DCI Isaac Cook Books Books in Order

When a wealthy man-about-town is found dead, Philo Vance joins District Attorney Markham to sort through shifting alibis and circumstantial evidence. The first Vance novel is cool, methodical, and built like a classic puzzle.

Also published as *Murder Without Reason*, this early DCI Isaac Cook mystery follows a murder that resists every simple explanation and tests Cook's refusal to settle for easy answers.

A soap actress vanishes, but she has disappeared before. With no body, motive, or obvious suspect, DCI Isaac Cook uncovers a secret powerful people will kill to protect.

Human remains are found hidden in the fireplace of an old London house. DCI Isaac Cook must break through decades of family silence before the last witnesses are gone.

A dismembered body floats in a Little Venice canal. DCI Isaac Cook expects gang violence, but the evidence reveals a calculated warning and a threat to his whole team.

A woman stalks London men, kills them methodically, and leaves a number on each body. DCI Isaac Cook identifies the killer, but stopping her proves far more difficult.

A man believed dead returns to London seeking revenge on those who ruined his life. DCI Isaac Cook must stop him while confronting uncomfortable questions about justice.

DCI Isaac Cook tackles a murder that appears to have no clear motive or easy explanation. The baffling case shows why he refuses to accept the first convenient answer.

A difficult murder case tests DCI Isaac Cook's team when suspects, confessions, and evidence refuse to line up. In London, guilt and innocence are rarely as simple as they seem.

Two women are murdered within an hour, despite living in very different London worlds. DCI Isaac Cook must find the link before the city's social divisions conceal the truth.

Two compromised people are shot dead in a shabby hotel room. DCI Isaac Cook faces a media storm and political pressure as their scandal reaches far beyond Room 346.

A reclusive man is found murdered, and his family learns he hid a fortune. DCI Isaac Cook investigates relatives who ignored him in life but have plenty to gain from death.

A body is discovered in Hyde Park, one of London's busiest public spaces. DCI Isaac Cook follows the victim's hidden connections into circles determined to keep their secrets safe.

Six years after Marcus Matthews vanishes, his body is found in an abandoned house. DCI Isaac Cook must uncover why a gangster's son-in-law shared wine with his killer.

DCI Isaac Cook investigates a London killing driven by desire, obsession, and deception. Untangling the victims' relationships becomes the only way to identify who turned passion into murder.

A famous mountaineer and television personality falls from grace, leaving DCI Isaac Cook to investigate the death and secrets behind a carefully managed public image.

A respected vicar walks into DCI Isaac Cook's station with a bloody knife and a murder confession. When he is killed in prison, the real mystery begins.

A convicted murderer challenges his confession without saying why. DCI Isaac Cook reopens a case that may reveal police coercion and a truth nobody in authority wants exposed.

After a terrorist attack near Downing Street kills ten people, DCI Isaac Cook suspects the conspiracy reaches inside the police. Trust is scarce, and London faces darker days.

A ritualistic killing in suburban London points to pagan symbols and organised violence. DCI Isaac Cook enters a dangerous world where ancient belief has a modern purpose.