There are 6 books in the Inspector Ramsay series. The newest book is The Baby-Snatcher which came out in 1997.

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A Lesson in Dying

Book cover of A Lesson in Dying

A Lesson in Dying is the first mystery novel in the Inspector Ramsay series by Ann Cleeves, author of the Shetland and Vera Stanhope crime series.

Who hanged the headmaster in the playground on the night of the school Halloween Party?

Almost everyone in Heppleburn either hated or feared the…

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Murder in My Backyard

Murder in My Backyard

Murder in My Backyard is the second mystery novel in the Inspector Ramsay series by Ann Cleeves, author of the Shetland and Vera Stanhope crime series.

No one in Heppleburn has a bad word to say about Alice Parry . . . but here she is, murdered in her own…

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A Day in the Death of Dorothea Cassidy

A Day in the Death of Dorothea Cassidy

A Day in the Death of Dorothea Cassidy is the third novel in the Inspector Ramsay series by Ann Cleeves, author of the Shetland and Vera Stanhope crime series.

For Dorothea Cassidy Thursdays were special. Every week she would look forward to the one day she could call her own,…

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Killjoy

Killjoy

Killjoy is the fourth mystery novel in the Inspector Ramsay series by Ann Cleeves, author of the Shetland and Vera Stanhope crime series.

The youth theatre cast are in their places but Gus Lynch's female lead is missing, that is, until she's found in the boot of his car .…

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The Healers

Book cover of The Healers

The Healers is the fifth mystery novel in the Inspector Ramsay series by Ann Cleeves, author of the Shetland and Vera Stanhope crime series.

Isolated farmer Ernie Bowles was found lying on his kitchen floor, gruesomely strangled . . .

News of the murder came to Inspector Stephen Ramsay early…

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The Baby-Snatcher

Book cover of The Baby-Snatcher

The Baby-Snatcher is the sixth and final mystery novel in the Inspector Ramsay series by Ann Cleeves, author of the Shetland and Vera Stanhope crime series.

Marilyn Howe's and her mother Kathleen are an inseparable duo, until one night Kathleen doesn't come home . . .

Fifteen year old Marilyn…