Calladine and Bayliss Books in Order

When a new tenant’s cat comes home with a human foot, Calladine and Bayliss uncover the decomposed body of a teenager branded with an X, echoing a long‑vanished killer. Fear silences the Hobfield estate as they race to stop history repeating.

A schoolgirl savagely bullied decades ago haunts the present when the mother of one tormentor is found murdered, the word “sorry” written in blood. As bones surface in a remote house and a violent gangster threatens his family, Calladine begins to crack under pressure.

A new wave of brutal violence pulls Calladine and Bayliss into one of their most tangled investigations yet. As bodies mount and rival criminals close in, the team must untangle old grudges and hidden corruption before the case destroys them.

Three-year-old Sophie Alder disappears from her wealthy parents’ home just as a crime wave hits Leesdon. While vigilantes chase a prolific burglar and a shadowy figure called Street floods the estate with drugs, Calladine and Bayliss hunt for the missing child before the town explodes.

A woman’s body is staged in a derelict church beside a handmade toy, mirroring a notorious twenty‑year‑old murder whose supposed killer sits in prison. As more bodies appear and corruption allegations engulf Calladine, he and Bayliss chase a taunting new predator through Leesdon’s backstreets.

On the Hobfield estate, a teenage girl is found dead in the back of an abandoned car and no one has even reported her missing. When an old jar containing ashes and a child’s hairclip comes to light, Calladine must finally confront a vanished toddler case that has haunted him for years.

A schoolgirl’s body is dumped in a wheelie bin with a note reading “Dead Meat.” Calladine suspects a released killer he once helped jail, but a cast‑iron alibi forces the team to focus on a sinister online predator before more teenagers vanish.

A camp of homeless people has sprung up around a disused cotton mill owned by businessman Damien Chase. One of the men is not who he claims to be, and when Calladine and Bayliss start asking questions, they uncover crimes that run far beyond the mill gates.

Annie Naden’s dream cottage turns sinister when she discovers a school satchel and teenage diary hidden in a wall, hinting at something dreadful forty years ago. As bodies begin to fall and old enemy Vinny Costello resurfaces, Calladine chases a killer shaped by a long‑buried secret.

A bag of severed fingers found near a playground on the Hobfield estate throws Leesdon into panic. While senior officers blame drug lord Ray Fallon, Calladine senses a nastier threat at work, and he and Bayliss must stop a murderer before the estate erupts in violence.

A woman is discovered in a motorway pile‑up, but the post‑mortem shows she died long before the crash. As American students quietly disappear and livestock tags appear on victims’ ears, Calladine and Bayliss race to unmask a calculating killer before another young woman is taken.

A meticulous murderer is working through a private list of victims, leaving a different tarot card at each carefully staged scene. When two local children go missing, Calladine and Bayliss must decode the pattern while explosive secrets from Calladine’s own past come to light.