Chris Simms Books in Order

A killer roams the motorways pretending to help stranded drivers, and young traffic cop Andy becomes obsessed with stopping him. A lonely outsider and a deadly predator circle the same roads toward a bleak, tense showdown.

Rubble works on a battery farm and dreams of joining the army, even though no one will have him. When a stranger recruits him for a secret project, his childlike trust makes him terrifyingly easy to use.

Manchester is glowing after the Commonwealth Games, until a run of grotesque murders tears through the city. As DI Jon Spicer takes the case, his friend Tom Benwell is pulled into the same widening nightmare.

The Butcher of Belle Vue is back, leaving another victim mutilated and barely any clues behind. Jon Spicer's search leads through escort agencies, cosmetic surgery, and the ugly places where vanity and violence meet.

A woman is found on Saddleworth Moor with her throat ripped out, and evidence points to a big black cat. Then another victim dies the same way in the city, and Jon Spicer has to hunt a killer hidden inside a growing panic.

A torched church, a charred body, and satanic symbols pull Jon Spicer into a violent underworld he barely recognises. The killings keep coming, and the case edges closer to his own life than he ever expected.

Jon Spicer's younger brother is found murdered, dragging him into a deeply personal investigation. While Jon searches a secretive Peak District town for answers, a frightened young woman is trapped in Manchester with killers closing in.

Jon Spicer investigates the murder of an asylum seeker, only to discover the dead man's identity is false. More killings, an assassin, and messages drifting in from the sea turn the case into something much bigger and far more dangerous.

On her first Counter Terrorism case, DC Iona Khan investigates a false identity and some awkward questions about Manchester's tunnel system. What looks minor quickly opens into a plot with deadly political stakes.

When a runaway girl dies after leaping from a motorway bridge, DC Iona Khan is drawn into a case involving missing teenagers and ruthless traffickers. The deeper she goes, the more personal the danger becomes.

Laura and Owen move to a secluded cottage near the Peak District, hoping for a fresh start. Instead, faint birdsong, old mine workings, and disturbing discoveries on a nearby dig turn the place into something deeply unsettling.

A savage dog attack shatters Jon Spicer's family life, and he soon realises it may not have been random. The trail leads from Manchester to a remote village in Ireland, where old ties and fresh danger collide.

Mandy Cost thinks a dramatic new look will bring her the fame she craves. But the human hair extensions she buys carry a brutal history, and soon glamour, murder, and something far darker begin closing in.

After a motorway pile-up reveals evidence of a planned terror attack, Jon Spicer is thrown into a high-risk hunt for an injured fugitive. Working alongside Iona Khan, he has to move fast because one wrong step could be fatal.

Women are being found murdered in their homes, each posed in the same chilling way with a phone forced into her mouth. Rookie detective Sean Blake must prove himself fast if he is going to stop a killer who knows how to get close.

When a body turns up in a Manchester canal, DC Sean Blake is pulled into a case of linked drownings, buried loyalties, and a dangerous old gang. The deeper he digs, the more the past starts killing in the present.

Rough sleepers are turning up dead across Manchester, and street rumours tell of a winged presence in the night. Jon Spicer goes deep into the homeless community to find the truth before more people vanish into the dark.