Dave Sivers Books in Order

The murder of a powerful sorcerer threatens to shatter a kingdom's long magical peace. Inquisitor Lowmar Dashiel must investigate competing agendas, prevent war and clear the woman he loves before she is condemned as the killer.

Ten short crime stories explore murder, revenge and the darker impulses hidden in ordinary lives. Serial killers, professional assassins and an unsettling teddy bear feature in tales that combine menace with grim humor.

A killer stalks a city's dwarf community while an assassin threatens the royal family. Investigating both dangers with his dwarf companion, Lowmar Dashiel narrowly survives an attack that may connect to either case or an older enemy.

A brutal murder disrupts a Buckinghamshire town and the fresh start sought by disfigured detective Lizzie Archer. Working with a colleague haunted by his family's murder, she must overcome friction as an apparently unconnected body count grows.

An aspiring Olympic swimmer drowns in a quarry, while a thief is found murdered at local allotments. Archer and Baines investigate two deaths whose apparent explanations conceal darker motives and people determined to keep them hidden.

A reformed teenage gang leader and an unidentified man are shot dead, dividing Archer and Baines over the likely target. National Crime Agency interference and further deaths leave the detectives uncertain whom they can trust.

After a girl dies in a hit-and-run, the two classmates who witnessed it disappear. Archer and Baines investigate whether someone is silencing witnesses, uncovering buried histories and secret relationships while time to find the girls runs short.

An explosion exposes a body buried in concrete for more than a decade. As Archer and Baines investigate, a fresh killing suggests a gang war is moving into their district, linking current danger with old secrets.

A murdered man is marked with a tarot image, followed by another victim bearing a different card. Detective Nathan Quarrel must decipher the symbols and identify the victims' connection before the killer continues the sequence.

A violent homophobic attack begins a new case for Archer and Baines. When another woman is found barely alive and her partner disappears, the investigation becomes personal and revives Baines's unresolved trauma.

An anonymous call leads Nathan Quarrel to five women's bodies hidden in freezers. With little connecting the victims and no obvious suspect, his team races to identify a serial killer who may already be targeting someone else.

Threats, an unwelcome former lover and a murder close to home place Lizzie Archer and her husband under suspicion. Sidelined from the case, Baines and his colleagues investigate to uncover the truth before the situation worsens.