About Lisa M. Lilly

Lisa M. Lilly Author
Lisa M. Lilly

Lisa M. Lilly writes detective mysteries and supernatural thrillers featuring kind, smart, and driven female protagonists.

In the Q.C. Davis crime novel/mystery series, Chicago lawyer Quille C. Davis, haunted by her sister’s unsolved murder, seeks justice by looking into crimes where police come up short. The series is great for fans of Louise Penny, Jonathan Kellerman, and Sara Paretsky. It includes eight novels to date, two of which were Wishing Shelf Book Award Finalists, a novelette, and a novella. Join the author’s Reader’s Group to get a copy of the novella and Q.C. Davis mystery short stories free. 

Lilly’s first series, the Awakening supernatural thriller series features a young woman who faces a powerful cult convinced she and her future child will trigger the Apocalypse. Readers call it The Da Vinci Code meets Rosemary’s Baby. Books in the series have been downloaded over 100,000 times.

Lilly also is the author of two works of horror: When Darkness Falls and The Tower Formerly Known As Sears: 3 Tales Of Urban Horror. She is currently working Shadow of a Storm, the first novel in a new supernatural suspense series. In addition, Lilly hosts the podcast Buffy and the Art of Story. 

A lawyer and legal writing instructor, under L. M. Lilly, she founded WritingAsASecondCareer.com. There you’ll find articles on writing, publishing, and time management, as well as Lilly’s non-fiction books on writing. Those books explore story structure, character development, and the writing life. 

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Lisa M. Lilly’s Q.C. Davis Mystery Books in Order

The Worried Man

The Charming Man

The Fractured Man

No Good Plays (novella)

The Troubled Man

The Hidden Man

The Forgotten Man

The Skeptical Man

The Desperate Man

No Good Tidings (novelette)

Large print editions are available.

Join the author’s Reader’s Group to get a copy of No Good Plays and Q.C. Davis short stories free.