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DCI Danny Flint Books in Order

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See 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.

Last updated: July 2, 2026

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DCI Danny Flint books in publication order

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13 books

1

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.

2

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.

3

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.

4

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.

5

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.

6

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.

7

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.

8

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.

9

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.

10

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.

11

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.

12

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.

13

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

  1. Book cover for "Evil in Mind"

    Evil in Mind

    by Trevor Negus

    2021DCI Danny Flint, Book 1
  2. Book cover for "Dead and Gone"

    Dead and Gone

    by Trevor Negus

    2021DCI Danny Flint, Book 2
  3. Book cover for "A Cold Grave"

    A Cold Grave

    by Trevor Negus

    2021DCI Danny Flint, Book 3
  4. Book cover for "Taken to Die"

    Taken to Die

    by Trevor Negus

    2021DCI Danny Flint, Book 4
  5. Book cover for "Kill For You"

    Kill For You

    by Trevor Negus

    2021DCI Danny Flint, Book 5
  6. Book cover for "One Deadly Lie"

    One Deadly Lie

    by Trevor Negus

    2022DCI Danny Flint, Book 6
  7. Book cover for "A Sweet Revenge"

    A Sweet Revenge

    by Trevor Negus

    2022DCI Danny Flint, Book 7
  8. Book cover for "The Devil's Breath"

    The Devil's Breath

    by Trevor Negus

    2022DCI Danny Flint, Book 8
  9. Book cover for "I Am Number Four"

    I Am Number Four

    by Trevor Negus

    2022DCI Danny Flint, Book 9
  10. Book cover for "Tied in Death"

    Tied in Death

    by Trevor Negus

    2023DCI Danny Flint, Book 10
  11. Book cover for "A Fatal Obsession"

    A Fatal Obsession

    by Trevor Negus

    2023DCI Danny Flint, Book 11
  12. Book cover for "The First Cut"

    The First Cut

    by Trevor Negus

    2024DCI Danny Flint, Book 12
  13. Book cover for "A Dark Place"

    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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