Constable (Nicholas Rhea) Books in Order

The first Constable book introduces Nick's 1960s Yorkshire beat and the unforgettable people on it. Escaping ponies, naked runners, and Greengrass's excuses set the tone beautifully.

Still new to the job, Nick draws awkward shifts and learns that a sleeping village is never really asleep. Night duty, farming life, and small emergencies keep him constantly on the prowl.

As Nick settles into Aidensfield, every corner of village life seems to produce a fresh case. Dogs, buses, old traditions, and missing people all demand his attention at once.

Nick moves across the moors dealing with odd insurance schemes, grieving neighbours, and missing sheep. The humour is gentle, but the problems are still real.

A village competition, a dirty-tricks campaign, and a mysteriously burning henhouse keep Nick on the move. Even the prettiest dale can hide hard feelings and foolish plans.

Nick's duties reach the coast, where holidaymakers and locals create a different sort of trouble. The sea air changes the scenery, not the need for sharp observation.

The quiet lanes around Aidensfield are full of gossip, farmers, and incidents that are never quite what they seem. Nick keeps the peace while the village tests his patience again.

Nick deals with a thieving dog, hints of witchcraft, and a motorist determined never to make a right turn. Small problems multiply fast on the Aidensfield beat.

Modernisation reaches Nick's beat when his old police bike is replaced, but village life stays as tangled as ever. Lovers in the fog and a respectable shoplifter are only the beginning.

Nick gets a taste of CID work and quickly learns that going undercover is not quite as smooth as it sounds. One roof-top blunder turns a quiet watch into comic chaos.

Out on the heather, distance and weather make every call a little harder. Nick works remote corners of the moors where rumours travel faster than facts.

Bathing beauties, a postman who cannot read, and a thief with charm to spare all land on Nick's beat. It is a particularly lively stretch of village policing.

The people around Aidensfield's green are mostly harmless, but not always easy. Nick must manage long-running feuds, strange newcomers, and the daily work of keeping a village civil.

A Heartbeat tie-in that brings back Aidensfield's mix of rural policing, neighbourly drama, and 1960s Yorkshire atmosphere. Nick is on hand for the latest calls, quarrels, and mishaps.

Woodland paths and quiet corners hide more than villagers expect. Nick investigates rural secrets, odd behaviour, and the sort of trouble that grows best out of sight.

Nick faces a busier, more demanding stretch of police work as routine calls threaten to spin out of control. The result is another steady blend of humour, pressure, and rural mystery.

A grand birthday party, an uninvited Greengrass, and a suspicious death pull Nick into one of his knottier investigations. Village politics and murder make an uneasy mix.

When anything goes wrong, Greengrass is usually near the middle of it. Nick and Sergeant Blaketon try once again to pin down Aidensfield's slipperiest rogue, with predictably chaotic results.

Parish life gives Nick no shortage of small scandals, awkward calls, and quietly complicated cases. These are classic Aidensfield stories, warm, funny, and sharper than they first look.

New arrivals and old grudges meet at the edges of Nick's patch. He must sort out petty crime, wounded pride, and the everyday confusion of village life before it worsens.

This Heartbeat-branded edition returns to Aidensfield as the proposed reservoir stirs up anxiety and unrest. Nick faces construction-site trouble, local tempers, and the latest round of village complications.

Plans for a new reservoir throw Aidensfield into uproar. As construction begins, Nick has to handle village resistance, youthful recklessness, and the ordinary drama that change always brings.

A stumble over a stile uncovers hidden treasure and sets off a run of new complications. With escaped criminals, village oddballs, and Greengrass in the mix, Nick has his hands full.

Aidensfield's farmers are more than enough to wear down any policeman. Runaway cows, wild schemes, and a phantom milk-bottle thief keep Nick racing between real crime and pure rural chaos.

Domestic secrets and village rumours keep bubbling up around Nick's beat. It is another collection where the comic and the suspicious sit side by side in country Yorkshire.

Roadside incidents, passing strangers, and local mischief give Nick a fresh set of problems to solve. The open highway brings outside trouble straight into Aidensfield's orbit.

Crossing from one corner of the district to another, Nick finds that every community has its own secrets and troublemakers. Another round of wry, affectionate village policing follows.

Nick starts thinking about promotion, but the riverbank and the village keep offering fresh distractions. Rural policing, local characters, and everyday trouble once more make up the casebook.

Market days bring gossip, scams, quarrels, and more work than a village constable could wish for. Nick has to keep order while the whole district seems determined to misbehave.

Nick's patch widens again as parkland, visitors, and village gossip bring a new run of small mysteries and practical headaches. The tone stays funny, humane, and firmly rooted in Yorkshire life.

Winter closes in on the North York Moors, but the weather does not stop police work. Snowdrifts, flood warnings, and a parade of eccentric villagers keep Nick busy from first page to last.

Nick follows fresh trails through village feuds, rural misunderstandings, and minor crimes that turn unexpectedly serious. It is another easygoing but sharp-eyed visit to Aidensfield.

More country policing for Nick means awkward neighbours, local gossip, and trouble that rarely stays small for long. These are warm, observant Yorkshire tales with a sturdy mystery spine.

Sent to a busy seaside resort, Constable Nick swaps his familiar village lanes for holiday crowds and coastal puzzles. A message in a bottle and a string of odd incidents soon make it anything but a quiet posting.

Nick is once again on public display as the village bobby everyone turns to first. The book gathers more of Aidensfield's odd disputes, quiet mysteries, and slyly funny local characters.

Ancient boundaries, village custom, and local resentment give Nick plenty to untangle on his Yorkshire beat. As always, small incidents hint at deeper trouble beneath the moorland calm.

A season of fairs sends Constable Nick into missing-person worries, old mysteries, and fresh village chaos. Rural tradition and police work collide in another lively Aidensfield collection.

Constable Nick looks back over a career full of village quarrels, moorland puzzles, and awkward local cases. It is a late return to Aidensfield, mixing reflection, humour, and one more round of rural police work.