DI Zoe Finch — Detective Zoe Finch Series Character Guide

DI Zoe Finch — at a glance

Key facts about Detective Inspector Zoe Finch, the lead character of the Detective Zoe Finch series by Rachel McLean:

• Character: Detective Inspector Zoe Finch

• Series: Detective Zoe Finch (lead character)

• Role: Detective Inspector, West Midlands Police CID

• Based in: Birmingham, England

• From: Kings Norton, Birmingham

• First appears in: Deadly Origins (prequel) and Deadly Wishes (Book 1)

• Connected series: Cumbria Crime, Dorset Crime

• Author: Rachel McLean

• Genre: British police procedural and crime fiction

Who is DI Zoe Finch?

Detective Inspector Zoe Finch is the lead character of the Detective Zoe Finch series by Rachel McLean. She is a Detective Inspector in West Midlands Police CID, based in Birmingham, where she was born and raised. Zoe Finch is sharp, outspoken, ambitious and determined, with little patience for office politics. She leads investigations into murder and serious crime across the city.

What is Zoe Finch's rank and job?

Zoe Finch is a Detective Inspector (DI) with West Midlands Police CID in Birmingham. As a DI, she is a senior investigating officer who leads a team of detectives on murder and major crime investigations. In the prequel novella, Deadly Origins, she is shown at the very start of her CID career; by Deadly Wishes, Book 1, she is West Midlands Police's newest Detective Inspector.

Where is Zoe Finch based?

Zoe Finch is based in Birmingham, England, and works for West Midlands Police CID. She was born and raised in the city, in the Kings Norton area, and lives in a small terraced house in Selly Oak. The Detective Zoe Finch series is set in and around Birmingham, on West Midlands Police's patch.

What is Zoe Finch like?

Zoe Finch is direct, quick-thinking and tenacious, known for speaking her mind and for her dedication to a case. She is tall, with red-brown hair that she often ties back in a hurry, and she drives a Mini. Away from work she is a single mother to her teenage son, Nicholas, and she practises karate. Much of the appeal of the series comes from following a determined city detective who is as complicated and human as the cases she investigates.

Which books does Zoe Finch appear in?

Zoe Finch is the lead character in all seven Detective Zoe Finch novels and the prequel novella. In reading order, these are: Deadly Origins (prequel), Deadly Wishes, Deadly Choices, Deadly Desires, Deadly Terror, Deadly Reprisal, Deadly Fallout and Deadly Christmas. She also features in Rachel McLean's connected crime series, including Cumbria Crime and Dorset Crime.

How does Zoe Finch connect to Rachel McLean's other series?

Zoe Finch is one of the shared characters who link Rachel McLean's interconnected crime fiction world. As well as leading the Birmingham-set Detective Zoe Finch series, she features in the Cumbria Crime series, set in the Lake District, and in the Dorset Crime series, Rachel McLean's flagship series featuring DCI Lesley Clarke. Readers who enjoy the Detective Zoe Finch series can follow Zoe's story further in the Cumbria Crime series.