DCI Danny Flint Books in Order
Part ofTrevor Negus Books in OrderSee the DCI Danny Flint books in order by Trevor Negus, with short summaries, series background, and clear guidance on where to start this crime series.
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DCI Danny Flint books in publication order
13 books
A Cold Grave
by Trevor Negus
2021
When a young boy's body is found at a beauty spot, Danny Flint follows the trail into child exploitation across Nottinghamshire. Then escaped psychopath Jimmy Wade returns, forcing Flint to fight two terrifying battles at once.
Dead and Gone
by Trevor Negus
2021
Two mutilated men are found miles apart, with the same blood-written code at both scenes. Danny Flint and his new major crime unit must break the message fast, because the killer's final target may be someone on their own team.
Evil in Mind
by Trevor Negus
2021
During the 1984 miners' strike, Danny Flint investigates a supposed mining accident and uncovers a partnership between two ruthless killers. As the body count rises, the case turns personal and the hunt becomes a grim game of cat and mouse.
Kill For You
by Trevor Negus
2021
A pyromaniac and a vengeful killer are both at work in Nottinghamshire, one drawn to fire, the other to drowning. Flint's team must split its focus as a sweltering summer fills with death and mounting pressure.
Taken to Die
by Trevor Negus
2021
Fourteen-year-old Emily Whitchurch vanishes on her way home from school, and her powerful parents demand answers. Flint uncovers a family knotted with lies, then realizes this is no ordinary abduction and time is running out.
A Sweet Revenge
by Trevor Negus
2022
When convicted sex offenders start turning up bludgeoned to death, Flint meets public indifference and a wall of silence. The trail points toward a shadowy vigilante group, but moving too fast could put his own team in danger.
I Am Number Four
by Trevor Negus
2022
A badly injured woman stumbles from the woods saying only that she is number four. Flint suspects she escaped an attempted murder, and when another woman disappears he must find the pattern before Number Five is next.
One Deadly Lie
by Trevor Negus
2022
Three murdered women and a badly beaten young police officer leave Flint's unit stretched to breaking point. When the cases converge on one house in Nottingham, the investigation takes a bizarre turn and the death toll keeps climbing.
The Devil's Breath
by Trevor Negus
2022
A family of four and an elderly couple are poisoned days apart, with only one supermarket connecting them. Flint faces every investigator's nightmare, a killer contaminating food and threatening more deaths unless demands are met.
A Fatal Obsession
by Trevor Negus
2023
Beloved television star Guy Royal is shot dead, but behind the fame lies a long list of enemies. As Flint fights media pressure and a second case involving ecstasy, the two investigations begin to collide.
Tied in Death
by Trevor Negus
2023
Old unsolved murders are already weighing on Flint when a Scottish businessman is found tortured and bound with a strange knot. Another linked body follows, and soon four dead victims may decide the future of his unit.
A Dark Place
by Trevor Negus
2024
After a homeless man is tortured to death with acid, Flint realizes he is hunting a killer who inflicts prolonged suffering. With more victims falling and a close colleague missing, the case turns brutal and personal.
The First Cut
by Trevor Negus
2024
An elderly man is killed stopping a car thief, and a second death seems quickly solved by forensic evidence. Then Danny Flint spots cracks in the case and fears he may be helping a grave miscarriage of justice.
DCI Danny Flint books in chronological order

Evil in Mind
by Trevor Negus
2021DCI Danny Flint, Book 1
Dead and Gone
by Trevor Negus
2021DCI Danny Flint, Book 2
A Cold Grave
by Trevor Negus
2021DCI Danny Flint, Book 3
Taken to Die
by Trevor Negus
2021DCI Danny Flint, Book 4
Kill For You
by Trevor Negus
2021DCI Danny Flint, Book 5
One Deadly Lie
by Trevor Negus
2022DCI Danny Flint, Book 6
A Sweet Revenge
by Trevor Negus
2022DCI Danny Flint, Book 7
The Devil's Breath
by Trevor Negus
2022DCI Danny Flint, Book 8
I Am Number Four
by Trevor Negus
2022DCI Danny Flint, Book 9
Tied in Death
by Trevor Negus
2023DCI Danny Flint, Book 10
A Fatal Obsession
by Trevor Negus
2023DCI Danny Flint, Book 11
The First Cut
by Trevor Negus
2024DCI Danny Flint, Book 12
A Dark Place
by Trevor Negus
2024DCI Danny Flint, Book 13
Series background & context
The DCI Danny Flint books are crime procedurals set in Nottinghamshire, beginning in 1984 and moving forward through the late 1980s and into the early 1990s. The county is more than scenery. Coalfield villages, city estates, canal towpaths, supermarkets, woods and back roads all shape the mood of the investigations. In Evil in Mind, the miners' strike is part of the pressure cooker. In later books, the same region keeps offering Flint different kinds of darkness to walk into.
Danny Flint is the center of the series. He is not written as a showy genius or a rule-breaking hero. He is steady, stubborn, experienced, and very aware that a case can go bad if you rush it or read people wrong. As the books go on he leads the Major Crime Investigation Unit, leaning on interviews, legwork, local knowledge and the strengths of his team. He cares about victims, pushes back against bad decisions, and keeps going when the evidence is thin.
This is detective work before mobile phones, constant CCTV and easy forensic shortcuts.
That old-school setting gives the novels much of their texture. Flint and his detectives have to knock on doors, manage informants, read body language and follow up awkward hunches the hard way. Each book brings a fresh case, but the threats vary a lot. Taken to Die is built around the disappearance of a schoolgirl. Kill For You splits Flint's attention between two very different killers. The Devil's Breath turns a supermarket link into a public panic about poisoned food. Tied in Death pulls the team across years and unsolved murders, showing how one clue can reopen everything.
The series also has an ongoing working-life arc. Flint's unit is often under pressure from senior officers, police authorities, newspapers or the sheer number of cases landing at once. Several books juggle multiple enquiries, so the tension comes not only from who did it, but from whether the team can stay on top of the job before another victim appears. That gives the books a lived-in feel. People get tired, cases stall, tempers fray, and one mistake can send an investigation down the wrong road.
There is usually more than one problem on Danny Flint's desk.
Even with some grim crimes, the appeal is not gore for its own sake. These books read like grounded, fast-moving police fiction with a strong sense of place and procedure. If you like detectives who solve cases by persistence rather than magic, and mysteries that feel tied to real communities and real consequences, this is a very solid series to read in order.
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