Dr. Samantha Willerby is the protagonist of A.J. Waines’s Dr. Samantha Willerby Mystery series, a four-book psychological thriller sequence published between 2016 and 2020. She is a London-based psychotherapist whose professional life keeps pulling her into dangerous situations. Her patients’ problems have a way of becoming criminal cases, and Willerby’s clinical training makes her both an effective investigator and a vulnerable target.
The character draws on Waines’s own background as a former psychotherapist, giving Willerby’s clinical observations and professional dilemmas an authentic feel. Across the series, written by A.J. Waines, Willerby balances the ethical demands of her practice with the risks of getting personally involved in her patients’ cases.
Reading Order
See the complete Dr. Samantha Willerby Mystery reading order for all books in the series.