Brian McDone Mysteries Books in Order

An unidentified young woman is found murdered in Preston, her injuries and terrified expression offering disturbing clues. Detective Brian McDone follows the investigation into unexpected places, where discovering her identity also means questioning the people he ought to trust.

Seven mutilated bodies found in the Lancashire countryside draw Brian McDone back into a dangerous investigation. His hard-won personal stability begins to unravel as obsession with a methodical killer puts the people and life he values at risk.

The discovery of a boy's mutilated body in an abandoned asylum leads Detective Inspector Brian McDone after a calculating killer. As further horrors emerge, the investigation forces Brian to draw on his instincts while confronting the darkness within himself.

Exhausted and troubled by chest pains, Detective Inspector Brian McDone hopes for time away from work. The discovery of an unidentified girl bound in a stream, wearing strange antlers, pulls him into secrets that threaten far more than his health.

Approaching retirement, Brian McDone wants to spend more time with his family. Two ritualistically mutilated bodies recovered from a canal force him into another investigation, and the secrets he uncovers threaten the future he had hoped to enjoy.

A young woman's death in a hotel rooftop water tank is dismissed as suicide, but Brian McDone suspects otherwise. Investigating how she reached a secured roof draws him into danger while a secret from his own past threatens to resurface.