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Detective Kelly Porter (Book 16)
- Author Rachel Lynch
- Narrator Clare Kissane
- Publisher Dorling Kindersley Ltd
- Publish Date 29 January 2026
- Run Time 10 hours and 29 minutes
- Format Audio
- Genre Crime and mystery: police procedural, Crime and mystery: women sleuths, Narrative theme: Death, grief, loss, Narrative theme: Politics, Narrative theme: Sense of place, Narrative theme: Social issues, Thriller / suspense fiction.
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What to expect
A new detective. Tested like never before.
London, 2008. Kelly Porter has been in London for six years. She's 28 years old and has passed her detective exams, working for Bethnal Green CID. Now she's landed her dream job in the Met's Major Investigation Team the murder squad. And she is immediately thrown into the deep end.
Work on the Olympic Park is underway, and human remains are found on Kelly's former patch. When a link to children's toys is found, Kelly seeks help from a curator at the Museum of Childhood.
A legacy of horror and killer with an unexpected motive are about to be revealed but can Kelly stop them?
The breathtaking, fast-paced prequel to the million-copy bestselling DI Kelly Porter series. Perfect for fans of Angela Marsons, Patricia Gibney and LJ Ross.
Rachel Lynch is a million-copy bestselling author of crime fiction, best known for her gripping DI Kelly Porter series, as well as several standalones and the Major Helen Scott military police thrillers.
Raised in Cumbria, the haunting beauty of the Lake District seeps into every story she tells. After teaching History in London and living across the globe as an Army wife, Rachel eventually returned to her greatest passion: writing. Alongside multiple standalone novels, she now brings her stories to life in a whole new way, through her podcast The Killer Storyteller: A Podcast with Rachel Lynch, where she unpacks every twist and turn, book by book.
Clare Kissane is an Executive Coach and NLP Practitioner. Clare’s clear and commanding voice is perfect for creating atmospheric narration. This is shown in her narration of Detective Kelly Porter series.
© 2026 Rachel Lynch (P) 2026 DK Audio
| Author | Rachel Lynch |
|---|---|
| Narrator | Clare Kissane |
| Series | Detective Kelly Porter |
| Duration | 10 hours and 29 minutes |
| Release Date | |
| ISBN | 9780241826089 |
| Format | Audiobook |
| Publisher | Dorling Kindersley Ltd |
| Genre | Crime and mystery: police procedural, Crime and mystery: women sleuths, Narrative theme: Death, grief, loss, Narrative theme: Politics, Narrative theme: Sense of place, Narrative theme: Social issues, Thriller / suspense fiction |
| Availability | AU, GB, IE |
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