Big Mo Suspense Books in Order
Part ofDreda Say Mitchell Books in OrderFollow the Big Mo Suspense books by Dreda Say Mitchell in order, with quick summaries, background on Mo's rise, and reading tips.
Last updated: June 6, 2026
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Publication Order
3 books
Wicked Women
by Dreda Say Mitchell
2021
Big Mo discovers her dead father's plan for a perfect heist and faces The Duchess, a ruthless rival with old power. The fight also drags Mo toward the truth about Robbie Steele's death.
Fight Dirty
by Dreda Say Mitchell
2021
Jimmy Southpaw has named Big Mo heir to his criminal empire, but not everyone accepts her crown. With enemies closing in, Mo turns to Nico Sinclair to uncover who is trying to topple her.
Dirty Tricks
by Dreda Say Mitchell
2020
Teenage Maureen Big Mo Watson runs a street gang and grabs a chance to impress local villain Barker. Soon she is trapped between rival East End criminals and fighting to stay alive.
Series background & context
Big Mo Suspense follows Maureen Watson, known as Big Mo, though she is still young when the series begins. The nickname fits her attitude more than her size. Mo is loud, sharp, impulsive, and hungry for respect in a world that usually expects girls like her to keep to the edges.
She does not keep to the edges.
In Dirty Tricks, Mo is running her own street gang and ignoring the people at home who want better for her. When local villain Barker spots her potential, she sees a way into the criminal underworld. That choice drops her into a feud involving Barker and Jimmy Southpaw, head of the Steele family. Mo wants status, but she quickly learns that status makes you a target.
The second book, Fight Dirty, raises the stakes. Jimmy Southpaw names Mo as the head of his criminal empire, and that decision does not land gently. Her new stepmother Kristal Steele is not pleased, enemies circle, and a mysterious rival begins to challenge Mo's position. Mo turns to Nico Sinclair for help, but in Mitchell's gangland world help is rarely clean.
Wicked Women digs deeper into Mo's family history and the question of what happened to her father, Robbie Steele. A plan for a major heist pulls Mo toward The Duchess, a polished and ruthless opponent who frightens even hardened criminals. The book keeps the series focused on inheritance, not just money and territory, but trauma, reputation, and old lies.
The tone is punchy and violent, with a street-saga feel. Mitchell is interested in what happens when a young woman gets the power she thought she wanted and discovers that every crown comes with knives pointed at it. Mo can be funny, reckless, and hard to root against, even when she is making terrible choices.
Read the series in order: Dirty Tricks, Fight Dirty, then Wicked Women. Mo's rise, her enemies, and the family secrets all build from book to book.
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