod - in the search. Throughout the investigation, Rhona must deal with the news that a face from her past is literally back from the dead - but for how long?
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The Reborn - Paperback
When the body of a pregnant teenager is found in a Hall of Mirrors with the full-term foetus surgically removed, forensic scientist Rhona MacLeod is called in to assist the police. Suspicion falls on Jeff Coulter, a psychotic inmate at a nearby hospital whose hobby is making Reborns - chillingly realistic baby dolls.
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The Reborn - Hardback
When the body of a pregnant teenager is found in a Hall of Mirrors with the full-term foetus surgically removed, forensic scientist Rhona MacLeod is called in to assist the police. Suspicion falls on Jeff Coulter, a psychotic inmate at a nearby hospital whose hobby is making Reborns - chillingly realistic baby dolls.
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Torch - Paperback
An arsonist on the loose in Edinburgh during Hogmanay is not great news for Severino MacRae of the fire brigade. In their quest to find him, Rhona and Severino trawl the sewers of the city, looking for clues. Can they find the firestarter before midnight? And can Rhona resist the charms of Severino?