9 Anita Waller Mystery Books You Won’t Want to Miss

When DS Sally Stevenson is called to the hospital after a brutal assault, the victim, Alice Jackson, refuses to name the attacker. She just wants to put the entire thing behind her.

But Sally knows that cases like this never end quietly.

Months later, another tragic accident shatters the carefully rebuilt pieces of Alice’s life.

But Sally sees more than an accident. It feels too personal.

When another person dies, Sally realizes that someone will go to extreme lengths to bury the truth. And time to figure out who is responsible is running out.

Best friends Carla Anderson and Lorraine West are so close they share almost every aspect of their lives. They even get murdered together.

At first, their husbands are the primary suspects. Until Lorraine’s 16-year-old son goes missing.

As DI Tom Fowler combs through Carla’s journal, he realizes the women may have had more secrets than anyone ever suspected. And if he can’t find Isaac, he may never discover the truth.

Amelia is like any other carefree, happy six-year-old. Then she met a stranger in the park.

A man who forever changes her life. As she grows, she discovers that life is filled with love and loss—and both can be a killer.

Maybe the only answer is that sometimes revenge is the only beautiful thing that can be counted on.

The Connection Agency is under new leadership. And to launch the new reopening, Tessa, Luke, and Beth are tackling a murder that’s been unsolved for over two decades.

Their only clues are the threatening notes sent to two women before they died.

As the agency digs into the case and the link between the two murders becomes clearer, the pressure reveals the investigator’s insecurities, threatening to unravel the case before they can find out if the connection will bring them closer to a killer.

Liz Chambers has a full life, complete with a husband, two beautiful children, and a thriving law career.

After a shocking attack, her young son is taken from her home. If she wants her baby back, she has to figure out who took him—and why.

But Liz has secrets. One that could destroy her life.

Because the more Liz looks into the kidnapping, the more she realizes that whoever it is wants one thing: revenge.

Right before Doris Lester is about to leave for a well-deserved vacation with her best friend, Wendy, she receives a letter that stirs up trouble from her past.

They’re both soon drawn into a mystery involving a troubled family, a missing person, and a murder. But as they uncover secrets that threaten to tear a family apart, secrets from Doris’s life come to light.

It becomes increasingly obvious that even if they solve the mystery, their lives will likely never be the same.

Anna and Ray are completely normal. Married for 35 years, they’re parents and grandparents.

But on the day of their wedding anniversary, Anna makes a decision that throws their normal life into disarray.

How much can go wrong in 34 days? And can one woman’s decision to leave her husband lead to murder?

When Claudia and Heather decide to leave their husbands, they think their lives are finally going to be on track. But right when they get a flat and move in together, Claudia is diagnosed with a terminal illness.

Heather ends up taking care of Claudia, something she’s more than happy to do as her best friend. But when a meeting with Claudia’s ex-husband ends with someone dying, their lives begin to unravel.

And it becomes increasingly obvious that the answer to their problems might be murder.

Everything in Katerina Rowe’s life changes when she finds a badly beaten woman and the body of a dead man in the alley behind her husband’s pharmacy.

Kat can’t help but get drawn to Beth, the woman she saved. When Beth’s house is set on fire, Kat takes her in, and the two women start to investigate the murder along with the arson.

But when it becomes obvious that the police, Kat’s husband, and even the criminals don’t want them looking into the crimes, the women are determined to find the truth.

The only question is, even if they solve the mystery, can they walk away in one piece?